2026 Honda Pilot3.5L gasoline (3,471 cc)AWD · Correctly rated hitch, wiring and trailer equipment · 10,141 lb GCWR · 5,000 lb trailer
Bring these reference values into your own load sheet. Your vehicle labels and actual loading complete the picture.
Match the complete configuration
- Transmission
- Not confirmed
- Wheelbase
- Not confirmed
- Trim
- Not specified; verify exclusions
Required equipment and applicability
- Correctly rated hitch, wiring and trailer equipment
- Conventional ball-hitch trailer only. These are the manufacturer table values for the stated body, drivetrain or towing-equipment scope; match the actual vehicle and equipment before using a published rating.
- This record does not supply a vehicle-specific payload placard, GVWR, front/rear GAWR, installed receiver label, ball, ball mount or coupler rating.
- Unknown trim, axle ratio, dimensions and transmission detail are not inferred or expanded into combinations.
- The published trailer value uses two occupants, each 150 lb plus17.6 lb cargo, seated from front to rear. Honda prints lower trailer and tongue limits for additional occupants. Apply the correct occupant row before entering the applicable trailer rating; no universal per-person deduction is inferred.
- Additional weight, cargo and accessories reduce the maximum trailer weight and maximum tongue load. Avoid double-counting any reduction already included in the entered applicable rating.
- Honda reduces maximum gross combined weight by2% for every1,000 ft of elevation. The published GCWR is the unadjusted reference; this calculator does not apply an altitude correction automatically.
- The manual directs the owner to the certification label for GVWR and axle ratings; owner-specific label values remain unknown despite reference values elsewhere in the manual.
- Honda describes the vehicle as designed to tow without a weight-distributing hitch; consult the trailer maker before using WD equipment.
- Applicable equipment: Correctly rated hitch, wiring and trailer equipment.
Exclusions
- 2WD
Weight carrying and weight distribution
Owner must enter the installed equipment labels for this operating mode; a published vehicle maximum is not an installed component rating.
Trailer limit: Check your installed component label. Tongue limit: Check your installed component label.
Owner must enter the installed equipment labels for this operating mode; a published vehicle maximum is not an installed component rating.
Trailer limit: Check your installed component label. Tongue limit: Check your installed component label.
Weight distribution does not raise factory ratings. Axle loads and vehicle mass in the adjusted state require measurements. Receiver, ball mount, ball, and coupler must each be checked.
Other manufacturer requirements
Elevation-dependent GCWR. The manual reduces maximum gross combined weight by2% per 1,000 ft of elevation. Establish and enter the applicable adjusted GCWR; the altitude adjustment is not calculated here. Manufacturer source
Occupant-dependent trailer limit. AWD rows: 2 occupants 5,000 lb;3 occupants 4,750 lb;4 occupants 4,500 lb;5 occupants 4,250 lb;6 occupants 4,000 lb;7 occupants 2,500 lb. Honda does not recommend towing with 8 occupants. Each listed occupant is150 lb plus17.6 lb cargo. Extra weight and accessories can reduce limits further. This occupant schedule is not calculated automatically. Manufacturer source
Occupant-dependent tongue-load limit. Honda tongue-load table: 2 occupants: 500 lb; 3: 475 lb; 4: 450 lb; 5: 375 lb; 6: 250 lb; 7: 125 lb. The same occupant and cargo baseline applies; extra weight can reduce these limits further. This vehicle restriction is separate from installed component labels and is not calculated automatically. Manufacturer source
Fact provenance
Gross combined weight rating · 10,141 lb
2026 Honda Pilot US Owner's Manual — towing tables · PDF page 398 · Towing load limits — gross combined weight rating
Revision: 31T90630; OM-26889; 00X31-T90-6300; selected pages dated10/08/2025. Reviewed: 2026-09-22. Status: verified. Scope: US 2026 Honda Pilot; 3.5L gasoline (3,471 cc); AWD; Correctly rated hitch, wiring and trailer equipment.
- Conventional ball-hitch trailer only. These are the manufacturer table values for the stated body, drivetrain or towing-equipment scope; match the actual vehicle and equipment before using a published rating.
- This record does not supply a vehicle-specific payload placard, GVWR, front/rear GAWR, installed receiver label, ball, ball mount or coupler rating.
- Unknown trim, axle ratio, dimensions and transmission detail are not inferred or expanded into combinations.
- The published trailer value uses two occupants, each 150 lb plus17.6 lb cargo, seated from front to rear. Honda prints lower trailer and tongue limits for additional occupants. Apply the correct occupant row before entering the applicable trailer rating; no universal per-person deduction is inferred.
- Additional weight, cargo and accessories reduce the maximum trailer weight and maximum tongue load. Avoid double-counting any reduction already included in the entered applicable rating.
- Honda reduces maximum gross combined weight by2% for every1,000 ft of elevation. The published GCWR is the unadjusted reference; this calculator does not apply an altitude correction automatically.
- The manual directs the owner to the certification label for GVWR and axle ratings; owner-specific label values remain unknown despite reference values elsewhere in the manual.
- Honda describes the vehicle as designed to tow without a weight-distributing hitch; consult the trailer maker before using WD equipment.
- Applicable equipment: Correctly rated hitch, wiring and trailer equipment.
Published trailer rating · 5,000 lb
2026 Honda Pilot US Owner's Manual — towing tables · PDF page 396 · Towing load limits — maximum conventional trailer weight
Revision: 31T90630; OM-26889; 00X31-T90-6300; selected pages dated10/08/2025. Reviewed: 2026-09-22. Status: verified. Scope: US 2026 Honda Pilot; 3.5L gasoline (3,471 cc); AWD; Correctly rated hitch, wiring and trailer equipment.
- Conventional ball-hitch trailer only. These are the manufacturer table values for the stated body, drivetrain or towing-equipment scope; match the actual vehicle and equipment before using a published rating.
- This record does not supply a vehicle-specific payload placard, GVWR, front/rear GAWR, installed receiver label, ball, ball mount or coupler rating.
- Unknown trim, axle ratio, dimensions and transmission detail are not inferred or expanded into combinations.
- The published trailer value uses two occupants, each 150 lb plus17.6 lb cargo, seated from front to rear. Honda prints lower trailer and tongue limits for additional occupants. Apply the correct occupant row before entering the applicable trailer rating; no universal per-person deduction is inferred.
- Additional weight, cargo and accessories reduce the maximum trailer weight and maximum tongue load. Avoid double-counting any reduction already included in the entered applicable rating.
- Honda reduces maximum gross combined weight by2% for every1,000 ft of elevation. The published GCWR is the unadjusted reference; this calculator does not apply an altitude correction automatically.
- The manual directs the owner to the certification label for GVWR and axle ratings; owner-specific label values remain unknown despite reference values elsewhere in the manual.
- Honda describes the vehicle as designed to tow without a weight-distributing hitch; consult the trailer maker before using WD equipment.
- Applicable equipment: Correctly rated hitch, wiring and trailer equipment.
Other source rows, different limits.
These configurations have different published numbers. Match all equipment conditions before comparing.
| Configuration | Body / wheelbase | Drive / axle | GCWR (lb) | Trailer rating (lb) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5L gasoline (3,471 cc) Correctly rated hitch, wiring and trailer equipment | See source applicability | 2WD Axle ratio unknown | 8,444 3,830 kg | 3,500 1,588 kg |