The Lemon Index$4,700 middle bill · most between $3,900 and $6,200
About the same as the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 106,000 miles (23 reports).
Honda Pilot owners reported paying a median of $4,700 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,900 and $6,200. That's from 31 owner reports (31 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5000%
- $2,500–$5,00055%
- $5,000 and up45%
Share of the 31 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2003 Honda Pilot13$4,300 middle bill
- 2004 Honda Pilot4$4,600 middle bill
- 2005 Honda Pilot6$3,600 middle bill
- 2016 Honda Pilot4$9,900 middle bill
- 2017 Honda Pilot4$8,000 middle bill
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
- 2003 Honda Pilot61 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Honda Pilot26 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Honda Pilot24 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission 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.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Honda Pilot reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Honda Pilot owners reported
Engine replacement (41) · 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): 11762631, 11722599, 11698236, 11659045, 11645682, 11632696, 11625643, 11270344, 10785341, 10706483, 10558095, 10531825 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Honda Pilot?
Honda Pilot owners reported a median of $4,700, and the middle half paid $3,900 to $6,200, from 31 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Honda Pilot transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Honda Pilot middle bill of $4,700 is about the same as the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Honda Pilot repair costs come from?
From 31 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 2003 (61), 2004 (26), 2005 (24) 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.