INABILITY TO START CAR AFTER BEING PARKED NEEDING TO BE JUMP STARTED.
2016 Honda CR-V
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 2016 Honda CR-V do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 400.5.
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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
235 reports with mileage · 157 unknown
NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.
What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Engine. Review the 101 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Fuel/propulsion System. Review the 65 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Electrical System. Review the 64 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
What owners actually said
392 reportsTL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICING AND AN ALIGNMENT AT 10,000 MILES, NORTHSIDE HONDA (9100 SAN PEDRO AVE, SAN ANTONIO, 78216, TX (210) 729-5619) INFORMED HIM THAT THE REAR WHEELS WERE BENT INWARD. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO GET THE REAR WH…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICING AND AN ALIGNMENT AT 10,000 MILES, NORTHSIDE HONDA (9100 SAN PEDRO AVE, SAN ANTONIO, 78216, TX (210) 729-5619) INFORMED HIM THAT THE REAR WHEELS WERE BENT INWARD. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO GET THE REAR WHEELS TO ALIGN PROPERLY. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JUST BARELY MET THE MANUFACTURER SPECS. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT WAS DAMAGED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A CHARGE TO REPLACE THE PART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER ADMITTED TO A FACTORY DEFECT IN THE SERVICE VISIT SINCE THE INITIAL ALIGNMENT CHECK IN 2017. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. THE REPAIR WAS PENDING AT AN UNKNOWN DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.
AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT AT 46,000 MILES. HONDA KNOWS THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH AC UNITS ON THEIR CARS, ESPECIALLY CRVS …
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AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT AT 46,000 MILES. HONDA KNOWS THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH AC UNITS ON THEIR CARS, ESPECIALLY CRVS AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. CAN'T BELIEVE A FOUR YEAR OLD CAR WILL NEED $THOUSANDS TO REPAIR AFTER BUYING CAR NEW. I AM SPREADING THE WORD TO NOT BUY HONDAS.
JUST PICKED UP NEW TO ME USED VEHICLE 8/21/20. 8/22/20 THE EPS LIGHT CAME ON AND EXTREMELY HARD TO DRIVE. TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER'S. I DID RECEIVE A LOANER CAR. PICKED IT UP ON 8/26/20. GOT ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM HOME AND THE EPS CAME ON. THIS MEANS YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING. VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. CALLED DEALER BACK. TH…
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JUST PICKED UP NEW TO ME USED VEHICLE 8/21/20. 8/22/20 THE EPS LIGHT CAME ON AND EXTREMELY HARD TO DRIVE. TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER'S. I DID RECEIVE A LOANER CAR. PICKED IT UP ON 8/26/20. GOT ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM HOME AND THE EPS CAME ON. THIS MEANS YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING. VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. CALLED DEALER BACK. THEY ARE BRINGING ME A LOANER AND TAKING MY CRV BACK TO TRY AND GET DIAGNOSIS. VERY UPSET AS I NEED THIS VEHICLE FOR WORK SATURDAY.
2016 HONDA CR-V DRIVING HIGHWAY WITH ONLY 38,000 MILES AND CUT OFF. GOT TOW HOME SCAN OBD2 COMPUTER SAY FUEL PRESSURE I SAW THERE WAS A DENSO FUEL PUMP RECALL FOR HONDA TRYING SEE IF CRV ARE EFFECT PLEASE CALL CONTACT ME BACK I PICTURES OF MILEAGE TOW TRUCK PICTURES
RECENTLY MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING EVERY TIME I TRY TO ACCELERATE AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE STOP.MY CAR WILL SPUTTER THEN IT WILL START MOVING AGAIN. SOMETIMES IN THE MORNING AFTER I START MY CAR IT WILL STALL AFTER A FEW SECONDS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ENGINE OIL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE HONDA OF MILFORD LOCATED AT 767 BRIDGEPORT AVE, MILFORD, CT 06460, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. …
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ENGINE OIL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE HONDA OF MILFORD LOCATED AT 767 BRIDGEPORT AVE, MILFORD, CT 06460, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,000.
