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2023 Honda HR-V

Gas
Small Station Wagons
2 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26
C
Safety Signal
79 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record
RecallsNHTSA campaigns 3
Complaints7 crash · 4 injured reported 687
Crash ratingNHTSA overall 5★
Fuel economybest combined, EPA 28 mpg
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The 2023 Honda HR-V is sold in the U.S. as a gas compact SUV with 2 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the HR-V FWD, is EPA-rated at 28 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of C. Owners have filed 687 complaints, most often about the visibility/wiper. NHTSA crash-tested it at 5 stars overall.

Honda HR-V — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Honda HR-V · Photo: MercurySable99 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Trims & pricing

Source: manufacturer press kitCompare a trim →
TrimPowertrainDriveMSRPHPTorqueMPG combSeatsCargo (2nd row)Wheels
LXGasFWD—158 hp138 lb-ft28 mpg524.4 cu-ft17 in
LXGasAWD—158 hp138 lb-ft27 mpg524.4 cu-ft17 in
SportGasFWD—158 hp138 lb-ft28 mpg524.4 cu-ft18 in
SportGasAWD—158 hp138 lb-ft27 mpg524.4 cu-ft18 in
EX-LGasFWD—158 hp138 lb-ft28 mpg524.4 cu-ft17 in
EX-LGasAWD—158 hp138 lb-ft27 mpg524.4 cu-ft17 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
ConfigurationPowertrainDriveEngine / motorCityHwyCombAnnual fuel*
HR-V FWDGasFWD2.0L 4-cyl263228$2,400
HR-V AWDGasAWD2.0L 4-cyl253027$2,500

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 45363, 45362.

Emissions & certification

Source: EPA emission certificates
ConfigurationSmog ratingEmission standardWhere it can be sold newSmartWay
HR-V AWD, HR-V FWD7 / 10California LEV-III SULEV30 / Federal Tier 3 Bin 30All 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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Factory warranty running out?

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Recalls (3)

Source: NHTSA recall database
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Steering

SJS, MJU, QJT, VJV
1,693,199 vehicles 90% reported repaired built Apr 26, 2022 – Aug 23, 2024
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.
NHTSA campaign 24V744000 reported Oct 3, 2024 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →
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Fuel System, Gasoline

KGC, KGD
2,490,460 vehicles 79% reported repaired
Problem 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. Risk Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash. Fix 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.
NHTSA campaign 23V858000 reported Dec 18, 2023 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →
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Seat Belts

MG7, NG5
303,770 vehicles 93% reported repaired
Problem 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." Risk A seat belt pretensioner missing a rivet will not properly restrain the occupant, increasing the risk of injury during a crash. Fix 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.
NHTSA campaign 23V782000 reported Nov 21, 2023 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.

NHTSA defect investigations

Seat Belts — Front Seat Belt Assemblies may be Missing the Rivet that Secures the Quick Connector and Wire Plate closed

On April 4, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened RQ24006 to investigate American Honda Motor Co.’s (Honda’s) 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 in t

Opened Apr 4, 2024 · closed Mar 26, 2025 · action RQ24006 · the investigation’s page →

Whether any of this applies to one specific HR-V

A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2023 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.

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 2023 Honda HR-V, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

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Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database
687complaints filed

7 involved a crash · 0 a fire · 4 injuries · 0 deaths reported

71 per 10,000 built · Honda reported 97,291 HR-V built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)

Filed per year: 2023: 385 · 2024: 254 · 2025: 32 · 2026: 16

Most-cited components

Unspecified 214
Structure 33
Electrical System 31
Lane Departure 14

In depth: visibility and wiper problems → · steering 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.

