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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
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5100–150K
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235 reports with mileage · 157 unknown
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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
7,797 miles · Jun 27, 2017
Power Train
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATLEY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE AND LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (NORTH SHORE HONDA LOCATED IN GLEN HEAD, NY), BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION SUD…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATLEY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE AND LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (NORTH SHORE HONDA LOCATED IN GLEN HEAD, NY), BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,797.
NHTSA ODI #11001763
11,200 miles · Jun 14, 2017
Tires
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CROSSCONTACT LX TIRES, SIZE: 225/65/R17 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (AMERICAS TI…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CROSSCONTACT LX TIRES, SIZE: 225/65/R17 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (AMERICAS TIRES IN SIMI VALLEY, CA) WHERE THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT INFLATION PRESSURE. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,200.
NHTSA ODI #10995184
22,000 miles · Jun 12, 2017
Power Train
OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, AFTER I BACK MY CAR OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY (SLIGHT INCLINE) INTO THE STREET, I PLACE MY CAR'S GEAR IN DRIVE. ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE CAR HESITATED GOING FORWARD REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF ACCELERATION TO THE ENGINE; IN OTHER WORDS, THE CAR BASICALLY SAT IN THE STREET REQUIRING ME TO NURSE IT FORWARD UNTIL T…
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OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, AFTER I BACK MY CAR OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY (SLIGHT INCLINE) INTO THE STREET, I PLACE MY CAR'S GEAR IN DRIVE. ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE CAR HESITATED GOING FORWARD REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF ACCELERATION TO THE ENGINE; IN OTHER WORDS, THE CAR BASICALLY SAT IN THE STREET REQUIRING ME TO NURSE IT FORWARD UNTIL THE DRIVE GEAR FULLY ENGAGED. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND LEFT IT WITH THEM FOR A WEEK. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND, THEREFORE, THEY CAN'T FIX IT. MY FRUSTRATION IS THAT BOTH HONDA AND THE DEALERSHIP LEAVE ME WITH THE BELIEF THAT I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF A HONDA EXPERIENCING THE STATED PROBLEM; IT IS ESPECIALLY OF CONCERN TO ME SHOULD THE STATED PROBLEM OCCUR AFTER BACKING OUT INTO A BUSY STREET/INTERSECTION.
NHTSA ODI #10994430
12,000 miles · May 22, 2017
Fuel/propulsion System
I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE A YEAR AGO. FOR THE PAST 4 WEEKS I HAVE NOW BEEN SMELLING FUEL ODOR IN THE PASSENGER CABIN. THERE IS NO PARTICULAR PATTERN AND AT TIMES IT IS SO STRONG THAT I HAVE HAD TO OPEN THE WINDOW TO BREATHE WHILE DRIVING. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVING.
NHTSA ODI #10991048
50 miles · May 22, 2017
Fuel/propulsion System
THERE IS A FUEL SMELL WHICH IS VERY NOTICEABLE WHEN IDLING. THE DEALER SAID IT IS THE WINTER FUEL BLEND BUT WINTER IS OVER AND THE SMELL IS STILL THERE. THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE DANGEROUS AT MANY LEVELS.
NHTSA ODI #10990959
19,000 miles · May 15, 2017
Visibility/wiper
WE WERE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 5 NORTH AROUND ROSEBURG OR AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND SUDDENLY THE SUNROOF GLASS EXPLODED OUTWARD. IT WAS A SUDDEN AND LOAD EXPLOTION AND WAS VERY VERY VERY FRIGHTENING. WE ARE ATTACHING A PICTURE OF THE DAMAGE. NOTE, WE FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT NOTHING FROM THE OUTSIDE CAUSED THIS AND BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN C…
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WE WERE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 5 NORTH AROUND ROSEBURG OR AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND SUDDENLY THE SUNROOF GLASS EXPLODED OUTWARD. IT WAS A SUDDEN AND LOAD EXPLOTION AND WAS VERY VERY VERY FRIGHTENING. WE ARE ATTACHING A PICTURE OF THE DAMAGE. NOTE, WE FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT NOTHING FROM THE OUTSIDE CAUSED THIS AND BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER AS WE BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US AS WE DO HAVE SEVERAL MORE PICTURES. NOTE, WE'RE TAKING THE VEHICLE INTO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN PORTLAND OR TO HAVE THE GLASS REPAIRED. ALSO NOTE, WE INFORMED OUR INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE INCIDENT AND THEY STATED THEY HAVE SEEN THIS SAME ISSUE MANY TIMES BEFORE.
