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.
Of the 2025 reports, 29 involved a crash and 5 involved a fire. 23 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
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
250 reports, newest first.
Visibility/wiper, Nov 8, 2024
My driver side mirror gets extremely shaky especially when I'm on the highway with speeds over 50miles. The image gets distorted, which makes us dizzy while driving. We are afraid the mirror will crack while driving and we'd have no way seeing. This is too dangerous. Brand new car and all these issues we have to deal with. Too frustrating. I want a solution from Honda asap. Thank you.
Fuel system, Gasoline, Nov 7, 2024
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V763000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had 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. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
Steering, Nov 1, 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 recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. Parts distribution disconnect.
Electrical system, Service brakes, Engine, Nov 1, 2024
[XXX] was Incident 1 the car was brought to Ocean Honda. I was driving with my kids going approx 60mph when the car went limp and breaks failed. They kept the car 2 days, I was told nothing major was wrong with the car and the codes were cleared. [XXX] was 2nd incident. I was driving 50mph and the car went limp and brakes failed. Ocean Honda did not have any vehicles for me and I was in the hospital for my daughter. The car was brought to Ocean Honda on 10/23. The lights when off during my drive there on [XXX], Ocean kept the car 2 days and told me they were unable to replicate the issue and fix. I was not contacted by the advisor for days and showed up to the dealership, I picked the car up on 10/25 [XXX] was incident 3. I was driving 50 mph the car went limp again with break failure and the car was brought again to Ocean Honda. They told me they are still running diagnostics and are insure of the problem. I had called Honda on 10/29 and left a message, I called again on 10/30 and spoke to the service manager Scott. They projected my car to be in the service department for “at least”2 weeks. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Steering, Engine and engine cooling, Electrical system, Oct 28, 2024
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that he drove the vehicle the previous day, but the next day the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was powered by a battery. There was an abnormal odor of coolant in the vehicle. There were several unknown warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, where it was determined that the computer needed to be reset. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. While driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle switched to battery power, and the steering wheel became inoperable. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the water pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. While driving at 45 MPH, the steering wheel became stiff. The steering wheel was difficult to turn. The contact was able to pull to the side of the road and restart the vehicle. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 50.
Fuel/propulsion system, Oct 26, 2024
Honda 2025 CR-V AWD. Fuel Mileage decreased from 31 MPG to 22 MPG on [xxx] on [XXX] Highway Trip leaving Vernon Hills, Illinois with Cruise Control and Economy Mode Set. There was no Engine Performance Problem and no errors were indicated. The car dashboard displayed the average mileage as 22-23 MPG while leaving our hotel and stayed that way most of the day. So the decreased fuel mileage most likely was a fuel leak. Then late in the day, the fuel mileage increased back to 26 MPG. Poor fuel mileage with a small fuel tank is dangerous on [xxx] in Kansas and Eastern Colorado. This is due to the wide distances between fuel stops. There really is nothing out there due to lack of water. If fuel was leaking, that is also a fire hazard. Took to car to dealer for diagnosis. No fault was found. I asked them about the fuel pump recall and they said that they would notify me when the replacement part was available for my car. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Service brakes, Forward collision avoidance, Oct 24, 2024, crash
I was trying to realign my vehicle to eventually reverse in and park. As I was going forward, I braked four times (3 slamming the brakes) and the vehicle did not slow down or stop and eventually hit my neighbors wall. -I have a video, but the system only allows photos. Please contact me for video
Electrical system, Engine, Fuel/propulsion system, Oct 23, 2024
Vehicle displayed a “Critial Power Failure” on the highway twice while under 1000 miles odometer. Vehicle acceleration stopped and car coasted. Needed to pull over and shut off. After turning on displayed “Emissions System Failure” warning for about 48 hours then cleared. Vehicle stalled twice while driving on the highway with no power. Very dangerous as one time I had nowhere to pull over while my car slowed to a stop. Children were very scared in the backseat.
Fuel system, Gasoline, Oct 23, 2024
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V763000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had 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. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
Visibility/wiper, Oct 22, 2024
The left side mirror vibrates when driving over 20 mph.
Steering, Fuel system, Gasoline, Oct 22, 2024
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 24V763000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) and 24V744000 (Steering); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The contact had not experienced a failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
Other or unspecified, Oct 22, 2024
We were driving on a two lane highway from Jamestown Ca to Oakdale Ca, there were no vehicles in front of us, it was a flat stretch of highway when we heard a very loud booming bang like a gunshot. We pulled over to make sure that our backseat passenger, driver and driver side passenger were ok. We checked the outside, underneath and then noticed that the sunroof on top of the car had been damaged. On closer inspection the sun roof was shattered. We proceeded to drive and realized that the roof was noisy, so we pulled over immediately. We removed as much of the loose glass and proceeded on our way holding the sunroof door tightly so it wouldn’t come open and rain any glass down on us. We took it to the dealer that we purchased the vehicle from two weeks before to inspect and repair, there were no warning lights or indications of the issue. We never saw any debris, there were no vehicles in front of us and only a motorcycle and one other vehicle pass in the oncoming lanes few seconds before the loud boom. This was a frightening and stressful situation, we thought we had bought a safe and state of the art car that we could safely drive without endangering us our passengers or other drivers.