THE AC SYSTEM HAS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. GOING INTO THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS THE AC SYSTEM OCCASIONALLY BLOWS COLD AIR BUT QUICKLY SWITCHES TO HOT AIR WHEN DRIVING FOR EXTENDED PERIODS (OVER 10 MINUTES). THIS IS NOT ONLY A HUGE INCONVENIENCE IN 80+ DEGREE WEATHER, BUT ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT CIRCULATING IN THE …
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THE AC SYSTEM HAS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. GOING INTO THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS THE AC SYSTEM OCCASIONALLY BLOWS COLD AIR BUT QUICKLY SWITCHES TO HOT AIR WHEN DRIVING FOR EXTENDED PERIODS (OVER 10 MINUTES). THIS IS NOT ONLY A HUGE INCONVENIENCE IN 80+ DEGREE WEATHER, BUT ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT CIRCULATING IN THE CAR IN THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. I HAVE TRIED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM BY CHECKING FREON COMPRESSOR AND CONDENSER BUT NOTHING GIVES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE ON 2016 MANUFACTURING FOR CIVICS AND CRV'S.
RELEVANT INFORMATION: THE CAR I'M REFERRING TO IS A BLACK MUSTANG WITH WHITE RACING STRIPES, LICENSE [XXX] WITH A PICTURE OF AN EXIT 32 SIGN NEXT TO THESE NUMBERS. DRIVER WAS WHITE OBESE MALE WEARING GLASSES. TRIED TO PASS MUSTANG ON ONE-LANE 55 MPH ROAD WITH A DOTTED LINE IN MIDDLE. WHEN I HAD OPPORTUNITY, MUSTANG (WHO HAD BE…
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RELEVANT INFORMATION: THE CAR I'M REFERRING TO IS A BLACK MUSTANG WITH WHITE RACING STRIPES, LICENSE [XXX] WITH A PICTURE OF AN EXIT 32 SIGN NEXT TO THESE NUMBERS. DRIVER WAS WHITE OBESE MALE WEARING GLASSES. TRIED TO PASS MUSTANG ON ONE-LANE 55 MPH ROAD WITH A DOTTED LINE IN MIDDLE. WHEN I HAD OPPORTUNITY, MUSTANG (WHO HAD BEEN DOING 45) SPED UP TO TRY AND BLOCK ME. MADE IT IN FRONT WHILE PANICKING DUE TO WORRY ABOUT ONGOING TRAFFIC. MUSTANG LATER GOT ON SAME HIGHWAY AS ME, I MOVED INTO LEFT LANE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE BEHIND HIM (SCARED HE WOULD DO SOMETHING ELSE DANGEROUS). THE HIGHWAY SPEED LIMIT WAS 65, SO I STARTED DOING 65. MUSTANG WAITED UNTIL MY FRONT BUMPER WAS NEXT TO HIS BACK BUMPER AND VEERED OVER TO CUT ME OFF. HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING HIS CAR WHILE DOING 65 MILES AN HOUR ON A HIGHWAY. MUSTANG SEEMINGLY WAS DOING THIS JUST TO TAUNT ME, AS HE WAS WAVING HIS HANDS AT ME. AFTER MUSTANG EXITED, SPENT THE NEXT HOUR TRYING TO DRIVE WHILE PHYSICALLY SHAKING AND HEART RACING DUE TO FEAR OF HOW CLOSE I HAD COME TO BEING RUN OFF THE ROAD SOLELY FOR TRYING TO PASS SOMEONE DOING UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT. WHILE THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL ACCIDENT I HOPE YOU FOLLOW UP ON THIS AS THIS MAN SEEMED TO THINK DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUSLY FOR NO REASON WAS A HILARIOUS JOKE. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
I PURCHASED A HONDA CRV IN SEPTEMBER 2016.THE TRANSMISSION /GEARBOX HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED. 1. I DRIVED MY CRV AT 8/18/2018,IT WAS THE CASE AT THAT TIME, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY JUMPED TO THE "N-GEAR" POSITION DURING FORWARD MOVEMENT, AND THEN THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED DUE TO INERTIA DURING THE FORWARD PROCESS , AND THEN THE OI…
