NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Honda CR-V Recalls
The 2006 Honda CR-V has 13 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 10, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Honda CR-V. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 13
- Owner complaints
- 398
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
16 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Honda CR-V, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
13 recalls on the 2006 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 2002–2005 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 2002–2005 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 2002–2005 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 2002–2005, 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 2002–2005, 2007–2011 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 2005 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 2005 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 2002–2005 CR-V, 11 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 12V486000
- Reported
- October 5, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 268,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2005 CR-V
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 12V124000
- Reported
- March 23, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,316
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Honda CR-V
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 11V456000
- Reported
- September 7, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 80,111
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Honda CR-V
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 06V270000
- Reported
- July 26, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,190,000
- Same campaign
- also 29 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 19E068000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 CR-V, 7 other models
2006 Honda CR-V complaints by year
NHTSA has received 398 owner complaints about the 2006 Honda CR-V, the newest on June 5, 2025. Of these, 27 describe a crash (7%) and 16 a fire; owners reported 22 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Honda CR-V, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (30%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the air bags (19%).
2 of the 2006 Honda CR-V's 13 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2006 Honda CR-V owners gave the mileage (286 complaints), the median was 74,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting118
- Electrical System75
- Air Bags74
- Power Train25
- Unknown Or Other21
- Service Brakes20
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 33 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 48 | |
| 2013 | 32 | |
| 2014 | 34 | |
| 2015 | 35 | |
| 2016 | 56 | |
| 2017 | 23 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2006 Honda CR-V peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 56. 10% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Honda CR-V drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Honda CR-V year in the same window: 21st highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Honda CR-V years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 398 complaints about the 2006 Honda CR-V are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2006 Honda CR-V crash tests and safety technology
For the 2006 Honda CR-V, NHTSA lists electronic stability control as standard and no forward collision warning or lane departure warning. Forward collision warning became standard on the CR-V with the 2020 model year, 14 years after this one.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2006 Honda CR-V rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 19.8% (4 stars). That is tied for the highest of the 21 CR-V years NHTSA rated from 2004 on (15.5%–19.8%); the 2007 had the lowest, 15.5%. Of 29 other 2006 SUVs with NHTSA ratings on this site, 12 (41%) had a lower rollover risk; their median was 20.3%.
Photos: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA test vehicle 1843, shown from static.nhtsa.gov. Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2006 Honda CR-V: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings API, retrieved October 28, 2026; NHTSA terms of use. How the tests work
Honda CR-V by model year
Other 2006 Honda models
Newest record on this page: June 5, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted