3 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid. Owners have filed 104 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Honda dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid. Check your CR-V Hybrid by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 104 complaints with NHTSA about the 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid, reporting 5 crashes, 5 injuries. Honda has issued at least 46 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Honda CR-V Hybrid owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in 3 investigations. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 104 complaints with NHTSA about the 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“I own a 2021 Honda CR-V Touring hybrid and have had 2 incidents of what I have learned is called sudden unintentional acceleration (SUA). I bought the car new and took possession of it in the spring of 2021. The first incident occurred Nov 14, 2023 when I was parking at a restaurant.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11666749
“The contact owns a 2021 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while reversing into her driveway at 1 MPH, the vehicle accelerated, the brake pedal was applied but locked up, and the steering wheel locked up. The vehicle crashed through a guardrail and crashed into a tree.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11619955
“On at least 5 different instances (possibly one or two more) as I was turning and slowing down either to park in a parking space or else backing slowly out of a parking place, my car seemed to jump (or jolt) and then accelerate out of my control. The brakes did not work.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11603579
“The vehicle was parked, not running in a shopping center. The trunk was open and I was putting groceries into the trunk. The trunk started to close while I was leaning inside loading groceries. The trunk did reverse up only after it hit my back, quite hard.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11520012
“The contact owns a 2021 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 57 MPH, the vehicle suddenly shut off causing the driver to lose control of the steering and crash into several rocks which caused the vehicle to rollover several times.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11505161
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Honda dealer.