NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2020 Honda Pilot has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 4, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 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
- 492
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 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 2020 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 2016–2019, 2021–2022 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, 2021–2022 Pilot, 16 other models
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 24V064000
- Reported
- February 1, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 750,114
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2022 Pilot, 14 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 2015–2019, 2021 Pilot, 19 other models
Back over prevention: display function
- Campaign
- 23V431000
- Reported
- June 15, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,209,673
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021–2022 Pilot, 2 other models
Visibility: rearview mirrors/devices: exterior
- Campaign
- 23V174000
- Reported
- March 16, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 339,404
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Pilot, 3 other models
Tires
- Campaign
- 21V165000
- Reported
- March 11, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,093
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Pilot, 1 other model
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 20V439000
- Reported
- July 28, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 607,786
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 Pilot, 2 other models
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 20V440000
- Reported
- July 28, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 499,344
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 Pilot, 2 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 20V067000
- Reported
- February 6, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,050
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 19V784000
- Reported
- October 31, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Pilot, 1 other model
2020 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 492 owner complaints about the 2020 Honda Pilot, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (2%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the electrical system (43%), followed by the engine (21%) and the forward collision avoidance (18%).
1 of the 2020 Honda Pilot's 11 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2020 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (147 complaints), the median was 4,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System214
- Engine101
- Unknown Or Other95
- Forward Collision Avoidance89
- Lane Departure44
- Power Train35
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 98 | |
| 2021 | 44 | |
| 2022 | 61 | |
| 2023 | 64 | |
| 2024 | 74 | |
| 2025 | 79 | |
| 2026 | 69 |
Complaints about the 2020 Honda Pilot peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 98. 55% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Honda Pilot drew 4.2× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2020 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 492 complaints about the 2020 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2020 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted