NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Honda CR-V Recalls
The 2012 Honda CR-V has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 15, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Honda CR-V. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 403
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Honda CR-V, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2012 Honda CR-V
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 13V143000
- Reported
- April 15, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 204,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2013 CR-V, 2 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 12V501000
- Reported
- October 16, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 264
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2012 Honda CR-V
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 12V338000
- Reported
- July 19, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 172,837
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2012 Honda CR-V complaints by year
NHTSA has received 403 owner complaints about the 2012 Honda CR-V, the newest on August 31, 2026. Of these, 27 describe a crash (7%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 24 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Honda CR-V, the component group named most often is the engine (22%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the power train (12%).
1 of the 2012 Honda CR-V's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2012 Honda CR-V owners gave the mileage (279 complaints), the median was 36,306 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine89
- Electrical System68
- Unknown Or Other52
- Power Train48
- Steering35
- Air Bags30
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 37 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 27 | |
| 2014 | 34 | |
| 2015 | 51 | |
| 2016 | 38 | |
| 2017 | 46 | |
| 2018 | 40 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 24 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 19 | |
| 2026 | 13 |
Complaints about the 2012 Honda CR-V peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 51. 37% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Honda CR-V drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Honda CR-V year in the same window: 8th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 403 complaints about the 2012 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 2012 Honda models
Newest record on this page: August 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted