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What are the common problems with the 2025 Honda HR-V?

Owners of the 2025 Honda HR-V have filed 49 complaints with NHTSA, most often about steering (18) and forward collision avoidance (8). In NHTSA's complaints file of November 11, 2026, 10 of them list a mileage; a complaint is an owner's report, not a proven defect.

By VIN Lookup Research DeskPublished 2026-11-11NHTSA files 2026-11-11United States
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Most-reported problems, 2025 HR-V

NHTSA's file holds 49 owner complaints on the 2025 Honda HR-V. Owners named steering most often: 18 complaints. A complaint can name more than one component. Of the 49 complaints, 4 report a crash, none reports a fire and 3 report an injury (3 people reported injured). These are owners' reports to NHTSA, not findings.

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Common problems with the 2025 HR-V

NHTSA's file holds 49 owner complaints on the 2025 Honda HR-V. Owners named steering most often: 18 complaints. A complaint can name more than one component.

2025 Honda HR-V: most-reported NHTSA component categories, with the median mileage of the complaints that list one (complaints file, November 11, 2026)
Component (NHTSA category)ComplaintsListing mileageMedian mileage
Steering182Under 5 mileages
Forward Collision Avoidance81Under 5 mileages
Service Brakes60Under 5 mileages
Electrical System51Under 5 mileages
Engine30Under 5 mileages

Of the 49 complaints, 4 report a crash, none reports a fire and 3 report an injury (3 people reported injured). These are owners' reports to NHTSA, not findings.

Mileage when owners reported a problem with the 2025 HR-V

The 10 mileages owners gave run from 10 to 18,900 miles, and half are at or under 4,402. With fewer than 20 mileages this page gives the median only: the other percentiles are too few to say. None came after 100,000 miles, none after 150,000 and none after 200,000.

These mileages say when owners reported a problem, not when a 2025 HR-V wears out. NHTSA's file holds only vehicles whose owners complained; one that ran without a problem never appears in it, so it gives no lifespan and no cutoff, and how a vehicle was maintained matters more than any one odometer reading.

Most of these reports came early in the vehicle's life: all 10 came at or under 100,000 miles, so they say nothing about how many miles a 2025 HR-V can cover.

Complaint mileage also follows a model year's age: the 2025 has had less time to cover miles than older years, so its figures will rise as it ages.

2025 Honda HR-V: mileage in the 10 NHTSA complaints that list one (complaints file, November 11, 2026)
MeasureValue
Lowest mileage listed10 miles
25th percentileToo few to say
Median (50th percentile)4,402 miles
75th percentileToo few to say
90th percentileToo few to say
Highest mileage listed18,900 miles
Complaints after 100,000 milesnone
Complaints after 150,000 milesnone
Complaints after 200,000 milesnone

Every model year together: Half of the 403 NHTSA owner complaints on the Honda HR-V that list mileage came after 20,000 miles (NHTSA complaints file of November 11, 2026). How many miles will a Honda HR-V last? →

Is the 2025 HR-V a good year?

Complaint counts cannot say whether the 2025 is a good or a bad HR-V: they rise with how many were sold and how long they have been on the road. They show how the 2025 compares with the other model years in NHTSA's file.

With 49 complaints, the 2025 ranks 10th of the 11 Honda HR-V model years from 2016 to 2026 with 10 or more complaints, counting from the most. The most: the 2023 (689). The fewest: the 2026 (21).

The 2025 is a recent model year: it has had less time than older years to collect complaints, so its count is still growing. No year is ranked by mileage here, because a year's median mileage mostly follows its age.

Honda HR-V: NHTSA owner complaints by model year, 2016–2026 (complaints file, November 11, 2026)
Model yearOwner complaintsListing mileageMedian mileage
2016 HR-V24411853,000
2017 HR-V1245120,000
2018 HR-V1615228,000
2019 HR-V2424625,000
2020 HR-V882237,000
2021 HR-V668Under 10 mileages
2022 HR-V901314,000
2023 HR-V6896913,500
2024 HR-V1101010,000
2025 (this page)49104,402
2026 HR-V214Under 10 mileages

The linked 2015–2022 pages show NHTSA's September 15, 2026 collection, so their counts can differ from this table's.