The back windshield spontaneously exploded while driving on the highway. There was no accident or damage leading up to the explosion and the car is under a year old. Glass was found in second row seating as well as the trunk. If there was a passenger in the back seat, they would have been impaled with glass resulting in injury.
Visibility/Wiper Jul 4, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11530295
The rear window of our 2023 Honda HRV exploded with no incident whatsoever. We had parked the car on Sunday, July 2, 2023 and taken walk on beach at 7:30 in the morning. When we left at 8:15 we heard a noise from the back as we drove off and looked in rear view mirror to see that the back glass was shattering.
Structure Jul 2, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11529960
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
Service Brakes Jun 22, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11528429
The warning signs popped up with those 2 safety features and said “see your dealer”, I took to the dealer and there was “nothing wrong”. On the dashboard warnings started to flash “Brake” with nothing in it view and has ATTEMPTED to even brake by itself with nothing in front of it or anything that could affect it.
Lane Departure May 24, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11523693
i have a 2023 HRV AWD. We test drove it and bought it with the lane assist on. We had never had a vehicle with lane assist and thought it was something we needed to get accustomed to using. It grew irritating so I turned it off. We soon realized it was something else. The steering would stick and jerk.
Steering May 9, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11521151
Every time I am driving dusk or night, I am being flashed by oncoming drivers as if I have my high beams on. Every time this happens I am using low beams. I am not usually prepared for their brights and it is difficult on my eyes. I have only had the car since November, but it has happened ever time I drive at night.
Exterior Lighting Feb 7, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11505997

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: 71 death-or-injury claims on this model year in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21): 86 injured, as claimed, not verified — about 73 per 100,000 built. Every HR-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 14k

miles, typically

Half the 69 owner reports with an odometer reading on file fall between 10,000 and 23,000 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 17
10k–20k 30
20k–30k 11
30k–40k 5
40k–50k 2
50k–60k 0
60k–70k 2
70k–80k 1
80k–90k 0
90k–100k 1
100k–150k 0
150k + 0

Median mileage by component

ComponentReportsMedian milesVs same age
Visibility/Wiper6013,0000.93×

Vs same age is this model year’s median for the system divided by the median of every 2023-model-year complaint about the same system, all makes: under 1× means owners of this car reported it at lower mileage. Which systems go early across the whole fleet: the component study.

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
ConfigurationOverallFrontalSideRolloverRollover risk
SUV FWD★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★☆14%
SUV AWDnot rated★★★★★★★★★★not rated—

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

Service bulletins & campaigns

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications
Communicationsfiled with NHTSA 26
Most recentmanufacturer date 2025-10-23
Kindsas classified by NHTSA 17 service bulletins, 9 others

Most often about: Visibility/Wiper, Air Bags, Power Train, Steering, Structure.

  • 2025-10-23 · Visibility/Wiper
  • Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2022-2026 Civics, 2023-2026 CR-Vs & HR-Vs with a customer complaint of the front wiper motors being inop. The wipers may also appear misaligned when in the normal resting position. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to your attempting a repair of any kind.
  • 2025-10-21 · Visibility/Wiper
  • Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2022-2026 Civics, 2023-2026 CR-Vs & HR-Vs with a customer complaint of the front wiper motors being inop. The wipers may also appear misaligned when in the normal resting position. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to your attempting a repair of any kind.
  • 2025-10-08 · Visibility/Wiper
  • Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2022-2026 Civics, 2023-2026 CR-Vs & HR-Vs with a customer complaint of the front wiper motors being inop. The wipers may also appear misaligned when in the normal resting position. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to your attempting a repair of any kind.
  • A25-072 Service bulletin
    2025-08-13 · Electrical System
  • Service Bulletin - When the vehicle is put into reverse, the rear camera may display a black and white image. This could occur intermittently, and can change between color display to a black and white display.
  • A20030B Other
    2025-06-06 · Structure — Body
  • Service News - From our investigation, we've found the reason could be customers are trying to pull open the fuel fill door, not realizing it's been locked by the Walk Away Auto Lock feature. When activated, the Walk Away Auto Lock feature locks all the doors, including the fuel fill door, when your customer walks away from the vehicle with the key fob. Pulling on the fuel fill door while it's loc
  • A24-012 Service bulletin
    2024-09-13 · Visibility/Wiper
  • Service Bulletin - During the assembly process for some vehicles, the sealer used to secure the rear glass have contacted the defroster heating elements. This can lead to a hot-spot and the weakening of the glass over time as the defroster is used.
  • 2024-09-04 · Visibility/Wiper
  • Owner Notification Letter - During the assembly process for some vehicles, the sealer used to secure the rear glass may have contacted the defroster heating elements. This can lead to a hot-spot and the weakening of the glass over time as the defroster is used.
  • A24-094 Service bulletin
    2024-07-26 · Steering
  • Service Bulletin - While driving at highway speeds, clients may find that the steering wheel does not automatically return to center.

