2025 Honda Pilot · symptom sheet
Brakes grind, pulse or wear early
- 32owner reports
- 6,460median miles
- 8involved a crash
Newest report Aug 20, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
32 of the 202 complaints on this car describe brake wear, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2025 Pilot.
Tick what matches of 32 reports
Brake wear on other Pilot years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Brake reports cover a wide spread of symptoms. Grinding or squealing is common, and so is a pulsing pedal or a shake through the car when stopping. Others describe pads and rotors worn out long before they expected, a brake warning light, or a pedal that goes soft or sinks toward the floor. The most serious ones say the car didn't stop in time.
What got replaced
Few of these reports name the part that was replaced.
Recalls and investigations
One recall on the brakes covers the 2025 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The brake pedal pivot pin was not secured properly, which can cause the pedal to shift out of position.
All 4 recalls on the 2025 Honda Pilot, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into the brakes on the Pilot
Vehicle stability assist malfunction. Closed mar 15, 2013.
None of these investigations covers the 2025 model year.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 1,700 and 10,000 miles, from the 9 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“my vehicle since the first week verhicle stops for no reason comes into a sudden dangerous stop the vehicle in the highway turn off and vehicle take off on its own 0 to 40 miles on its own”
Filed Aug 14, 2026
“Collision Mitigation Braking System has activated numerous times while traveling on a straight road with no other vehicles around. The brakes activated hard where items shifted in the vehicle and the seatbelts locked. Occupants were thrust forward at the time of braking. Contact was make with the dealership and there are is not any fixes advised.”
Filed Jul 30, 2026
“I was driving with my cruise control on, at the speed around 50 mph, thank goodness no other cars were around us, all of a sudden my car slammed on the brakes, a warning flashed but I happened so fast I wasnât able to see what it said.”
Filed May 1, 2026
“They sold me a vehicle with a recall. They failed to notify me or to repair. I need a replacement car”
Filed Nov 30, 2025
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 8 of 32 reports involved a crash and 5 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works