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2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid problems
Owners have filed 156 complaints about the 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 21.2% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of forward collision avoidance at 16%.
Complaints156
Crashes10
Fires0
Injuries10
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 21.2% · 33
Forward collision avoidance 16.0% · 25
Electrical system 15.4% · 24
Fuel/propulsion system 9.6% · 15
Vehicle speed control 8.3% · 13
Unknown or other 8.3% · 13
Power train 6.4% · 10
Service brakes 5.1% · 8
Severity
Of those complaints, 10 describe a crash and 10 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 5 model years of the Honda CR-V Hybrid in this data, 2021 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filings are rising — 103 in the last three years against 53 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 25,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The issue occurs seemingly randomly about once a month when driving on the highway. All of the sudden the car starts de-accelerating. Even if you push the gas pedal all the way down it doesnât go. It just goes slower and slower and thank goodness Iâve been able to pull over every time. Once I shutdown the car completely and turn back on then I have power again. Engine
1st incident all failure lights went on while driving on HWy 137 which os a 2 lane hoghway. 2nd i cidenr -All engine failure lights went on and lost power on the fast lane while driving on 15 freeway. Had to be towed hime both times and sat in an unsafe zone while tow truck arrived. Engine
Engine overheating in short trips with full coolant and oil. My car is 4 years old and after years of mysteriously going into limp mode and no help from the dealer, I believe it has a bad head gasket. this started when the car was 3 years old. Engine
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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