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2016 Honda CR-V

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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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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.

40 crash reports4 fire reports28 injury reports

What owners actually said

392 reports
86,000 miles · May 17, 2019
Air BagsCrashInjury

TAKATA RECALL. ALTHOUGH MY CAR NOT ON RECALL LIST. ON SAT 11TH MAY, MY VEHICLE HIT A DITCH AND A TREE HEAD ON AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MY CAR IS BEING TOTALLED FROM THIS COLLISION FOR EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. SPEED WAS 60 MPH PRIOR TO COLLISION ON I 95 IN MARTIN COUNTY FL.

NHTSA ODI #11208211

20,000 miles · May 14, 2019
EngineInterior LightingVehicle Speed Control

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AT 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM 75 TO 0. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (CLASSIC HONDA OF TEXOMA 2020 N HWY 75, DE…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AT 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM 75 TO 0. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (CLASSIC HONDA OF TEXOMA 2020 N HWY 75, DENISON, TX 75020 (903) 328-6024) WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ON 5-14-19. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. THE CONTACT MENIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V305000 (ENGINE). *PM*JB

NHTSA ODI #11207503

28,000 miles · May 2, 2019
Electrical System

IGNITION STARTED MAKING A ZAPPING NOISE UPON STARTING. I WOULD THEN HAVE TO TRY TO START AGAIN. ONE DAY IT FINALLY DIDN'T START AT ALL. THEY STATED MY BATTERY WAS NO GOOD AFTER APPROXIMATELY 28K MILES. FAST FORWARD 7 MONTHS LATER AND THE IGNITION IS MAKING THE SAME ZAPPING NOISE YET AGAIN. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, THERE ARE SE…

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IGNITION STARTED MAKING A ZAPPING NOISE UPON STARTING. I WOULD THEN HAVE TO TRY TO START AGAIN. ONE DAY IT FINALLY DIDN'T START AT ALL. THEY STATED MY BATTERY WAS NO GOOD AFTER APPROXIMATELY 28K MILES. FAST FORWARD 7 MONTHS LATER AND THE IGNITION IS MAKING THE SAME ZAPPING NOISE YET AGAIN. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL

NHTSA ODI #11205310

32,000 miles · May 2, 2019
Unknown Or Other

THE CAR WAS PARKED INSIDE MY GARAGE. YESTERDAY EVENING PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOWR WINDOW SHATTERED/EXPLODED AND GLASSES ARE ON THE SEAT AND FLOOR IN THE BACK SEAT. THE CAR WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT. IT'S LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD AND UNDER MANFACTURER WARRANTY. WHEN I CALLED HONDA THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL OR ISSUE REP…

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THE CAR WAS PARKED INSIDE MY GARAGE. YESTERDAY EVENING PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOWR WINDOW SHATTERED/EXPLODED AND GLASSES ARE ON THE SEAT AND FLOOR IN THE BACK SEAT. THE CAR WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT. IT'S LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD AND UNDER MANFACTURER WARRANTY. WHEN I CALLED HONDA THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL OR ISSUE REPORTED WITH THEM. HOWEVER I SEARCHED ONLINE AND LOTS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT HONDA'S DIFFERENT MODAL WHERE THE DOOR OR BACK WINDOW JUST SHATTERED/EXPLODED. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE CAR AND NO WAS HURT BUT IT'S VERY RISKY. I CAN IMAGINE IF MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HER SEAT SHE MIGHT WILL HAVE GLASSES ON HER ENTIRE BODY.

