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2025 Honda CR-V Electrical system Problems

Complaints
18about this part
Share
7%of 262 total for the year
Median mileage
13,525miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 18 complaints about the electrical system of the 2025 Honda CR-V, 7% of the 262 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 13,525 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I’m reporting a high-pitched noise issue with my 2025 Honda CR-V Sport Hybrid. At highway speeds (approximately 68–74 mph), a persistent, high-frequency tone becomes audible from the front driver’s side of the vehicle. It is sharp, constant, and noticeably affected by the vehicle’s battery charge and speed. There are no warning lights, messages, or error indicators. However, the sound is extremely distracting and physically uncomfortable to endure. …”

NHTSA complaint #11667689, filed 2025-06

“On 3/17/26, my husband and I started heading N on RT 83 to a medical appointment in our 2025 Honda CR-V Touring Sport. We were doing between 40 to 50 miles/hr. Twenty minutes later, we smelled faint smoke which was attributed to the trucks driving around us. Upon exit to our next route we immediately came to a red light and stopped and found heavy dark smoke coming from inside the front of our hood. We slowly moved to the R lane to get to a strip parking lot to move vehicle to a safe spot. …”

NHTSA complaint #11735877, filed 2026-05

“Vehicle displayed a “Critial Power Failure” on the highway twice while under 1000 miles odometer. Vehicle acceleration stopped and car coasted. Needed to pull over and shut off. After turning on displayed “Emissions System Failure” warning for about 48 hours then cleared. Vehicle stalled twice while driving on the highway with no power. Very dangerous as one time I had nowhere to pull over while my car slowed to a stop. Children were very scared in the backseat.”

NHTSA complaint #11621629, filed 2024-10

“While pulling into a parking spot and coming to a stop, the brakes failed and the car abruptly accelerated forward despite attempts to continue braking. The car proceeded over the curb and raised hilly grassy median and only came to a stop when it collided with a parked vehicle on the other side of the median. I, as the driver, had no control of the vehicle and could have potentially hit a pedestrian in this parking lot. There was a person seated in the car that my car impacted and she could have been hurt as well as myself and my passenger. …”

NHTSA complaint #11708413, filed 2026-01

“I’m driving a Honda CRV 2025. It recently has an electrical issue. It has happened 3 times. Two while starting up the car that I couldn’t start up the car. And one while I was backing off my car on the driveway, the car was suddenly stopped in the middle of the road. When it happened, dashboard lights were flickering randomly, and there was some electric noise on and off. I have brought the car to the dealer for a diagnostic, but they couldn’t reproduce or find any issue. They even said that they have tested and verified that the car was totally safe to drive. …”

NHTSA complaint #11718140, filed 2026-02

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20263319%
2025187%
2024359%
2023285%
2022145%
20213410%
20204312%
201916415%
201828513%
201740223%
20166416%
20158513%
20147713%
20133810%
20126817%
20115510%
2010439%
20094411%
200821823%
200726430%
20067519%
20057716%
20047315%
20036213%
20029518%
200175%
20001512%
19992721%
19983830%
19973129%

Other parts of the 2025 Honda CR-V

Steering
58 complaintsOther or unknown
52 complaintsForward collision avoidance
40 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
36 complaintsBrakes
31 complaintsFuel system
29 complaintsEngine
25 complaintsLane departure
13 complaintsBody and structure
13 complaintsVehicle speed control
13 complaintsAir bags
8 complaintsTires
8 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 Honda CR-V

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology