Honda Pilot Airbags & seat belts problems

1.17 vs. all vehicles Rising

131 of the 2,945 complaints about the Honda Pilot (4.4%) concern Airbags & seat belts, making it the model's #8 problem area. That share is 1.2× the Airbags & seat belts share across all tracked vehicles.

131Complaints · Airbags & seat belts

4.4%Share of complaints

1.17×vs. all vehicles

77Last 12 months

10.7%Share involving a crash or fire

3Related recalls

Analysis

77 Airbags & seat belts complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 25 in the 12 months before — up 208%.

14 of these reports (10.7%) describe a crash or fire, with 20 injuries and 0 deaths mentioned.

3 recall campaigns relate to this area, most recently campaign 26V332000 (2026-05-21, model years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).

By model year

Year	Complaints	Share of complaints
2018	15	3.4%
2019	6	0.7%
2020	5	1.0%
2021	27	6.1%
2022	3	1.8%
2023	34	23.3%
2024	26	22.4%
2025	10	4.8%
2026	5	21.7%

When complaints were filed

Last 12 months: 77 · Previous 12 months: 25

What owners report

Airbag Failure Report – 2021 Honda Pilot (Incident Date: April 10, 2026) I am reporting a critical failure of the supplemental restraint system (SRS) in my 2021 Honda Pilot.

Airbags & seat belts · 2026-10-09 · ODI 11770136 · Crash
The contact owned a 2025 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked on a neighborhood street, a vehicle crashed into the front driver’s side of the vehicle.

Airbags & seat belts · 2026-08-26 · ODI 11759716 · Crash
Seatbelt alarm sporadically goes off on second row passenger seat, causing a great distraction for driver, assuming a child has unbuckled seat belt, when in truth, they have remained securely buckled.

Airbags & seat belts · 2026-10-08 · ODI 11770007
The second row, passenger side seat has faulty seatbelt alarms. When someone is sitting in the seat with a seatbelt on the alert, continually dings. The inaccurate and continuous alarms create a severe driver distraction while driving!

Airbags & seat belts · 2026-09-26 · ODI 11767095
2nd row passenger occupancy sensor failure. Honda Sercice Bulletin 23-018 describes the issue. It does not register passenger is seating in the seat, when seat belt connected it confuses system and throws lights and alarms intermittently.

Airbags & seat belts · 2026-09-26 · ODI 11767123
Within 1 year of purchase, the seat belt sensor on the 2nd row passenger side began malfunctioning. My child who sat in the seat was properly buckled, but the sensor would intermittently indicate the child was unbuckled.

Airbags & seat belts · 2026-09-21 · ODI 11765924

Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.

Related recalls

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER Campaign 26V332000 · 2026-05-21 · Model years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Summary: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrid, 2017-2022 CR-V, 2017-2018, 2021 Civic Type R, 2017-2021 Civic hatchback, 2016-2020 Civic coupe, 2016-2022 Civic, 2017-2022 Accord Hybrid, and 2016-2022 Accord vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash.

Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 7, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are BOL, WO9, OOA, WOM, XOH, NOC, POD, BOE, UOF, POB, EOG, AOI, QO8, TOJ, DO7, and SOK. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V064. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning May 29, 2026.

SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER Campaign 25V056000 · 2025-02-05 · Model years: 2025

Summary: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2025 Honda Pilot vehicles. The third-row passenger seat belt assembly may not function, due to incorrect routing that traps the seat belt behind the passenger side panel. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

Remedy: Dealers will inspect and repair the seat belt routing as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 24, 2025. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is ZL4.

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER Campaign 24V064000 · 2024-02-01 · Model years: 2020, 2021, 2022

Summary: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Pilot, Accord, Civic sedan, HR-V, Odyssey, 2020 Civic coupe, Fit, 2021-2022 Civic hatchback, 2021 Civic Type R, Insight, 2020-2021 CR-V, CR-V Hybrid, Passport, Ridgeline, Accord Hybrid, 2020 Acura MDX, 2022 Acura MDX, 2020-2022 Acura RDX, and 2020-2021 Acura TLX vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, failing to suppress the air bag as intended.

Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 28, 2024. This is a phased recall. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for these recalls are XHP and VHQ.

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