Model overview
Honda HR-V: complaints by model year
Compare the federal record across HR-V model years. Raw complaint totals are useful context, but they are not adjusted for sales, mileage, or time on the road.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Severity | Crash | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Still new | 39 | 1 | 46 | Still new | |
| 2021Fewest reports | 61 | 4 | 33 | Fewest reports | |
| 2020Fewest reports | 79 | 5 | 19 | Fewest reports | |
| 2022 | 81 | 3 | 41 | ||
| 2024Still new | 106 | 4 | 29 | Still new | |
| 2017 | 120 | 0 | 26 | ||
| 2018 | 151 | 3 | 17 | ||
| 2019 | 216 | 7 | 14 | ||
| 2016 | 237 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 2023Most reports | 680 | 3 | 3 | Most reports |
Ranked by total NHTSA complaints per model year (not adjusted for units sold). A zero means no owner reports in the current NHTSA data, not that the car is problem-free. "Severity" is a harm-weighted index of those complaints — higher means a greater share involved crashes, fires or injuries. Complaint-volume percentiles vs. segment peers are computed separately and appear on each year's page. Complaints pile up over a car's life, so the last few model years look quiet mostly because they have had less road time — we mark them "still new" rather than treating them as lower-complaint standouts.