Body & structure
Filed Feb 22, 2023
Paint is peeling and exposed the metal on passenger side doors.
- NHTSA ID
- 11508510
- Incident
- Feb 2, 2021
2012 Honda Pilot Body & structure Problems
Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Body & structure reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
8
Latest Feb 22, 2023
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
5%
of 170 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
0
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0
What this page shows
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2012 Honda Pilot submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Owner reports naming body or structure
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Body & structure
Filed Mar 12, 2020
THE WHITE PEARL PAINT IS PEELING OFF, SEPARATING FROM THE PRIMER. I BROUGHT IT TO A BODY SHOP AND THEY SAID IT LOOKED LIKE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND I SHOULD FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE IT WILL PROBABLY SPREAD TO THE WHOLE CAR.
- NHTSA ID
- 11317781
- Incident
- Jan 1, 2020
Body & structure
Filed Jul 11, 2019
MY PAINT IS PEELING ON THE ROOF BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE SUNROOF.
- NHTSA ID
- 11231180
- Incident
- Jan 5, 2018
Body & structure
Filed Jul 9, 2018
PAINT IS PEELING OFF ON THE HOOD AND ROOF.
- NHTSA ID
- 11110297
- Incident
- Feb 8, 2018
- Mileage
- 95,600 mi
Body & structure
Filed Jul 9, 2018
THE PAINT IS PEELING OFF OF THE ROOF AND HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS A WHITE 2012 HONDA PILOT.
- NHTSA ID
- 11110295
- Incident
- Feb 12, 2018
- Mileage
- 96,500 mi
Body & structure
Filed Nov 1, 2015
ON OCTOBER 31, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 85 NORTHBOUND APPROACHING THE EXIT RAMP TO ARCHDALE, NORTH CAROLINA WHEN A LOUD EXPLOSION SOUND OCCURRED. WHILE I CONTINUE NORTH ON INTERSTATE 85 IN THE SLOW LANE UNTIL I COULD FIND A GOOD AND SAFE AREA TO PULL OVER, I STARTED TO HEAR A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE GLASS HITTING THE ROOF OF MY VEHICLE. THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE SUNROOF AREA BUT I HAVE THE SLIDING SUN VISOR CLOSED SO I COULD NOT SEE WHAT WAS COMING FROM MY SUNROOF UNTIL I LOOKED OUT MY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED GLASS WAS FALLING OFF THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY DRIVING 150 FEET, I PULLED MY VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF I-85 JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 62 EXIT RAMP TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT. WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT I HAD A LARGE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF GLASS SUNROOF WITH MINOR CRACKS SURROUNDING THE LARGE HOLE. DURING MY INVESTIGATION AND BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE INVESTIGATING CRASHES OR BEING INVOLVED IN A CRASH INVESTIGATIONS WHILE PERFORMING MY DUTIES AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, I NOTICED THAT THE GLASS ON MY SUNROOF WAS PUSHED UP AS IF THE SUNROOF BUCKLED AND EXPLODED. I CAN TESTIFY 100% THAT NOTHING HIT MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 85 BECAUSE FOR SOMETHING TO HIT MY VEHICLE DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER OF MY SUNROOF AND PRODUCE A LARGE HOLE, IT WOULD HAVE BROKEN THE SLIDING SUN VISOR THAT I HAD CLOSED. IN ADDITION, I DID NOT SEE ANY ROCKS OR HARD OBJECTS LYING INSIDE THE LARGE HOLE. FURTHERMORE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THE EDGES OF THE LARGE HOLE OF MISSING GLASS WAS POSITIONED IN A UPWARD POSITION AND USUALLY WHEN GLASS IS BROKEN, IT CAVES INWARD AND NOT OUTWARD. THEREFORE, AFTER SPENDING APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LOOKING AT MY SUNROOF THAT EXPLODED, I DROVE IT BACK HOME AND I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND OBTAINED PHOTOGRAPHS.
- NHTSA ID
- 10787541
- Incident
- Oct 31, 2015
- Mileage
- 72,010 mi
Body & structure
Filed Oct 25, 2015
RIGHT SIDE WINDSHIELD CLOSURE/TRIM (GARNISH - PART NUMBER 73152 - SZA - 01ZA) BLEW OFF WHILE TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE SPEED. SAW / HEARD SOMETHING HIT THE TOP PART OF THE WINDSHIELD AND ROOF. THOUGHT IT CAME FROM VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. DID NOTICE VEHICLE BEHIND ME PULLED OVER. DIDN'T NOTICE MISSING PC UNTIL CLEANING WINDSHIELD A COUPLE WEEKS LATER.
- NHTSA ID
- 10785874
- Incident
- Sep 9, 2015
- Mileage
- 59,000 mi
Body & structure
Filed Jun 23, 2014
VEHICLE IS VIBRATING AT HIGH SPEEDS (70...75 MPH). AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AT THE DEALERSHIP TO CORRECT VIBRATION PROBLEMS WHEN RUNNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ONLY TO HAVE NO CORRECTION DONE AT ALL, I HAVE DECIDED TO WRITE TO YOU ABOUT THIS ISSUE. HONDA WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A VIBRATION PROBLEM AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BUT DO NOT HAVE A CORRECTION FOR IT, OTHER THAN CHARGE THE CUSTOMERS A NEW SET OF TIRES ON A CONSTANT BASIS. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10605333
- Incident
- Jan 29, 2014
- Mileage
- 36,000 mi
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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