Honda CR-V 2017

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

2.27 per 1,000

5.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 834 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1774 ever. 95% lower bound 2.12.

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 531 complaints

gasoline	144	27%
crv	90	17%
dilution	71	13%
oil dilution	58	11%
smells	57	11%
mixing	37	7%

Electrical System 402 complaints

crv	50	12%
mitigation	41	10%
departure	36	9%
adaptive	34	9%
injectors	32	8%
adaptive cruise	31	8%

Fuel/Propulsion System 348 complaints

crv	59	17%
oil level	45	13%
dipstick	39	11%
dilution	31	9%
oil dilution	27	8%
features	27	8%

When it breaks

69% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 17,500 miles, from 957 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, 0 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 126 complaints about this component over roughly 28 months before an investigation opened.

Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking

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:

10958499 · 10958772 · 10959870 · 10966022 · 10967627 · 10968007

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.