2016 Honda Pilot recalls
8 NHTSA recall campaigns naming the 2016 Honda Pilot. Last verified Sep 13, 2026. Recalls may apply only to certain VIN ranges — always confirm with a VIN check.
1,697 owner complaints — full 2016 Honda Pilot problems & reliability report →
Units are totals reported across campaigns mentioning this model — NHTSA does not always break unit counts down by model.
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- Jun 4, 2026Crash risk2014–2020 Acura MDX, 2019–2023 Honda Passport, 2016–2022 Honda Pilot and 1 other model — Structure
American Honda Motor Company (Honda) is recalling certain 2016-2022 Honda Pilot, 2017-2023 Ridgeline, 2019-2023 Passport, and 2014-2020 Acura MDX vehicles that were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, or Wisconsin. The rear subframe may corrode at the suspension mounting points, which can result in rear suspension component failure.
26V365000 · 881K units · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Dec 18, 2023Crash risk2016–2020 Acura Ilx, 2013–2020 Acura MDX, 2018–2020 Acura MDX Hybrid and 18 other models — Fuel System, Gasoline
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 Honda Clarity PHEV, Fit, and 2015-2020 Honda Accord Hybrid, Pilot, Acura NSX vehicles. The fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.
23V858000 · 2.5M units · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Nov 13, 2023Fire risk2016–2020 Acura MDX, 2015–2020 Acura TLX, 2018–2019 Honda Odyssey and 2 other models — Engine and Engine Cooling
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2015-2020 Acura TLX, 2016-2020 Acura MDX, 2016 and 2018-2019 Pilot, 2017 and 2019 Ridgeline, and 2018-2019 Odyssey vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error, the connecting rod bearing in the engine may wear and seize, damaging the engine.
23V751000 · 249K units · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Nov 29, 2021Crash risk2019 Honda Passport, 2016–2019 Honda Pilot, 2017–2020 Honda Ridgeline — Latches/locks/linkages
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2019 Passport, 2016-2019 Pilot, and 2017-2020 Ridgeline vehicles. The hood latch striker may become damaged and separate from the hood, which can result in the hood opening while driving.
21V932000 · 725K units · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Mar 30, 2017Fire risk2016 Honda Pilot — Fuel System, Gasoline
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2016 Honda Pilot 2WD and AWD vehicles. The affected vehicles have fuel tanks that may leak.
17V219000 · 136 units · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Jun 9, 2016Fire risk2015–2016 Acura MDX, 2015–2016 Honda Odyssey, 2016 Honda Pilot — Fuel System, Gasoline
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2015 Acura MDX 2WD and MDX 4WD vehicles, 2016 Acura MDX 4WD vehicles, 2015-2016 Honda Odyssey vehicles, and 2016 Honda Pilot 2WD and 4WD vehicles. The affected vehicles have fuel tanks that were manufactured with insufficient welds which may separate and allow fuel to leak out.
16V417000 · 39 units · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Oct 16, 2015Crash risk2016 Honda Pilot — Electrical System
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2016 Honda Pilot 2WD vehicles manufactured May 4, 2015, to September 8, 2015 and 2016 Pilot 4WD vehicles manufactured May 7, 2015 to September 4, 2015. In the affected vehicles, when one of the safety systems such as tire pressure monitoring, anti-lock braking or electronic stability control malfunctions, there is potential that the instrument panel will not illuminate the corresponding warning light, however the warning lamps will illuminate when the ignition is turned off and then turned back on. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, "Electronic stability control systems", number 135, "Light vehicle brake systems" and number 138, "Tire pressure monitoring systems".
15V668000 · 35K units · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Jul 6, 2015Crash risk2016 Honda Pilot — Seat Belts
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2016 Honda Pilot vehicles manufactured May 4, 2015, to June 5, 2015. Due to an assembly issue, the third row seatbelt may be trapped between the rear seat and the rear sideliner.
15V424000 · 1K units · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)