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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
9,000 miles · Aug 25, 2018
Unknown Or Other

WHILE DRIVING ALL WARNING LIGHTS AND INDICATORS COME ON. WEST BROAD HONDA UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR FIX, DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWED 30ERRORS. THESE INCL. BRAKES AND STEERING. THEY HAVE TRIED TWICE AND NOW SAY THEY CANNOT TRY ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I FEEL THIS IS NOT SATISFACTORY. THE DATE STARTED S THE FIRST TIME THEY TR…

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WHILE DRIVING ALL WARNING LIGHTS AND INDICATORS COME ON. WEST BROAD HONDA UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR FIX, DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWED 30ERRORS. THESE INCL. BRAKES AND STEERING. THEY HAVE TRIED TWICE AND NOW SAY THEY CANNOT TRY ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I FEEL THIS IS NOT SATISFACTORY. THE DATE STARTED S THE FIRST TIME THEY TRIED TO FIX

NHTSA ODI #11122267

33,500 miles · Aug 16, 2018
Unknown Or Other

THE TIRE MONITORING PRESSURE SYSTEM ON MY 2016 HONDA CRV HAS ALARMED 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 10 DAYS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT TIRE PRESSURE PROBLEM FOUND. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE REP STATED THAT BECAUSE I HAD REPLACED THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL, NOT SIZE TIRE, …

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THE TIRE MONITORING PRESSURE SYSTEM ON MY 2016 HONDA CRV HAS ALARMED 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 10 DAYS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT TIRE PRESSURE PROBLEM FOUND. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE REP STATED THAT BECAUSE I HAD REPLACED THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL, NOT SIZE TIRE, THE TPMS IS PRONE TO FREQUENT FALSE ALARMS. DUE TO SOME ON-LINE RESEARCH, I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF A HONDA SOFTWARE TSB14-006 THAT SHOULD REMEDY MY PROBLEM. SHOULD HONDA NOTIFY ME OF THIS UPDATE?

NHTSA ODI #11120461

20,458 miles · Aug 8, 2018
Steering

COMPLAINT: SAFETY PROBLEM WITH MY 2016 HONDA CRV EX-L. ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING (EPS) HAS GONE OUT ON ME TWO TIMES ON FREEWAY (ONCE TURNING INTO A CURVE ON FREEWAY, SECOND TIME ON FREEWAY DRIVING STRAIGHT) AND ONCE ON SURFACE STREET (LEAVING AN ESTABLISHMENT AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF A PARKING SPACE). WHEN EPS WENT OUT, STEER…

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COMPLAINT: SAFETY PROBLEM WITH MY 2016 HONDA CRV EX-L. ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING (EPS) HAS GONE OUT ON ME TWO TIMES ON FREEWAY (ONCE TURNING INTO A CURVE ON FREEWAY, SECOND TIME ON FREEWAY DRIVING STRAIGHT) AND ONCE ON SURFACE STREET (LEAVING AN ESTABLISHMENT AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF A PARKING SPACE). WHEN EPS WENT OUT, STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY STIFF AND BARELY MOVABLE MAKING ANY MANEUVER OF THE CAR CHALLENGING AND DANGEROUS. HONDA IS UNDER WARRANTY. HONDA DEALERSHIP HAS HAD CAR IN SHOP 3 TIMES ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR. THEY HAVE SENT ME OUT TWO TIMES SAYING CAR WAS REPAIRED BUT EACH TIME CAR HAD TO BE RETURNED WITH SAME PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR CAR AND HAVE REPLACED 2 PARTS (UNKNOWN) PERTAINING TO EPS WITH NO SUCCESS. NOW THEY ARE ORDERING A 3 PART (UNKNOWN) IN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE EPS. I HAVE EXPRESSED MY FEAR OF THE CAR TO HONDA CORP. OFFICE AS WELL AS DEALERSHIP. I AM AFRAID THEY WILL GIVE ME MY SUV BACK SAYING IT IS FIXED AND AGAIN I WILL FIND MYSELF IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN THE EPS GOES OUT FOR THE 4TH TIME. INFORMATION SELECTED FOR SPEED LIMIT AT TIME OF INCIDENT ONLY REFLECTS SURFACE STREET DRIVE. WHEN ON FREEWAY, SPEED WAS BETWEEN 40-65 MILES.

NHTSA ODI #11118442

7,802 miles · Jul 6, 2018
Power TrainVehicle Speed Control

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATED EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PORT CHARLOTTE HONDA (1252 TAMIAMI TRAIL, PORT CHARLOTTE, FL 33953), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVID…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATED EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PORT CHARLOTTE HONDA (1252 TAMIAMI TRAIL, PORT CHARLOTTE, FL 33953), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 08806070. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,802.

