2025 Honda CR-V

Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues

Steering is the leading concern among 250 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 24th highest complaint count among 26 CR-V model years with reports.

Complaints by model year
  1. 250

Of the 2025 reports, 29 involved a crash and 5 involved a fire. 23 people were injured.

Primary concernSteering52 reports · 21% of complaints
Owner complaints250Filed with NHTSA
Recall relationship1 safety recallNHTSA campaign records

What owners report most often

  1. Steering52
  2. Other or unspecified50
  3. Forward collision avoidance40
  4. Service brakes31
  5. Visibility/wiper31
  6. Engine25
  7. Fuel/propulsion system24
  8. Electrical system18

Recalls and investigations

  1. SteeringOct 3, 2024

    Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Acura Integra, Civic Type R, CR-V Hybrid, CR-V, HR-V, 2022-2025 Civic, Civic Hatchback, 2024-2025 Acura Integra Type S, 2025 CR-V Fuel Cell EV, Civic Hybrid, and Civic Hatchback Hybrid vehicles. The steering gearbox assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause excessive internal friction and lead to difficulty steering the vehicle.

    Difficulty steering can increase the risk of a crash.

    Dealers will replace the worm gear spring and redistribute or add grease as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 18, 2024. Owners may contact Honda Customer Service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are SJS, MJU, QJT and VJV.

    Campaign 24V744000 on NHTSA.gov

Representative owner complaints: steering

52 reports, newest first. Show all

  1. Steering, Oct 17, 2024

    The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V744000 (Steering) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

  2. Steering, Structure, Oct 13, 2024

    The component due to an improperly produced steering gearbox worm wheel, the wheel can swell during use, reducing the grease film thickness between the worm wheel and worm gear in which this was recalled on Oct 3, 2024 but did not discovered it until Oct 13, 2024 in an incident caused by the recall. All of the sudden my steering wheel became hard to maneuver and when I had difficulty turning it, I had something from the issue, as a result the under cover of the car got damaged due this issue in which I didn’t find out when I tried to schedule a service appointment on the Honda website. No the dealer or anyone has reproduced as it was a one time incident. No there was no prior warning about the steering wheel.