The Lemon Index$8,900 middle bill · most between $7,500 and $10,700
Higher than the $8,000 middle bill owners of all 168 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 80,000 miles (5 reports).
Honda Pilot owners reported paying a median of $8,900 for a engine replacement, with the middle half of bills between $7,500 and $10,700. That's from 41 owner reports (41 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5000%
- $2,500–$5,0005%
- $5,000 and up95%
Share of the 41 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2008 Honda Pilot1too few for a middle
- 2009 Honda Pilot2too few for a middle
- 2013 Honda Pilot2too few for a middle
- 2016 Honda Pilot25$9,000 middle bill
- 2017 Honda Pilot7$8,200 middle bill
- 2019 Honda Pilot3$9,800 middle bill
- 2021 Honda Pilot1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2016 Honda Pilot222 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2017 Honda Pilot97 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
- 2021 Honda Pilot19 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2018 Honda Pilot18 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a engine failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Honda Pilot reliability by year
- Engine replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Honda Pilot owners reported
Transmission replacement (31) · Fuel injector replacement (22) · Engine mount replacement (11) · Brake repair (9) · Torque converter replacement (9) · Car battery replacement (6) · Radiator replacement (5) · Spark plug replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11777642, 11774217, 11759352, 11752115, 11749243, 11746063, 11743029, 11737735, 11729513, 11711254, 11709176, 11708256 and more.
Quick answers
How much does engine replacement cost on a Honda Pilot?
Honda Pilot owners reported a median of $8,900, and the middle half paid $7,500 to $10,700, from 41 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Honda Pilot engine replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Honda Pilot middle bill of $8,900 is higher than the $8,000 owners of all 168 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Honda Pilot repair costs come from?
From 41 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Honda Pilot years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2016 (222), 2017 (97), 2021 (19) Honda Pilot named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.