Honda HR-V owners have reported 160 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 9 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (141 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic transmission control module (6 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
The cvt transmission on my 2019 Hr-v (VIN: [xxx] ) failed, causing a sudden loss of motive power in traffic. This is a known manufacturing defect (TSB 21-047). Honda is currently denying repairs for low-mileage vehicles (75,600 miles) based on arbitrary time-limits and illegal 'dealer-only' service Read details...
Dear american Honda motor CO. , inc. ,I am writing to formally document my experience with a premature failure of the continuously variable transmission (cvt) in my Honda Hr-v. The vehicle was covered under the extended warranty program Honda implemented specifically for the known cvt issues Read details...
Vehicle was in motion on interstate, all of a sudden, wheels will not respond to acceleration or reverse, engine will rev, but wheels do not spin. Catastrophic transmission failure with no warning lights and no information to know what it was as vehicle died on interstate. Read details...
I was driving a long 80 miles from my home with my two children, thankfully I had just exited a congested major highway south of DC. With zero warning I lost all power, lights on dash were on and flashing and could barely get from the left lane to the side of the road about 5 miles from any station Read details...
Total transmission failure at 66,559 miles. I heard a noise when accelerating on the last part of a trip from FL to WI. A few days after arriving home in WI, I was pulling out of a parking lot when I suddenly had no drive capability. The engine only revved as if it was in neutral. Read details...