Honda HR-V

1,651 complaints across 6 scored model years and 13 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Honda HR-V Full report

Grade 2016–2021

2016 vs model median 1.7×

Model median3× median

Drivetrain 21

Electrical 18

Brakes 12

Avoid

2016

Best

2018 · 2020

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.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the Honda HR-V
Year	vs median	Reports	Grade
2016	1.73×	130	D
2017	1.40×	91	C
2018	0.81×	59	B
2019	1.19×	86	C
2020	0.62×	39	B
2021	0.76×	55	B
2022 P	2.14×	152	F
2023 P	7.75×	815	F
2024 P	1.77×	160	D
2025 P	0.68×	64	B

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.

EPA fuel economy and drivetrain
Combined MPG	27.5
City / Highway	25.5 / 31
Engine	2L, 4 cyl
Drive	All-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost	$2,250

Recalls

13 campaigns on record.

Recall campaigns, largest first
Campaign	Component	Model years	Units affected
23V858000	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP	2018–2023	2,490,460
24V744000	STEERING	2023–2025	1,693,199
24V064000	AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER	2020–2022	750,114
21V215000	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP	2019	624,552
23V782000	SEAT BELTS:FRONT	2023, 2024	303,770
20V314000	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP	2018, 2019	135,995
23V046000	BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION	2019–2022	114,686
24V384000	BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION	2019–2022	114,686

+ 5 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact SUVs

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

Other models in the same segment
Model	Years to avoid	Grade
Alfa Romeo Stelvio	2018	C
Audi E-Tron	none flagged	C
Audi Q3	20202021	C
BMW X1	2014	C
Buick Encore	2015	C
Buick Encore GX	none flagged	B
Cadillac XT4	none flagged	B
Chevrolet Captiva	none flagged	B

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 2016 HR-V

Complaints in window: 130
Severity-weighted: 200.5
Model median (weighted): 116
vs model median: 1.73×
Recall campaigns (weighted): 2
Open investigations: 0

Score 51.8 D