NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Honda CR-V Recalls
The 2005 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 2005 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
- 479
- Crashes reported
- 40
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
18 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 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, 2006–2007, 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, 2006–2011 CR-V, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V029000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 308,884
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006 CR-V, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V344000
- Reported
- May 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,790,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006 CR-V, 7 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 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 2003–2004 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
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 04V526000
- Reported
- November 8, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,976
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Honda CR-V
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 CR-V, 9 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 19E068000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 CR-V, 7 other models
2005 Honda CR-V complaints by year
NHTSA has received 479 owner complaints about the 2005 Honda CR-V, the newest on July 14, 2026. Of these, 40 describe a crash (8%) and 18 a fire; owners reported 29 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Honda CR-V, the component group named most often is the air bags (27%), followed by the exterior lighting (25%) and the electrical system (16%).
10 of the 2005 Honda CR-V's 14 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Honda CR-V owners gave the mileage (309 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags129
- Exterior Lighting122
- Electrical System77
- Suspension27
- Power Train25
- Visibility24
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 42 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 19 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 14 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 32 | |
| 2011 | 25 | |
| 2012 | 39 | |
| 2013 | 32 | |
| 2014 | 51 | |
| 2015 | 40 | |
| 2016 | 56 | |
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2005 Honda CR-V peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 56. 18% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Honda CR-V drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Honda CR-V year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 479 complaints about the 2005 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 2005 Honda models
Newest record on this page: July 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted