2015 Honda CR-V · symptom sheet
Airbag warning light or recall
- 25owner reports
- 22,344median miles
- 11involved a crash
Newest report Jun 10, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
25 of the 667 complaints on this car describe airbag.
Tick what matches of 25 reports
Airbag on other CR-V years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Airbag complaints split into a few kinds. The most common is an airbag warning light that won't go out. Others involve the passenger seat sensor switching the passenger bag off with an adult sitting there, an airbag that didn't deploy in a crash, or one that went off without a crash at all. A large share also come from owners waiting on a recall part.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the occupant sensor (6 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the airbags covers the 2015 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
NHTSA investigations into the airbags on the CR-V
Desiccated air bag inflator rupture. Open.
Electrical overstress. Closed sep 19, 2024, led to recall 20V-024.
Air bag inflator rupture. Open, led to recall 14V-668.
Air bag inflator rupture. Closed mar 2, 2015, led to recall 13V-172.
Autoliv air bag propellant mixture. Closed may 8, 2012.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 11,000 and 35,000 miles, from the 11 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 3 service bulletins or notices for the 2015 Honda CR-V that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
THIS COMMUNICATION IS INFORMING HONDA OF A DELAMINATION ISSUES WITHIN AN I.C. PRODUCED BY NXP AND ASSEMBLED INTO AIRBAG SENSOR SUPPLIED BY DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC.
DEALER MESSAGE WEVE BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS WEVE RECEIVED FROM THE NATIONAL DEALER ADVISORY BOARD AND MEMBERS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS FROM MANY OF YOU THROUGH OUR FIELD REPRESENTATIVES RELATED TO THE DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR STOP SALE ...
DEALER MESSAGE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, AMERICAN HONDA NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A STOP SALE AND SAFETY RECALL FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.7 MILLION MODEL YEAR 2007-2015 HONDA VEHICLES.
What owners wrote
“I was hit on 5/29/26. I was going 40mph or so and a car turned left into the front and side of my vehicle. My airbags did not deploy and was wondering why? I got whiplash bad and hurt myself as well as slamming into steering wheel.”
Filed Jun 10, 2026
“A serious accident that totaled the car happened. The driver side curtain airbag did not deploy and the driver broke her wrist. Side curtain airbags on passenger side opened even though there was no passenger in the seat. The driver steering wheel airbag did deploy. Car appears to have been hit head on based on the damage that I saw.”
Filed Jan 23, 2024
“Passenger side air bag sensor came on showing it to be defective. Had to pay to be replaced due to safety (air bags could fail to deploy).”
Filed Oct 21, 2022
“When I went in for maintenance, I was told that the front airbags would not deploy. In the event of a car accident, the airbags cannot be popped. I know some cars were recalled in 2016 for airbag issues, should I be treated reasonably as well since my car has the same issue.”
Filed Jan 6, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 11 of 25 reports involved a crash and 14 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
Other problems on this car
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- Seat belt or seat problems 42 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 40 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 37 reports
- Steering wheel shakes or the "death wobble" 31 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 25 reports