NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2018 Honda Pilot has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 4, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Honda Pilot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 440
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Honda Pilot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2018 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 2016–2017, 2019–2022 Pilot, 3 other models
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 26V332000
- Reported
- May 21, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 98,892
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017, 2019–2022 Pilot, 16 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, 2019–2021 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 2016, 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 2016–2017, 2019 Pilot, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: belts and associated pulleys
- Campaign
- 19V298000
- Reported
- April 12, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 93,946
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Pilot, 4 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 18V221000
- Reported
- April 5, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,810
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2018 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 440 owner complaints about the 2018 Honda Pilot, the newest on September 21, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the engine (36%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the power train (18%).
None of the 2018 Honda Pilot's 7 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2018 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (104 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine157
- Electrical System85
- Power Train78
- Unknown Or Other74
- Fuel/Propulsion System63
- Fuel System, Gasoline62
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 27 | |
| 2022 | 97 | |
| 2023 | 46 | |
| 2024 | 119 | |
| 2025 | 68 | |
| 2026 | 33 |
Complaints about the 2018 Honda Pilot peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 119. 18% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Honda Pilot drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 11th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 440 complaints about the 2018 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2018 Honda models
Newest record on this page: September 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted