2002 Honda CR-V air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 144 complaints for the 2002 Honda CR-V, 22% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 144 22% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 107,000 miles 59 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 32 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 33 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Based on 59 complaints that include mileage. 27% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	5
20k to 40k miles	5
40k to 60k miles	6
60k to 80k miles	7
80k to 100k miles	5
100k to 120k miles	4
120k to 140k miles	4
140k to 160k miles	3
160k to 180k miles	8
180k to 200k miles	7
200k+ miles	5

What the data shows

Of the 59 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 107,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 32 crashes, 1 fire, 33 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 honda cr-v. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the contact's vehicle crashed head on into another vehicle. The failure occurred as the vehicle crested the top of a hill and the contact reached up to pull down the sun visor. Immediately afterwards, the driver and passenger side air bags deployed and fragments from the air bags bruised the contact's hand. The contact and two people from the other vehicle sustained injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed.

Reported at 253,000 miles, August 2015 CrashInjury

The SRS light on my instrument panel recently activated which I figured was a result of the recent air bag recall and would be rectified when the dealer replaced the air bag parts as part of the recall. Unfortunately, after having both passenger and driver air bag recall work completed on 6/30/15, the SRS light remains lit.

Reported at 170,000 miles, June 2015

Air bags problems in other years

Air bags problems across all Honda models