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I PURCHASED A HONDA CRV IN SEPTEMBER 2016.THE TRANSMISSION /GEARBOX HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED. 1. I DRIVED MY CRV AT 8/18/2018,IT WAS THE CASE AT THAT TIME, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY JUMPED TO THE "N-GEAR" POSITION DURING FORWARD MOVEMENT, AND THEN THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED DUE TO INERTIA DURING THE FORWARD PROCESS , AND THEN THE OIL PAN CRACKED. SO I I TOLD THIS TO THE PERSON WHO PICKED UP THE CAR IN DIAMOND HONDA, BUT THE PERSON WHO PICKED UP THE CAR AT THAT TIME SAID THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE GEARBOX TO SUDDENLY JUMP INTO GEAR. SO I HAVE TO PAY THE REPAIR FEE $469.89. 2.THE ENGINE FAULT CODE P0741 AT 5/23/2020, I HAVE BEEN TO DIAMOND HONDA FOR REPAIR 5/23/2020. THE ENGINE IS LIGHTING UP.ONLY DRIVED 20000 MILE, WHY LIGHTING UP? DIAMOND HONDA CONFIRMED THE TRANSMISSION HASDEFECTED. SO THEY CHANGED AREMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION TO ME AT 6/2/2020. A REMANUFACTURED OR REFURBISHED PRODUCT IS ONE WHICH IS NOT NEW BUT HAS BEEN TESTED, OFTEN REPACKAGED AND SOLD WITH A "REMANUFACTURED" OR "REFURBISHED" LABEL. A REMANUFACTURED OR REFURBISHED PRODUCT MAY NOT LOOK NEW, BUT IT WILL SHOW ONLY LIMITED WEAR AND IT SHOULD PERFORM AS NEW. THESE DEVICES MIGHT HAVE BEEN OPENED AND RETURNED, OR THEY COULD BE DEMO MODELS, TRADE-INS OR ITEMS RETURNED AT THE END OF A LEASE PERIOD. 3. I PICKED UP MY CRV ON 6/2/2020. BUT IT DID NOT REPAIR AND COULD NOT WORK SINCEDIAMOND HONDA CHANGED AREMANUFACTUREDTRANSMISSION, NOT A NEWTRANSMISSION.WHEN I DRIVE, I CAN'T ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY, AND EVERY TIME I NEED TO INCREASE THE THROTTLE FOR A LONG TIME TO SPEED UP. AND WHEN DRIVING, THERE WILL BE A SERIOUS SENSE OF FRUSTRATION, THE BODY WILL INVOLUNTARILY LEAN FORWARD AND BACKWARD WITH THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. 1.I REQUEST TO CHANGE A NEW ENTIRE TRANSMISSION 2. REFUND THE REPAIR FEE $469.89 TO ME. 3.I REQUEST TO EXTEND THE ENGINE WARRANTY TO 6 YEARS.
Official recalls
323V858000 · Fuel System, Gasoline:delivery:fuel Pump
Dec 18, 2023
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 Honda Clarity PHEV, Fit, and 2015-2020 Honda Accord Hybrid, Pilot, Acura NSX vehicles. The fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed September 6, 2024. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KGC and KGD. This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21V-215 and 20V-314.
17V305000 · Engine
May 4, 2017
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Honda CR-V vehicles that recently received a replacement engine. The replacement engine may have been built with the wrong pistons, potentially affecting the engine's performance.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: The reduced performance may result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engines and replace the incorrect components, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began June 20, 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is KF6.
