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2021 Honda Pilot towing capacity

Max towing, 20215,000 lb

Maker2,268 kg

The 2021 Honda Pilot tows up to 5,000 lb (8 trims i-VTM4 all-wheel drive, per Honda’s 2021 Pilot Specifications).

The lowest rating is 3,500 lb, for the 6 trims Front-wheel drive.

2021 Pilot Specifications (Honda Information Center, Feature Guide)
Configurations
14

01 / Ratings

Every 2021 Pilot configuration

14 configurations Honda sells, each with the ratings Honda publishes for it. A package that changes a rating gets its own row. All have the 3.5L V6 and 9-speed automatic.

2021 Honda Pilot

Makerin pounds

2021 Honda Pilot towing capacity, GCWR, payload and tongue weight by configuration, in pounds
ConfigurationMax towing lbAxle ratioTow check
LX · EX-L · Touring · Elite · Black Edition · EX · Special Edition · Touring 7-passenger Mosti-VTM4 all-wheel drive5,0004.334Check load →
LX · EX-L · Touring · EX · Special Edition · Touring 7-passengerFront-wheel drive3,5004.334Check load →

“Not published”: the maker doesn’t print it. —: not in the documents we hold yet. Scroll the table sideways for every rating.

SourceMakerEvery figure above is Honda’s, from this document.
  1. 2021 Pilot Specifications (Honda Information Center, Feature Guide) · American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Documents last checked . How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

2021 Honda Pilot specs: payload, dimensions, ground clearance and weight beside the towing ratings.

The 2021 Pilot belongs to this generation; every configuration, its clearance, angles and weights are on its page.

02 / Why

Which one tows the most, and why

Each figure below is the gap between two of Honda’s own ratings for configurations that differ in one thing only.

What moves the rating

Maker

Tows the most: 5,000 lb

8 trims i-VTM4 all-wheel drive.

  • Build

    i-VTM4 all-wheel drive instead of Front-wheel drive

    +1,500 lb

    Same configuration otherwise · 6 pairs in the table

03 / By year

Pilot towing by model year

The highest rating each model year, from that year’s documents. Years rated the same in every configuration share one page.

04 / Next

Check it against your load

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05 / FAQ

Questions people ask

Which 2021 Pilot configuration tows the most?

The 8 trims i-VTM4 all-wheel drive, at 5,000 lb.

Has the Honda Pilot’s towing capacity changed by year?

Highest rating by model year: 2026, 5,000 lb; 2024, 5,000 lb; 2022, 5,000 lb; 2021, 5,000 lb.

Which 2021 Pilot configuration tows the least?

The 6 trims Front-wheel drive, at 3,500 lb.

These are Honda’s published ratings, not a weighbridge. Your own vehicle’s GVWR and axle ratings are on its certification label, and only a scale tells you what your loaded rig weighs. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.