Honda HR-V 2023

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

5.65 per 1,000

14.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 671 complaints filed in the first three years, of 687 ever. 95% lower bound 5.22.

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
2016	0.71	44
2017	0.43	38
2018	0.38	34
2019	0.38	35
2020	0.10	9
2021	0.12	13
2022	0.33	41
2023	5.65	671

What owners describe

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

Visibility/Wiper 319 complaints

shattered	250	78%
rear	239	75%
rear windshield	113	35%
windshield shattered	75	24%
back windshield	52	16%
hole	40	13%

Unknown Or Other 214 complaints

shattered	149	70%
rear windshield	58	27%
hrv	42	20%
windshield shattered	42	20%
window shattered	42	20%
back windshield	29	14%

Visibility 78 complaints

rear windshield	47	56%
windshield shattered	29	35%

When it breaks

84% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 13,500 miles, from 69 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, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

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

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:

11502699 · 11505997 · 11510428 · 11511728 · 11512126 · 11512402

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 automated checks only, not verified against an external source.