15V714000 · Air Bags:frontal:driver Side:inflator Module
Oct 29, 2015
American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (Honda) is recalling certain model year 2016 CR-V vehicles manufactured October 12, 2015, to October 19, 2015. The metal housing surrounding the driver's air bag inflator in these vehicles may have been manufactured incorrectly.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver side frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began in November 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda'a number for this recall is JV9.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
1EA19001 · Electrical Overstress
Opened Apr 19, 2019 · Closed Sep 19, 2024
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags: Air Bag/restraint Control Module
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect. During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW. The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with manufacturer design specifications. The ECU in the subject vehicles contains a model DS84 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which controls the communication of the crash sensor signal, firing commands (i.e., when to deploy the airbag(s) and/or pretensioners), and fault information (e.g., diagnostic trouble codes). In September 2016, FCA announced recall 16V-668 for certain model year (MY) 2010 to 2014 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep products manufactured with the subject ZF-TRW ACU. In this recall, FCA discussed an EOS condition that resulted in a failure of the subject DS84 ASIC, which caused air bag non-deployment. FCA noted that the defect condition had only been observed in vehicles equipped with sensor harnessing routed across the front of the vehicle. Other FCA vehicles that also used the subject ACU, but were not equipped with cross-car harnessing, had not experienced EOS failures, despite similar time in service. During the course of this investigation, ODI sent two separate Information Request (IR) letters to six vehicle manufactures (including FCA, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Toyota) and one IR letter to ZF-TRW. These IR letters resulted in ODI receiving comprehensive data from these manufacturers and suppliers. Studies of this data found that the DS84 ASIC does not have sufficient protection against negative electrical transients or electrical overstress (“EOS”) that can be generated in certain severe crashes. An electrical transient occurs when the electrical power supplied to a circuit changes momentarily over a short duration of time. In these severe crash cases, the crash sensors and other powered wiring can be damaged and short circuited so as to create a negative electrical transient of sufficient intensity and duration (that are outside the vehicle manufacturer's specification) to damage the ASIC before the restraint device deployment signal is received by the SRS ECU. This damaged signal can lead to incomplete or nondeployment of the air bags and/or pretensioners. Airbag non-deployment and/or lack of pretensioner operation can increase the risk or severity of injury in a crash.A total of 8 fatalities and 14 injuries were associated with known EOS events. The common element in all investigated manufacturers vehicles is the SRS ECU containing a DS84 ASIC manufactured by ZF-TRW. The risk associated with the ASIC is equally shared among all OEMS involved in the investigation. The actual real-world risk can be mitigated by other factors which were assessed by ODI during this investigation. The first mitigating factor involves protections built into the ACU design which protect the DS84 ASIC from damage. There are multiple strategies and levels of protection employed by different OEMs that provide effective EOS mitigation. The two most common strategies at the ACU level are circuit protection diodes on the remote senor signal lines, and current limiting resistors that protect critical components. The second mitigating factor is found at the vehicle level and involves the location and routing of the wires leading from the crash sensors to the SRS ECU. If the wires are well protected in a crash and are not routed with other power wires carrying large currents, the risk for an EOS event is significantly reduced or eliminated. These design specific factors combine to produce a spectrum of risk for the vehicles equipped with ACUs using the DS84 ASIC. Given the many of years of field exposure, it is possible to divide the subject population into two groups; vehicles which have experienced EOS events, and vehicles which have not experienced EOS field events. Four of the six OEMs involved in this investigation have experienced EOS field events on at least one of their models equipped with a DS84 ASIC. All vehicle models (including the Toyota models identified in the Failure Report Summary of the opening resume for this investigation) with field events have been recalled. In an abundance of caution, ODI kept this investigation open five years to monitor field performance and did not identify any field events on vehicles not included in existing safety recalls. Given the spectrum of risk identified in this investigation and that all vehicles with a demonstrated unreasonable risk have been recalled, ODI is closing this investigation. ODI is closing this investigation with the following manufacturer safety recalls: 16V-668, 18E-043, 18V-137, 18V-363, and 20V-024. With the recall actions taken by the subject vehicle and equipment manufacturers, this investigation is closed. The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exists on other model or model year vehicles outside of the recall scopes. The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.
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