NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Honda CR-V Recalls
The 2003 Honda CR-V has 14 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 10, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Honda CR-V. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 14
- Owner complaints
- 468
- Crashes reported
- 44
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
25 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Honda CR-V, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
14 recalls on the 2003 Honda CR-V
Visibility: power window devices and controls
- Campaign
- 20V768000
- Reported
- December 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 268,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2006 CR-V
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V499000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2006 CR-V, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V501000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,657,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2006 CR-V, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V182000
- Reported
- March 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,101,534
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2007, 2010–2011 CR-V, 16 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V268000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,335
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2011 CR-V, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V370000
- Reported
- June 15, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,498,481
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 CR-V, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V320000
- Reported
- May 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,281,043
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2006 CR-V, 11 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V700000
- Reported
- November 4, 2014
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2005 CR-V, 9 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V353000
- Reported
- June 20, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,207
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 CR-V, 8 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 12V486000
- Reported
- October 5, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 268,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2006 CR-V
Exterior lighting: headlights: switch
- Campaign
- 12V136000
- Reported
- March 30, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,375,217
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 CR-V, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 04V255000
- Reported
- June 7, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130,617
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 CR-V
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 03V274000
- Reported
- July 29, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 247,019
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 CR-V
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2005 CR-V, 9 other models
2003 Honda CR-V complaints by year
NHTSA has received 468 owner complaints about the 2003 Honda CR-V, the newest on August 24, 2026. Of these, 44 describe a crash (9%) and 25 a fire; owners reported 39 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Honda CR-V, the component group named most often is the air bags (27%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (18%) and the electrical system (13%).
9 of the 2003 Honda CR-V's 14 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2003 Honda CR-V owners gave the mileage (329 complaints), the median was 68,480 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags125
- Engine And Engine Cooling86
- Electrical System62
- Exterior Lighting39
- Vehicle Speed Control32
- Equipment30
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 34 | |
| 2004 | 60 | |
| 2005 | 29 | |
| 2006 | 29 | |
| 2007 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 25 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 29 | |
| 2011 | 29 | |
| 2012 | 23 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 70 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Honda CR-V peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 70. 33% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Honda CR-V drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Honda CR-V year in the same window: 11th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 468 complaints about the 2003 Honda CR-V are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda CR-V by model year
Other 2003 Honda models
Newest record on this page: August 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted