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2012–2025 · 3 generations

Honda CR-V Parts, Specs and Maintenance Guide

Every maintenance specification for the 2012–2025 Honda CR-V, organised by generation. Pick a topic for the full picture across every year, or jump straight to your model year.

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Quick facts: 2023–2025 CR-V

Engine oil
0W-20, 3.7 qt (base engine)
Battery
Group 47 (H5/L2), 410 CCA
Tire size
235/65R17 (base trim)
Wiper blades
24" / 19" / 10" rear
Max towing
1,500 lbs
Cabin filter
Honda 80291-TF3-E01

Honda CR-V maintenance guides

Oil & filter

Viscosity, capacity, filter part numbers, change interval

Battery

BCI group size, cold cranking amps, AGM or flooded

Tires & wheels

Factory sizes by trim, pressures, bolt pattern, lug torque

Wiper blades

Driver, passenger and rear blade lengths

Air & cabin filters

Cabin and engine air filter part numbers, locations, intervals

Bulbs

Headlight, fog and marker bulb types

Brakes

Rotor diameters, pad references, service notes

Fluids

Transmission fluid, coolant, brake fluid and capacities

Service schedule

What's actually due at every mileage interval

Problems & reliability

Documented failures, recalls, and which years to avoid

Oil light reset

Step-by-step maintenance light reset, no tools

Key fob battery

Which coin cell the remote takes

Specs

Towing, weight, fuel tank, fuel economy

Which Honda CR-V generation do you have?

Specifications change at generation boundaries, not every model year. Two cars four years apart often take the identical oil, filter, and battery. These are the generations we hold data for.

GenerationModel yearsBody styleEnginesOil
6th generation (RS)2023–2025Compact crossover SUV (FWD or AWD; hybrid ~half of sales)20W-20
5th generation (RW)2017–2022Compact crossover SUV (FWD or Real Time AWD; hybrid AWD-only)30W-20
4th generation (RM)2012–2016Compact crossover SUV (FWD or Real Time AWD)20W-20

About the Honda CR-V

The Honda CR-V is one of America's best-selling compact SUVs, and the 2012–2025 span covers three generations with very different powertrains under a familiar shape. 4L (K24W9) and a CVT for 2015–2016, a change that brought better mpg along with widely reported idle-vibration complaints, and the K24's classic cold-start VTC actuator rattle. 0L two-motor hybrid arrived for 2020.

0L hybrid roughly half of sales; its headline issues are the 'sticky steering' recall (24V-744) and a hybrid fuel pump recall (24V-763). 3 bolt pattern with 80 ft-lb lug torque, CR2032 smart-key batteries, and Honda's Maintenance Minder deciding service timing instead of a fixed mileage chart. CVT models take Honda HCF-2 fluid only. Do not substitute regular ATF or generic 'multi-vehicle' CVT fluid.

Honda CR-V by model year

Year pages show only the engines and specs offered that year.

20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012

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