Honda CR-V 2019

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

0.78 per 1,000

1.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 296 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1104 ever. 95% lower bound 0.69.

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.

Forward Collision Avoidance 299 complaints

braking system	96	28%
brake warning	49	14%
flashed	41	12%
crv	39	11%
street	36	10%
complete stop	34	10%

Steering 197 complaints

parts distribution	38	19%
communications	37	19%
bags communications	36	18%
experienced parts	36	18%
steering air	22	11%
communications steering	21	11%

Electrical System 164 complaints

crv	26	16%
drained	14	9%
fuel injectors	12	8%
injectors	12	8%
brake system	12	8%
brightness	11	7%

When it breaks

69% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 12,100 miles, from 313 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

3 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:

11163577 · 11164791 · 11166215 · 11170823 · 11172347 · 11173129

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.