2018 Honda Pilot Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 23about this part
- Share
- 5%of 442 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 19,600miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 23 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2018 Honda Pilot, 5% of the 442 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 19,600 miles. 5 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“The SUV jolts and decreases speed . It takes a long time to take off again. The jolting can be strong and it has decreased on the freeway. This is not safe for a family vehicle. This has happened for a couple of months. I was told at the dealer I just needed a new battery I did change it and it still does it then I was told they found nothing.”
NHTSA complaint #11406741, filed 2021-04, 52,000 miles“2018 Honda Pilot elite-- while driving on a small, congested, curvy two-lane road, in a popular tourist destination, my frontal impact sensors alerted me to frontal impact multiple times by shaking my steering wheel. The dash lights also flashed the word brake in orange and black. This so-called safety feature almost cause me to lose control of the vehicle several times on this road because of the shaking steering wheel. This frontal impact alert always occurred when a large rv type of vehicle passed by me. …”
NHTSA complaint #11164335, filed 2019-01, 10,000 miles“I was pulling into a parking space at my church with my foot on the brake. As I neared the end of the space, the car suddenly surged forward. It went over the concrete barrier at the end of the space and came to a stop when the right front tire hit a tree and was knocked to a perpendicular position to the axle. I believe this is the only thing that caused the car to stop. The airbag did not deploy. The car surged forward about 5-6 feet at a high rate of speed even though my foot was still on the brake and I was slowly moving into the parking space.”
NHTSA complaint #11360629, filed 2020-09, 40,000 miles“My 2018 Honda Pilot elite turns on the auto idle stop feature each time I start the vehicle. Basically, this means that the engine shuts off when I'm at a complete stop. When I release the brake, the engine starts again. However, there is lag time between the time I release the brake and acceleration. This has nearly caused a deathly accident on more than a dozen occasions during the past 6 months at intersections. I've nearly been t-boned each and every time because the vehicle will simply not accelerate at the precise moment when I need it to. …”
NHTSA complaint #11164334, filed 2019-01, 10,000 miles“Honda Pilot adaptive speed control (acc) works well on freeway following another vehicle and maintaining a safe distance until the car ahead slows to approx 22 MPH when the acc braking feature stops working and the Honda Pilot continues coasting creating a hazardous situation and potential to ram the car ahead. This feature is corrected with a low speed follow feature in other Honda and later Honda Pilot models, and should be retroactively added to the 2018 Honda Pilot to prevent rear ending the car ahead.”
NHTSA complaint #11325446, filed 2020-05, 5,050 milesVehicle speed control: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 4% |
| 2025 | 15 | 7% |
| 2024 | 6 | 5% |
| 2023 | 4 | 3% |
| 2022 | 11 | 6% |
| 2021 | 8 | 2% |
| 2020 | 16 | 3% |
| 2019 | 30 | 3% |
| 2018 | 23 | 5% |
| 2017 | 31 | 3% |
| 2016 | 39 | 2% |
| 2015 | 3 | 3% |
| 2014 | 4 | 3% |
| 2013 | 16 | 6% |
| 2012 | 17 | 10% |
| 2011 | 18 | 6% |
| 2010 | 4 | 4% |
| 2009 | 4 | 3% |
| 2008 | 6 | 5% |
| 2007 | 14 | 7% |
| 2006 | 20 | 7% |
| 2005 | 46 | 7% |
| 2004 | 21 | 4% |
| 2003 | 20 | 3% |
Other parts of the 2018 Honda Pilot
158 complaintsFuel system
125 complaintsElectrical system
85 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
78 complaintsOther or unknown
75 complaintsBody and structure
17 complaintsSeat belts
12 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
11 complaintsBrakes
10 complaintsForward collision avoidance
10 complaintsEngine cooling
8 complaintsSeats
6 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2018 Honda Pilot
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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