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2025 Honda CR-V

Hybrid Gas Hydrogen fuel cell

Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD
5 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26

Safety Signal

62 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record

Counts recalls, not crash safety — this vehicle earned 5 of 5 stars from NHTSA. A much-recalled best-seller scores low here; see the methodology.

Recalls1 critical 6

Complaints34 crash · 6 fire · 27 injured reported 290

Crash ratingNHTSA overall 5★

Fuel economybest combined, EPA 40 mpg

2027 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

The 2025 Honda CR-V is sold in the U.S. as a hybrid, gas and hydrogen fuel cell compact SUV with 5 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the CR-V FWD, is EPA-rated at 40 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for this model year, 1 rated critical, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of D. Owners have filed 290 complaints, most often about the steering. NHTSA crash-tested it at 5 stars overall.

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Trims & pricing

Source: manufacturer press kitCompare a trim →

Trim	Powertrain	Drive	MSRP	HP	Torque	MPG comb	Cargo (2nd row)	Wheels
LX	Gas	FWD	—	190 hp	179 lb-ft	30 mpg	39.3 cu-ft	17 in
LX	Gas	AWD	—	190 hp	179 lb-ft	28 mpg	39.3 cu-ft	17 in
EX	Gas	FWD	—	190 hp	179 lb-ft	30 mpg	39.3 cu-ft	18 in
EX	Gas	AWD	—	190 hp	179 lb-ft	28 mpg	39.3 cu-ft	18 in
EX-L	Gas	FWD	—	190 hp	179 lb-ft	30 mpg	39.3 cu-ft	18 in
EX-L	Gas	AWD	—	190 hp	179 lb-ft	28 mpg	39.3 cu-ft	18 in
Sport	Hybrid	FWD	—	145 hp	138 lb-ft	40 mpg	36.3 cu-ft	18 in
Sport	Hybrid	AWD	—	145 hp	138 lb-ft	37 mpg	36.3 cu-ft	18 in
Sport-L	Hybrid	FWD	—	145 hp	138 lb-ft	40 mpg	36.3 cu-ft	18 in
Sport-L	Hybrid	AWD	—	145 hp	138 lb-ft	37 mpg	36.3 cu-ft	18 in
Sport Touring	Hybrid	AWD	—	145 hp	138 lb-ft	37 mpg	34.7 cu-ft	19 in

MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.

Specs & fuel economy

Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov

Configuration	Powertrain	Drive	Engine / motor	City	Hwy	Comb	Annual fuel*
CR-V FWD	Hybrid	FWD	2.0L 4-cyl + 263V Li-Ion	43	36	40	$1,700
CR-V AWD	Hybrid	AWD	2.0L 4-cyl + 263V Li-Ion	40	34	37	$1,800
CR-V FWD	Gas	FWD	1.5L 4-cyl turbo	28	34	30	$2,250
CR-V AWD	Gas	AWD	1.5L 4-cyl turbo	26	31	28	$2,400
CR-V e-FCEV	Hydrogen fuel cell	FWD	130 kW AC PMSM	36	43	39	—

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 47950, 47957, 47949, 47956, 50270.

Emissions & certification

Source: EPA emission certificates

Configuration	Smog rating	Emission standard	Where it can be sold new	SmartWay
CR-V FWD	6 / 10	Federal Tier 3 Bin 30 / California LEV-III SULEV30	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—
CR-V AWD	6 / 10	California LEV-III SULEV30 / Federal Tier 3 Bin 30	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—
CR-V AWD	5 / 10	Federal Tier 3 Bin 50 / California LEV-III ULEV50	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—

Certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S.

The smog rating scores tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, 1 (worst) to 10 (best), and is comparable only within a model year. The standard is the federal bin or California tier the configuration was certified to. Both come from the EPA certificate behind the window sticker.

