Honda CR-V 2015

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

1.19 per 1,000

2.6 times this nameplate’s own median · from 406 complaints filed in the first three years, of 672 ever. 95% lower bound 1.08.

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.

Engine 243 complaints

vibration	91	38%
crv	54	22%
vibrates	42	17%
seat	32	13%
vibrations	28	12%
vibrate	18	8%

Power Train 150 complaints

vibration	59	39%
vibrates	28	19%
vibrations	24	16%
crv	21	14%
annoying	14	10%
distracting	13	9%

Unknown Or Other 144 complaints

vibration	63	44%
idle	29	20%
crv	28	20%
vibrates	26	18%
felt	18	13%
vibrations	13	9%

When it breaks

76% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 4,600 miles, from 491 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Electrical overstress

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:

10661339 · 10662296 · 10663245 · 10669883 · 10670005 · 10671203

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.