2025 Honda CR-V problems
Owners have filed 383 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Honda CR-V. Steering is the most reported problem area, at 15% of complaints. Next are forward collision avoidance (14%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 383 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 55 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 37 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 7,000 miles 34 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 | 24 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 34 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 7,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 55 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 37 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2025 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 30 model years of the Honda CR-V with enough data (383 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Wife was rear ended by tractor trailer while sitting still going in the back of another vehicle and no airbags deployed causing wife to hit head on steering wheel.
[XXX] is the VIN. AIRBAGS DID NIT DEPLOY I was driving 77 mph on i80 near [XXX] . Another vehicle, a Chevy Malibu, left the left lane of traffic and drove on the median. This driver over corrected when her speed was 83 mph. I hit her broadside (Tbone) in the b pillar dead center on the my front of my CRV. My airbags did not deploy. I received a broken sternum from hitting the steering wheel. USAA did not investigate, just saw the photos and totalled the CRV. The Chevy Malibu had all the airbags deploy.
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the contact slammed on the brakes to make an emergency stop. The vehicle stopped, but the engine revved to 500-800 RPMS. The contact stated that upon releasing the brake pedal, the vehicle lurched forward, and the RPMs were significantly higher than normal. The contact depressed the brake pedal, and the contact released the brake pedal again; however, the failure recurred.
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that after purchasing the vehicle, the contact discovered that there was a gap on the passenger-side of the hood. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the hood fluttered upward as air entered under the hood. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who informed the contact that the vehicle was performing as designed; however, the failure persisted.