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Recalls (6)

Source: NHTSA recall database

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Tires

PPW

4,804 vehicles built Sep 8, 2022 – May 20, 2026

Problem Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2026 CR-V Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, and 2025 CR-V Fuel Cell EV vehicles that were previously remedied under NHTSA recall number 26V366. When using the tire repair kit, pressure may build within the sealant bottle, causing the bottle cap to detach. Risk A detached bottle cap can become a projectile and strike the user or others nearby, increasing the risk of injury. Fix Dealers will inspect and replace the tire repair kit nozzle, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed November 16, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-866-784-1870. Honda's number for this recall is PPW. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning October 17, 2026. Vehicles previously repaired under recall 26V366 will need to have the new remedy completed.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Dealer notice PDF

NHTSA campaign 26V663000 reported Oct 8, 2026 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Tires

DOV

1,048,613 vehicles

Problem Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2026 CR-V Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, and 2025-2026 CR-V Fuel Cell EV vehicles. When using the tire repair kit, pressure may build within the sealant bottle, causing the bottle cap to detach. Risk A detached bottle cap can become a projectile and strike the user or others nearby, increasing the risk of injury. Fix Dealers will replace the tire repair kit nozzle or sealant bottle, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed July 27, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the final remedy is available, anticipated in Fall 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-866-784-1870. Honda's number for this recall is DOV. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning June 11, 2026.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Interim owner letter PDF Dealer notice PDF

NHTSA campaign 26V366000 reported Jun 4, 2026 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Electrical System

CN4

388 vehicles 49% reported repaired built Jun 3, 2024 – Mar 26, 2025

Problem Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2025 Honda CR-V Fuel Cell EV vehicles. Coolant inside the fuel cell stack may leak into the fuel cell stack case, causing an internal short circuit. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 305, "Electric-powered vehicles: Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection." Risk An internal short circuit in a fuel cell can cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash or injury. Fix Dealers will replace the fuel cell stack assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 3 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is CN4. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning December 16, 2025.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF

NHTSA campaign 25V858000 reported Dec 11, 2025 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Fuel System, Gasoline

TLS

6 vehicles built May 2, 2025 – May 2, 2025 Hybrid only

Problem Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid vehicles. The fuel feed hose may have been improperly installed, allowing fuel to leak. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 301, "Fuel System Integrity." Risk A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire. Fix Dealers will install a new fuel feed hose and connector cover, free of charge. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is TLS.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF

NHTSA campaign 25V378000 reported Jun 5, 2025 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Fuel System, Gasoline

PJW

720,810 vehicles 94% reported repaired built Sep 21, 2021 – Sep 16, 2024 Hybrid only

Problem Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Honda Accord, Accord Hybrid, 2023-2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid, and 2025 Honda Civic and Civic Hybrid vehicles. The high-pressure fuel pump may crack and leak fuel. Risk A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire. Fix Dealers will inspect and replace the high-pressure fuel pump as necessary, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed February 20, 2025. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is PJW.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF Remedy instructions PDF

NHTSA campaign 24V763000 reported Oct 14, 2024 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Steering

SJS, MJU, QJT, VJV

1,693,199 vehicles 90% reported repaired

Problem 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. Risk Difficulty steering can increase the risk of a crash. Fix 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.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF Remedy instructions PDF

NHTSA campaign 24V744000 reported Oct 3, 2024 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.

Whether any of this applies to one specific CR-V

A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2025 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. Honda publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.

NHTSA VIN check →Honda’s own VIN lookup →

Hear about a recall before the letter does

The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2025 Honda CR-V, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database

290complaints filed

34 involved a crash · 6 a fire · 27 injuries · 0 deaths reported

6.5 per 10,000 built · Honda reported 446,027 CR-V built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)

Filed per year: 2024: 54 · 2025: 125 · 2026: 111

Most-cited components

Steering → 66

Unspecified 57

Forward Collision Avoidance → 52

Visibility/Wiper 39

Fuel/Propulsion System 36

Service Brakes 35

In depth: steering problems → · automatic emergency braking problems →

In owners' own words

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.