Visibility/wiper, Oct 21, 2024
When the windshield wipers are in use they fail to remove water in heavy rain reducing visibility to the point I have had to put on hazard lights and drive much more slowly which on the interstate or on two lane roads is not safe. Also when attempting to clean the windshield with the wiper and solution the design has the cleaning solution coming out of the wiper blades themselves causing most of the cleaner to be sent down the passenger side windows also the blades don’t make good contact with the windshield which leaves a lot of the “bug guts” either in place or smeared making it very very difficult to see especially when the sun hits the windowshield often to the point of almost blinding. I have had the blades replaced twice and this has not solved the problem. This design change is NOT a good one and is creating what could be a dangerous situation. My previous Honda did not have any problems with windshield wipers like this.
Steering, Oct 18, 2024
Steering wheel became locked or froze up during drive. It happened several times on different days without advanced warning. Service department of dealership checked it but didn’t find anything wrong, they didn’t observe this problem during checking. But this problem persists after I drove the car back from service dept. I am so afraid that it will result in serious accidents.
Visibility/wiper, Oct 17, 2024
The driver side mirror shakes, which makes it difficult to use, particularly at high speeds.
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.
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.
Power train, Engine, Oct 10, 2024
Per dealer service department, cylinder one (1) rocker arm/lifter was getting stuck and caused a system and transmission failure.
Electrical system, Vehicle speed control, Engine, Oct 10, 2024
The speedometer can report zero (0) when the car is moving slowly. This is probably the rounding policy in software. The actual speed was maybe 0.4 mph, but was reported as zero mph. If the actual speed was 10.4 mph but reported as 10, fine, not a big deal, but zero has a much different meaning than any other value. It means none, that the car isn't moving, but the car was.
Other or unspecified, Sep 16, 2024
While I was in my apartment parking garage, I had my automatic trunk door opened. While I was standing in range, the door came down and hit me in the head. As a result I sustained a concussion. I did have the keys in my hand , so I may have accidentally activated the trunk door to close. However, my concern is that there is such sensor to stop the trunk door from continuing to close, or it doesn’t work. I called the dealer and they told me that there is sensor, but it only stops once it’s made contact. I believe this is very dangerous and should be evaluated. As I stated earlier I am now suffering from a concussion.
Exterior lighting, Sep 14, 2024
2025 Honda CRV EX-L purchased [XXX]. Unable to drive car at night due to headlights. Extremely poor illumination. I am [XXX] with 20/20 vision. The headlights on low beam barely illuminate the road. I have spent $51,000 on a car that I am unable to drive after sunset. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Other or unspecified, Aug 20, 2024
I purchased the car today, August 20, 2024. I haven’t had the car 24 hours. I drove home. I was showing someone my car. I opened the back hatch and shut it and the glass shattered.
Other or unspecified, Aug 14, 2024
Passenger side rear window shattered while driving. No visible reason as to why.
Structure, Aug 12, 2024
Right after purchase, the hood wobbled up and down at highway speeds. When passing a semi traveling the opposite direction at 60 mph on a two lane section of road, it jumped enough to make me wonder if the latch had come loose and the hood was going to open. I notified the dealer to have it looked at and it was discovered that welds holding the hood were broken. A new hood is being ordered and it is being replaced at no charge. I am reporting this issue in case this is not an isolated incident.
Other or unspecified, Jun 1, 2024
Purchased a new 2025 CRV Touring from EdVoylesHonda in Marietta GA on [XXX] with my hard-earned savings because my Accord was totaled in an accident. Picked it up on [XXX]. I found a safety issue where CarPlay is not playing audio output from any Maps (Apple/ Google/ Waze) if I’m in on a call. Apple designed the Apple Maps to chime if anyone is in a call while using CarPlay. I brought up this issue on 5/25 to the dealer but was told it’s an expected behavior. Not satisfied with the answer, I went to HondaConyersGA to do some digging and found that this issue doesn’t apply to Android Auto and any lower trim (ie. Sport L). The issue is consistent across 2023-2025 CRV Touring trim. I went back to EdVoylesHonda service on [XXX] and [XXX] only to be discredited on my findings, and the service manager said that it might be a compatibility issue with Bose speakers. It was deemed normal since all Gen 6 Touring has the same behavior. I was also told that the turn-by-turn also plays on the screen and should be keeping an eye on the screen instead. This is disturbing because I’m trying to limit my attention to the screen as much as possible, and sounds like a safety issue. A ticket was also opened with Honda Customer Service on 5/28, but haven’t heard any statement or a path to move forward since the case manager said that they can only document the issue. Either Honda needs to take the car back and let me get a car that’s working or have a commitment to resolve this issue. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)