NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
What owners actually said
392 reports10,193 miles · Apr 1, 2019
Electrical SystemExterior Lighting
THE HEADLIGHTS TURN ON RANDOMLY AND OFF WHILE DRIVING IN FULL SUNLIGHT. THE LIGHTS HAVE COME ON WITHOUT INPUT WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED AND THE IGNITION IS OFF. AMERICAN HONDA HAS AUTHORIZED AND REPLACED BOTH THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE FUSE BOX IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO FURTHER WORK ON THIS VEHICL…
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THE HEADLIGHTS TURN ON RANDOMLY AND OFF WHILE DRIVING IN FULL SUNLIGHT. THE LIGHTS HAVE COME ON WITHOUT INPUT WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED AND THE IGNITION IS OFF. AMERICAN HONDA HAS AUTHORIZED AND REPLACED BOTH THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE FUSE BOX IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO FURTHER WORK ON THIS VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ONCE THE BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DEAD IN THE MORNING WHEN I TRIED TO USE IT. IT WAS DRIVEN THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE LIGHTS HAVE TURNED THEMSELVES ON WITH NO INPUT FROM THE KEY FOB OR THE DRIVER WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED. MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE WITNESSED THE CAR DOING THIS. I HAVE MANY MP4 FILES DOCUMENTING THE HEADLIGHTS COMING ON AND GOING OFF AT RANDOM WHILE DRIVING. UNDER THE DESCRIPTION OF "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN" I PUT THE REPORTED DATE TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT HAPPENS MOST EVERY TIME THAT I DRIVE THE CAR FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OVER A FEW MILES.
NHTSA ODI #11193058
55,000 miles · Mar 28, 2019
Seat Belts
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LOOSENED AND THE PASSENGER WENT FORWARD IN THE SEAT. VANS HONDA (2821 S ONEIDA ST, GREEN BAY, WI 54304) WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT STA…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LOOSENED AND THE PASSENGER WENT FORWARD IN THE SEAT. VANS HONDA (2821 S ONEIDA ST, GREEN BAY, WI 54304) WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELTS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER A WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.
NHTSA ODI #11192287
35,000 miles · Mar 28, 2019
EngineUnknown Or Other
I BOUGHT A HONDA CRV 2016 AND HAS 35,0000 MILES ON IT. HOWEVER, THERE IS A SUDDEN SHAKE AS SOON AS YOU PUT THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE RPM DROPS ON DRIVE BUT INCREASES IN PARK. THE CAR IS FAIRLY NEW AND IT SHOULD NOT DO THIS. ALSO, MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS BECOMES A CAUSE OF CONCERN EVERYIME I AM…
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I BOUGHT A HONDA CRV 2016 AND HAS 35,0000 MILES ON IT. HOWEVER, THERE IS A SUDDEN SHAKE AS SOON AS YOU PUT THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE RPM DROPS ON DRIVE BUT INCREASES IN PARK. THE CAR IS FAIRLY NEW AND IT SHOULD NOT DO THIS. ALSO, MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS BECOMES A CAUSE OF CONCERN EVERYIME I AM AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, EVEN MY SEAT AND MY SIDE MIRRORS TENDS TO SHAKE ALSO, 2015 CRV WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE.
NHTSA ODI #11192199
38,061 miles · Mar 12, 2019
Fuel/propulsion System
MY 2016 HONDA CR-V RECENTLY GOT 21 MPG ON A 300+ HIGHWAY MILE TRIP. FROM DAY 1, THE ADVERTISED MILEAGE OF 32 MPG HAS NEVER BEEN REACHED. IT HAS STEADILY DECLINED TILL I AM GETTING 21 MPG. I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE WHERE HONDA ADMITTED THAT VEHICLES PRODUCED IN THE YEARS 2016-2019 CR-V'S WERE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT MPG DECLI…
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MY 2016 HONDA CR-V RECENTLY GOT 21 MPG ON A 300+ HIGHWAY MILE TRIP. FROM DAY 1, THE ADVERTISED MILEAGE OF 32 MPG HAS NEVER BEEN REACHED. IT HAS STEADILY DECLINED TILL I AM GETTING 21 MPG. I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE WHERE HONDA ADMITTED THAT VEHICLES PRODUCED IN THE YEARS 2016-2019 CR-V'S WERE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT MPG DECLINES DUE TO A DEFECT THAT WAS ALLOWING OIL TO MIX WITH GAS. THIS DEFECT AFFECTED AUTOS IN COLD CLIMATES, INCLUDING NEBRASKA WHERE I LIVE. THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINED THAT HONDA WAS NOT REGARDING THEM AS RECALLS YET, BUT THAT THEY WERE BEING SENT BACK TO THE FACTORY FOR REPAIRS. I CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY PLAYED DUMB, SUGGESTING THAT I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER ON MY DIME. I WANT ANSWERS, AND NOW.