Fuel pump injector gave out at around 25,700 miles on 2025 crv hybrid. This happened while driving and put mine and my passengers safety at risk. When it went out, I got multiple warning messages saying power system failure, blind spot monitoring system failure, and transmission system problem.

Fuel/Propulsion System Aug 24, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11759263

The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid. The contact stated that while parking in her residence parking lot, the brake pedal was depressed but failed to function as intended. An abnormal rev sound could be heard coming from the engine when the vehicle accelerated independently.

Service Brakes at 12,500 miles Sep 15, 2025 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11687310

Vehicle: 2025 Honda CR-V Sport-L Hybrid Date of Purchase: April 2025 Date Problem First Noticed: April 2025 Complaint Summary: I purchased a brand new 2025 Honda CR-V Sport-L Hybrid in April 2025.

Steering Jul 19, 2025 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11674692

I initially thought I was low on wiper-washer fluid but dealer told me that the new system had the washer fluid distributed from the windshield wiper instead of the stationary area under the wiper.

Visibility/Wiper May 12, 2025 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11660498

I was parking in our apartment's parking lot when I attempted a left turn to pull in front-facing toward the wall. Within seconds, and without understanding how or why, the car continued forward and hit the wall. Initially, I reported to the insurance company that I either didn’t brake or found the brake too late.

Air Bags Jun 6, 2025 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11665329

This is a complaint about the unresolved recall that I have been put on a waitlist for many months now. The Dealership said that Honda will mail me when the parts will be ready for repaired, but it’s been many months since the NHTSA saying the remedy is available.

Engine Nov 30, 2024 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11628091

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Reported by Honda itself: 64 death-or-injury claims on this model year in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21): 79 injured, as claimed, not verified — about 14 per 100,000 built. Every CR-V model year, by year and system → Dated and by system, they are exhibit F of the defect dossier.

When owners reported it

Reported at 10k

miles, typically

Half the 31 owner reports with an odometer reading on file fall between 2,000 and 18,000 miles. That is when problems get reported, which is not the same as when they start — and not a failure rate, because nobody knows how many of these cars never had a problem at all.

under 10k 15

10k–20k 8

20k–30k 2

30k–40k 2

40k–50k 0

50k–60k 2

60k–70k 1

70k–80k 0

80k–90k 1

90k–100k 0

100k–150k 0

150k + 0

Odometer readings as filed by owners with NHTSA. Readings under 100 or over 400,000 miles are dropped as data entry rather than history, and a component needs at least 12 readings before a median is shown for it.

Crash ratings

Source: NHTSA NCAP

Configuration	Overall	Frontal	Side	Rollover	Rollover risk
SUV AWD	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	16%
SUV AWD	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	16%
SUV FWD	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	16%
SUV FWD	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	16%

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program. Standard driver-assist: forward collision warning, lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking.

Service bulletins & campaigns

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Extended coverage on file 3 filings by the manufacturer with NHTSA naming this model year

Term not in NHTSA’s summary · Honda bulletin A26-019Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, and/or misfire.
Term not in NHTSA’s summary · Honda bulletin A26-017Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, and/or misfire.
Term not in NHTSA’s summary · Honda bulletin AEBM08262026901Dealer Message - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, misfire, and/or DTCs P0300 through…

The term and the vehicles it covers are the manufacturer’s, as NHTSA’s summary of each filing states them; a dealer checks one particular car by its VIN. Every Honda warranty extension (66) → · Every warranty extension on file, all makes →

Communicationsfiled with NHTSA 70

Most recentmanufacturer date 2026-09-25

Kindsas classified by NHTSA 49 others, 21 service bulletins

Most often about: Visibility/Wiper, Engine, Electrical System, Structure, Lane Departure.

