Brakes complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2020 Honda Pilot has 16 NHTSA brakes complaints and 0 brakes-related recalls.
16
Complaints
0
Recalls
4
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2026 | SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Almost every day since new the vehicle will alarm 'brake' on dash while driving on 2 lane back roads... |
| Apr 14, 2025 | SERVICE BRAKES,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Several system failures relates to a faulty multipurpose camera used by the Honda Sensing system fro... |
| Feb 19, 2024 | SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Phantom braking from the CMBS collision avoidance system. It occurs randomly and applies brakes wh... |
| Dec 29, 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE | While driving with auto-idle on the car, I stopped at the red light on the left lane by stepping on ... |
| Jun 19, 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGS | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Pilot. Upon purchase of the vehicle, the contact heard an abnormal, sc... |
| Mar 1, 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The automatic collision avoidance system continually gives false warnings, shaking the steering whee... |
| Oct 11, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | The contact owned a 2020 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that while her son was driving approximatel... |
| Oct 7, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that after purchasing the vehicle at the loc... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 MPH WHILE ... |
| Sep 28, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE | BRAKES ARE TOO LOW AND SOFT.IDLING IS ROUGH DURING COLD START.I BROUGHT TO THE DEALER LAST SEPTEMBER... |
| Sep 1, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE WA... |
| Jul 28, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES | The large amber Brake warning indicator on the dash and the associated buzzer comes on giving a fals... |
| Jul 21, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES | THE FORWARD COLLISION SYSTEM IN OUR 2020 HONDA PILOT WILL ALERT US TO BRAKE, SHAKE THE STEERING WHEE... |
| Jan 15, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY , HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL SET . 75 NO OTHER CARS AROUND WHEN IS SLAMME... |
| Jan 1, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | There have been a total of 11 (since 2020) incidents when I applied the brakes they did not engage f... |
| Dec 12, 2019 | SERVICE BRAKES | THE COLLISION MITIGATION SYSTEM (BRAKES) WILL SLAM ON THE BRAKES WITH NO HAZARD IN THE AREA. THE SY... |