Using vehicle speed sensors and seat sensors, smart airbags in the Pilot deploy with different levels of force or don’t deploy at all to help better protect passengers of all sizes in different collisions. The Pilot’s side airbags will shut off if a child is leaning against the door. The QX80’s airbags don’t have smart features and will always deploy full force.
For better protection of the passenger compartment, the Pilot uses safety cell construction with a three-dimensional high-strength frame that surrounds the passenger compartment. It provides extra impact protection and a sturdy mounting location for door hardware and side impact beams. The QX80 uses a body-on-frame design, which has no frame members above the floor of the vehicle.
Both the Pilot and the QX80 have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, plastic fuel tanks, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, available all wheel drive and rear parking sensors.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Honda Pilot is safer than the Infiniti QX80:
|
Pilot |
QX80 |
OVERALL STARS |
4 Stars |
3 Stars |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
2 Stars |
HIC |
149 |
384 |
Neck Injury Risk |
28% |
36% |
Neck Stress |
189 lbs. |
439 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
46 lbs. |
95 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
46/243 lbs. |
983/651 lbs. |
|
Passenger |
|
STARS |
4 Stars |
3 Stars |
HIC |
216 |
285 |
Chest Compression |
.6 inches |
1.2 inches |
Neck Injury Risk |
35% |
37% |
Neck Stress |
116 lbs. |
219 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
478/436 lbs. |
452/534 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Honda Pilot is safer than the Infiniti QX80:
|
Pilot |
QX80 |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Chest Movement |
.6 inches |
1 inches |
|
Into Pole |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Max Damage Depth |
15 inches |
16 inches |
HIC |
406 |
437 |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
Instrumented handling tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and analysis of its dimensions indicate that the Pilot, with its four-star roll-over rating, is 4.4% to 7.3% less likely to roll over than the QX80, which received a three-star rating.