NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2016 Honda Pilot has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 4, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Honda Pilot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 1,719
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Honda Pilot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2016 Honda Pilot
Structure: frame and members
- Campaign
- 26V365000
- Reported
- June 4, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 965,561
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2022 Pilot, 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 23V858000
- Reported
- December 18, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,490,460
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2021 Pilot, 19 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical
- Campaign
- 23V751000
- Reported
- November 13, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 248,999
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 Pilot, 4 other models
Structure: body: hood
- Campaign
- 21V932000
- Reported
- November 29, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 724,826
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2019 Pilot, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 17V219000
- Reported
- March 30, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 136
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Honda Pilot
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 16V417000
- Reported
- June 9, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 39
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 15V668000
- Reported
- October 16, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,406
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 126, electronic stability control
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Honda Pilot
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 15V424000
- Reported
- July 6, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,358
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Honda Pilot
2016 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,719 owner complaints about the 2016 Honda Pilot, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (1%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the engine (45%), followed by the electrical system (34%) and the power train (12%).
1 of the 2016 Honda Pilot's 8 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (737 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine777
- Electrical System581
- Unknown Or Other292
- Power Train201
- Fuel/Propulsion System173
- Structure54
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 61 | |
| 2017 | 45 | |
| 2018 | 71 | |
| 2019 | 242 | |
| 2020 | 200 | |
| 2021 | 138 | |
| 2022 | 247 | |
| 2023 | 124 | |
| 2024 | 197 | |
| 2025 | 234 | |
| 2026 | 151 |
Complaints about the 2016 Honda Pilot peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 247. 25% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Honda Pilot drew 5.2× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 1st highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the Honda Pilot years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,719 complaints about the 2016 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2016 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted