r/hondapilot

Dealer made it easy for me by agreeing to take my lease. Really love it so far but also so scared of hurting that beautiful paint

184K miles on my First Gen, and still cooking like the day she was made! My grandfather owned this baby before she was passed on to me, and we would all pile in to drive up to his Rocky Mountain cabin when I was little. Handles Colorado’s steep grades and Louisiana’s swamp country like a champ. Regular maintenance, a rebuilt ignition, and good cassettes in the deck have helped immensely.

Car drives fine but these random errors showed up after turning on the car randomly. Any guesses what happened?

As the title states, our 2025 Honda Pilot Elite was blowing only hot air over this weekend during the few days we had some temperatures in the 80s.

We brought the vehicle in today and it was diagnosed with a AC compressor leak and the clutch/coil has melted!

Luckily the vehicle is under warranty, but I have read others have had the same issue early in their Pilot’s life.

I feel like this is a part that shouldn’t “melt” and seems to be a bad design flaw.

A new compressor assembly has been ordered and will arrive later this week. My dealership has been a pleasure to work with as they also replaced our multi cam that failed at 24,000 miles under warranty as well.

Sure seems like the extended warranty purchase soon is no brainer if you plan on keeping this vehicle longer than 3 years/36,000 miles.

Thoughts on why this issue seems to be more common?

Hello everyone,I certainly hope I'm in the right sub,if not please let me know which sub.

I purchased a Honda Pilot and the engine was recently swapped. Now shortly after I start driving it I get and error for the SVA and ABS. I sent the abs module to a specialized company that rebuilds them but they sent it back stating there's nothing wrong with it.

Is there like a dealer truck with the key+brake pedal? Or will I need to have a specialized mechanic to reprogram the computer to fix it?

Below I attached a picture,hope you can see what I mean.

Thank you for reading.

On a recent 54 mile road trip I was able to achieve an astounding 31.3mpg driving my 2016 EX-L FWD with 217k miles on it. This car never fails to impress me.

I just completed a major maintenance milestone on the car as well which I attribute as responsible for the improvement in gas mileage. My previous best was barely 30mpg.

Transmission fluid was changed along with the external transmission filter, valve adjustment (lash was an average of 5 thousandths out of range) with new valve cover gaskets, timing belt and water pump. While I was in there, I replaced all the gaskets touching the oil pump. When I pulled the pan, I was pleased to see that it was incredibly clean. The same was said for the heads. I've been religious about never crossing 4k miles between oil changes and always used Mobile 1. For the past two years, I've switched to Valvoline Restore and Protect 5W-20 and have liked the results. I attached the picture of the rear bank cylinder head which tends to run slightly hotter and as a result is usually slightly more golden in color. I was shocked to see hardly any discoloration on the aluminum. You just about can't tell it's got 217k miles on it!

Well done to Honda for an incrediblely rell designed car. I have had a single problem in 217k miles.

Modern Steel exterior, Interior is dark brown. We were in between this and a Honda passport trailsport elite. The passport has a more rugged and stiff ride than the pilot. Cabin noise also seemed better in the pilot. Is this a fair price?

i need a vehicle to get my newborn to daycare and home (16 miles RT at residential road speeds)

drove this in the morning and it feels fine. AC blows, shifts fine (got it up to 70 mph) brake pads were done

Tires are about 50%

the glaring issue is the 6 AT warranty that expires in 9/2026 for this generation.

he hasnt had it repair. i could not get it to throw a code, no warning lights during the drive

i plan to contact Honda tomorrow to see if its on the list for warranty but according to the forums they wont due the repair unless you have the code

a bit stuck on how to move forward vs negotiating to protect myself

I have been looking into on board entertainment for my kids while on roadtrips. I really wanted something factory installed but the cost was ridiculous and functionality seemed lacking. I also didn't like the idea of wiring anything aftermarket into my fuse box. These newer Pilot's have a bunch of electronics and the last thing I need is electrical issues. Unfortunately, Honda doesn't offer any OEM options.

I opted for some Ipads and purchased headrest mounts. I used coiled cables for charging, so i dont have wires everywhere. Also purchased 3 Bluetooth headphones. The mounts can extend out, tilt, pan and spin. So you can pretty much get any viewing angle.

Im going to add two more Ipads for the 3rd row seats eventually. I actually purchased refurbished Ipads and they came out pretty inexpensive. They wont be used for much more than Youtube, Music, Netflix, and some Web Browsing. Older models work just fine.

Ipads - $100 each from Ebay.

Bluetooth headphones- $8 each from Five Below.

Coiled cables- $10 each from ebay

Headrest mounts- $18 each from Amazon

Let know what you all think?

Hi all, looking at buying a car. Came across this Honda pilot LX and I feel like it’s a good deal but want a more knowledgeable person’s opinion. It’s ~$18k. 86,000 miles