A26-019 Service bulletin
2026-09-25 · Engine
Service Bulletin - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, and/or misfire. In some cases, DTCs P0300 through P0304 may also be stored (DTCs are not required for repair).
A26-017 Service bulletin
2026-09-25 · Engine
Service Bulletin - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, and/or misfire. In some cases, DTCs P0300 through P0304 may also be stored (DTCs are not required for repair).
AEBM08262026901 Other
2026-08-26 · Engine
Dealer Message - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, misfire, and/or DTCs P0300 through P0304 stored.
A26-019 Service bulletin
2026-08-26 · Engine
Service Bulletin - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, misfire and/or DTCs P0300 thru P0304 stored.
A26-017 Service bulletin
2026-08-26 · Engine
Service Bulletin - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, misfire and/or DTCs P0300 thru P0304 stored.
A26-088 Service bulletin
2026-08-08 · Fuel/Propulsion System
Service Bulletin - To better manage engine temperatures, a PGM-FI update has been developed to optimize electric water pump operation.
A26-088 Service bulletin
2026-07-24 · Engine
Service Bulletin - To better manage engine temperatures, a PGM-FI update has been developed to optimize electric water pump operation.
AEBM07242026902 Other
2026-07-24 · Fuel/Propulsion System
Dealer Message - To help improve engine temperatures, a software update has been developed for the electric water pump to optimize its operation.

A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.

Diagnostic trouble codes on file

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints

Codes documented against this model year in the federal record. A code appearing here does not mean this vehicle will set it — it means the code is part of this nameplate-year's documented history.

Code	What it means	Most often filed under	Where it appears
P0300 P0300 on Honda →	Misfire detected, but not isolated to one cylinder.	Engine · Ignition coils →	7 bulletins
P0304 P0304 on Honda →	Cylinder 4 is misfiring.	Engine · Ignition coils →	6 bulletins

Generic codes (the second character is 0 or 2) mean the same thing on every vehicle sold in the United States. Manufacturer-specific codes (1 or 3) mean whatever the automaker assigned, and no honest source can define them for you — which is why the ones here carry the evidence instead of a definition. A code is a link when enough separate federal documents name it across the catalogue to be worth a page of its own; the rest are listed here, where the vehicle is the context that makes them mean something.

At the New York inspection station

Source: New York State DMV

New York inspections 0.35%

failed the safety inspection

25,984 initial inspections of 25,544 vehicles.

Measure	The 2025 CR-V	Every 2025 vehicle	Behind it
Failed the safety inspection	0.35%	0.36%	25,984
Air-bag warning lamp stayed lit	0.15%	0.16%	25,984
Miles driven a year	10,462	8,354	odometer at inspection
Average odometer	14,964	12,194	odometer at inspection

New York does not emissions-test model years this new, so the safety inspection is the record here. First inspections only, so a car that failed and came back is counted once; private and special plates, not taxis, livery or commercial plates. A rate appears only where at least 200 inspections stand behind it. “Every 2025 vehicle” is every 2025 model-year car, SUV and pickup inspected in the same window, all makes. This is the state’s record of test results, not a reliability score by itself. Source: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Vehicle Inspections (data.ny.gov, Open NY terms).

Compare the 2025 CR-V with

Any vehicle, your weights →

Head-to-head	Verdict
2025 Mercedes-Benz EQE · Midsize SUV · grade B	EQE +43

CR-V by model year

all years, side by side →

Year Safety Recalls Complaints

2027 A 0 0 40 mpg 2026 B 2 171 40 mpg 2025 this page D 6 290 40 mpg 2024 C 5 481 40 mpg 2023 D 8 633 40 mpg 2022 D 6 348 38 mpg 2021 C 5 444 38 mpg 2020 D 9 441 38 mpg 2019 D 8 1,107 30 mpg 2018 D 5 2,161 30 mpg 2017 F 7 1,776 30 mpg 2016 C 3 394 29 mpg

Common questions about the 2025 CR-V

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Does the 2025 Honda CR-V have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 6 recall campaigns for the 2025 Honda CR-V, 1 of them rated critical. The most serious on file is 25V378000, covering Fuel System, Gasoline. 1 of them was filed with no repair available at the time — NHTSA's file records what the manufacturer had in hand on the filing date, not what exists today. The manufacturer's own estimate for when a fix would be ready: Fall 2026. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2025 Honda CR-V?

