2019 Honda Pilot Forward Collision Avoidance Problems
Owners have filed 124 complaints with NHTSA about forward collision avoidance problems on the 2019 Honda Pilot, 14% of all complaints for this model year. Half of the reports with a mileage happened before 97,000 miles. The words owners use most often: “adaptive cruise control” (25% of reports).
- 124forward collision avoidance complaints
- 97,000median miles at failure
- 3mention a crash
- 1mention an injury
- 0related recalls
- 52%of reports with a speed happened at 50+ mph
What owners describe
Phrases that appear unusually often in these complaints compared with complaints about other cars.
- Adaptive cruise control: mentioned in 31 of 124 complaints (25%)
- Collision mitigation: mentioned in 28 of 124 complaints (23%)
- Road departure: mentioned in 23 of 124 complaints (19%)
- Auto high: mentioned in 17 of 124 complaints (14%)
At what mileage do forward collision avoidance problems happen?
Based on 3 complaints that reported the odometer reading.
How serious are the reports?
Of 124 complaints, 3 mention a crash, 1 an injury.
Honda Pilot forward collision avoidance complaints by model year
| Model year | Forward Collision Avoidance complaints | Share of that year | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Pilot | 55 | 26% | 3,200 |
| 2024 Pilot | 17 | 15% | 20,000 |
| 2023 Pilot | 20 | 14% | 34,500 |
| 2022 Pilot | 45 | 27% | — |
| 2021 Pilot | 98 | 22% | 10,486 |
| 2020 Pilot | 89 | 18% | 20,000 |
| 2019 Pilot | 124 | 14% | 97,000 |
| 2018 Pilot | 10 | 2% | — |
| 2017 Pilot | 23 | 2% | 28,000 |
| 2016 Pilot | 25 | 1% | 44,954 |
| 2014 Pilot | 3 | 3% | — |
| 2011 Pilot | 1 | 0% | — |
| 2008 Pilot | 1 | 1% | — |
When owners reported it
Related recalls (0)
No safety recall lists forward collision avoidance for the 2019 Honda Pilot. A pattern of complaints does not always lead to a recall.
What owners report
Short excerpts of recent complaints, with personal details removed. Full reports are on NHTSA.gov.
VEHICLE: 2019 Honda Pilot EX VIN: [XXX] CURRENT MILEAGE: 77,000 miles COMPLAINT DESCRIPTION: I am filing a critical safety complaint regarding a catastrophic transmission failure that actively disables my vehicle's advanced driver-assist and automated safety systems while driving, creating a severe…
Honda DTC U3000-49 Internal Electronic Failure of the Multipurpose Camera. Ran into an issue where most if not all system modules began flashing warnings in the instrument cluster. The last time this happened, we found our original factory Honda battery to have finally failed. We replaced the…
Problem lights say systems are working.
Frequently asked questions
Do all 2019 Honda Pilots have forward collision avoidance problems?
No. NHTSA has 124 owner complaints about forward collision avoidance for the 2019 Honda Pilot (14% of the 912 complaints for this model year). Complaint data shows that the problem is reported, not how many of all cars sold are affected.
Was there a recall on the 2019 Honda Pilot forward collision avoidance?
No recall currently lists forward collision avoidance for this vehicle.
At what mileage do forward collision avoidance problems start?
The median reported mileage is 97,000 miles: half of the reports with a mileage came before that.
What do owners say about forward collision avoidance problems on the 2019 Honda Pilot?
The most frequent phrase is “adaptive cruise control”, in 31 of 124 complaints, followed by “collision mitigation” (28).
Other 2019 Honda Pilot problems
See all 2019 Honda Pilot problems or forward collision avoidance problems across all Pilot years.