2013 Honda CR-V: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 381 complaints about the 2013 Honda CR-V and NHTSA has issued 2 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is engine, named in 97 of them.

381
Complaints
2
Recalls
22
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
13
Injuries
50.4
Severity index

Severity index 50.4 - Medium. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 50.4p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2013 Honda CR-V sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 145 2013 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2013 Honda CR-V ranks 100 of 145 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 31% of its model-year peers. See the full 2013 ranking.

What actually fails

EngineEngine: 97 complaints (25.5%)97 25%Power TrainPower Train: 95 complaints (24.9%)95 25%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 48 complaints (12.6%)48 13%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 38 complaints (10.0%)38 10%Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 32 complaints (8.4%)32 8%Air BagsAir Bags: 27 complaints (7.1%)27 7%Service BrakesService Brakes: 26 complaints (6.8%)26 7%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 25 complaints (6.6%)25 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ENGINE9725.5%
POWER TRAIN9524.9%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER4812.6%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM3810.0%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING328.4%
AIR BAGS277.1%
SERVICE BRAKES266.8%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL256.6%

Complaints filed per year

026532013: 532014: 392015: 422016: 392017: 462018: 312019: 402020: 232021: 132022: 152023: 102024: 102025: 132026: 7 (partial year)135314151617181920212223242526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
201353
201439
201542
201639
201746
201831
201940
202023
202113
202215
202310
202410
202513
2026 (year to date)7
Complaint volume is broadly steady year over year.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
13V14300015/04/2013POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONHonda is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 CR-V, Odyssey, and model year 2013 Acura RDX vehicles. During sub-freezing temperatures, the brake-shift interlock blocking mechanism may become slow and allow the gear selector to be moved from the Park position without pressing t
23V85800018/12/2023FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMPHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 H
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.