NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2009 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 2009 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
- 134
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 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 2009 Honda Pilot
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V502000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,555
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2015 Pilot, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V378000
- Reported
- May 16, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,138
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2015 Pilot, 12 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 2003–2008, 2010–2012 Pilot, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V042000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691,726
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Pilot, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V545000
- Reported
- August 31, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,257
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2012 Pilot, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V030000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 977,708
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2012 Pilot, 10 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V346000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,719,386
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Pilot, 11 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 13V016000
- Reported
- January 18, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 748,481
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Pilot, 1 other model
Seat belts: front: webbing
- Campaign
- 11V468000
- Reported
- September 9, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 310,773
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Pilot
2009 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 134 owner complaints about the 2009 Honda Pilot, the newest on January 7, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (7%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the engine (26%), followed by the air bags (22%) and the suspension (14%).
8 of the 2009 Honda Pilot's 9 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (83 complaints), the median was 70,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine35
- Air Bags29
- Suspension19
- Service Brakes13
- Steering13
- Power Train12
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 29 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Honda Pilot peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 29. 19% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Honda Pilot drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 15th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 134 complaints about the 2009 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2009 Honda models
Newest record on this page: January 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted