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Honda latches & locks problems

Across all Honda models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,423 complaints involve latches & locks. The CR-V accounts for the largest share (41%). The single worst model year is the 2007 CR-V with 236 latches & locks complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,423 about latches & locks, all Honda models
Most affected
CR-V 41% of these complaints
Typical mileage
72,000 miles 961 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
19 and 5

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Honda models

ModelComplaintsShare
CR-V57841%
Odyssey42530%
Accord19614%
Civic846%
Pilot423%
Element322%
Passport151%
Ridgeline141%
Fit91%
Prelude60%

Worst model years for latches & locks

  1. 2007 Honda CR-V236 complaints
  2. 2008 Honda CR-V201 complaints
  3. 2000 Honda Odyssey107 complaints
  4. 1999 Honda Odyssey78 complaints
  5. 2001 Honda Odyssey33 complaints

Latches & locks complaints by model year

Honda latches & locks complaints by model year 0 150 300 1990: 35 '90 1991: 30 1992: 8 1993: 14 '93 1994: 10 1995: 19 1996: 17 '96 1997: 7 1998: 19 1999: 108 '99 2000: 124 2001: 44 2002: 43 '02 2003: 107 2004: 61 2005: 53 '05 2006: 48 2007: 264 2008: 226 '08 2009: 27 2010: 27 2011: 26 '11 2012: 10 2013: 8 2014: 4 '14 2015: 5 2016: 12 2017: 9 '17 2018: 24 2019: 14 2020: 7 '20 2021: 2 2022: 5 2023: 1 '23 2024: 3 2025: 2
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199035
199130
19928
199314
199410
199519
199617
19977
199819
1999108
2000124
200144
200243
2003107
200461
200553
200648
2007264
2008226
200927
201027
201126
201210
20138
20144
20155
201612
20179
201824
201914
20207
20212
20225
20231
20243
20252

Among the 961 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.