Honda CR-V problems, by model year and system
8,155 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Honda CR-V 2016–2027, and the 9 systems the record is deep on — automatic emergency braking (1,702), fuel system (1,575), engine (1,554), steering (1,506), electrical (1,185). Each system has a page across the years; 40 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsAutomatic emergency braking problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Fuel system problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Steering problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Brake problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Airbag problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Visibility and wiper problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Honda CR-V complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | automatic emergency braking | fuel system | engine | steering | electrical | brake | airbag | visibility and wiper |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 0 in all | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 146 in all | 25 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 14 | — | 26 |
| 2025 281 in all | 52 | 36 | 29 | 61 | 18 | 35 | 2 | 39 |
| 2024 477 in all | 76 | 65 | 41 | 149 | 36 | 6 | — | 64 |
| 2023 631 in all | 64 | 40 | 9 | 397 | 38 | 34 | — | 29 |
| 2022 337 in all | 71 | 17 | 30 | 145 | 36 | 22 | — | — |
| 2021 435 in all | 138 | 44 | 70 | 112 | 58 | 35 | — | — |
| 2020 435 in all | 111 | 58 | 62 | 41 | 56 | 47 | 51 | — |
| 2019 1,101 in all | 348 | 261 | 116 | 195 | 165 | 100 | 79 | — |
| 2018 2,148 in all | 474 | 603 | 543 | 329 | 286 | 196 | — | — |
| 2017 1,771 in all | 343 | 378 | 541 | 65 | 401 | 177 | — | — |
| 2016 393 in all | — | 72 | 103 | — | 64 | 19 | 32 | — |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Honda CR-V system draws the most complaints?
Automatic emergency braking: 1,702 complaints across 12 model years, 21% of everything owners filed about the Honda CR-V. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Honda CR-V year has the most complaints?
2018 (2,148), 2017 (1,771), 2019 (1,101). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.