NHTSA ODI #11109823

19,500 miles · Jun 22, 2018
Unknown Or Other

CAR LOSES COMPLETE POWER FOR 3-6 SECONDS AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS BEEN SINCE I BOUGHT NEW. DEALER SAYS EVERYTHING TESTS NORMAL.

NHTSA ODI #11103342

45,000 miles · Jun 11, 2018
Suspension

REAR WHEEL MISALIGNMENT CAUSING NOISE IN REAR OF VEHICLE AND REAR TIRES TO WEAR OUT. BECAME OBVIOUS AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES.

NHTSA ODI #11101239

2,700 miles · Jun 1, 2018
Engine

I HAVE RETURNED TO THE DEALER TWICE BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN MY OIL LEVEL AND A GASOLINE SMELL ON THE DIPSTICK. TWICE THE DEALER CHANGED MY OIL AND FILTER--AT NO CHARGE--BUT NO FIX. THERE MAY BE SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUES IF THE DILUTED OIL FAILS TO PERFORM PROPERLY AND THE ENGINE SEIZES.

NHTSA ODI #11099156

48,000 miles · May 29, 2018
EngineFuel/propulsion System

OIL ISSUE..THERE SEEMS TO BE A RECALL ON HONDA VEHICLES IN CHINA DUE TO GASOLINE FLOWING INTO THE OIL..MY SON WAS CHECKING THE OIL AND IT SMELLS LIKE GAS...I HOPE THIS DOES NOT CASE A FIRE HAZARD AS MY OIL NOW HAS BECOME GASOLINE. YET NO RECALL IN AMERICA WHY?

NHTSA ODI #11098520

Mileage unknown · Apr 18, 2018
Air Bags

TAKATA RECALL MY CAR CONTAINS DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS MADE BY TAKATA CORPORATION AND ITS AFFILIATES TAKATA.

NHTSA ODI #11088854

23,600 miles · Apr 16, 2018
Power TrainStructureUnknown Or Other

THE VEHICLE VIBRATES VERY ROUGH WHEN IDLE IN DRIVE GEAR. SPECIFICALLY, THE ISSUE HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND IN DRIVE GEAR AND ALL ACCESSORIES TURNED OFF AND WHEN THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE HAS REACHED ITS OPTIMUM (FULLY WARMED UP ENGINE). THE ISSUE GOES AWAY IF THE RPM IS RAISED (WHEN STATIONARY AND IN DRIVE GEAR…

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THE VEHICLE VIBRATES VERY ROUGH WHEN IDLE IN DRIVE GEAR. SPECIFICALLY, THE ISSUE HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND IN DRIVE GEAR AND ALL ACCESSORIES TURNED OFF AND WHEN THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE HAS REACHED ITS OPTIMUM (FULLY WARMED UP ENGINE). THE ISSUE GOES AWAY IF THE RPM IS RAISED (WHEN STATIONARY AND IN DRIVE GEAR) BY TURNING ON ANY ACCESSORY LIKE FAN OR REAR DEFROSTER ETC. THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE IN HONDA CR-V 2015 AND WAS ADMITTED AS "MODE 1 VIBRATIONS" BY HONDA. HONDA PUT OUT A FIX FOR CR-V 2015 BY TSB 15-046. A LOT OF HONDA 2016 CR-V INCLUDING MY VEHICLE IS SHOWING EXACTLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS BUT HONDA IS REFUSING TO PROVIDE A FIX FOR 2016 CR-V VIBRATION ISSUE CITING IT AS A "NORMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE". THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS DURING IDLE ARE CAUSING HEADACHES AND SIGNIFICANT JITTERS IN THE BODY DURING EXCESSIVE STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. ALSO, THE OWNERS OF THESE VIBRATING 2016 CR-VS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LONGETIVITY OF TRANSMISSION MOUNTS, ENGINE MOUNTS AND OTHER MECHANICAL CONNECTIONS DUE TO THIS HIGH ENGINE VIBRATIONS. NHTSA SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND HOLD HONDA ACCOUNTABLE TO PROVIDING A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. FOLLOWING ARE THE LINKS TO VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE SEARCH. YOU WILL SEE THAT I AM NOT ALONE. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=8HYJ_Q-7YEG HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OKQUU5KLDF0 HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=NUVOSS97_DW&FEATURE=YOUTU.BE HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=SMVTCLN2UTE HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=RGKW_UJH7KS HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=W_BRQYZPAXI HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/CR-V/2016/ENGINE/VIBRATION_AT_IDLE.SHTML HTTP://WWW.CRVOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS/11-SHOPPIN-TEST-DRIVIN/96506-2016-CRV-VIBRATION-ISSUE-FIXED.HTML

NHTSA ODI #11088490

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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