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2016 Honda Pilot Steering Problems

16 owner-reported steering complaints from NHTSA data

16
Complaints
Jan 2017Nov 2024
Date Range

Data sourced from NHTSA public database. For informational purposes only. Always consult a qualified mechanic.

Owner Complaints (16)

criticalSTEERING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,ENGINE
Filed: Aug 2023

My 2016 Honda Pilot was recently repaired as the Cam-Shaft had move within the care engine. My car has 109,000 miles on the vehicle, and should not have this issue given the cars age and the way that the car is driven. I am a suburban mom, who drives the car to work and with both of my children within my car.

NHTSA #: 11541354
criticalSTEERING,ENGINE
Filed: Jul 2022

While driving on the highway on cruise mode, the car was driving fine. Then suddenly, cruise mode turns off, and the following four lights appeared on the dash: emissions system problem, vehicle stability assist problem, hill stability assist problem, and steering problem. When the car attempted to accelerate, it would not go above 50 MPH on a 70mph highway.

NHTSA #: 11474505
criticalSTEERING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Filed: Jul 2020

Driving at 35 MPH on my way home on a side street and my car jolted and stalled and several (5)warning lights came on. Vehicle stability, brake, trammision warning, and a couple other lights. I turned the vehicle off and restarted the car.

NHTSA #: 11331897
criticalSTEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Filed: Jan 2020

Multiple warning lights on the dash, check engine light is on including road departure mitigation warning, trailer stability assist warning, hill start assist warning, vehicle stability assist warning, emissions system control warning, all wheel drive system warning, power steering warning and acc warning where all came up at the same time with a sudden jerk and car cannot go beyond 20 mi/hr while I was driving in the highway that almost got me into an accident with an individual on the rear almost bumped me.

NHTSA #: 11298650
criticalSTEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES
Filed: Oct 2018

My vehicle was in motion on a neighborhood street when several alerts went off on my dashboard: road departure mitigation system problem, trailer stability assist problem, hill start assist problem, vehicle stability assist problem, emissions system problem, power steering system problem. I could find no reason for these alerts.

NHTSA #: 11139016
criticalSTEERING,WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES
Filed: Jan 2017

I was driving in the rain at about 30 miles and hour towards a red light. I began to slow down with the brakes, but the car would not stop and skidded right through the red light. I also tried steering the car to the right, but the car would not steer right and kept skidding through the red light until it slightly hit the median and stopped.

NHTSA #: 10939724
criticalSTEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Jul 2016

My car has a variety of dangerous behaviors in the driver assist functionalities that could either cause or fail to prevent an accident. I have only driven it 2,000 miles but observed these many times. I reported these to the dealer and was told the car was fine.

NHTSA #: 10881962
highSTEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE
Filed: Jan 2026

Engine failure while on highway traffic in construction zone caused engine shut off, losing power steering and odd braking. I was driving on a split 4 lane highway (2 lanes each direction), with a large ditch median between the directional lanes. My direction had construction cones for several miles limiting traffic to 1 lane, still at a 65 MPH speed limit with heavy semi traffic.

NHTSA #: 11714460
mediumSTEERING,ENGINE
Filed: Nov 2024

Been having engine issues for a while. All the way back to around 32,000 miles. The display says something about rods locker arms or something like that.

NHTSA #: 11628024
mediumSTEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Sep 2023

While driving home, about 30 MPH, multiple warning lights came on, transmission feels like it is shifting oddly, the steering gets harder to steer the longer you drive and it got harder to break like the brakes were freezing up.

NHTSA #: 11543948
mediumSTEERING,ENGINE
Filed: Jan 2018

On my 2016 honda pilot, all the lights come on in the dashboard ex; vsc, check engine, ABS, power steering. Took it to honda and they performed a software update. Two days later the same problems occurs.

NHTSA #: 11063345
lowSTEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Filed: Sep 2022

When stopped at a red light with my foot on the brake and the engine in idle, the engine turned off when I put my foot on the gas peddle. The engine idle stop was on. This occurred while stopped in city traffic (6/2022) and again when I was stopped at a red light on a highway (9/3/2022).

NHTSA #: 11482720
lowSTEERING,AIR BAGS
Filed: Mar 2020

Apear air bag light.and power stering light

NHTSA #: 11316150
lowSTEERING
Filed: Apr 2018

When starting the car it shows the message on the screen "power steering system (eps) problem. This problem started within 6 months I bought this car, but I did not take it as serious, but now it always shows this message. At first this problem was only on extreme cold weather, but now it shows at least once in a week.

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NHTSA #: 11090361
lowSTEERING
Filed: Apr 2018

When starting the car it shows the message "power steering system (eps) problem". First I noticed this problem within 6 months of I bought this car and at that time I did not take it as serious, but now at least once in a weeks it shows this message.

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NHTSA #: 11090363
lowSTEERING
Filed: Mar 2018

Steering wheel is not straight since I bought the car. I took the SUV several times and they said that is a defect on the chassis or something like that . They said that honda's engineer are working on this issue.

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NHTSA #: 11079487

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