Honda HR-V
Owners filed 1,878 complaints across 12 model years of the Honda HR-V. The 2023 drew the most (688).
Which Honda HR-V years should you avoid?
Going by 1,878 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Honda HR-V years to avoid are 2023.
- 2023688 complaints, 5.6× a typical HR-V year, most often about the wipers.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2021 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
Too new to judge: 2025, 2026 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Honda HR-V model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027Too new | 6 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2026Too new | 20 | 0 | 1 | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 48 | 1 | — | 4 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2024 | 110 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2023Avoid | 688 | 3 | — | 7 | Visibility/Wiper | Above average | |
| 2022 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 10 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2021 | 64 | 4 | — | 5 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2020 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 8 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2019 | 241 | 7 | 1 | 19 | Electrical System | Above average | |
| 2018 | 160 | 3 | — | 11 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2017 | 123 | 0 | — | 13 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2016 | 243 | 2 | 1 | 13 | Power Train | Above average |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.