2012 Honda Pilot air bags problems
20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2012 Honda Pilot — 12% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“One day my pilot 2012 suddenly started turning on and off the passenger airbag then out of the blue the airbag system light when on. Scanned it an it reads the passenger weight sensor is not communicating the part is no longer available to purchase and it is in backorder with date of delivery to be…”
filed Mar 16, 2026
“I got this car as a loan from a 3rd party dealer ship and they never told me it had a recall days after the airbag light pops up in the dashboard I took it to get service and they stated that the problem was fixed. The light on the dashboard was gone. A couple days ago the light came back and it…”
filed Sep 11, 2022
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Vehicles are equipped with passenger frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall…Campaign 19V502000 · Jun 27, 2019
- Front passenger air bag inflator may have been installed incorrectly during replacementCampaign 19V378000 · May 16, 2019
- Virgin IslandsCampaign 18V661000 · Sep 27, 2018
- Front passenger air bag may have been installed incorrectly during replacementCampaign 18V268000 · Apr 26, 2018
- Air BagsCampaign 18V042000 · Jan 9, 2018
- One dealership may have incorrectly installed the replacement air bag inflatorsCampaign 17V545000 · Aug 31, 2017
Related service bulletins
Service Bulletin - This bulletin is a notification of a class action settlement relating to airbag inflators. American Honda is offering a Customer Support Program (Warranty Extension) to cover any manufacturing defects…
A20-016 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Mar 10, 2020Warranty Extension: Customer Support Program For Front Passenger's Airbag Inflator for 2010-12 Accord and Other Listed Years and Models (Expires September 30, 2028)
19-003-1 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Aug 13, 2019Service Bulletin - American Honda is conducting an inspection of certain vehicles that have previously had the passenger's airbag inflator replaced as part of the Takata Passsenger's Airbag Inflator recall. If you…
A18-115 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued May 10, 2019Service bulletin - This bulletin is a notification of a class action settlement relating to airbag inflators. American Honda is offering a Customer Support Program (Warranty Extension) to cover any manufacturing defects…
A19-002 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jan 18, 2019
Air Bags problems in other Pilot years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Pilot | 4 | 2% |
| 2024 Pilot | 4 | 4% |
| 2023 Pilot | 4 | 3% |
| 2022 Pilot | 2 | 1% |
| 2021 Pilot | 30 | 7% |
| 2020 Pilot | 4 | 1% |
| 2019 Pilot | 7 | 1% |
| 2018 Pilot | 4 | 1% |
| 2017 Pilot | 3 | 0% |
| 2016 Pilot | 14 | 1% |
| 2015 Pilot | 11 | 10% |
| 2014 Pilot | 9 | 8% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2012 Honda Pilot
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.