{"id":"2016_honda_cr_v","make":"Honda","make_slug":"honda","model":"CR-V","model_slug":"cr-v","year":2016,"url":"/honda/cr-v/2016/","pts":["gas"],"configs":[{"id":36992,"model":"CR-V 2WD","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":2.4,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":26,"hwy":32,"comb":29,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD","co2":309,"fe_score":7,"ghg_score":7,"fuel_cost":2150,"save_spend":500,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016"},{"id":37024,"model":"CR-V 4WD","pt":"gas","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":2.4,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":25,"hwy":31,"comb":27,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD","co2":326,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2300,"save_spend":-250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016"}],"vclass":"Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD","segment":"Compact SUV","recalls":[{"campaign":"23V858000","component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2023-12-18","owner_notified":"2024-03-29","units":2490460,"summary":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 Honda Clarity PHEV, Fit, and 2015-2020 Honda Accord Hybrid, Pilot, Acura NSX vehicles.  The fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.","consequence":"Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge.  Owner letters were mailed September 6, 2024.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.  Honda's numbers for this recall are KGC and KGD.  This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21V-215 and 20V-314.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"KGC, KGD","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"17V305000","component":"ENGINE","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2017-05-04","owner_notified":"2017-06-20","units":16,"summary":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Honda CR-V vehicles that recently received a replacement engine.  The replacement engine may have been built with the wrong pistons, potentially affecting the engine's performance.","consequence":"The reduced performance may result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engines and replace the incorrect components, as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began June 20, 2017.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.  Honda's number for this recall is KF6.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"KF6","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"15V714000","component":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2015-10-29","owner_notified":"2015-11-13","units":515,"summary":"American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (Honda) is recalling certain model year 2016 CR-V vehicles manufactured October 12, 2015, to October 19, 2015.  The metal housing surrounding the driver's air bag inflator in these vehicles may have been manufactured incorrectly.","consequence":"In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.","remedy":"Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver side frontal air bag module, free of charge.  The recall began in November 2015.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.  Honda'a number for this recall is JV9.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"JV9","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":3,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":76,"grade":"C","complaints":{"count":392,"crash":40,"fire":4,"injured":36,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Engine",101],["Unspecified",85],["Fuel/Propulsion System",65],["Electrical System",64],["Power Train",45],["Air Bags",32]],"by_year":{"2016":33,"2017":66,"2018":37,"2019":63,"2020":41,"2021":34,"2022":30,"2023":21,"2024":28,"2025":29,"2026":10},"excerpts":[["2022-02-03","Fuel/Propulsion System","Intermittently my crv will stall/shut off after a complete stop. It happens almost every day now."],["2022-01-29","Electrical System","I have submitted this complaint before. We sold the car rather than deal with a potential t-bone accident. When starting from a stop, as you would accelerate into a traffic lane the car without warning would suddenly act as if the key was turned off, ceasing to accelerate. Exiting our neighborhood onto a thoroughfare w\u2026"],["2022-01-25","Fuel/Propulsion System","I first detected a smell of gasoline at the rear of the vehicle. Appox. one week later, I began to smell gasoline inside the vehicle. I've taken the car to the Honda dealership and I'm awaiting the repair. The dealer service adviser said the problem was found to be one or more failed seals in the fuel line. I was advis\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"EA19001","component":"AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE","opened":"2019-04-19","closed":"2024-09-19","campaign":"20V024","subject":"Electrical overstress","summary":"The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect.\u00c2\u00a0 During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW. \u00c2\u00a0The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with "}],"ncap":[{"desc":"SUV AWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.174,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null},{"desc":"SUV FWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.174,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null}],"popularity":4,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":29,"ncap":5,"complaints":392},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}