NHTSA ODI #11205193

33,000 miles · May 2, 2019
Unknown Or Other

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN EC 2016 BRAND NEW. THE CAR WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND ALL THE SUDDEN WE NOTICE THAT THE VEHICLE'S PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WINDOW EXPLODED/SHATTERED. I DID NOT FIND ANY DEBRIES OR ANYTHING INSIDE. I GOOGLED IT AND I NOTICE LOTS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINTS ON DIFFERENT…

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I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN EC 2016 BRAND NEW. THE CAR WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND ALL THE SUDDEN WE NOTICE THAT THE VEHICLE'S PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WINDOW EXPLODED/SHATTERED. I DID NOT FIND ANY DEBRIES OR ANYTHING INSIDE. I GOOGLED IT AND I NOTICE LOTS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINTS ON DIFFERENT HONDA VEHICLE WITH SIMILAR INCIDENT WHERE READ OR SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED/ SHATTERED. NO ONE WAS IN CAR SO NO ONE WAS HURT. BUT THIS IS A RISK BECAUSE NORMALLY MY DAUGHTERS SITS ON THAT SIDE. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE IF THIS HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS IN HER SEAT IN THE CAR.

NHTSA ODI #11205186

Mileage unknown · Apr 24, 2019
EngineFuel/propulsion System

SMELL OF FUEL IN CABIN AND STALLING WHEN IN REVERSE

NHTSA ODI #11203604

Mileage unknown · Apr 23, 2019
SteeringWheels

VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, AT 70 TO 80 MPH ON FREEWAY, YOU DON'T WANT TO HOLD STEERING WHEEL, CAR WAS BRAND NEW TOOK IN AT 1,200 MILES HONDA DEALER BALANCED ALL 4 TIRES, VIBRATION IS STILL THERE . I WENT BACK TO COMPLAIN, THE SERVICE WRITER SAID, YOU NOW HAVE 11,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WHY DID YOU WAIT SO LONG I SAID I'VE HA…

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VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, AT 70 TO 80 MPH ON FREEWAY, YOU DON'T WANT TO HOLD STEERING WHEEL, CAR WAS BRAND NEW TOOK IN AT 1,200 MILES HONDA DEALER BALANCED ALL 4 TIRES, VIBRATION IS STILL THERE . I WENT BACK TO COMPLAIN, THE SERVICE WRITER SAID, YOU NOW HAVE 11,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WHY DID YOU WAIT SO LONG I SAID I'VE HAD OVER10 MAJOR BACK OPERATIONS AND MY WIFE IS THE MAIN DRIVER, SHE DOES NOT DRIVE AT 70 MPH, WHEN I DRIVE AT 70 MPH IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC IN THE FAST LANE AND THE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING IS STILL PRESENT, THE SERVICE WRITER STARTED MAKING EXCUSES FOR NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM, NOW BEING A VIETNAM WAR VET AND I HAD A 60% HEARING LOST AT THE TIME, SO I TALK A LITTLE LOUD, I WENT OUT TO SIT IN MY CAR TO WAIT TO GET MY CAR FIXED, THE SERVICE MANAGER CAME OUT TO MY CAR AND BE-LITTLE ME, NOT REALIZING I'VE BEEN A CAR MECHANIC FOR 30 YEARS, HE SAID YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CAR WHERE EVER YOU WANT TO, BUT WE AT MANLY HONDA SANTA ROSA, CA. WILL NOT FIX YOUR CAR EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEN HE SAYS GET OFF THE PROPERTY AND DON'T COME BACK. I PAID TO HAVE THE TIRES BALANCED AGAIN AT A TIRE SHOP, THE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING IS STILL PRESENT !!!!!.

NHTSA ODI #11203274

22,000 miles · Apr 17, 2019
Power Train

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A LAG IN THE TAKE OFF IN MY VEHICLE CAUSED BY AN ISSUE WITH THE HONDA CVT OR CONSTANT VELOCITY TRANSMISSION. IT OCCURS AT THE MOST INCONVENIENT TIMES AND IS NOT PREDICTABLE. THE LAG OR PAUSE HAPPENS WHEN MERGING AND WHEN TRYING TO AVOID BEING HIT. THE SITUATION I AM TOLD BY HONDA SERVICE CENTER IS CAUSED BY…

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I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A LAG IN THE TAKE OFF IN MY VEHICLE CAUSED BY AN ISSUE WITH THE HONDA CVT OR CONSTANT VELOCITY TRANSMISSION. IT OCCURS AT THE MOST INCONVENIENT TIMES AND IS NOT PREDICTABLE. THE LAG OR PAUSE HAPPENS WHEN MERGING AND WHEN TRYING TO AVOID BEING HIT. THE SITUATION I AM TOLD BY HONDA SERVICE CENTER IS CAUSED BY AN OIL PRESSURE ISSUE TO THE CVT TRANSMISSION. HONDA IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS NOT FIXED IT. I HAS BEEN TO D PATRICK HONDA ON 04/17/2019 IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA.THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW IF THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE OR NOT.

