2007 Honda Pilot problems and complaints

Owners have filed 211 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Honda Pilot. The most-reported areas: Air Bags (54), Electrical System (22), Service Brakes (21).

Key takeaways

  • 211 owner complaints on file with NHTSA.
  • 9 involve a crash, 5 a fire, 19 reported injuries.
  • Complaints are unverified owner reports; recalls are confirmed defects.
Complaints by component
ComponentComplaintsShare
Air Bags5426%
Electrical System2210%
Service Brakes2110%
Exterior Lighting178%
Seats168%
Structure157%
Tires157%
Engine147%
Vehicle Speed Control147%
Power Train136%
Engine And Engine Cooling105%
Unknown Or Other94%

One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.

NHTSA 5-Star crash ratings
VersionOverallFrontSideRollover
2007 Honda Pilot 4-DR. w/SABNot ratedNot ratedNot rated4/5

Latest complaints, as filed

Owner-written and unverified by NHTSA.

Air Bags - filed 2026-03-17

I have a 2007 Honda Pilot. While just taking off again from a stoplight, the passenger side, "curtain-side" airbags randomly deployed. The airbag light had been flickering on and off - it would then be on for a few moments, and turn back off, flicker again, and remain off, for about a day and a half, two days prior to ...

Suspension - filed 2025-10-18

The 2007 Honda Pilots rear subframe suspension mounting points and the driver side rear sping and shock support rusted away so bad that the driver side wheel collapsed, fortunately it was discovered just in time before there was an major accident, had this happened at full highway speeds it would have been a disaster, ...

Air Bags - filed 2025-08-01

My airbags have been recalled. This is an American (MPH on the dashboard) car and Honda Canada said they cannot fix it here. I will have to drive to America to fix it.

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More for the 2007 Honda Pilot

Complaints are reports filed by owners with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA publishes them without verifying them, and counts rise with how many cars were sold, so compare years of the same model rather than different models. Crash ratings are NHTSA's own 5-Star Safety Ratings results.