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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
5FNYF5H51MB••••••2021 Honda PILOT
That is about average for the 2021 Honda PILOT — 4 complaints per build across 125 builds.
4on this build
440on the model
125builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedAir Bags 2Engine 1Vehicle Speed Control 1Service Brakes 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashOct 2024
The contact owned a 2021 Honda Pilot. The contact stated while driving at 30 MPH and while attempting to stop depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact confirmed that the accelerator pedal was not depressed accidentally. No air bags deployed.…
Service BrakesMay 2025
Recently , I stated seeing CMBC failure in my 2021 Honda Pilot 2wd. My car has 41500 miles in it. I took car to dealer ship and dealer ship says they are no recalls i need to change my camera. I am not understanding it's like brand new car and not driven many miles. I research…
EngineSep 2021
Incident occurred 9/28/21 4:20 - 4:30 pm PST while driving in the 3rd lane of southbound 880 Highway about 1 mile before the the exit of 16th Ave & Embarcadero in the city of Oakland. The speed that the vehicle was moving at the time of the incident was between 50 to 55 MPH. The…
Air BagsAug 2021
Airbag light came ON at 45,000 miles approximately. Took the vehicle to dealership paid for a diagnosis just to be told that it is out of warranty that if I want it fixed had to pay out of pocket $531.69 for SRS unit, plus $1398.98 for a Seat Frame, plus $980.75 for Labor. I…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5FNYF5H51MB005018 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.