NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2008 Honda Pilot has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Honda Pilot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 133
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Honda Pilot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2008 Honda Pilot
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V499000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007 Pilot, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V501000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,657,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007 Pilot, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V182000
- Reported
- March 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,101,534
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007 Pilot, 16 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V268000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,335
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007, 2009–2012 Pilot, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V029000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 308,884
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007 Pilot, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V344000
- Reported
- May 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,790,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007 Pilot, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V320000
- Reported
- May 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,281,043
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007 Pilot, 11 other models
Equipment: mechanical: carrier/rack
- Campaign
- 08E013000
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007 Pilot, 2 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 19E068000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007 Pilot, 7 other models
2008 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 133 owner complaints about the 2008 Honda Pilot, the newest on August 14, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (8%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2008 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the air bags (24%), followed by the structure (12%) and the power train (8%).
7 of the 2008 Honda Pilot's 9 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (71 complaints), the median was 87,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags32
- Structure16
- Power Train11
- Engine10
- Electrical System9
- Exterior Lighting9
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2008 Honda Pilot peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 19. 18% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Honda Pilot drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 19th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Honda Pilot years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 133 complaints about the 2008 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2008 Honda models
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted