2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid problems
NHTSA has received 43 complaints about the 2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid, and 21% of them involve steering. After that come fuel system (16%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 43 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 95% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2025 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Honda CR-V Hybrid with enough data (43 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked in the morning, and in the evening, the fire department knocked on the contact's door, advising that neighbors had called to report that there was a significant amount of smoke coming from the contact's garage. The contact stated that the garage was detached and was located in the rear of the residence. The contact stated that upon opening the garage door, the contact noticed a significant amount of smoke.
I was parking in our apartment's parking lot when I attempted a left turn to pull in front-facing toward the wall. Within seconds, and without understanding how or why, the car continued forward and hit the wall. Initially, I reported to the insurance company that I either didn’t brake or found the brake too late. However, the truth is—I do not clearly remember what happened. My mph had to be low.
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid. The contact stated that while parking in her residence parking lot, the brake pedal was depressed but failed to function as intended. An abnormal rev sound could be heard coming from the engine when the vehicle accelerated independently. The vehicle jumped the parking block and ran over the sidewalk, skidded the road, and crashed into a tree, where it came to a stop. The driver’s and passenger’s side air bags did not deploy.
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid. The contact stated that while parking at her work parking lot, the brake pedal was depressed but failed to stop the vehicle. The vehicle then violently accelerated independently and crashed into two parked vehicles. One of the parked vehicles spun around from the impact, the contact's vehicle continued to accelerate independently, and drove over a median where it came to a stop. No warning lights were illuminated. None of the air bags deployed. A police report was filed.