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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

Unknown Or Other complaints

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49,100 miles · Feb 6, 2021
EngineUnknown Or Other

THE CABIN IS FILLING WITH ENGINE/FUEL FUMES. I PURCHASED 11/2016 AND BEGAN HAVING DEBILITATING HEADACHES, NAUSEA AND CHEST PAINS OFF AND ON IN 06/2017. I HAVE INCURRED A LOT OF EXPENSE GOING TO NEUROLOGISTS, CARDIOLOGISTS, OPTHAMOLOGISTS TO TRY AND DIAGNOSE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEMS. I WAS FINALLY TOLD IT WAS MIGRAINES. I H…

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THE CABIN IS FILLING WITH ENGINE/FUEL FUMES. I PURCHASED 11/2016 AND BEGAN HAVING DEBILITATING HEADACHES, NAUSEA AND CHEST PAINS OFF AND ON IN 06/2017. I HAVE INCURRED A LOT OF EXPENSE GOING TO NEUROLOGISTS, CARDIOLOGISTS, OPTHAMOLOGISTS TO TRY AND DIAGNOSE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEMS. I WAS FINALLY TOLD IT WAS MIGRAINES. I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED THIS, AND THINK THEY JUST SETTLED ON THAT BECAUSE ALL OF THE MRI'S AND CT SCANS CAME UP CLEAN OR INCONCLUSIVE. AND THEY COULDN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING ELSE. 2 DAYS AGO ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS OVERCOME BY A WIERD SMELL AND SUDDENLY FELT VERY ILL. I MADE IT TO WORK AND STARTED LOOKING FOR ANY OTHER REPORTS OF PROBLEMS. ITS BEEN YEARS OF MISERY THAT HAD A SUDDEN ONSET AND DRASTICALLY AFFECTED MY QUALITY OF LIFE. I CAN'T FLY OR GO FOR A LONG CARE RIDE BECAUSE OF THE HEADACHES.

NHTSA ODI #11394932

60,000 miles · Dec 1, 2020
Unknown Or Other

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CHEMICAL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WITH A VISIBLE UNKNOWN FLUID LEAK. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AUTONATION HONDA AT BEL AIR MALL (1175 EAST INTERSTATE 65 SERVICE RD S., MOBILE, AL 36606, (251) 202-2023) HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CHEMICAL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WITH A VISIBLE UNKNOWN FLUID LEAK. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AUTONATION HONDA AT BEL AIR MALL (1175 EAST INTERSTATE 65 SERVICE RD S., MOBILE, AL 36606, (251) 202-2023) HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. ## 2016 HONDA CR-V. ## *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. THE GASOLINE ODOR EMITTED THROUGH, CAUSING THE FAMILY TO BECOME SICK. THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ODI #11377331

460,000 miles · Sep 1, 2020
Unknown Or Other

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.

NHTSA ODI #11352653

50,000 miles · Jul 2, 2020
Unknown Or Other

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).

NHTSA ODI #11337251

39,500 miles · Apr 14, 2020
StructureUnknown Or OtherCrashInjury

I WAS A VICTIM OF A HEAD ON COLLISION ON 3/19/2020. I SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG AND NUMEROUS BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION. AFTER I WAS TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT AND SURGERY, MY CAR WAS TOWED AND THEN ASSESSED BY INSURANCE INSPECTORS AS "TOTALED." I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STRE…

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I WAS A VICTIM OF A HEAD ON COLLISION ON 3/19/2020. I SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG AND NUMEROUS BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION. AFTER I WAS TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT AND SURGERY, MY CAR WAS TOWED AND THEN ASSESSED BY INSURANCE INSPECTORS AS "TOTALED." I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET GOING 35 MILES AN HOUR WHEN A SAW A VEHICLE COMING TOWARDS ME VEERING WILDLY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND DRY AT THE TIME. I REMEMBER WONDERING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WHY MY FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. IT SURELY SHOULD OF, I WOULD THINK, AND MAYBE WOULD HAVE PREVENTED MY BROKEN LEG. *TR

NHTSA ODI #11321096

2,000 miles · Feb 17, 2020
Electrical SystemUnknown Or Other

DASHBOARD LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHTS UP FOR NO REASON, SERVICE DEPT..WRITER AT BARBER HONDA IN BAKERSFIELD, CA TOLD ME THAT'S IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER HONDA MODELS AND HAVE TOLD THE HONDA HEADQUARTERS BUT THEY IGNORE IT AND DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I HIRED A LEMON LAW ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS ISSUE NOW.

NHTSA ODI #11309725

25,000 miles · Feb 7, 2020
Unknown Or Other

THE VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT. IT STARTS VIBRATING INTENSELY WHEN IDLING. IT WILL STOP IF I TURN ON THE AC OR HEAT TO A MODERATE RANGE AND IT SEEMS TO CANCEL OUT THE VIBRATION. IT HAS BEEN CHECKED OUT AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX IT. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH PRIOR MODELS, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSEDL…

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THE VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT. IT STARTS VIBRATING INTENSELY WHEN IDLING. IT WILL STOP IF I TURN ON THE AC OR HEAT TO A MODERATE RANGE AND IT SEEMS TO CANCEL OUT THE VIBRATION. IT HAS BEEN CHECKED OUT AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX IT. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH PRIOR MODELS, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IN THE 2016 VEHICLE.

NHTSA ODI #11307678

51,000 miles · Feb 5, 2020
Unknown Or Other

I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN JULY 2019. THANK GOODNESS IT HAS BEEN A MILD WINTER BECAUSE THE HEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS COLD. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING MY HEATER AND THE INABILITY TO DEFROST MY WINDOW DRIVING IN BAD WEATHER. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM. TSB 14-063

NHTSA ODI #11307261

25,800 miles · Nov 11, 2019
EngineSeatsUnknown Or Other

SEATS HAVE SEVERE VIBRATION AT IDLE. MOST PRONOUNCED AFTER WARMING UP, OR, HIGHWAY DRIVE. (THAT'S WHY TEST DRIVES DON'T SHOW IT!). ALSO, DOOR ARMRESTS VIBRATE. MOST INTOLERABLE; MAKES ONE NAUSEATED. ALSO, GAS MIXED IN WITH OIL! GAS FUME SMELLS NOTED IN CABIN WHILE DRIVING.

NHTSA ODI #11279401

68,000 miles · Oct 15, 2019
Electrical SystemEngineUnknown Or Other

UPON ENTERING AND ATTEMPTING TO START THE SUV, AFTER CLOSING THE DOOR AND BUCKLING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WILL NOT START INTERMITTENTLY. STRANDING THE PASSENGERS AND REQUIRING A BOOST FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE OR TOW TRUCK. THE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO START THE VEHICLE BUT THE ENGINE ONLY CLICKS AND FAILES TO START. A CERTIFIED…

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UPON ENTERING AND ATTEMPTING TO START THE SUV, AFTER CLOSING THE DOOR AND BUCKLING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WILL NOT START INTERMITTENTLY. STRANDING THE PASSENGERS AND REQUIRING A BOOST FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE OR TOW TRUCK. THE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO START THE VEHICLE BUT THE ENGINE ONLY CLICKS AND FAILES TO START. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC HAS INVESTIGATE THE ALTERNATOR, AND BATTERY, BOTH WERE FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE.

NHTSA ODI #11268726

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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