The Lemon Index$2,200 middle bill · most between $2,000 and $4,500
About the same as the $2,500 middle bill owners of all 49 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 76,000 miles (5 reports).
Honda Pilot owners reported paying a median of $2,200 for a torque converter replacement, with the middle half of bills between $2,000 and $4,500. That's from 9 owner reports (9 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,00011%
- $1,000–$2,50044%
- $2,500–$5,00033%
- $5,000 and up11%
Share of the 9 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2003 Honda Pilot2too few for a middle
- 2005 Honda Pilot2too few for a middle
- 2010 Honda Pilot1too few for a middle
- 2011 Honda Pilot1too few for a middle
- 2016 Honda Pilot1too few for a middle
- 2018 Honda Pilot1too few for a middle
- 2019 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
- 2005 Honda Pilot41 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Honda Pilot35 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2017 Honda Pilot22 complaints name it2% of that year's complaints
- 2003 Honda Pilot21 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2018 Honda Pilot19 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a torque converter. 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.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0741 P0740. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Honda Pilot reliability by year
- Torque converter replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Honda Pilot owners reported
Engine replacement (41) · Transmission replacement (31) · Fuel injector replacement (22) · Engine mount replacement (11) · Brake repair (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): 11605817, 11583722, 11575143, 10955482, 10811117, 10477425, 10435355, 10421226, 10381372.
Quick answers
How much does torque converter replacement cost on a Honda Pilot?
Honda Pilot owners reported a median of $2,200, and the middle half paid $2,000 to $4,500, from 9 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Honda Pilot torque converter replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Honda Pilot middle bill of $2,200 is about the same as the $2,500 owners of all 49 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Honda Pilot repair costs come from?
From 9 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 2005 (41), 2004 (35), 2017 (22) 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.