1998 Honda CR-V problems
Owners have filed 136 complaints with NHTSA about the 1998 Honda CR-V. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. Next are air bags (14%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 136 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 124,000 miles 41 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 41 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 124,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 124,000 miles (15 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 12 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1998 ranks 28th most-complained-about out of 30 model years of the Honda CR-V with enough data (50 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Vehicle was manufactured in japan. Knuckle arm broke, causing left front tire to come off, and resulting in loss of vehicle control and an accident. Honda says that failure was due to driver error, owner maintains that it was a defect.
Vehicle experiences deployment of both air bags while driving at approximately 25 MPH. No pothole or anything was hit or rolled over to cause this condition to happen. Vehicle went out of control, causing consumer serious injuries and passenger minor injuries. Dealer/manufacturer notified.
While vehicle was going about 15-20 MPH airbag deployed, driver lost control of vehicle, went off road and the SUV turned over on its side. The manufacturer has been notified.
Weather conditions caused 1998 honda crv to skid out of control. Car was hithead-on by 18-wheeler but honda's air-bag failed to deploy causing injuries to driver of honda. No correction was able to be made. Car was totaled and insurance company took possession of vehicle for salvage.
We were normally driving the vehicle when a strange noise started under the hood. Upon investigation you could observe the main pulley wobbling. The vehicle was immediantely brought to a repair facility. Upon inspection it was found that the bolt from the main pulley into the crankshaft was damaged. When a wrench was placed on the bolt it broke off. It was apparent that this bolt was installed stripped which resulted in this failure. Pictures of the bolt are available. The vehicle was towed to a honda dealership.