Honda Pilot vs Chevrolet Malibu

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Honda Pilot	Chevrolet Malibu
Complaints on file	13,244	29,455
Model years covered	2003–2026	1964–2025
Worst model year	2019	2010
Best model year	2026	2022
Crashes reported	522	1,225
Fires reported	150	234
Injuries reported	347	743
Deaths reported	9	38
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	7.8%	7.6%

Honda Pilot by year

877 644 955 332 266 166 174 142 393 229 369 153 140 2,383 1,340 655 1,455 799 732 266 214 174 357 29

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Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,556 19.3%

Electrical System 2,039 15.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,323 10.0%

Other & Unspecified 1,162 8.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,126 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 872 6.6%

Airbags 734 5.5%

Brakes 648 4.9%

Chevrolet Malibu by year

1 1 2 2 4 6 3 3 1 1 3 693 1,480 1,227 1,379 1,005 755 773 1,639 1,386 1,475 1,253 1,489 2,356 2,205 1,529 1,473 1,383 564 402 1,446 1,179 1,217 309 336 134 157 106 62 16

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Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Steering 5,717 19.4%

Electrical System 4,822 16.4%

Engine & Cooling 3,167 10.8%

Brakes 2,828 9.6%

Lights 2,060 7.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,687 5.7%

Stability & Traction Control 1,330 4.5%

Other & Unspecified 1,297 4.4%