NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2012 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 2012 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
- 172
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 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 2009–2011, 2013–2015 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 2009–2011, 2013–2015 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 2010–2011, 2013–2015 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 2003–2011 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 2009–2011, 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 2009–2011 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 2009–2011 Pilot, 10 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 2009–2011, 2013 Pilot, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 12V063000
- Reported
- February 17, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,709
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2012 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 172 owner complaints about the 2012 Honda Pilot, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (10%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the engine (20%), followed by the service brakes (15%) and the electrical system (13%).
None of the 2012 Honda Pilot's 9 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2012 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (127 complaints), the median was 36,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine35
- Service Brakes25
- Electrical System22
- Air Bags20
- Power Train20
- Vehicle Speed Control17
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 20 | |
| 2014 | 24 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2012 Honda Pilot peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 24. 48% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Honda Pilot drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 9th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 172 complaints about the 2012 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2012 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted