2022 Honda HR-V
This year drew an ordinary 82 complaints for a Honda HR-V — the model's median is 107. What they were about is the unusual part: 23.2% of them mention took, against 8.9% across the other years of this generation.
Last year of its generation. This Honda HR-V ran from 2016 to 2022, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 82 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 107 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 29.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- took — 23.2% of this year's complaints, against 8.9% across the other years of this generation (2.6×).
- starting — 17.1% of this year's complaints, against 6.8% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: starting, near, took car, start engine.
- camera — 14.6% of this year's complaints, against 5.2% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: camera, front windshield, sitting, seal.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
My front windshield broke from a heat stress crack from the top seal above the ADAS camera/driver assist module and runs down alongside the camera housing and then cracked all the way in front of driver's side above my steering wheel. The car was not moving an…
Driving on the highway loud clunk heard and car started rattling. Pulled over to inspect underneath car and couldn’t see anything. Brought it to the dealership and they confirmed the rear differential seized due to a bad seal causing a leak and both rear CV ax…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V046000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 24V064000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V384000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda HR-V was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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