Honda CR-V 2013

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.46 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 134 complaints filed in the first three years, of 381 ever. 95% lower bound 0.38.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.31	62
2009	0.20	39
2010	0.28	56
2011	0.24	51
2012	0.39	98
2013	0.46	134
2014	0.78	248
2015	1.19	406
2016	0.39	136
2017	2.27	834
2018	1.84	697
2019	0.78	296
2020	0.32	115
2021	0.34	120
2022	0.54	162
2023	1.90	570

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 97 complaints

vtc	37	38%
actuator	34	35%
grinding	33	34%
vtc actuator	32	33%
grinding noise	24	25%
crv	14	15%

Power Train 95 complaints

crv	18	19%
vtc	16	17%
actuator	14	15%
vtc actuator	13	14%

When it breaks

53% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 26,000 miles, from 259 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Electrical overstress

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10490937 · 10498237 · 10498436 · 10504861 · 10505799 · 10510772

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is verified against a published figure.