FaultScore

Worst years for a Honda Cr-V

Owners have filed 21,242 complaints about the Honda Cr-V with NHTSA across model years 1997 to 2026. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2019 Honda Cr-V

1,536 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly driver assist & collision avoidance.

Cleanest on record

2001 Honda Cr-V

159 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Honda Cr-V year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 C 175 18 4 6,850 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2025 D 356 55 7 4,500 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024 C 539 46 0 7,000 Steering
2023 C 656 34 3 7,995 Steering
2022 C 319 9 3 19,005 Steering
2021 C 459 20 1 24,411 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 C 464 34 2 13,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2019 D 1,536 53 2 10,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2018 D 2,994 69 2 11,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2017 D 2,642 75 5 18,500 Engine & Cooling
2016 D 545 62 5 20,000 Engine & Cooling
2015 D 975 60 6 3,000 Engine & Cooling
2014 D 798 59 12 17,412 Engine & Cooling
2013 C 500 36 0 25,000 Engine & Cooling
2012 D 512 47 6 35,500 Engine & Cooling
2011 C 648 42 3 50,230 Airbags
2010 C 588 58 3 58,000 Airbags
2009 C 447 36 4 64,650 Airbags
2008 D 1,221 66 3 75,000 Airbags
2007 C 1,162 47 4 80,000 Airbags
2006 C 522 39 21 75,000 Lights
2005 C 602 51 27 73,000 Airbags
2004 C 603 45 42 73,019 Engine & Cooling
2003 C 580 56 28 74,231 Airbags
2002 C 661 64 21 96,000 Airbags
2001 B 159 11 3 102,000 Airbags
2000 C 156 15 7 96,000 Airbags
1999 B 158 21 0 102,500 Electrical System
1998 B 136 15 1 123,552 Electrical System
1997 B 129 15 1 135,500 Electrical System

What breaks on a Honda Cr-V

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 2,751 13.0%

Worst in 2018

Electrical System 2,522 11.9%

Worst in 2017

Airbags 2,392 11.3%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2018

Steering 1,707 8.0%

Worst in 2023

Other & Unspecified 1,656 7.8%

Worst in 2017

Fuel & Propulsion 1,633 7.7%

Worst in 2018

Worst in 2015

Brakes 981 4.6%

Worst in 2018

Body & Structure 660 3.1%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2024

Lights 598 2.8%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2018

Exactly what failed on a Honda Cr-V

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Emergency Braking 1,051 40.2%
Body 433 16.6%
Warnings 310 11.9%
Adaptive Cruise Control 214 8.2%
Cooling System 116 4.4%
AIR Conditioner 111 4.2%
Warning 104 4.0%
Assist 102 3.9%
Engine 98 3.8%
Automatic Transmission 74 2.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Honda Cr-V, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 1997 peak 395 Aug 2026

Honda Cr-V problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Honda Cr-V

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.