RoadVitals

2014 Honda CR-V Seat belts Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Seat belts reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
10
Latest Apr 8, 2025
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
2%
of 585 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
5
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
15

What this page shows

Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2014 Honda CR-V submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Owner reports naming seat belt

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Seat belts
Filed Apr 8, 2025

DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOES NOT RECOIL, FRAYED WHERE USED DEALER WILL NOT REAIR UNDER WARRENTY

NHTSA ID
11653412
Incident
Mar 1, 2025
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed May 6, 2024
Crash reported2 injuries reported

The contact owns a 2014 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while her boyfriend was driving through a construction zone at 55 MPH, an aggressive driver hit the front passenger side of the vehicle and drove off. The air bags did not deploy upon impact and the seat belts did secure the driver as needed. The contact's boyfriend sustained bruises on the neck, lower back, and left arm; the contact's boyfriend had yet to seek medical attention. The whereabouts of the other driver were unknown. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle was totaled due to the accident. The failure mileage was approximately 110,000. The contact did not attempt to file a complaint online.

NHTSA ID
11587173
Incident
May 2, 2024
Seat belts
Filed Sep 5, 2018
Crash reported

PASSENGER IN FRONT SEAT WHEN REAR ENDED AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH. SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK WHICH ALLOWED ME TO FLY FORWARD AND HIT DASH BOARD OR FRONT PILLAR

NHTSA ID
11124618
Incident
Aug 27, 2018
Mileage
88,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Mar 3, 2018

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ON FEBRUARY 16TH OR 17TH I STRUGGLED TO PUT MY SEATBELT ON. THIS WAS THE FIRST I HAD SEEN OF ANY ISSUES WITH MY SEATBELT. AS I INVESTIGATED FOR THAT I COULD SEE THAT BOTH THE SEATBELTS IN THE BACK HAD BEEN AFFECTED AND SO HAD THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT. I BOOKED AN APPOINTMENT WITH HONDA DEALERSHIP SCOTT ROBINSON IN TORRANCE AND WAS MET BY A VERY HOSTILE MEMBER OF STUFF WHO TOOK A LOOK AROUND MY CAR (NO TESTING OR INVESTIGATIONS) AND THEN QUOTED $1387 FOR PARTS AND $800 FOR LABOR. THE EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED, WITHOUT HAVING DONE ANY INVESTIGATIONS, THAT EITHER MY SON (REFERRING TO AUTISTIC BEHAVIORS) OR THE DOG DAMAGED MY SEATBELTS. I TOLD HIM NOT TO EQUATE AUTISM WITH VANDALISM, MY SON IS AUTISTIC BUT HE IS NOT A SAVAGE ALSO I CHALLENGE ANY HUMAN TO CHEW THROUGH SEATBELTS. THE EMPLOYEE THEN PROCEEDED TO CLAIM HE KNEW ALL ABOUT AUTISM AND COULD CRITICIZE AS HE PLEASED. I UNDERSTAND SCOTT ROBINSON ARE A PRIVATE DEALERSHIP BUT I WILL SAY THE BEHAVIOR OF THEIR STAFF IS APPALLING. I DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST I TAKE MY CAR AND LEAVE AS I FELT THAT THE LACK OF INVESTIGATION AND IGNORING THE FACT THAT THERE IS A WARRANTY ON THE SEATBELTS TOPPED WITH INSULTING MY DISABLED SON WAS ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE THERE ANYMORE. I HOPE HONDA WILL HELP ME WITH THIS AND INVESTIGATE THE BELT FEED AS IT SEEMS THAT THE ISSUE IS INTERNAL RATHER THAN EXTERNAL. SOMETHING INSIDE THE BELT FEED IS CATCHING OR GRAZING THAT IS HAS WORN THE BELT DOWN INTO FRAYING.

NHTSA ID
11076080
Incident
Feb 28, 2018
Mileage
42,746 mi
AirbagsBrakesSeat belts
Filed Dec 11, 2017
Crash reported

I WAS DRIVING 45 MILES A HOUR DOWN A STREET . I HIT MY BRAKES AND THEY DID NOT WORK AND MY SEATBELT LOCKED AND I HIT A CAR HEAD ON . I HIT HIS DRIVER DOORS FRONT AND BACK. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY

NHTSA ID
11054042
Incident
Dec 9, 2017
Mileage
60,000 mi
AirbagsBrakesSeat belts
Filed Mar 22, 2017
Crash reported9 injuries reported2 deaths reported

AIRBAG NOT BLEW OUT DURING ACCENT SEAT BELT BROKE

NHTSA ID
10967836
Incident
Mar 17, 2017
Mileage
24,000 mi
AirbagsBrakesSeat belts
Filed Feb 12, 2017

LIGHT COME ON SEAT BEAT

NHTSA ID
10954063
Incident
Feb 10, 2017
Mileage
31,578 mi
Seat belts
Filed Dec 23, 2015
Crash reported2 injuries reported

I GOT INTO A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT CAME OFF OF THE FRAME, SO IF NOT FOR THE AIR BAG THE PASSENGER WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT INTO THE WINDOW.

NHTSA ID
10811900
Incident
Aug 28, 2015
Mileage
20,000 mi
EngineOther / unspecifiedSeat belts
Filed Jun 23, 2015

HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AFTER VEHICLE PURCHASE, TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN. I RESET IT PER THE OWNERS MANUAL AND WOULD HAPPEN A FEW MORE TIMES AND HAVE BEEN FINE UNTIL THE MOST RECENT BASIC SERVICE AT HONDA OF SERRAMONTE. LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND I RESET IT, SO FAR IT'S BEEN FINE. HAPPENED EARLY THIS YEAR, A GRINDING NOISE COULD BE HEARD ALMOST EVERY MORNING WHILE STARTING THE CAR. DOES NOT HAPPEN LATER ON IN THE DAY. TOOK VEHICLE TO HONDA OF SERRAMONTE AND LEFT VEHICLE THERE SO THEY COULD TEST IT IN THE MORNING. NEXT DAY IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE, SERVICE REP WAI WONG WHO ASSISTED ME SAID TECHNICIAN DID NOT HEAR THE SOUND. SHE TOLD ME THERE ARE A FEW CASES OF THIS PROBLEM SO FAR. I ASKED HER FOR A SERVICE REPORT FOR MY RECORDS, SHE SAID IT IS NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE NO WORK WAS PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE. SO I ASKED IF THE GRINDING NOISE WOULD DAMAGE THE ENGINE, SHE PROMISED VERY CONFIDENTLY THAT SHE IS POSITIVE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT BE DAMAGED BY THE GRINDING NOISE. IT HAS STILL BEEN MAKING THIS GRINDING NOISE FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE MORNINGS ONLY. ALSO, WITH A PASSENGER SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIRBAG OFF LIGHT WOULD TURN ON FROM TIME TO TIME. I'VE CHECKED ONLINE FOR ANY RECALLS RELATED TO THE ABOVE THREE ISSUES I AM HAVING WITH MY VEHICLE, BUT SO FAR NONE TO DATE.

NHTSA ID
10726728
Incident
Nov 15, 2013
Mileage
300 mi
Seat belts
Filed Oct 25, 2014

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT NEEDS A GADGET TO PREVENT THE BELT FROM INJURING THE DRIVER'S THROAT. THESE GADGETS ( I TESTED SEVERAL) TWIST THE BELT SO THAT THE BELT IS PROBABLY LESS EFFECTIVE IN RESTRAINING THE DRIVER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10649944
Incident
Oct 24, 2014
Mileage
2,506 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .