2017 Honda CR-V · symptom sheet
Engine overheats or leaks coolant
- 52owner reports
- 97,000median miles
- $5,700median quote
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Sep 15, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
539 of the 1,771 complaints on this car are about the engine. 52 of those describe overheating.
Narrower sheets: Head gasket fails or coolant leaks into the engine (41 reports)
Tick what matches of 52 reports
Overheating 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: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Most owners in this group notice the coolant before they notice the heat: a reservoir that keeps dropping, a sweet smell, or a bright puddle under the front of the car. Across the vehicles on this site, about four in five of these complaints mention coolant, a leak or a puddle, and roughly two in five mention the temperature gauge or overheating.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the head gasket (41 reports) and the coolant hose or reservoir (6 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the engine covers the 2017 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
NHTSA investigations into the engine on the CR-V
Underhood fires. Closed jan 19, 2005.
Oil filter fires. Closed jul 1, 2004.
None of these investigations covers the 2017 model year.
What owners paid
17 of the 52 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $4,540 to $6,700.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 68,000 and 121,000 miles, from the 26 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 1 service bulletin or notice for the 2017 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.
Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, misfire, and/or DTCs P0300 thru P0304 stored.
What owners wrote
“At 110644 miles had to have head gasket replaced June 2023. Then July 17 had to have head gasket replaced again at 182782 Very upsetting”
Filed Jul 29, 2026 · 110,644 miles
“For several months now, car has been misfiring, skipping and going into limp mode. Spark plugs replaced and issue went away for about 2 months. Issue has resurfaced and took it to Honda dealership where I purchased vehicle to run a diagnostic test. Informed to resolve the issue need fuel injectors replacement, spark plug replacements, coolant reservoir is empty and to top it off, need a head gasket kit.”
Filed Jul 15, 2026
“Failing head gasket that had to be replaced. Car stationary at the time warning lights came on. Car driven to dealer for assessment and repair.”
Filed Jul 10, 2026
“Driving Honda crv 1.5L around 40mph when car went into limp mode check engine started flashing and almost caused a crash from stalling traffic. Took it to Honda dealership and stated that it was a costly blown head gasket. Within further investigating it's common for these 1.5L head gaskets to blow prematurely due to poor design that needs to be recalled.”
Filed Jul 14, 2025
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 52 reports involved a crash. 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.
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Other problems on this car
- Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking) 187 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 180 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 174 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 145 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 144 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 142 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 139 reports
- Burns oil or oil level rises 135 reports
- Engine rattles or ticks 131 reports
- Turbo failure or loss of boost 80 reports
- Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves 68 reports
- Fuel smells, leaks, or the gauge reads wrong 56 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 55 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 54 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 54 reports
- Forward collision warning goes off or the camera drops out 51 reports
- Seat belt or seat problems 42 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 36 reports