Every HR-V year compared on NHTSA’s complaints and recalls: Honda HR-V years to avoid →

2025 Honda HR-V recalls

NHTSA's recall files of November 11, 2026 list 1 recall campaign that names the 2025 Honda HR-V. A campaign covers a production range, not every vehicle of the model year: check the VIN with NHTSA's free recall lookup.

2025 Honda HR-V: the recall campaign in NHTSA’s recall files (November 11, 2026)
CampaignReport receivedComponent
24V744000Oct 3, 2024STEERING

What these figures can and cannot tell you

  • Complaints are owners’ reports to NHTSA. NHTSA publishes them without verifying them: a complaint is an allegation, not a defect finding.
  • The mileage is what the owner wrote on the complaint; NHTSA does not check it against the odometer.
  • The make, model and model year are the ones on the complaint. NHTSA records them as filed, so a few complaints sit under a model year the name was not sold in.
  • They are not a lifespan study. The file holds only vehicles whose owners reported a problem, so these figures do not say how long a typical 2025 HR-V lasts.
  • A complaint count rises with how many vehicles were sold and how long they have been on the road, so it is not a rating of the 2025 HR-V.
  • Nothing here describes one vehicle: its title brands, odometer readings, accidents and open recalls are in the records for its own VIN.
  • 39 of the 49 complaints on the 2025 Honda HR-V give no usable mileage (blank, zero, a filler such as 999999, or over 500,000) and are left out of every mileage figure.
  • NHTSA name counted: HR-V. NHTSA files some vehicles under several names (a series name and a trim name, for example); this page counts only this one.
  • Recall-file name matched: HR-V.
Evidence

Primary sources behind this page

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  1. NHTSA complaints flat file (FLAT_CMPL.zip), downloaded November 11, 2026National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  2. Complaints file field layout (CMPL.txt)National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  3. NHTSA recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010.zip), downloaded November 11, 2026National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  4. NHTSA recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.zip), downloaded November 11, 2026National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  5. Recalls file field layout (RCL.txt)National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  6. NHTSA recall and complaint datasets: scope and documentationNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  7. Recalls Lookup by VINNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NHTSA’s complaints file was downloaded on November 11, 2026 (FLAT_CMPL.txt, dated 2026-11-11 10:15, 2,265,416 rows), with its recall files (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010.txt and FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.txt, dated 2026-11-11 08:02). Each complaint is counted once, by its NHTSA number, with the model year and mileage of its first row; a model year has a page only with 10 or more complaints. The collection script and its rules are in scripts/collect-nhtsa-model-year-longtail.mjs.

Quick answers

2025 Honda HR-V questions

What are the most common 2025 Honda HR-V problems?

NHTSA's file holds 49 owner complaints on the 2025 Honda HR-V. Owners named steering most often: 18 complaints. A complaint can name more than one component. Of the 49 complaints, 4 report a crash, none reports a fire and 3 report an injury (3 people reported injured). These are owners' reports to NHTSA, not findings.

At what mileage do owners report problems with the 2025 Honda HR-V?

Of the 10 complaints on the 2025 Honda HR-V that list mileage, half came after 4,400 miles; none came after 100,000 miles, none after 150,000 and none after 200,000. With fewer than 20 mileages, the median is the only percentile given. These are mileages at a reported problem; they do not say how many miles a 2025 HR-V can cover.

Is the 2025 Honda HR-V a good year?

Complaint counts cannot say whether the 2025 is a good or a bad HR-V: they rise with how many were sold and how long they have been on the road. They show how the 2025 compares with the other model years in NHTSA's file. With 49 complaints, the 2025 ranks 10th of the 11 Honda HR-V model years from 2016 to 2026 with 10 or more complaints, counting from the most. The most: the 2023 (689). The fewest: the 2026 (21).

How many recalls does the 2025 Honda HR-V have?

NHTSA's recall files of November 11, 2026 list 1 recall campaign that names the 2025 Honda HR-V. A campaign covers a production range, not every vehicle of the model year: check the VIN with NHTSA's free recall lookup.

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