NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2011 Honda Pilot has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Honda Pilot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 293
- Crashes reported
- 29
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 Honda Pilot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2011 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 2009–2010, 2012–2015 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 2009–2010, 2012–2015 Pilot, 12 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V661000
- Reported
- September 27, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,355,406
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2015 Pilot, 9 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 2003–2010, 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 2009–2010, 2012–2013 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 2009–2010, 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 2009–2010, 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 2009–2010 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 2009–2010, 2012–2013 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 2009–2010 Pilot
Suspension
- Campaign
- 10V640000
- Reported
- December 16, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,823
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2011 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 293 owner complaints about the 2011 Honda Pilot, the newest on September 11, 2026. Of these, 29 describe a crash (10%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 31 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the air bags (23%), followed by the service brakes (13%) and the steering (12%).
9 of the 2011 Honda Pilot's 11 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2011 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (200 complaints), the median was 46,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags68
- Service Brakes39
- Steering34
- Suspension34
- Engine31
- Electrical System26
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 33 | |
| 2014 | 26 | |
| 2015 | 27 | |
| 2016 | 53 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2011 Honda Pilot peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 53. 35% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Honda Pilot drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 7th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 293 complaints about the 2011 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2011 Honda models
Newest record on this page: September 11, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted