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2011 Honda Pilot power train problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2011 Honda Pilot7% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Power Train complaints
7%
share of all complaints
45,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Have a known hacker. They have shown experience on remote hacking using TimeStomping and ECM modifications. I work as an Amazon Delivery driver in Kentucky. My Hackers are my Employer and the Operations Manager. The same hacking to their company vehicles are being done to employees personal…

    filed May 24, 2023

  • My 18 year old daughter was driving home 6/28/19 at midnight. Car died while driving. Coasted to side of road. Restarted and drove some. Same thing. Many lights came on. Coasted to side of highway. Tried one more time and made it home. Miles on odo: 118,279. The next morning I started the ca and…

    filed Oct 13, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Power Train problems in other Pilot years

YearReportsShare
2025 Pilot1911%
2024 Pilot1211%
2023 Pilot97%
2022 Pilot1410%
2021 Pilot246%
2020 Pilot347%
2019 Pilot8910%
2018 Pilot7818%
2017 Pilot12113%
2016 Pilot19712%
2015 Pilot1110%
2014 Pilot76%
Pilot power train problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.