2025 HONDA CR-V — Complaint #2036046
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM filed October 28, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2036046 (ODI reference 11622326) concerns a 2025 HONDA CR-V and was filed on October 28, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 1, 2024. The vehicle had 50 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:cooling system, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA CR-V cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:cooling system failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2025 HONDA CR-V shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2025 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that he drove the vehicle the previous day, but the next day the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was powered by a battery. There was an abnormal odor of coolant in the vehicle. There were several unknown warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, where it was determined that the computer needed to be reset. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. While driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle switched to battery power, and the steering wheel became inoperable. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the water pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. While driving at 45 MPH, the steering wheel became stiff. The steering wheel was difficult to turn. The contact was able to pull to the side of the road and restart the vehicle. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mile
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2036046 |
| ODI Number | 11622326 |
| Date Filed | October 28, 2024 |
| Failure Date | September 1, 2024 |
| VIN | 5J6RS6H99SL |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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