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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Honda HR-V Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 13 recall campaigns for the Honda HR-V, across 9 model years from 2016 to 2025. The 2019 has the most (7); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

No Honda HR-V model year reaches 2 times the median: the highest, 2016, is at 1.7×.

Model years
9

2016–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
13
Most recalls
2019

7 recalls

Owner complaints
1,869

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 1,869 complaints with NHTSA about the Honda HR-V across 12 model years; the most, 687, concern the 2023.

Owners marked a crash on 98 of the Honda HR-V complaints (5%) and a fire on 7.

Across all Honda HR-V model years, owners name the visibility/wiper most often (at least 332 complaints), then the electrical system (318).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Honda HR-V in 2024: 520, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Honda HR-V is back over prevention: display function, in 8 model-year listings.

The newest Honda HR-V recall, 26V332000, was reported on May 21, 2026 and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2017 Honda HR-V, model year owners have filed complaints about.

Honda HR-V years to avoid

The best-measured Honda HR-V years are 2020 (0.4×), 2021 (0.8×) and 2019 (1.0×).

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Honda HR-V, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202706—not ranked
2026018—not ranked
2025148—not ranked
20244110—not ranked
20233687—not ranked
202238959
1.2×
202146433
0.8×
202058514
0.4×
2019723641
1.0×
2018316042
1.0×
2017012349
1.1×
2016224372
1.7×

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Honda HR-V years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Honda HR-V

  • BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION8
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP7
  • AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER6
  • STEERING3
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER3
  • SEATS:CRITICAL FASTENERS2
  • SEAT BELTS:FRONT2
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1

Honda HR-V model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Honda HR-V recall campaign (13)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Honda HR-V, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V332000May 21, 2026air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger2019–2021crash and injury98,892
26V054000January 29, 2026seats: critical fasteners2024crash and injury32
24V859000November 14, 2024seats: critical fasteners2024crash and injury121
24V744000October 3, 2024steering2023–2025crash1,693,199
24V384000May 31, 2024back over prevention: display function2019–2022crash114,686
24V064000February 1, 2024air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger2020–2022crash and injury750,114
23V858000December 18, 2023fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2018–2020, 2023crash2,490,460
23V782000November 21, 2023seat belts: front2023–2024crash and injury303,770
23V046000February 2, 2023back over prevention: display function2019–2022crash114,686
21V215000March 25, 2021fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2019crash624,552
20V314000May 28, 2020fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2018–2019crash135,995
18V777000November 1, 2018service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper2016, 2018–2019crash64,785
15V472000July 28, 2015equipment: other: labels2016crash11,511

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Honda HR-V. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted