2016 Honda CR-V problems

NHTSA lists 393 complaints for the 2016 Honda CR-V, 40 of them mention a crash and 4 mention a fire. 28 complaints mention an injury, with 36 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-09.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as HONDA CR-V.

At a glance

Complaints: 393
With crash: 40
With fire: 4
With injury (complaints): 28
Injuries: 36
Deaths: 0
Recalls: 3
Do not drive recalls: 0
Park outside recalls: 0
Recall potential units (maximum): 2,490,460
Investigations: 1
Open investigations: 0
Manufacturer communications: 85

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. The available sales group does not match this vehicle variant.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
System	Complaints	Share of this vehicle's complaints
ENGINE	101	25.7%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER	85	21.6%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM	65	16.5%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	64	16.3%
POWER TRAIN	45	11.5%
AIR BAGS	32	8.1%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	28	7.1%
SERVICE BRAKES	18	4.6%
STEERING	17	4.3%
STRUCTURE	17	4.3%

Top subsystems
System	Subsystem	Complaints
STRUCTURE	BODY	16
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE	ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL	2
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE	AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING	2
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	DELIVERY	2
BACK OVER PREVENTION	CAMERA SYSTEM	1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	12V/24V/48V BATTERY	1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	COOLING SYSTEM	1
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE	WARNINGS	1
LANE DEPARTURE	ASSIST	1
LANE DEPARTURE	WARNING	1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags

These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.

Failure modes
Label	Count	Share of tagged	Mean confidence
loss of control	89	22.6%	0.87
electrical electronic	74	18.8%	0.85
mechanical failure	64	16.3%	0.74
noise or comfort	61	15.5%	0.89
fluid or fuel leak	47	12.0%	0.78
restraint or airbag	28	7.1%	0.94
structural or corrosion	14	3.6%	0.72
fire or overheating	6	1.5%	0.71
visibility or lighting	6	1.5%	0.86
unclear	4	1.0%	0.60

Severities
Label	Count	Share of tagged	Mean confidence
moderate	210	53.4%	0.83
low	132	33.6%	0.77
high	46	11.7%	0.91
none	5	1.3%	0.64

Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 393 tagged complaints of 393 complaints (100.0%).

Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.

Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.

Recalls

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3 recalls.

23V858000

Date: 2023-12-18. Systems: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

Defect: 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 tan (excerpt)

Consequence: Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash. (excerpt)

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. (excerpt)

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

17V305000

Date: 2017-05-04. Systems: ENGINE.

Defect: 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: 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.

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

15V714000

Date: 2015-10-29. Systems: AIR BAGS.

Defect: 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: 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.

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

Investigations

1 investigations; 0 open.

EA19001

Opened: 2019-04-19. Closed: 2024-09-19.

Electrical overstress

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.A 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 vehicl

Systems: AIR BAGS.

Linked campaign numbers: 20V024.

Manufacturer communications

85 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
System	Count
EQUIPMENT	17
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	15
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	13
POWER TRAIN	12
ENGINE	11
AIR BAGS	7
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER	7
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	3

10170787

Date: 2020-01-24. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2016-2019 Accords, Civics, CR-Vs, Odysseys, Pilots & Ridgelines with a customer complaint of fuel smell or leak from the fuel tank area. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific

10170229

Date: 2020-01-07. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

10169062

Date: 2019-12-02. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

10168049

Date: 2019-11-14. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

10167127

Date: 2019-10-28. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

10166783

Date: 2019-10-15. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN.

Service Bulletin - When cold-starting the engine and shifting to Reverse, the engine stalls in the first 10 to 14 seconds. There is too much oil clearance between the input and stator shafts, which allows ATF to drain out of the torque converter during extend off periods. During a cold start, when t

10166497

Date: 2019-10-09. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

10165662

Date: 2019-09-25. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

10165001

Date: 2019-09-09. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

10164466

Date: 2019-08-27. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE.

Notes on this record

Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model label	Complaints
CR-V	393

Same model, other years

2000 CR-V: 129 complaints
2001 CR-V: 142 complaints
2002 CR-V: 515 complaints
2003 CR-V: 468 complaints
2004 CR-V: 501 complaints
2005 CR-V: 479 complaints
2006 CR-V: 398 complaints
2007 CR-V: 887 complaints
2008 CR-V: 961 complaints
2009 CR-V: 386 complaints
2010 CR-V: 481 complaints
2011 CR-V: 554 complaints
2012 CR-V: 403 complaints
2013 CR-V: 382 complaints
2014 CR-V: 587 complaints
2015 CR-V: 672 complaints
2016 CR-V (current year): 393 complaints
2017 CR-V: 1,773 complaints
2018 CR-V: 2,153 complaints
2019 CR-V: 1,102 complaints
2020 CR-V: 437 complaints
2021 CR-V: 435 complaints
2022 CR-V: 338 complaints
2023 CR-V: 631 complaints
2024 CR-V: 478 complaints
2025 CR-V: 282 complaints
2026 CR-V: 152 complaints
2027 CR-V: 0 complaints

All model years | All Honda models

Other Honda models, 2016

Pilot: 1,710 complaints
Civic: 1,082 complaints
Accord: 608 complaints
Odyssey: 270 complaints
HR-V: 239 complaints
FIT: 120 complaints
GL1800: 5 complaints
CBR300R: 4 complaints

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