Two problems related to engine knocking noise have been reported for the 2016 Honda Pilot. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Honda Pilot based on all problems reported for the 2016 Pilot.
There is a knocking noise coming from the engine bay. You can hear it when the vehile starts up but it gets louder as the vehicle gets up to temp. Mainly at idle and louder at acceleration. The vehicle was taken to germain Honda in wooster ohio and they determined that the vehicle has bad rod bearings. We purchased in fall of 2024 with about 64k miles and the engine at this point has about 75k miles on it. It has an excellent service record and has been serviced at Honda since it was new and I am the second owner.
Upon inspection found knocking noise from low end rod knock. Internal failure of rod causing noise from spun bearing- Honda told me that the VIN was not included in the previous recall despite being manufactured in the same month and year of the recall causing me to pay out of pocket to replace the short block of the engine at 85,000 miles.