Honda Pilot 2016–2022 · Maintenance schedule & cost to maintain

Honda's own footnote: if you regularly tow or drive mountain roads at very low speed, change it at 7,500 miles, then every 15,000. That is the severe default here, so by 60,000 miles this is the fourth change. Honda's trigger is towing and slow mountain driving, not short trips. Without either, Maintenance Minder code 6 calls it. Use Honda DPSF-II, 1.92 quarts. Front-drive Pilots skip this item.

Honda prints no mileage for this and no severe footnote on the code 3 row. The Minder calls it, and dealer and chain guides place it between 30,000 and 60,000 miles. The 6-speed takes Honda ATF DW-1, 3.3 quarts per change. The 9-speed takes ATF Type 3.1, 3.5 quarts. Cars with a transfer assembly also get HGO-1 there. Honda's 2017-2022 manuals say not to check or change the ATF yourself.

The J35 turns its cams with a toothed belt, not a chain. Honda's footnote says replace it every 60,000 miles if you regularly drive in heat over 110°F or cold under -20°F. The 2016-2018 books add towing a trailer, the 2019-2022 books drop it. That is the severe default here. Outside those conditions, Maintenance Minder code 4 calls it near Honda's 100,000-mile tune-up.

Wear-based, no factory mileage. Honda has the front and rear brakes inspected at every B service, so you get a pad reading with the oil change. Pad part numbers changed at the 2019 facelift, so order by model year.

Honda inspects the driveshaft boots at every B service, so ask what they found. A torn boot shows as grease splattered around the wheel and suspension, and dirt then gets into the joint. A boot alone costs far less than the axle it protects, so catch it early.

Not a factory mileage item. Honda's manual says uneven tread wear means have the alignment checked. Worn control-arm bushings let the suspension move out of line, so an alignment on worn bushings will not hold. Check the bushings first if the car keeps chewing tires.

Honda says tires of a different size or construction can make the AWD system, ABS and stability control work incorrectly, and that all four should be replaced at once, or at least in front or rear pairs. Honda's manual sets no tread-depth matching number for the AWD system. Rotate at every Minder code 1, and treat uneven wear as a reason for an alignment check.

Wear-based, no factory interval, and Honda inspects the suspension at every B service. Independent guides put typical wear-out near 100,000 miles, sooner on rough roads. Worn bushings throw the alignment off and wear tires unevenly, so replace them before paying for another alignment.

No factory interval, replace on condition. The front and rear mounts on every 2016-2022 Pilot are Honda's Active Control Engine Mounts, which cancel the shake when Variable Cylinder Management runs the V6 on three cylinders. They are an electrically driven part, so price the Honda ACM mount, not a plain rubber one.

Honda prints no mileage for the coolant change. It is Maintenance Minder code 5, and the car decides. Dealer and chain guides place the first change near 120,000 miles or 10 years, which the earliest 2016 cars have now reached by age, so check the records. Use Honda Long Life Antifreeze/Coolant Type 2, mixed 50/50 with distilled water.

Honda's rule is a calendar one. The 2016-2018 books say every 3 years regardless of the Minder. From 2019 the Minder carries a brake fluid code, item 7, and Honda still says change it at 3 years if the code has not appeared. Honda publishes no separate severe number for it. Use Honda Heavy Duty Brake Fluid DOT 3.