NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2013 Honda Pilot has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Honda Pilot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 271
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Honda Pilot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2013 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 2009–2012, 2014–2015 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 2009–2012, 2014–2015 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, 2014–2015 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 2009–2012 Pilot, 11 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 13V382000
- Reported
- August 27, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 270
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags
- Campaign
- 13V016000
- Reported
- January 18, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 748,481
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2012 Pilot, 1 other model
2013 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 271 owner complaints about the 2013 Honda Pilot, the newest on August 25, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (4%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the engine (29%), followed by the power train (20%) and the structure (17%).
1 of the 2013 Honda Pilot's 6 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2013 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (201 complaints), the median was 28,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine79
- Power Train54
- Structure47
- Service Brakes40
- Unknown Or Other35
- Air Bags18
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 42 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 44 | |
| 2015 | 24 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 24 | |
| 2019 | 35 | |
| 2020 | 21 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2013 Honda Pilot peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 44. 46% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Honda Pilot drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 8th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 271 complaints about the 2013 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2013 Honda models
Newest record on this page: August 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted