NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Honda CR-V Recalls
The 2016 Honda CR-V has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 18, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 394
- Crashes reported
- 40
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Honda CR-V
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 23V858000
- Reported
- December 18, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,490,460
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015, 2017–2023 CR-V, 19 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 17V305000
- Reported
- May 4, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 CR-V
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V714000
- Reported
- October 29, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 515
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Honda CR-V
2016 Honda CR-V complaints by year
NHTSA has received 394 owner complaints about the 2016 Honda CR-V, the newest on October 9, 2026. Of these, 40 describe a crash (10%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 36 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Honda CR-V, the component group named most often is the engine (26%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (16%) and the electrical system (16%).
1 of the 2016 Honda CR-V's 3 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2016 Honda CR-V owners gave the mileage (235 complaints), the median was 19,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine101
- Unknown Or Other86
- Fuel/Propulsion System65
- Electrical System64
- Power Train45
- Air Bags32
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 33 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 66 | |
| 2018 | 37 | |
| 2019 | 63 | |
| 2020 | 41 | |
| 2021 | 34 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 21 | |
| 2024 | 28 | |
| 2025 | 29 | |
| 2026 | 12 |
Complaints about the 2016 Honda CR-V peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 66. 51% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Honda CR-V drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Honda CR-V year in the same window: 6th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 394 complaints about the 2016 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 2016 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted