Honda CR-V 2014

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.78 per 1,000

1.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 248 complaints filed in the first three years, of 587 ever. 95% lower bound 0.68.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.31	62
2009	0.20	39
2010	0.28	56
2011	0.24	51
2012	0.39	98
2013	0.46	134
2014	0.78	248
2015	1.19	406
2016	0.39	136
2017	2.27	834
2018	1.84	697
2019	0.78	296
2020	0.32	115
2021	0.34	120
2022	0.54	162
2023	1.90	570

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 190 complaints

cold	89	47%
vtc	69	36%
grinding	67	35%
actuator	66	35%
vtc actuator	60	32%
grinding noise	41	22%

Unknown Or Other 108 complaints

cold	28	26%
crv	27	25%
grinding	15	14%
tire pressure	14	13%
heater core	12	11%
core	12	11%

Electrical System 77 complaints

tire pressure	23	30%
crv	16	21%
tpms	11	15%
grinding	10	13%

When it breaks

60% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 20,832 miles, from 396 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Electrical overstress

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is verified against a published figure.