Honda CR-V 2016

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

0.39 per 1,000

0.8 times this nameplate’s own median · from 136 complaints filed in the first three years, of 394 ever. 95% lower bound 0.32.

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 101 complaints

crv	19	19%
vibration	12	12%
cabin	11	11%
smell	11	11%

Unknown Or Other 86 complaints

crv	19	22%
smell	14	17%
cabin	11	13%
strong	10	12%

Fuel/Propulsion System 65 complaints

cabin	20	31%
smell	20	31%
strong	16	25%
crv	11	17%
fumes	10	16%

When it breaks

64% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 19,000 miles, from 235 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation 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:

10819173 · 10823191 · 10825244 · 10837596 · 10853950 · 10855509

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.