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2011 Honda CR-V electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 55 complaints for the 2011 Honda CR-V, 8% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
55 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
54,000 miles 38 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2011 Honda CR-V Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 54,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 54,000 miles
Based on 38 complaints that include mileage. 55% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 38 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 54,000 miles, and 55% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 honda cr-v. The contact stated that while parked, the vehicle became engulfed in flames. The police and fire department reported to the scene and a report was filed. The fire department was unable to determine the cause of the fire. According to the report, there were flames coming from the front driver's side wheel compartment, under the hood and from the driver's side interior door panel, under the dash board area. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure.

Reported at 9,000 miles, July 2013 Fire

When starting vehicle car turns on with no problem sometimes and will run with little to no problem. When all of a sudden vehicle begins to lose power and all lights on instrument panel lights up car shuts off. This can happen randomly at any given time, weather condition, speed, parking or pulling out of parking space on the highway or multi-lane streets within city limits; and or one-way streets, back roads or country roads with inclines and higher elevations or not.

Reported at 87,600 miles, May 2017

Other problems reported for the 2011 Honda CR-V

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Honda models