Honda CR-Z Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 68 owner complaints across 6 model years of the Honda CR-Z (2011–2016). The most-complained-about year is 2011.

Pick your Honda CR-Z model year

• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016

What Honda CR-Z owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 68 complaints with NHTSA. The 2011 model year has the most, with 38.

• Air bags36
• Unknown or other8
• Electrical system8
• Structure: body8
• Power train5
• Steering4
• Seat belts4
• Service brakes2

All Honda CR-Z recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Honda CR-Z, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Inflator module (air bags)

   NHTSA 19V500000 Reported June 27, 2019 1,558 vehicles potentially affected Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)

   Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013 Acura ILX, 2015 RDX, 2005-2010 and 2012 RL, 2009-2014 TL, 2010 and 2012 ZDX, 2007-2011 CR-V, 2011-2013 and 2015 CR-Z, 2009-2013 Fit, 2013 Fit EV, 2010-2011 and 2013 Insight and 2007-2014 Ridgeline vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with driver frontal air bag inflators…

   Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began August 12, 2019. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for…

   Model years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

2. Inflator module (air bags)

   NHTSA 16V061000 Reported February 3, 2016 2,232,187 vehicles potentially affected Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)

   Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 Honda CR-V, 2011-2015 CR-Z, 2010-2014 FCX, and Insight, 2009-2013 Fit, 2013-2014 Fit EV, 2007-2014 Ridgeline, 2013-2016 Acura ILX, 2013-2014 Acura ILX Hybrid, 2007-2016 RDX, 2005-2012 Acura RL, 2009-2014 Acura TL, and 2010-2013 Acura ZDX vehicles. The affected…

   Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are JY0, JY1,…

   Model years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

3. Power train

   NHTSA 11V458000 Reported September 7, 2011 5,626 vehicles potentially affected HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.)

   Honda is recalling certain model year 2011 cr-z passenger cars with manual transmissions, manufactured from january 8, 2010, through june 27, 2011. Should the engine stall while the brake pedal is not pressed, there is a possibility that the engine control unit (ECU) software may cause the electric motor of the hybrid system to move the…

   Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the ECU software, free of charge. The safety recall began on september 26, 2011. Owners may contact honda automobile customer service at 1-800-999-1009.

   Model years: 2011

Other Honda models

• Accord24,554 complaints
• Civic16,209 complaints
• CR-V15,994 complaints
• Odyssey12,749 complaints
• Pilot9,325 complaints
• Fit2,196 complaints
• Ridgeline2,186 complaints
• HR-V1,853 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.