Airbag inflator rupture on the 2007 Honda CR-V
2 crashes 2 injuries 4 of the 179 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When airbag inflator rupture gets reported
Owners of the 2007 Honda CR-V report airbag inflator rupture at a median of 100,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 90,000 miles and a quarter after 120,000 miles, from 19 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 80,000 miles. It is the 3rd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 70,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 120,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 51,200 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
Reports bunched into a band this tight usually mean the component has a life of its own: it goes at roughly the same mileage regardless of who owns it.
5% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69,200 miles | 91,299 miles | 100,618 miles | 118,500 miles | 120,400 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 2 a crash and 2 an injury are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $0–$0 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
This mode is classified as critical, which means a failure can leave the car unable to stop, steer, or stay out of the way of traffic. It is weighted accordingly in the risk score.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 20 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2018, at a median of 1,000 miles, and latest on the 2002 at 175,000 miles.
By volume the 2008 carries the most reports, with 213; the 2007 has 179. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owned a 2007 honda cr-v. While driving 45 MPH, the contact's vehicle crashed into the rear of the preceding vehicle. The air bags deployed and ruptured, but no metal fragments were present. A police report was filed. The driver suffered a concussion and injuries to the left arm, which required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v061000 (air bags). The contact stated that the recall notice was received after the crash. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.
"takata recall" - I need my vehicle repaired as it is sold. The mckenny dealership has had the car since 06/22/2016. I took it there because I was told the repair parts were in. When I got there I was the told the parts were not there and I needed to be in a rental. Please get my car safe so I can deliver it to the new owner.
Takata recall - it has been over 3 months since my first honda notice regarding this recall, and I still have not been contacted by my auto nation honda fremont dealer to install the passanger side airbag fix. Now I just received a letter from honda recommending I not allow a passenger to sit in the front seat until the recall repair is installed. All attempts to contact the dealer for information and scheduling for the repair have failed.
Also reported on the 2007 Honda CR-V
Other body or interior problem
Other electrical problem
Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure
Other suspension problem
Differential or transfer case failure
Other powertrain problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 179 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does airbag inflator rupture happen on the 2007 Honda CR-V?
Across 19 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 100,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 90,000 miles and a quarter after 120,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is airbag inflator rupture on the 2007 Honda CR-V?
179 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 1.5 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed