Other visibility problem on the 2017 Honda Pilot
Only 5 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When other visibility problem gets reported
There are 11 reports of other visibility problem on the 2017 Honda Pilot, 5 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 75,000 miles. It is the 25th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 23,000 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
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 2017 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.
Since purchasing my 2017 honda pilot in september 2017, I have had to replace two windshields due to rocks kicked up by other vehicles. On a third occasion, another rock created a minor crack and chip in the windshield. The first incident that required replacing the windshield occurred on september 8, 2017, while driving southbound on u.s. 75 in richardson, tx, near the george bush freeway. The second incident requiring windshield replacement occurred on november 21, 2017, while driving southbound on u.s. Highway 297 near vernon, tx. The latest incident that resulted in minor damage occurred on december 22, 2017, while driving northbound on u.s. Highway 75 in richardson, tx, near galatyn parkway. This 2017 honda pilot is the second honda pilot I have owned/leased, and the prior vehicle incurred no glass damage driving the same route over a three-year period. The other honda vehicles, accords, were driven on the same general route since 2008, with no windshield damage. I am concerned that honda may have reduced the thickness or quality of the windshield glass or other materials used in the windshield, or made a design change…
My sunroon exploded on the freeway (interstate 575 going 65 MPH + )- I have had the car for 6 months (brand new). No accident occurred due to it - but was driving on the freeway and it exploded. 1/3 of the glass went into the car and 2/3's of the glass fell behind and scratched the top of my car. Talked to the dealership and they said it must have had an crack already in it and noticed scratches on the roof. If this ever gets recalled - I would like to be reimbursed. The cost for repair is over $600
While driving at highway speed the driver's-side wiper stopped working. Had to stop on hard shoulder. Issue was not obvious. The rain was not going to end any time soon so my partner ended up driving their vehicle in front of me with the hazards flashing at low speed so I could follow them closely until we could get to an exit and leave the pilot at a park-and-ride. This was very dangerous: sudden loss of visibility and then being stranded on the hard shoulder with trucks passing closely. Took the pilot to the dealer the next day. They removed a rubber cover from the wiper mount and tightened the bolt that is underneath. The service adviser said they can come loose in the winter due to the wipers getting stuck in ice. I am amazed that this relies solely on friction to function given how dangerous it is when they fail.
Also reported on the 2017 Honda Pilot
Other engine problem
Other electrical problem
Other powertrain problem
Other fuel system problem
No-start or intermittent start failure
Fuel pump failure
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 11 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
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 2017 Honda Pilot?
Across 5 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 25,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other visibility problem on the 2017 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