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2019 Honda Pilot Engine Problems

Complaints
240about this part
Share
26%of 920 total for the year
Median mileage
48,149miles
Trend
StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 240 complaints about the engine of the 2019 Honda Pilot, 26% of the 920 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 48,149 miles. 3 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“2 weeks ago, my car stalled as I was driving down the highway and attempting to pass another vehicle. I was going around 45 mph, the engine stalled, the speed dropped down to about 33 and would not let me accelerate. There was not a warning light. Fortunately, there was not a car to my left so I was able to pull over. I turned the car off and it restarted. I took it to the shop a few days later and sat there for 5 hours while they ran diagnostics. They could not get the car to replicate nor did a code come on so they asked me if I could leave it. …”

NHTSA complaint #11644250, filed 2025-02, 69,585 miles

“My 2019 Honda randomly brakes while I'm driving almost causing someone to rear end me, and other times almost causing me to be in accidents. In addition, at 19k miles my transmission went out (started catching, making a grinding noise) while I was driving on the interstate and caused the vehicle to decelerate. I pulled off the road turned the vehicle off, once restarted it decelerated and the transmission light, emissions light and blind spot light came on the dash board.”

NHTSA complaint #11291718, filed 2019-12, 19,099 miles

“I was coming to a stop at a red light and the car shut off . It flashed a transmission issue and emissions issue on the dash. I tried to restart and it would start but not move or let me shift into gear leaving me stranded in the middle of a busy road. It took for an officer to remove my battery cable and then reconnect for me to be able to move the vehicle out of the road and into a parking lot. I had the car towed to the nearest Honda dealership where they saw the messages on the dash. While they test drove it all errors went away and they can’t locate an issue.”

NHTSA complaint #11632499, filed 2024-12, 110,882 miles

“My 2019 Pilot elite has 16,400 miles on it just started a couple months ago where I would get to 2425 miles an hour in the car with lunch or lurch it happens also sometimes when I get to 30 some miles an hour it all lurcher lunch. Last friday I made a left turn onto a major street and went to accelerate in the car just wouldn't do anything it wouldn't accelerate it slow down and I had to pull over to the side and put my flashers on I had to wait a while probably a minute or so and then I could press my foot on the excelerator and go forward. …”

NHTSA complaint #11362841, filed 2020-10, 15,500 miles

“This happened to me twice. Seems to be when using cruise control for over 1.25 hrs. When you press the cancel button on the steering wheel to cancel the set cruise control, the cars check engine light starts flashing. The engine will continue running but there is little to no power when stepping on the accelerator. Driver must pull over, turn off car and then restart. This is incredibly dangerous at high speeds or crossing over oncoming traffic! I brought the Honda Pilot back to the dealership. The service manager told me that both he and the district rep. …”

NHTSA complaint #11181242, filed 2019-02, 3,000 miles

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Engine: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202614%
20253315%
2024119%
2023139%
20223621%
202111225%
202010121%
201924026%
201815736%
201747651%
201677845%
20152220%
20143127%
20137929%
20123520%
20113111%
20102825%
20093526%
2008108%
2007147%
2006228%
2005487%
2004224%
2003253%

Other parts of the 2019 Honda Pilot

Electrical system
266 complaints
Fuel system
198 complaints
Other or unknown
169 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
127 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
94 complaints
Lane departure
73 complaints
Brakes
43 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
42 complaints
Vehicle speed control
30 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
24 complaints
Electronic stability control
18 complaints
Body and structure
12 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2019 Honda Pilot

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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