2025 Honda Pilot Forward Collision Avoidance Problems
Owners have filed 55 complaints with NHTSA about forward collision avoidance problems on the 2025 Honda Pilot, 26% of all complaints for this model year. Half of the reports with a mileage happened before 3,200 miles. The words owners use most often: “collision mitigation” (24% of reports).
- 55forward collision avoidance complaints
- 3,200median miles at failure
- 4mention a crash
- 5mention an injury
- 0related recalls
- 64%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.
- Collision mitigation: mentioned in 13 of 55 complaints (24%)
- Adaptive cruise: mentioned in 12 of 55 complaints (22%)
- Safety features: mentioned in 5 of 55 complaints (9%)
At what mileage do forward collision avoidance problems happen?
Based on 5 complaints that reported the odometer reading.
How serious are the reports?
Of 55 complaints, 4 mention a crash, 5 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 2025 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.
All of the safety feature lights turned on. The dealer's solution was for me to pay attention when I drive and wipe the senor because everything works fine. I was also told to bring it in and they can get the lights to turn off by turning off all of the safety features.
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…
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…
Frequently asked questions
Do all 2025 Honda Pilots have forward collision avoidance problems?
No. NHTSA has 55 owner complaints about forward collision avoidance for the 2025 Honda Pilot (26% of the 210 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 2025 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 3,200 miles: half of the reports with a mileage came before that.
What do owners say about forward collision avoidance problems on the 2025 Honda Pilot?
The most frequent phrase is “collision mitigation”, in 13 of 55 complaints, followed by “adaptive cruise” (12).
See all 2025 Honda Pilot problems or forward collision avoidance problems across all Pilot years.