What is it like to own a 2012 Honda Pilot in NYC?
1,969 are registered in the five boroughs. Here is what they cost to fuel, what owners report to NHTSA, and which recalls are open.
There are 1,969 2012 Honda Pilots actively registered in New York City, most of them in Queens at 769. EPA rates it at 20 MPG combined. NHTSA lists 9 safety recall campaigns covering this vehicle and holds 228 complaints submitted by owners and drivers.
- Registered in NYC
- 1,969
- Combined MPG
- 20
- Recall campaigns
- 9
- Complaints to NHTSA
- 228
Data: NYS DMV August 17, 2026 snapshot, NHTSA and EPA as of August 17, 2026
Will I see myself coming and going?
1,969 2012 Honda Pilots are actively registered in New York City, across 5 of the five boroughs. Queens has the most at 769, and Manhattan the fewest at 163.
| Borough | Registered | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Queens | 769 | 39.1% |
| Brooklyn | 418 | 21.2% |
| The Bronx | 415 | 21.1% |
| Staten Island | 204 | 10.4% |
| Manhattan | 163 | 8.3% |
| All five boroughs | 1,969 | 100% |
What will fuel cost me?
EPA rates the 2012 Honda Pilot at 20 MPG combined across its 2 EPA configurations, 17 to 18 in the city and 24 to 25 on the highway. City driving is the lower end of that in practice, and New York is city driving.
| Configuration | City | Highway | Combined | Annual fuel cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5L, 6-cyl, Automatic 5-spd, Front-Wheel Drive | 18 | 25 | 20 | $3,100 |
| 3.5L, 6-cyl, Automatic 5-spd, All-Wheel Drive | 17 | 24 | 20 | $3,100 |
What goes wrong with it?
Owners and drivers have submitted 228 complaints about the 2012 Honda Pilot to NHTSA, across 23 component categories. The most reported is engine, with 35. These are reports, not confirmed defects and not a failure rate: a car that sold well collects more of them than a rare one for no reason other than that more people own it.
| Component | Complaints submitted | Latest report |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | 35 | April 9, 2026 |
| Service brakes | 25 | November 15, 2021 |
| Electrical system | 22 | April 9, 2026 |
| Air bags | 20 | February 24, 2026 |
| Power train | 20 | August 15, 2025 |
| Vehicle speed control | 17 | December 17, 2022 |
| Suspension | 14 | November 5, 2022 |
| Fuel/propulsion system | 11 | April 9, 2026 |
A complaint is somebody telling the federal government that something happened to their car. It has not been investigated, confirmed or agreed to by the manufacturer, and the count says as much about how many of these were sold as about the car itself. If you want to know what a symptom means rather than how often it is reported, the symptoms guide is the page for that.
Is mine affected by a recall?
NHTSA lists 9 safety recall campaigns covering the 2012 Honda Pilot. A campaign covers a range of vehicles, not every one built, so the only way to know whether yours is included is to check your own VIN against NHTSA's lookup.
| Campaign | Component | Reported |
|---|---|---|
| 19V502000 | Air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module | June 27, 2019 |
| 19V378000 | Air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module | May 16, 2019 |
| 18V661000 | Air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module | September 27, 2018 |
| 18V268000 | Air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module | April 26, 2018 |
| 18V042000 | Air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module | January 9, 2018 |
Who works on Pilots in Brooklyn?
We do. Nacmias Service Center is at 619 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, family owned since 1977: diagnostics, brakes, suspension, engine and transmission work on the Pilot. If it will not start where it sits, the flatbed that brings it in is ours too.
Registration counts: New York State DMV registration file, five New York City counties, August 17, 2026 snapshot. A registration is a record in a state database, not a car on the road, and the borough is where the registrant receives mail rather than where the car is driven. How we counted.
Fuel economy: EPA and DOE ratings published at FuelEconomy.gov, unaveraged, so each configuration is its own row. Recalls and complaints: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, the agency's own wording, as ingested August 17, 2026. Complaints are reports members of the public filed, not confirmed defects. The NYC registration study is the analysis these counts sit on top of.
234 vehicles in this directory, covering 520,848 registered cars. Data as of August 17, 2026.