Other visibility problem on the 2011 Honda Pilot
1 injury 1 of the 11 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other visibility problem gets reported
Owners of the 2011 Honda Pilot report other visibility problem at a median of 5,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 1,000 miles and a quarter after 70,000 miles, from 9 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 75,000 miles. It is the 14th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 800 miles at the tenth percentile to 130,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 128,506 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
56% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 820 miles | 1,000 miles | 6,500 miles | 70,000 miles | 129,326 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 an injury is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $150–$1,400 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 14 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2019, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2005 at 140,000 miles.
By volume the 2021 carries the most reports, with 27; the 2011 has 11. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 honda pilot. While the vehicle was parked the contact noticed the view of the front driver, passenger side and the rear view windows were distorted when sunlight shined on the window due to the tint. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician stated the windows were the same on all vehicles of for that year, make, model and there was no defect. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 1,000.
The maximum speed setting on the windshield wipers is completely insufficient when driving on the highway / interstate during periods of rain and at speeds in excess of 45 MPH. It is impossible to maintain a reasonably unobstructed view of the roadway. While traveling at higher speeds, the high-speed setting of the wipers can keep up with a mere drizzle only. A steady rain creates nearly zero visibility, while a thunderstorm or torrential rain renders the vehicle inoperable. The high-speed wiper setting on the 2011 honda pilot is comparable to the low speed wiper setting on the majority of other vehicles currently on the market. The service department at j.l. Freed honda in montgomeryville, pennsylvania indicates that the wipers operate as designed. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 honda pilot. The contact stated the rear window on the hatch exploded as she entered the vehicle. The exploding glass caused the contact to sustain cuts and lacerations. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the window was repaired, but the dealer stated there was nothing else that could be done to make sure the window did not explode again. The contact spoke with the manufacturer and was told this was a situation for the dealer to handle. The contact was concerned about the manufactures defect and safety issue. The current mileage was 6,500.
Also reported on the 2011 Honda Pilot
Airbag inflator rupture
Other body or interior problem
Other brake problem
Other suspension problem
Other steering problem
Other engine problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 11 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other visibility problem happen on the 2011 Honda Pilot?
Across 9 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 5,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 1,000 miles and a quarter after 70,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other visibility problem on the 2011 Honda Pilot?
11 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.1 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed