MODELYEARINDEX

Honda CR-V

9,060 complaints across 12 scored model years and 39 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Honda CR-V Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2017 vs model median 3.7×
Model median3× median
Engine 379
Electrical 235
Fuel System 204
Avoid

2017 · 2018

Best

2010 · 2011

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.29× 109 B
2011
0.35× 124 B
2012
0.62× 224 B
2013
0.71× 256 B
2014
1.17× 469 C
2015
1.88× 730 D
2016
0.88× 307 B
2017
3.65× 1,519 F
2018
3.55× 1,445 F
2019
1.98× 836 F
2020
0.91× 331 C
2021
1.09× 451 C
2022 P
1.03× 424 C
2023 P
1.82× 798 D
2024 P
1.66× 653 D
2025 P
1.20× 384 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG33.5
City / Highway34 / 34
Engine1.75L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$1,850

Recalls

39 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V346000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 2,719,386
23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2013–2023 2,490,460
16V061000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 2,232,187
24V744000 STEERING 2023–2025 1,693,199
11V395000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) 2010 1,512,107
18V661000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 1,355,406
19V182000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 1,101,534
17V030000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 977,708

+ 31 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2017 CR-V
Complaints in window
1,519
Severity-weighted
1,968
Model median (weighted)
538
vs model median
3.65×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
7
Open investigations
1
Score 6.7 F