NHTSA ODI #11196883

1,097 miles · Apr 11, 2019
Service Brakes

I BOUGHT HONDA CRV 2016 ON AUGUST 2016, BUT IN OCTOBER 2017, I FIGURED OUT THE THERE IS CORROSION ON RIGHT REAR CALIPER, AND I AFRAID THAT CAN CAUSE MALFUNCTION FOR THE BRAKE. SO I WENT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THAT IS THE POOR QUALITY OF THE HONDA CRV, THE CORROSION IS NORMAL, AND REFUSED TO DO ANY REPAIRED. PLEASE SEE ATTACH…

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I BOUGHT HONDA CRV 2016 ON AUGUST 2016, BUT IN OCTOBER 2017, I FIGURED OUT THE THERE IS CORROSION ON RIGHT REAR CALIPER, AND I AFRAID THAT CAN CAUSE MALFUNCTION FOR THE BRAKE. SO I WENT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THAT IS THE POOR QUALITY OF THE HONDA CRV, THE CORROSION IS NORMAL, AND REFUSED TO DO ANY REPAIRED. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PICTURE. I ONLY USE MY HONDA CRV TO GO TO THE CHURCH, SUPERMARKET THAT NEAR MY HOUSE, THE MILEAGE ONLY 1097 MILES WHEN I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER, AND I USUALLY PARK MY CAR IN THE PUBLIC CITY STREET, IN QUEENS, NY.

NHTSA ODI #11195708

23,950 miles · Apr 4, 2019
Visibility/wiper

I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN ON CITY STREETS WITH THE WIPERS AT ONE OF THE INTERMITTENT SETTING. WITHOUT WARNING, THE WIPERS DISENGAGED IN THE RESTING POSITION - STOPPED WORKING. I TRIED REPEATEDLY TO RESTART THE WIPERS, TURNING THEM OFF/ON, CHANGING THE INTERMITTENT SETTINGS, CHANGING FROM INTERMITTENT TO FULL SPEED, DIFFERENT S…

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I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN ON CITY STREETS WITH THE WIPERS AT ONE OF THE INTERMITTENT SETTING. WITHOUT WARNING, THE WIPERS DISENGAGED IN THE RESTING POSITION - STOPPED WORKING. I TRIED REPEATEDLY TO RESTART THE WIPERS, TURNING THEM OFF/ON, CHANGING THE INTERMITTENT SETTINGS, CHANGING FROM INTERMITTENT TO FULL SPEED, DIFFERENT SPEEDS, ETC. I EVEN TRIED USING THE WIPER FLUID TO SEE IF THAT WOULD ENGAGE THE WIPERS AGAIN - NOTHING WORKED. I TRIED REPEATEDLY OVER A 15 MINUTE PERIOD WITH NO RESULTS. THEN I TURNED OFF THE CAR, RESTARTED IT, AND THE WIPERS BEGAN WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. (EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS UNDER FULL A WARRANTY, NO DEALERSHIP NOR AMERICAN HONDA WILL AUTHORIZE REPAIR BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN 'UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE MALFUNCTION'; IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN I TAKE IT IT, THE WIPERS ARE WORKING AGAIN AND THEY CAN'T/WON'T AUTHORIZE MORE DIAGNOSTIC WORK TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CASE # WITH AMERICAN HONDA IS #09402884)

NHTSA ODI #11193862

Official recalls

3

23V858000 · 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

1

EA19001 · 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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