Honda Pilot reliability - how does it compare?

[mkaresh]

We have updated results for the Pilot to include owner experiences through June 30, 2010.

Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the more recent months until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2010: 36

2009: 38

2008: 33

2007: 14

2006: 30

2005: 9

2004: 24

2003: 71

The 2003 and 2009 are about average, the other years are better than average.

Thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in November and February. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

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Honda Pilot reliability comparisons

[mkaresh]

Starting this month we have a new question to measure, as objectively as possible, the severity of a problem. Many people have been asking for reliability stats that weight problems by how severe they are, and once we have enough responses with the revised survey we'll start providing this.

Also, updated reliability stats this month.

As always, the more owners participate, the better the information we can provide to everyone.

Car reliability research

[mkaresh]

We have updated results for the Pilot to include owner experiences through September 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2010: 43

2009: 32

2008: 30

2007: 17

2006: 23

2005: 20

2004: 18

2003: 75

The 2010 is about average, the other years are better than average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

For the Pilot these two stats are:

2009: 75, less than one

2006: 92, less than one

Honda Pilot Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

Thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

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Honda Pilot reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We have some new pages that display all reported repairs by problem area:

2006 Honda Pilot problem reports

From this page it's possible to select a different model year or specify a problem area.

[mkaresh]

We have updated results for the Pilot to include owner experiences through December 31, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of this year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 74 -- will likely improve in future updates based on more data

2010: 44

2009: 27

2008: 34

2007: 21

2006: 13

2005: 34

2004: 21

2003: 74

The 2010 and 2011 about average, the other years are better than average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

For the Pilot these two stats are:

2009: 81, less than one

2006: 96, less than one

2005: 84, less than one

2004: 84, less than one

Honda Pilot Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

Thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

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Honda Pilot reliability ratings and comparisons

[mclairmo]

Seems like the numbers are moving a lot, implying inaccuracy due to a too small sample.

[mkaresh]

Originally Posted by mclairmo

Seems like the numbers are moving a lot, implying inaccuracy due to a too small sample.

We either have different definitions of "a lot" or you're looking at different numbers than I am. Comparing the latest results for the Pilot with the last two updates, they've moved hardly at all.

Perhaps the former? The sample sizes aren't large, so I do consider a change of up to 10 points to be normal. While this might seem like a large percentage change when the stats are low (i.e. the car is reliable), one extra repair for every ten cars per year isn't meaningful.

If the results were jumping from "better than average" to average or worse, and vice-versa, then I'd be concerned. But this isn't happening.

[mkaresh]

We have updated results for the Pilot to include owner experiences through December 31, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of this year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 74 -- will likely improve in future updates based on more data

2010: 44

2009: 27

2008: 34

2007: 21

2006: 13

2005: 34

2004: 21

2003: 74

The 2010 and 2011 about average, the other years are better than average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

For the Pilot these two stats are:

2009: 81, less than one

2006: 96, less than one

2005: 84, less than one

2004: 84, less than one

Honda Pilot Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

Thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up:

Honda Pilot reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We have updated car reliability stats for the Pilot to include owner experiences through March 31, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 49

2010: 47

2009: 34

2008: 28

2007: 17

2006: 12

2005: 34

2004: 29

2003: 70

The 2010 and 2011 about average, the other years are better than average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

For the Pilot these two stats are:

2009: 81, less than one

2006: 92, less than one

2005: 77, less than one

2004: 77, less than one

Honda Pilot Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

We'll have further updates in August and November. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up t help improve this information:

Honda Pilot reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We have updated our reliability stats for the Honda Pilot to include owner experiences through June 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 43

2010: 35

2009: 35

2008: 28

2007: 16

2006: 17

2005: 36

2004: 27

2003: 67

The 2011 is about average, the other years are better than average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

For the Pilot these two stats are:

2009: 73, 3

2006: 86, less than one

2005: 78, 3

2004: 77, less than one

Honda Pilot Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

We'll have further updates in November and February. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up:

Honda Pilot reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We have updated our reliability stats for the Pilot (on our redesigned site) to include owner experiences through September 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 35

2010: 32

2009: 39

2008: 24

2007: 26

2006: 41

2005: 34

2004: 23

2003: 69

Though the 2003 clearly requires repairs most often, all are better than average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

For the Pilot these two stats are:

2009: 69, 3

2007: 88, less than one

2006: 68, less than one

2005: 68, less than one

2004: 81, less than one

2003: 47, less than one

Honda Pilot Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

Thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up:

Honda Pilot reliability ratings and comparisons

[hondagirl376]

'05 Pilot, 140,000+ miles, zero problems..ever. That's pretty reliable in my book.

[mkaresh]

We have updated our reliability stats for the Pilot to include owner experiences through December 31, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 34

2010: 25

2009: 53, about average

2008: 14

2007: 25

2006: 42

2005: 37

2004: 21

2003: 78

All but the 2009 are better than average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

For the Pilot these two stats are:

2009: 61, 3

2007: 84, less than one

2006: 64, less than one

2005: 66, less than one

2004: 84, less than one

2003: 45, 4

We'll have further updates later this month and in August. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up:

Honda Pilot reliability ratings and comparisons

Honda Pilot Lemon-odds and Nada-odds