Honda HR-V reliability by year
13 recall campaigns and 1,812 owner complaints across 10 model years. Best year to buy: 2025. Year to avoid: 2019.
Worst model years to avoid → — the single year to avoid for every model line we track, ranked side by side.
At-a-glance: every year color-coded
Each cell shows the last two digits of the model year and its 0–10 reliability score from NHTSA data. Click any year to see the full record. ★ best year · ✕ year to avoid.
Year-by-year reliability 10 model years · newest first
Per-year recall counts add up to 32, more than the 13 campaigns above, because a single NHTSA campaign often covers several model years and is counted once in each.
Common trouble spots across the HR-V aggregated across 10 model years
Common questions
What's the best year to buy a Honda HR-V?
Based on NHTSA complaint volume and severity weighting, the 2025 Honda HR-V scores 8.0/10 — the strongest in the 2016–2025 range. 42 complaints on file, 1 active recall. Reliability scores reflect the federal complaint record, not subjective owner reviews.
Which Honda HR-V year should I avoid?
The 2019 Honda HR-V scores 6.0/10 — the weakest in the lineup. 231 owner complaints with NHTSA, 7 active recalls. That doesn't mean every 2019 is a problem — it means failure rates run higher than peer model years on the same platform.
Which years of the Honda HR-V should I avoid?
No Honda HR-V model year currently rises to an "avoid" or "high-risk" verdict on the NHTSA data — either the record is clean or sample sizes are still too thin for a confident call. The year-by-year breakdown below shows what's on file regardless.
How many years of the Honda HR-V are tracked?
10 model years (2016 through 2025) with NHTSA records on file. Total across the lineup: 13 distinct recall campaigns and 1,812 owner complaints. Those campaigns land on 32 model-year entries in total, because one campaign often covers several years at once — which is why per-year recall counts add up to more than the campaign count.
What's the most-reported problem on the Honda HR-V?
visibility is the most-reported category — 360 complaints across 7 model years. Average shop repair runs about $350.