The Honda Pilot is a three-row family SUV that drives like a large car rather than a truck, which in the UAE makes it the choice for people who want the seats without the ladder frame. We have 14 listed.
How much does a used Honda Pilot cost in the UAE?
Our closed sales put a 2018 Pilot at about AED 60,000 and a 2016 at AED 38,000. Live asking prices run from AED 55000 for an early-2020s car up to AED 224900 for a current-year one, which is a lot of three-row car for the money.
Which used Honda Pilot year should you buy?
2016 is the line. That model year replaced the boxy previous car with a smoother unibody design, a 3.5-litre V6, a much better cabin and eventually a nine-speed automatic on higher trims. A further redesign arrived in the early 2020s with a squarer, more rugged look and a bigger third row. Anything from 2016 to 2020 is where the value sits.
Is a used Honda Pilot reliable in the UAE?
Two findings that matter for a family car both go the Pilot's way. Only 24% of the Honda Pilots we inspect in the UAE show interior staining, against the 36% we would expect for SUVs of the same age and mileage here, and just 5% show an electrical or electronics fault against the 14% expected for that class. Those are the two things three rows of children and this climate usually destroy, and for scale the Ford Explorer runs at 47% on staining against the 39% expected for its own age and mileage group, and the Ford Edge at 25% on electrical faults against 15%.
Honda Pilot or Ford Explorer?
The Explorer is far cheaper for the same year and has the tougher image, but its cabin and its electrics are the weaker part of the deal. The Nissan Pathfinder is cheaper again and shows the same 47% staining rate. Concede the Pilot loses on price: what it wins is the condition you take delivery of.
What to inspect on a used Honda Pilot
- Gearbox — confirm which one the car has, and how it shifts from cold.
- Third-row and rear air conditioning at idle.
- Suspension and bushes at family-car mileages.
- Service history in full.
Read the mechanical section of the CarSwitch inspection report before you offer on any Pilot — the interior and electrical pages usually come back clean, so that is where the difference between cars sits.
