2022 Honda HR-V problems: recalls, complaints and whether this is a year to avoid
The 2022 Honda HR-V has 88 owner complaints on record with NHTSA, which ranks it 5 of 5 Honda HR-V model years by complaint volume. That is the lowest of any year in the run — the 2023 car has 686. 3 recall entries cover this year.
Is 2022 a good year for the Honda HR-V?
The spread across this nameplate is wide: the 2023 draws 8 times the complaints of the 2022. On a run like that the model year you buy matters more than the badge, and 2022 sits near the bottom of it.
| Model year | Owner complaints | Recall entries |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 109 | 4 |
| 2023 | 686 | 3 |
| 2022 ← this page | 88 | 3 |
| 2019 | 235 | 7 |
| 2016 | 239 | 2 |
Older years have been on the road longer and collect more complaints for that reason alone, and a year that sold in higher volume collects more while being no worse.
This retrieval holds 5 of the nameplate’s model years. 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 are absent, which means no records came back for them — not that they were clean. The ranking above is among the years shown.
The 2022 accounts for 6% of every complaint filed against the Honda HR-V in this retrieval, which works out to 22.0 complaints per year on the road across the 4 years since it was sold new — the figure to compare against other years, because it removes the advantage a newer car gets simply from having had less time to accumulate reports.
Complaints fell against the preceding year: the 2022 carries 37% of the 2019’s reports. Some of that is age, but a drop this large between consecutive years often marks a fix.
Which recalls cover the 2022?
Back Over Prevention
The rearview camera image may not display when the engine is started with a key, due to a design error in the audio display power circuit.
Free remedy: Dealers will update the display audio unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 13, 2023. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.
Take the campaign number to any franchised Honda dealer. Recall repairs are free with no mileage or ownership limit, and they follow the car rather than the owner, so a used 2022 with an unrepaired campaign is a free repair you can claim. How recalls work.
Recall text is abridged from the NHTSA record. Search the campaign number at nhtsa.gov/recalls for the full notice and affected VIN ranges.
What do owners report on the Honda HR-V?
Across every Honda HR-V year, not the 2022 alone — NHTSA does not split component totals by model year.
- Visibility/Wiper — 269 reports
- Unknown or Other — 261 reports
- Electrical System — 174 reports
- Steering — 149 reports
Which other Honda HR-V years should you compare?
← 2019 Honda HR-V · 2023 Honda HR-V → · All Honda HR-V years
If you are deciding between years, the table above is the short answer and the Honda HR-V page carries the full run with the component breakdown. Before money changes hands, run the VIN for open recalls and read the inspection checklist — ten minutes in the seller’s driveway finds most of what matters.
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