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Owner complaints · Engine

2017 Honda CR-V engine problems

541 of the 1,771 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the 2017 Honda CR-V name the engine (NHTSA’s “Engine” heading — the engine and its cooling system). Filed under the same heading: 67 manufacturer bulletins. Every figure below is a document in a federal file, linked; none is a failure rate, and none is a verdict on any one car.

541 complaints 31% of this model year’s 8 reports a crash 2 a fire typically at 15k miles

What owners filed about the engine

Source: NHTSA complaint database
541complaints name the engine

8 of the 541 reports a crash · 2 a fire · 5 injuries. Self-reported, unverified.

Filed per year: 2017: 3 · 2018: 221 · 2019: 111 · 2020: 25 · 2021: 25 · 2022: 18 · 2023: 34 · 2024: 21 · 2025: 39 · 2026: 44

15kmiles, typically

Half of the 340 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the engine problem between 8,000 and 30,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.

31%of this model year’s complaints

1,771 complaints in all about the 2017 Honda CR-V, 44 filed in 2026. The whole picture, every system →

Counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many of these were sold; nothing here is a rate. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so “Engine” means the same area of the vehicle, not one fault.

Across model years: Honda CR-V engine problems, every year on file →

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In owners’ own words

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the engine. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

Gas is leaking into crankcase and diluting the engine oil therefore raising the oil level above the max fill line. Engine oil has gas odor and oil seems thinner due to dilution with gasoline
Engine at 8,550 miles Mar 19, 2018 NHTSA owner report
The oil level in the crank case continually rises and smells strongly of gasoline. Within 5000 miles, and 40% oil life according to the maintenance minder, it had risen well above the max line on the dip stick
Engine at 5,800 miles Mar 19, 2018 NHTSA owner report
I purchased a 2017 Honda crv-ex with the 1.5 turbo engine in november 2017 and plan to give this car to my niece as a graduation present in 2019. I took it for its first oil change, at 137 miles, and the dealer told me that there was gasoline in the oil.
Engine Mar 15, 2018 NHTSA owner report
I purchased a 2017 Cr-V from ashland Honda and toyota in ashland, wi in august 2017. On february 23, 2018, my car which has 5500 miles on it, started making a horrible noise and began losing power while on the highway. The noise continued throughout the weekend. We made an appointment with ashland Honda and toyota to service the call.
Engine at 5,500 miles Mar 12, 2018 NHTSA owner report
January 6th, 2018 car smelled of eggs and gas. Drove car 70 miles the emmisions and engine light came on and car was towed from a busy hwy 61 mn to Honda service center. They had Cr-V for 3 weeks. Changed oil & programmed injectors the oil had 1quart over of gas mixed into the oil.
Engine at 4,800 miles Mar 6, 2018 NHTSA owner report

What is on file about the engine

Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

67 manufacturer bulletins filed under this heading

The 6 newest are listed; every one is on the model year’s page. Quote the document number at a service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

Trouble codes named on this system

P0172 P0300 P0301 P0303 P0302 P0304 P0441 P219F

Codes a bulletin or an owner’s complaint about the 2017 Honda CR-V names on this model year; a code with a record of its own links it.

Other systems with a record on the 2017 Honda CR-V

Source: the same files
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Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communications

Are engine problems common on the 2017 Honda CR-V?

They are documented: NHTSA holds 541 owner complaints naming the engine on this model year (31% of everything owners filed about it), and 67 manufacturer bulletins are filed under the same heading. Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count, and a count says nothing about how many were sold.

Is there a recall for the engine on the 2017 Honda CR-V?

No recall campaign is filed under this heading for this model year (there are 7 filed under other headings). A bulletin is not a recall: it carries no federal duty to repair for free.

When do engine problems show up on the 2017 Honda CR-V?

Owners who gave an odometer reading reported it at a median of 15,000 miles; half of them between 8,000 and 30,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.

What does NHTSA's "Engine" heading cover?

The engine and its cooling system. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.