NHTSA ODI #11186194
14,000 miles · Mar 8, 2019
Fuel/propulsion System
VEHICLE VIBRATES AT IDLE SPEED. THE SAME PROBLEM WITH 2015 HONDA CRV
NHTSA ODI #11185096
50,000 miles · Mar 8, 2019
EngineFuel/propulsion System
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PERFORMING A ROUTINE OIL CHECK, HE FOUND FUEL MIXED IN THE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LARRY H. MILLER HONDA MURRAY (5808 STATE ST, MURRAY, UT 84107, (801) 590-0572) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE A…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PERFORMING A ROUTINE OIL CHECK, HE FOUND FUEL MIXED IN THE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LARRY H. MILLER HONDA MURRAY (5808 STATE ST, MURRAY, UT 84107, (801) 590-0572) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
NHTSA ODI #11185029
50,000 miles · Mar 3, 2019
EngineUnknown Or Other
EXCESSIVE OIL (NO OIL LEAK) ENGINE OIL DISAPPEARED 2 QUARTS AFTER ONLY 3000 MILES FROM LAST OIL CHANGE. NO TOWING, RACING, MOUNTAINS, ETC. CONTACTED HONDA, THEY SAY ACCORDING TO HONDA POLICY ONLY HONDA VEHICLES THAT CONSUMPT 1 QTR OIL PER 1000 MILE ARE CONSIDER ABNORMAL. SINCE MY CR-V CONSUMPT ABOUT 1 QTR PER 1500 MILE, HONDA…
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EXCESSIVE OIL (NO OIL LEAK) ENGINE OIL DISAPPEARED 2 QUARTS AFTER ONLY 3000 MILES FROM LAST OIL CHANGE. NO TOWING, RACING, MOUNTAINS, ETC. CONTACTED HONDA, THEY SAY ACCORDING TO HONDA POLICY ONLY HONDA VEHICLES THAT CONSUMPT 1 QTR OIL PER 1000 MILE ARE CONSIDER ABNORMAL. SINCE MY CR-V CONSUMPT ABOUT 1 QTR PER 1500 MILE, HONDA SAY IT IS NORMAL AND WILL NOT HONORING THEIR WARRANTY.
NHTSA ODI #11183767
20,000 miles · Feb 22, 2019
Fuel/propulsion SystemService BrakesUnknown Or Other
WHEN WE WERE REVERSING THE CAR BRAKES STOPPED RESPONDING. THE CAR WOULDN'T TURN OFF AND IT KEPT ROLLING BACKWARDS SO WE HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. WE PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND THE CAR STILL ROLLED BACKWARDS AND THE BRAKES WOULDN'T RESPOND.
NHTSA ODI #11181983
24,000 miles · Feb 7, 2019
Electrical System
ELECTRONIC TRUNK SYSTEM/HATCH BACK DOOR SWITCH DOES NOT OPERATE IN COLD CONDITIONS . HONDA DEALER IS REQUIRED TO OPEN HATCH BACK TO GAIN ENTRY. THERE IS NO WAY FOR A CONSUMER TO MANUALLY OPEN HATCH BACK DOOR. EXPENSIVE REPAIR OF $300.00+. PART NUMBER 74810-T0A-A02 .
NHTSA ODI #11175018
10,500 miles · Feb 7, 2019
EngineCrash
WHILE BRAKING CAR ACCELARATED AND ENDED WITH HITTING A TREE.. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO FRONT END. HAD TO BE TOWED AND ESTIMATE FOR DAMAGES WELL OVER $7000. ALL I HAVE IS A QUICK PIC WITH MY PHONE SO I CAN TX TO YOU IF YOU NEED..
NHTSA ODI #11174958
Official recalls
3Dec 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.
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.
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.