NHTSA gave the 2025 Honda CR-V 5 stars overall in its New Car Assessment Program tests — 4-star frontal crash, 5-star side crash, 4-star rollover. WhichTrim also grades it D (62/100) on its recall record, which is a different question from crash protection.

What is the fuel economy of the 2025 Honda CR-V?

Across the 5 EPA-rated configurations of the 2025 Honda CR-V, the best EPA combined figure is 40 mpg. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.

What do owners complain about on the 2025 Honda CR-V?

Owners have filed 290 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Honda CR-V, most often about steering, unspecified, forward collision avoidance. Of those, 34 involved a crash, 6 a fire, 27 reported injuries. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.

How clean is the 2025 Honda CR-V?

The EPA smog rating for the 2025 Honda CR-V runs 5 to 6 out of 10 across its configurations. That score covers tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, and it only compares vehicles within the same model year. It is certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S. Its configurations were certified to different standards — California LEV-III SULEV30, California LEV-III ULEV50, Federal Tier 3 Bin 30, Federal Tier 3 Bin 50 — which the table above lists per configuration.

Are there service bulletins for the 2025 Honda CR-V?

The manufacturer has filed 70 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2025 Honda CR-V, most often covering visibility/wiper, engine, electrical system. The most recent is dated 2026-09-25. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.

How does the 2025 Honda CR-V do at state inspection?

In New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2025 Honda CR-V failed the safety inspection on 0.35% of first inspections — close to the 0.36% for every 2025 model-year vehicle inspected. The figures are New York State DMV’s own inspection records, first inspections only, and the table above sets each one against every vehicle of the same model year.

Is the 2025 Honda CR-V better than the 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQE?

The Mercedes-Benz EQE wins clearly, 93.7 to 50.7, on fuel & range, safety, performance. We publish a full side-by-side of the 2025 Honda CR-V against the 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQE — specifications by family, equipment feature by feature, safety record and ownership costs. You can re-weight what matters to you and the verdict recalculates.

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.

Data	Held	Source	What it covers — or what empty means
Fuel economy & configurations	5 configurations	EPA certification records	Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures.
Emission certificates	4 configurations	EPA emission certificates	Smog rating, standard and the sales area that decides where the car can be sold new.
Recalls	6	NHTSA recall campaigns	A complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags.
Owner complaints	290	NHTSA complaint database	Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold.
Crash ratings	4 tested	NHTSA NCAP	Only the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them.
Service bulletins	70	NHTSA manufacturer communications	Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall.
Investigations	none	NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation	No defect investigation has been opened.
Driver-assist crash reports	none	NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01	No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like.
Specifications filed with NHTSA	none	NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns	We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable.
Trims, pricing & equipment	11 trims	Manufacturer press kit	Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from.

Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.

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2025 Honda CR-V

Trims & pricing

Specs & fuel economy

Emissions & certification

The cheapest ownership win

Recalls (6)

Tires

Tires

Electrical System

Fuel System, Gasoline

Fuel System, Gasoline

Steering

Whether any of this applies to one specific CR-V

Hear about a recall before the letter does

Parts & accessories for the 2025 Honda CR-V

Owner complaints

Most-cited components

In owners' own words

When owners reported it

miles, typically

Crash ratings

Service bulletins & campaigns

Diagnostic trouble codes on file

At the New York inspection station

failed the safety inspection

Compare the 2025 CR-V with

CR-V by model year

Common questions about the 2025 CR-V

Does the 2025 Honda CR-V have any recalls?

How safe is the 2025 Honda CR-V?

What is the fuel economy of the 2025 Honda CR-V?

What do owners complain about on the 2025 Honda CR-V?

How clean is the 2025 Honda CR-V?

Are there service bulletins for the 2025 Honda CR-V?

How does the 2025 Honda CR-V do at state inspection?

Is the 2025 Honda CR-V better than the 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQE?

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