2027 Honda Pilot

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

2027 Honda Pilot 4-door SUV
2025 Honda Pilot shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteriaRating
Small overlap front
G
Side: updated test
G

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Small overlap front

The small overlap front evaluation consists of a driver-side and a passenger-side component. If the results of the two evaluations differ, then the combined small overlap rating is equal to the lower rating.

Driver-side

Tested vehicle: 2023 Honda Pilot Elite 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2023-27 models

The Honda Pilot was redesigned for the 2023 model year, and the Honda Passport was redesigned for the 2026 model year. Driver-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2023 Pilot conducted by Honda.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall driver-side evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTN2303
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 2
Footrest (cm) 7
Left toepan (cm) 5
Brake pedal (cm) 5
Parking brake (cm)
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 0
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 0
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 1
Upper dash (cm) 2
Lower instrument panel (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTN2303
Head
HIC-15 104
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.6
Extension bending moment (Nm) 9
Maximum Nij 0.17
Chest maximum compression (mm) 23
Femur (kN)
Left 0.4
Right 0.6
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 1
Right 1
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.26
Right 0.42
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 2.2
Right 2.0
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 83
Right 50

Passenger-side

Tested vehicle: 2023 Honda Pilot LX 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2023-27 models

The Honda Pilot was redesigned for the 2023 model year, and the Honda Passport was redesigned for the 2026 model year. Passenger-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2023 Pilot conducted by Honda.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall passenger-side evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on passenger side

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTP2304
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 2
Footrest (cm) 9
Right toepan (cm) 6
Center toepan (cm) 5
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 1
Upper occupant compartment
Center dash (cm) 2
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 1
Upper dash (cm) 3
Right lower dash (cm) 2

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTP2304
Head
HIC-15 78
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 9
Maximum Nij 0.32
Chest maximum compression (mm) 19
Femur (kN)
Left 1.0
Right 1.5
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 2
Right 4
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.34
Right 0.44
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 1.8
Right 1.9
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 43
Right 66

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTP2304
Head
HIC-15 89
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.6
Extension bending moment (Nm) 5
Maximum Nij 0.14
Chest maximum compression (mm) 25
Femur (kN)
Left 0.3
Right 0.4
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 1
Right 1
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.27
Right 0.20
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 1.1
Right 1.0
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 34
Right 52

About the small overlap front test

Side: updated test

Tested vehicle: 2023 Honda Pilot Elite 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2023-27 models

The Honda Pilot was redesigned for the 2023 model year, and the Honda Passport was redesigned for the 2026 model year. Side 2.0 ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2023 Pilot conducted by Honda.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis
G
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTS2309
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -32.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTS2309
Head
HIC-15 31
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.5
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 17
Lateral force (kN) 1.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 15
Average deflection (mm) 13
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.10
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.15
Pelvis
Combined force (kN) 1.5

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTS2309
Head
HIC-15 101
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.4
Compression (kN) 0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 18
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 19
Average deflection (mm) 12
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.54
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.17
Pelvis
Combined force (kN) 2.3

About the side crash test