2025 Honda Pilot forward collision avoidance problems
54 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the forward collision avoidance on the 2025 Honda Pilot — 27% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Lost power on steering wheel while driving, unable to turn left/right. All of the warning lights related to braking, lane assist, hill descent, adaptive cruise control, trailer stability assist, hill start assist, low speed breaking, auto-high beam, parking sensor detector, etc.. "All wheel drive…”
filed Sep 8, 2026
“The automatic breaking sensor put on my brakes at random times. It happens when going over a small rise in the road and also happened on a 2 Lane road when a semi truck was coming the opposite direction totally within its lane and the sensor for some reason thought maybe the vehicle was in my lane…”
filed Aug 20, 2026
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Forward Collision Avoidance problems in other Pilot years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Pilot | 17 | 15% |
| 2023 Pilot | 19 | 14% |
| 2022 Pilot | 41 | 27% |
| 2021 Pilot | 98 | 23% |
| 2020 Pilot | 83 | 17% |
| 2019 Pilot | 121 | 13% |
| 2018 Pilot | 10 | 2% |
| 2017 Pilot | 22 | 2% |
| 2016 Pilot | 24 | 1% |
| 2014 Pilot | 3 | 3% |
| 2011 Pilot | 1 | 0% |
| 2008 Pilot | 1 | 1% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2025 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.