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.

At the New York inspection station

Source: New York State DMV

In New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2023 Honda HR-V failed the emissions check on 1.4% of first inspections — close to the 1.6% for every 2023 model-year vehicle inspected; and the safety inspection on 1.0% (every 2023 vehicle: 1.1%).

New York inspections 1.4%

failed emissions

4,687 initial inspections of 4,612 vehicles.

MeasureThe 2023 HR-VEvery 2023 vehicleBehind it
Failed the emissions check1.4%1.6%4,674
Failed the safety inspection1.0%1.1%4,687
Air-bag warning lamp stayed lit0.17%0.16%4,687
Miles driven a year10,58910,038odometer at inspection
Average odometer34,65432,673odometer at inspection

New York’s emissions test on these model years is an on-board diagnostics check: it fails a car whose check-engine light is on or whose self-tests have not finished. 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 2023 vehicle” is every 2023 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).

Common questions about the 2023 HR-V

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Does the 2023 Honda HR-V have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 3 recall campaigns for the 2023 Honda HR-V. The most serious on file is 24V744000, covering Steering. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2023 Honda HR-V?

NHTSA gave the 2023 Honda HR-V 5 stars overall in its New Car Assessment Program tests — 5-star frontal crash, 5-star side crash, 4-star rollover. WhichTrim also grades it C (79/100) on its recall record, which is a different question from crash protection.

What is the fuel economy of the 2023 Honda HR-V?

Across the 2 EPA-rated configurations of the 2023 Honda HR-V, the best EPA combined figure is 28 mpg. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.

What do owners complain about on the 2023 Honda HR-V?

Owners have filed 687 complaints with NHTSA about the 2023 Honda HR-V, most often about visibility/wiper, unspecified, steering. Of those, 7 involved a crash, 4 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 2023 Honda HR-V?

The EPA smog rating for the 2023 Honda HR-V is 7 out of 10. 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, Federal Tier 3 Bin 30 — which the table above lists per configuration.

Are there service bulletins for the 2023 Honda HR-V?

The manufacturer has filed 26 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2023 Honda HR-V, most often covering visibility/wiper, air bags, power train. The most recent is dated 2025-10-23. 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 2023 Honda HR-V do at state inspection?

In New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2023 Honda HR-V failed the emissions check on 1.4% of first inspections — close to the 1.6% for every 2023 model-year vehicle inspected; and the safety inspection on 1.0% (every 2023 vehicle: 1.1%). 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.

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.

DataHeldSourceWhat it covers — or what empty means
Fuel economy & configurations2 configurationsEPA certification recordsEvery configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures.
Emission certificates2 configurationsEPA emission certificatesSmog rating, standard and the sales area that decides where the car can be sold new.
Recalls3NHTSA recall campaignsA complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags.
Owner complaints687NHTSA complaint databaseAlso complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold.
Crash ratings2 testedNHTSA NCAPOnly the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them.
Service bulletins26NHTSA manufacturer communicationsEverything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall.
Investigations1NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationOpen and closed defect investigations, with the agency's own narrative.
Driver-assist crash reportsnoneNHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01No 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 NHTSAnoneNHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patternsWe had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable.
Trims, pricing & equipment6 trimsManufacturer press kitTranscribed 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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