First generation · first-year watch
2025 Honda Prologue, day 442
- 150complaints since Jul 17, 2025
- 1recalls
- 5involved a crash
- 5,000median miles at failure
Newest report Sep 28, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Changed since August
- 5 new complaints in September, mostly about transmission and drivetrain, brakes and speed control.
- Nothing filed yet on sticky steering, transmission failure, engine failure or fire.
- 14th most complaints of the 36 2025 models on this site.
What is your Prologue doing?
Each one opens a sheet built from the owner reports of that problem on the 2025 model year.
What's been reported
NHTSA's own component codes. One report can cite several.
- Steering40
- Electrical32
- Other30
- Transmission and drivetrain28
- Collision avoidance24
- Suspension22
- Exterior Lighting13
- Brakes12
Problems so far
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 31 reports
- Suspension noise, struts or alignment 22 reports
- Steering wheel clicks, clunks or grinds when I turn 20 reports
- Driveshaft, axle or transfer case problems 18 reports
- Hybrid or EV system warning, loss of power 16 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 11 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 9 reports
- Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking) 9 reports
Recent reports
“Both cv joints failed at less than 3,000 miles. They know about this but will no longer replace them as they know the new ones will fail immediately.”
Filed Jul 16, 2026
“CV axles clicking and now a slight vibration in the steering while driving at highway speeds. Also audible buzzing noticable. This started around 8000 miles , it now has 11000 and getting worse.”
Filed Mar 23, 2026
“It makes a clicking sound when the steering is near the end of travel in either direction. I believe this is a problem becoming more and more common with the CV joint or axle. But this vehicle used on 2/24/26 with 17,000 miles on it.”
Filed Mar 2, 2026
“The 2025 Honda Prologue is 7 months old with 5424 miles has a clicking sound when you turn all the way left or all the way right. It is a defective design part that will continue to get worse until the vehicle will become undrivable. Honda Corporation is aware of the problem as the 2024 Prologue has the same issue.”
Filed Mar 2, 2026
At a glance
- Next to the 2024
- The 2025 is too new for a fair per-year comparison. It has 150 complaints so far; the 2024, on sale longer, has 841.
- Top problem
- Infotainment leads with 31 of the 150 complaints (21%), ahead of suspension at 22. Too few of the infotainment reports give a mileage to say when it starts.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 7 of the 150 complaints (5%) report a crash, a fire or an injury, a little under the 6% typical of vehicles on this site. Counted separately (one report can carry more than one), 5 reports mention a crash and 3 people were hurt. The most crash reports, 3 of 5, fall under brake wear.
- Recalls behind the top problems
- No recall on file is on the same system as infotainment. For those, the complaints are all there is.
- When owners filed
- Every complaint so far came in during 2025. So far in 2026, 98 more have come in.
Service bulletins for the 2025 Honda Prologue
Honda filed 13 bulletins and other notices with NHTSA that list the 2025 Honda Prologue. 2 of them deal with a problem owners have reported on this car. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Steering wheel clicks, clunks or grinds when I turn 1 bulletin · 20 complaints
Tech Line Summary - Customers may complain of a clicking or ratcheting type noise when turning.
Hybrid or EV system warning, loss of power 1 bulletin · 16 complaints
A Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) may illuminate, or a “Service High Voltage” message may appear. Additionally, the 12-volt battery may intermittently or persistently discharge due to an internal Battery Energy Control Module (BECM) calibration anomaly ...
Recalls
Whether your car is included depends on its VIN. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
American Honda Motor Company (Honda) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Honda Prologue and 2024 Acura ZDX vehicles. The rearview camera screen may display a distorted or blank image.
Risk and remedy
Remedy: Dealers will replace the rearview camera, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed July 7, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available, anticipated in late 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are DO5 and RO6. The information in your report suggests that Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) may have been aware of this issue more than five business days before filing a report with NHTSA. Please be reminded that under Federal law, this agency is to be notified of all safety defect and/or noncompliance decisions within five business days. 49 CFR 573.6 Significant civil penalties can be assessed for this violation.
The recall on the 2025 Honda Prologue, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
Guide Seeing this on your own car? How to file a complaint with NHTSA
The log
Complaints by the month NHTSA received them, newest first. Blue bars mark a month with a recall or an investigation.
Questions
What is the most common problem on the 2025 Honda Prologue?
Infotainment, with 31 of the 150 complaints.
At what mileage do 2025 Honda Prologue problems start?
Of the 30 complaints that give a mileage, a quarter came by about 2,000 miles and half by about 5,000.
How many 2025 Honda Prologue complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
7 of them (5%). The typical vehicle on this site is at 6%.
Is there a recall for infotainment on the 2025 Honda Prologue?
No recall on file for the 2025 Honda Prologue is on the same system as infotainment. Another recall may still cover your car, so check its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.