2025 Honda Hr-V problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Steering (17) · Service Brakes (4) · Visibility/Wiper (3)
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Safety recalls (1)
Steering 2024-10-03 · campaign 24V744000 · 1,693,199 vehicles
Defect: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Acura Integra, Civic Type R, CR-V Hybrid, CR-V, HR-V, 2022-2025 Civic, Civic Hatchback, 2024-2025 Acura Integra Type S, 2025 CR-V Fuel Cell EV, Civic Hybrid, and Civic Hatchback Hybrid vehicles. The steering gearbox assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause excessive internal friction and lead to difficulty steering the vehicle.
Risk: Difficulty steering can increase the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will replace the worm gear spring and redistribute or add grease as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 18, 2024. Owners may contact Honda Customer Service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are SJS, MJU, QJT and VJV.
Service bulletins (28)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Visibility/Wiper 2026-08-21 · ATI&08212026902 · Other
dealer message - american honda motor co., inc. (ahm) is searching for certain 2024-2026 civics and hr-vs with a customer complaint of the a/c not blowing cold air and the technician finding the a/c compressor to be seized. to better understand the cause of this condition, ahm would like to inspect
Visibility/Wiper 2026-08-11 · ATI&08102026901 · Other
dealer message - american honda motor co., inc. (ahm) is searching for certain 2024-2026 civics and hr-vs with a customer complaint of the a/c not blowing cold air and the technician finding the a/c compressor to be seized. to better understand the cause of this condition, ahm would like to inspect
Visibility/Wiper 2026-07-21 · ATI&07202026902 · Other
dealer message - american honda motor co., inc. (ahm) is searching for certain 2024-2026 civics, cr-vs and hr-vs with a customer complaint of the a/c not blowing cold air and the technician finding the a/c compressor to be seized. to better understand the cause of this condition, ahm would like to i
Visibility/Wiper 2026-06-09 · ATI&06092026902 · Other
dealer message - american honda motor co., inc. (ahm) is searching for certain 2024-2026 civics, cr-vs and hr-vs with a customer complaint of the a/c not blowing cold air and the technician finding the a/c compressor to be seized. to better understand the cause of this condition, ahm would like to i
Visibility/Wiper 2026-05-27 · ATI&05272026901 · Other
dealer message - american honda motor co., inc. (ahm) is searching for certain 2024-2026 civics, cr-vs and hr-vs with a customer complaint of the a/c not blowing cold air and the technician finding the a/c compressor to be seized. to better understand the cause of this condition, ahm would like to i
Visibility/Wiper 2026-04-06 · ATI&04062026902 · Other
dealer message - american honda motor co., inc. (ahm) is searching for certain 2024-2025 civics, cr-vs and 2024-2026 hr-vs with a customer complaint of the a/c not blowing cold air and the technician finding the a/c compressor to be seized. to better understand the cause of this condition, ahm would
Showing the 6 most recent of 28 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2026-10-20 · Steering · 18,900 mi · 💥 crash“the contact owned a 2025 honda hr-v. while the contact's wife was driving 35 mph, the steering wheel failed to turn in the intended direction. the contact stated that the steering wheel independently steered in the unintended direction, and the vehicle drove off the road and into a drainage ditch. the vehicle crashed into a concrete sewer pipe and …”
2026-10-09 · Steering“the electronic power steering rack is binding internally, causing a highly dangerous sticky steering condition on a 2025 honda hr-v (vin: [xxx]). [xxx] honda previously replaced the steering gearbox assembly under warranty on xxx(invoice #xxx) due to this exact manufacturing defect. the replacement component has failed again in less than a year. on…”
2026-10-05 · Steering“vehichle makes rattling like noise. also when turning or going around curve the steering wheel sticks it needs to be pulled back to straighten the vehicle…”
2026-09-28 · Steering“to whom it may concern, i am requesting assistance with a serious steering issue involving my 2025 honda hr-v, which i purchased on xxx, from coral springs honda in [xxx]. while driving northbound on xxx toward [xxx] with my daughter in the vehicle, the steering began making a loud noise and felt as though it was about to lock. i was unable to st…”
2026-09-26 · Service Brakes · 💥 crash“my 2025 honda hr-v experienced an apparent braking/abs/vsa system malfunction and is currently at the honda dealership. the dealership has not released the vehicle back to me, and it is available for inspection. i was completely stopped at a traffic light with my foot firmly on the brake when the vehicle unexpectedly began moving forward while my f…”
2026-09-17 · Fuel/Propulsion System“the 2025 honda hrv will stall and cut off after pumping gasoline. it will stall out at a red light and not crank back up. it says emissions problem on the dash. i believe it is the fuel pump but there is no recall like the others i have seen online. it’s a brand new car it shouldn’t be having problems like this!…”
2026-07-29 · Structure:body“back window of vehicle just shattered while parking without any physical damaged. this happened common with 23 and 24. did not expect happened with model 25 …”
2026-07-21 · Steering“•steering rack •unstable steering •dealership •no no messages, began while i was on the highway and had to control the steering on the highway. which can create a accident .…”
2026-07-13 · Steering“the steering on my ‘25 honda hrv is sticky, at freeway speeds it makes even slight corrections dangerous. what was meant to be a slight curve turns into a swerve. steering feels sticky and requires more force to move. i was driving on a curve and attempting to follow the curve on the freeway and the wheel wouldn’t smoothly go…”
2026-06-27 · Steering“today while driving my car steeling wheel was super hard to turn and all my warning signals came on and it did an emergency brake on the highway … which was super dangerous. …”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.