My wife drives a 2010 Pilot and we've done some light towing with it (3500 or so lbs), and it's done really well. As far as I'm concerned it's a great overall family hauler. We've had it for 5 years (bought new) and it has about 60,000 miles on it and we haven't had any issues with the VCM or anything else for that matter. It hasn't ever burned any oil either. The only criticism I have is I thought it would get better mileage, but I may be too critical of it in that regard since it's a fairly high profile vehicle with 4wd that weighs nearly 5,000 lbs. My sister has a slightly older Pilot (2008 or so) and she's had great luck as well - well over 100,000 miles with no issues beyond regular maintenance type items.