NHTSA ODI #10985720
Mileage unknown · Apr 30, 2017
Unknown Or Other
MY 2016 CRV HAS A STRONG ODOR OF UNBURNED FUEL. IT IS SO STRONG IT PREVENTS US FROM DRIVING. THE ODOR CAN BE SMELLED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE.
NHTSA ODI #10981506
Mileage unknown · Mar 31, 2017
SeatsUnknown Or Other
THE INSIDE OF MY 2016 CR-V SMELLS LIKE GAS, MY FORMER 2015 HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NO CLUE WHAT IS WRONG, THEY TOLD ME TO SWITCH BRAND OF GAS, IT DID NOTHING. ALSO THE SEATS VIBRATE WHILE IDLING, AGAIN THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
NHTSA ODI #10969832
75 miles · Mar 28, 2017
Vehicle Speed Control
AFTER BUYING A NEW 2016 HONDA CR-V LAST YEAR, AND THEN DRIVING IT FOR THE FIRST 75 MILES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, OR ONBOARD COMPUTER STARTED FAILING TO ALLOW THIS VEHICLE TO ALWAYS ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY AND SAFELY FROM A COMPLETE STOP, OR FROM SLOW-ROLLING SPEEDS. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE IN STOP-AND-GO TRAF…
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AFTER BUYING A NEW 2016 HONDA CR-V LAST YEAR, AND THEN DRIVING IT FOR THE FIRST 75 MILES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, OR ONBOARD COMPUTER STARTED FAILING TO ALLOW THIS VEHICLE TO ALWAYS ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY AND SAFELY FROM A COMPLETE STOP, OR FROM SLOW-ROLLING SPEEDS. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC, OR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PULLOUT INTO HEAVY AND FAST MOVING TRAFFIC AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, OR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PULLOUT INTO HEAVY AND SUPER FAST MOVING EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC AFTER DECELERATING ON AN EXPRESSWAY ENTRANCE RAMP, THIS VEHICLE WILL HESITATE AND ALMOST STALL-OUT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS INITIALLY PUSHED I.E., FEELS LIKE A DEAD ACCELERATOR PEDAL, . . . AND THEN, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS PUSHED HARDER, THE VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD AT FRIGHTENING, DANGEROUS, AND NOT ALWAYS CONTROLLABLE SPEEDS WHICH COULD CAUSE A DEADLY HEAD-ON, SIDE-IMPACT, OR REAR-END COLLISION. ANOTHER SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IS WHEN THIS VEHICLE ALMOST STALLS-OUT AND SUDDENLY SLOWS DOWN, THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS BEHIND THIS VEHICLE, BECAUSE THE DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE IS NOT PUSHING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO COME ON. MY WIFE BECAME SO SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS VEHICLE, UNTIL SHE HAS BEEN TOO AFRAID TO DRIVE IT, AND NOW SHE HAS BECOME CONCERNED ABOUT EVEN RIDING IN THIS VEHICLE WITH ME DRIVING. THIS IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM THAT WE ALONE ARE EXPERIENCING. THERE ARE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS HONDA CR-V PROBLEM, AND EVERYONE WE TALK TO WHO OWNS A 2015 OR 2016 HONDA CR-V SAY THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT HONDA DEALERS DO NOT HAVE A FIX FOR IT. THE HONDA MOTOR COMPANY NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND REQUIRED TO RECALL AND FIX ALL OF THESE CR-VS TO MAKE THEM SAFE, OR REIMBURSE OWNERS FOR THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE.
NHTSA ODI #10969087
1,000 miles · Mar 27, 2017
Unknown Or Other
ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, AND THE HVAC SYSTEM IS ON (A/C ON / OFF IS NOT RELEVANT) DOES THE CABIN BEGIN TO FILL WITH THE SMELL OF GASOLINE (NOT EXHAUST, BUT UNBURNED FUEL). *CN
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.
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.
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
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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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