Honda CR-V 2008

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.31 per 1,000

0.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 62 complaints filed in the first three years, of 962 ever. 95% lower bound 0.24.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.31	62
2009	0.20	39
2010	0.28	56
2011	0.24	51
2012	0.39	98
2013	0.46	134
2014	0.78	248
2015	1.19	406
2016	0.39	136
2017	2.27	834
2018	1.84	697
2019	0.78	296
2020	0.32	115
2021	0.34	120
2022	0.54	162
2023	1.90	570

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 325 complaints

tool confirms	155	48%
confirms	155	48%
confirms parts	154	47%
recall notification	140	43%
campaign numbers	95	29%
numbers	95	29%

Electrical System 218 complaints

door lock	66	30%
actuator	53	24%
passenger door	44	20%
unlocking	38	18%
actuators	24	11%
stay locked	21	10%

Latches/Locks/Linkages 200 complaints

lock	145	72%
unlocked	55	27%
actuator	48	24%
itself	35	18%
unlocks	25	13%
stay locked	20	10%

When it breaks

14% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 74,956 miles, from 535 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is verified against a published figure.