Nissan Pathfinder vs Honda Cr-V

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Nissan Pathfinder	Honda Cr-V
Complaints on file	10,311	21,377
Model years covered	1986–2026	1997–2026
Worst model year	2014	2019
Best model year	2026	2001
Crashes reported	418	1,263
Fires reported	71	227
Injuries reported	248	784
Deaths reported	14	27
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	7.3%	10.8%

Nissan Pathfinder by year

1 31 17 19 44 49 38 67 108 218 214 293 194 144 166 299 206 147 86 1,560 1,224 846 458 51 61 59 35 1,209 750 434 130 256 124 122 72 199 158 128 83 11

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,510 24.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,921 18.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 964 9.3%

Other & Unspecified 673 6.5%

Airbags 605 5.9%

Suspension 571 5.5%

Brakes 488 4.7%

Body & Structure 475 4.6%

Honda Cr-V by year

129 136 158 156 159 661 581 603 602 522 1,163 1,222 447 588 648 515 500 799 978 549 2,654 3,018 1,561 472 467 321 656 556 365 191

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,767 12.9%

Electrical System 2,536 11.9%

Airbags 2,398 11.2%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,948 9.1%

Steering 1,727 8.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,671 7.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,651 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,025 4.8%