Toyota 4RUNNER vs Honda Pilot

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	Toyota 4RUNNER	Honda Pilot
Complaints on file	6,496	13,244
Model years covered	1984–2026	2003–2026
Worst model year	2006	2019
Best model year	2026	2026
Crashes reported	396	522
Fires reported	67	150
Injuries reported	248	347
Deaths reported	13	9
Most complained-about part	Body & Structure	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	11.1%	7.8%

Toyota 4RUNNER by year

2 2 13 7 12 7 95 55 73 58 15 52 92 200 168 312 520 206 261 718 847 553 521 204 134 33 175 182 112 48 91 116 106 48 78 87 46 56 55 44 11 69 12

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Body & Structure 1,792 27.6%

Suspension 818 12.6%

Other & Unspecified 724 11.1%

Airbags 474 7.3%

Brakes 473 7.3%

Engine & Cooling 380 5.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 357 5.5%

Steering 296 4.6%

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

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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%