1999 Honda CR-V problems
Owners have filed 158 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Honda CR-V. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 18% of complaints. Next are air bags (18%) and engine (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 158 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 21 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 30 and 12
- Typical mileage
- 103,000 miles 69 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 | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 14 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 11 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 69 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 102,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 134,000 miles (21 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 21 complaints mention a crash; 30 injuries reported; 12 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% 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 1999 ranks 26th most-complained-about out of 30 model years of the Honda CR-V with enough data (58 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.
April 5, 2003 it was about 9:00 pm. I had just paid my toll on the new jersey side of the river. I was traveling westbound on the ben franklin bridge towards philadelphia. I was traveling about 35 MPH and was in the right-hand lane in order to take the exit off to the right to get onto south I-95. This exit ramp is at the bottom of the bridge on the pennsylvania side of the delaware river.
The engine of my honda crv-v stalls without warning. On several occasions it has stalled while driving on a highway at 60 MPH. Lehigh valley honda in allentown pa is suggesting that the ignition switch cylinder is the problem. The ignition switch itself was replaced in 2002 (NHTSA campaign id number : 02v120000).
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 honda cr-v. The contact reviewed the nhsta campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system: ignition: switch). An authorized dealer performed the recall repair; however, the following components were inoperative: the security alarm system, power door lock system, and the panic device. The technician stated that the security alarm system was disengaged during the recall repair due to the wiring connection to the ignition switch.