{"id":"2023_honda_hr_v","make":"Honda","make_slug":"honda","model":"HR-V","model_slug":"hr-v","year":2023,"url":"/honda/hr-v/2023/","pts":["gas"],"configs":[{"id":45363,"model":"HR-V FWD","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":2.0,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":26,"hwy":32,"comb":28,"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 Station Wagons","co2":309,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2250,"save_spend":0,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Thu Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022"},{"id":45362,"model":"HR-V AWD","pt":"gas","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":2.0,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":25,"hwy":30,"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 Station Wagons","co2":326,"fe_score":5,"ghg_score":5,"fuel_cost":2300,"save_spend":-250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Thu Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022"}],"vclass":"Small Station Wagons","segment":"Wagon","recalls":[{"campaign":"24V744000","component":"STEERING","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2024-10-03","owner_notified":"2024-11-18","units":1693199,"summary":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Acura Integra, Civic Type R, CR-V Hybrid, CR-V, HR-V, 2022-2025 Civic, Civic Hatchback, 2024-2025 Acura Integra Type S, 2025 CR-V Fuel Cell EV, Civic Hybrid, and Civic Hatchback Hybrid vehicles.  The steering gearbox assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause excessive internal friction and lead to difficulty steering the vehicle.","consequence":"Difficulty steering can increase the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the worm gear spring and redistribute or add grease as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed November 18, 2024.  Owners may contact Honda Customer Service at 1-888-234-2138.   Honda's numbers for this recall are SJS, MJU, QJT and VJV.","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 nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"SJS, MJU, QJT, VJV","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"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":"23V782000","component":"SEAT BELTS:FRONT","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2023-11-21","owner_notified":"2024-01-08","units":303770,"summary":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Accord and HR-V vehicles.  The front seat belt pretensioners may be missing the rivet that secures the quick connector and wire plate.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 208, \"Occupant Crash Protection,\" 209, \"Seat Belt Assembles,\" and 210, \"Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages.\"","consequence":"A seat belt pretensioner missing a rivet will not properly restrain the occupant, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will inspect and replace the seat belt pretensioner assemblies as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed January 8, 2024.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.  Honda's numbers for this recall are MG7 and NG5.","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":"MG7, NG5","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":685,"crash":7,"fire":0,"injured":4,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Visibility/Wiper",319],["Unspecified",214],["Visibility",82],["Steering",77],["Structure",33],["Electrical System",31]],"by_year":{"2023":385,"2024":254,"2025":32,"2026":14},"excerpts":[["2023-06-22","Visibility/Wiper","The rear window of my 2023 Honda HRV blew out and hit me in the arm as I was walking around the rear of the vehicle. I was parked in an open parking lot with nothing around to strike the glass in any way. Both seals on either side of the window blew out as well. I immediately took it to my local Honda dealer and they i\u2026"],["2023-06-22","Service Brakes","I was driving and my back windshield exploded shattered evenly along the rubber seal , also my steering is pulling me back into my lane , also wheel and break problems , car shut off while my dog was in it also at night I get bright head beam flicks"],["2023-06-20","Visibility/Wiper","My 2023 Honda HRV was sitting in the parking lot of a restaurant when the back window exploded outward on 06/17/2023. No impact. Just exploded on its own. Overcast, cloudy, light on and off rain and roughly 60-65 degrees F outside. https://lemberglaw.com/honda-hrv-back-window-shattering-problems/"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"RQ24006","component":"SEAT BELTS","opened":"2024-04-04","closed":"2025-03-26","campaign":"","subject":"Front Seat Belt Assemblies may be Missing the Rivet that Secures the Quick Connector and Wire Plate","summary":"On April 4, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened RQ24006 to investigate American Honda Motor Co.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (Honda\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s) proposed remedy for recall 23V-782 as well as scope of the vehicles involved. Honda issued recall 23V-782 on November 21, 2023, which concerns certain model year (MY) 2023-2024 Honda Accord, Honda Accord Hybrid, and Honda HR-V vehicles. Recall 23V-782 states that the driver and front passenger seat belt pretensioner assemblies may have been manufactured without a rivet that secures the pretensioner quick connector and wire plate. Recall documentation states that seat belt pretensioner assemblies that are missing the rivet will not properly restrain the occupant "}],"ncap":[{"desc":"SUV FWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.14,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null},{"desc":"SUV AWD","overall":null,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":null,"rollover_risk":0.0,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":139,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":28,"ncap":5,"complaints":685},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}