NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Honda CR-V Recalls
The 2008 Honda CR-V has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 30, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Honda CR-V. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 962
- Crashes reported
- 44
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Honda CR-V, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2008 Honda CR-V
Structure: frame and members
- Campaign
- 23V228000
- Reported
- March 30, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 616,128
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CR-V
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V500000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,558
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CR-V, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V502000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,555
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CR-V, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V378000
- Reported
- May 16, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,138
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CR-V, 12 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 2002–2007, 2009–2011 CR-V, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V545000
- Reported
- August 31, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,257
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CR-V, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V417000
- Reported
- June 29, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 629
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CR-V
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V030000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 977,708
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CR-V, 10 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V346000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,719,386
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CR-V, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V061000
- Reported
- February 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,232,187
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CR-V, 10 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 11V395000
- Reported
- August 4, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,512,107
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2010 CR-V, 2 other models
2008 Honda CR-V complaints by year
NHTSA has received 962 owner complaints about the 2008 Honda CR-V, the newest on October 5, 2026. Of these, 44 describe a crash (5%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 43 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Honda CR-V, the component group named most often is the air bags (34%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the latches/locks/linkages (21%).
9 of the 2008 Honda CR-V's 11 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Honda CR-V owners gave the mileage (535 complaints), the median was 74,956 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags325
- Electrical System218
- Latches/Locks/Linkages200
- Structure94
- Unknown Or Other72
- Steering70
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 28 | |
| 2012 | 23 | |
| 2013 | 143 | |
| 2014 | 94 | |
| 2015 | 38 | |
| 2016 | 321 | |
| 2017 | 74 | |
| 2018 | 43 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 20 | |
| 2023 | 42 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2008 Honda CR-V peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 321. 9% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Honda CR-V drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Honda CR-V year in the same window: 16th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 962 complaints about the 2008 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 2008 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted