Every CR-V model year from 2004 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Mid-Size SUV of the same year.
Across 22 scored model years the CR-V needs fixing more often than its class, but when it does, repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2011 is its strongest, 2018 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Mid-Size SUV sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | #9 /26 | 68th | ||
| 2005 | #7 /27 | 77th | ||
| 2006 | #6 /28 | 81th | ||
| 2007 | #14 /36 | 63th | ||
| 2008 | #13 /38 | 68th | ||
| 2009 | #5 /39 | 89th | ||
| 2010 | #6 /40 | 87th | ||
| 2011 | #6 /39 | 87th | Best year | |
| 2012 | #13 /39 | 68th | ||
| 2013 | #13 /37 | 67th | ||
| 2014 | #14 /37 | 64th | ||
| 2015 | #23 /40 | 44th | ||
| 2016 | #16 /38 | 59th | ||
| 2017 | #32 /37 | 14th | ||
| 2018 | #39 /42 | 7th | Avoid | |
| 2019 | #30 /45 | 34th | ||
| 2020 | #15 /49 | 71th | ||
| 2021 | #20 /53 | 63th | ||
| 2022 | #21 /59 | 66th | ||
| 2023 | #49 /67 | 27th | ||
| 2024 | #59 /72 | 18th | ||
| 2025 | #47 /66 | 29th |
The line has moved around across 22 model years, with its weakest stretch in 2017–2019. Recent years have been slipping. This 2025 car falls in a weak stretch.
All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.
Every CR-V model year is scored across 12 separate systems — engine, transmission, brakes, electrical, steering and suspension, structure, interior, and five more. Each system is compared against how often that same system fails on the average Mid-Size SUV of the same year, so a common failure is judged against how common it is everywhere else.
Across the last three model years (2023–2025), the trouble concentrates in one place: steering & suspension. That system draws issue reports more often than the same system on the average Mid-Size SUV of its year — which changes what you should be inspecting before you buy.
All 66 Mid-Size SUVs from 2025, plotted by how often they need fixes and what those fixes cost.
2011 is the strongest CR-V model year on record, ranking #6 of 39 Mid-Size SUVs that year.
2018 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #39 of 42.
The 2025 CR-V ranks #47 of 66 Mid-Size SUVs — the lower half of its class.
Failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes so a high-volume model is not penalised for selling well, then benchmarked within segment and model year.
All 12 systems scored, the whole class plotted, and a downloadable Full Model Report for any year — 6,000+ vehicles in the dashboard.
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