Reliable Auto DB

2014 Honda Crosstour reliability

Is it reliable?

Owners have filed 31 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Honda Crosstour over 13 years — 2 per year. That is fewer complaints per year than most Crosstour years here — under the median of the other years, which is 3. NHTSA has 3 recalls on file, including Inflator.

2010 Honda Accord Crosstour EX-L
Photo by IFCAR, resized from the original. Wikimedia Commons Public domain
Complaints

31

Per year

2

Recalls

3

Years on the road

13

What owners report

The complaints owners file most often name Electrical system (10 of 31), then Engine (6) and Powertrain (5). Complaints that include an odometer have a median of 52,120 miles, and the middle half falls between 36,000 and 66,000 miles. Those filings include 2 that report a crash and 2 that report an injury.

Next to 2013 and 2015

The 2013 Crosstour has 49 complaints, 4 per year, and the 2015 has 26 complaints, 1 per year. The 2014 has fewer complaints per year than the 2013. The 2014 has more complaints per year than the 2015.

The complaint rate is complaints filed in this year’s first 3 years on the road, divided by however many of those years have passed. Recalls are a separate count. The numbers are for the US-market 2014 Honda Crosstour. How we count. Data as of .

Recalls (3)

Recall air bags, frontal, passenger side, inflator 2019-06-27 · NHTSA campaign 19V502000
Summary Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2009-2014 Acura TSX, 2011-2014 TSX Sport Wagon, 2010-2013 ZDX, 2008-2012 Honda Accord, 2010-2011 Accord Crosstour, 2006-2011 Civic and Civic Hybrid, 2008-2010 Civic GX NGV, 2012-2015 Crosstour, 2007-2011 CR-V, 2009-2013 Fit, 2014 Fit EV, 2010-2014 Insight, and 2009-2015 Pilot vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with passenger frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall remedy part or replacement service part, that may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
Remedy Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began August 12, 2019. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are F5F and Q5E.
Vehicles affected 9,555
Recall air bags, frontal, passenger side, inflator 2019-05-16 · NHTSA campaign 19V378000
Summary Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2009-2014 Acura TSX, 2011-2013 TSX Sport Wagon, and 2010-2012 ZDX and 2008-2012 Honda Accord, 2010-2011 Accord Crosstour, 2006-2011 Civic, Civic Hybrid and Civic NGV, 2012-2014 Crosstour, 2007-2011 CR-V, 2009-2013 Fit, 2010-2013 Insight, and 2009-2015 Pilot vehicles. The front passenger air bag inflator may have been installed incorrectly during replacement.
Remedy Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the inflator installation and, if necessary, replace the passenger frontal air bag module assembly, free of charge. The recall began July 5, 2019. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are M4O, P4R, T4Q, and W4P.
Vehicles affected 19,138
Recall air bags, frontal, passenger side, inflator 2018-09-27 · NHTSA campaign 18V661000
Summary Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2014 Honda Insight and Acura TSX and TSX Wagon, 2014-2015 Honda Crosstour and Pilot vehicles nationwide, as well as certain 2014 Honda FCX Clarity and Fit EV vehicles in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, California, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan) and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Honda is also recalling certain 2011-2013 Acura TSX, TSX Wagon and ZDX, Honda Crosstour, Insight, Fit and Pilot vehicles, 2011-2012 Honda Accord and 2011 Honda Civic NGV, Civic, Civic Hybrid and CR-V vehicles in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Lastly, Honda is recalling certain 2010-2013 Acura TSX and ZDX, Honda Crosstour, Fit, Insight and Pilot, 2011-2013 TSX Wagon, 2010-2012 Honda Accord and 2010-2011 Honda Civic NGV, Civic, Civic Hybrid and CR-V vehicles in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag air bag inflators assembled as part of the frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment (such as after a vehicle crash necessitating replacement of the original air bags), may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to higher absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
Remedy Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began November 6, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are M2J and S2K.
Vehicles affected 1,355,406

NHTSA's count is every vehicle in that campaign. A campaign can cover other model years and other models.

Complaints by component (31 total)

Electrical system
10
Engine
6
Powertrain
5
Steering
3
Service brakes
2
Speed control
2
Structure
2
Visibility and wipers
2
Wheels
2
Air bags
1
Electronic stability control (ESC)
1
Exterior lighting
1
Forward collision avoidance
1
Seats
1
Visibility
1
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Crash-flagged

2

Fire-flagged

0

Injury reports

2

Death reports

0

Of the 21 complaints that include an odometer reading, the median is 52,120 miles. The middle half fall between 36,000 and 66,000 miles.

Complaints filed per year

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Excerpts from recent NHTSA complaint filings
  • "I first experienced the ABS, Traction Control, and Brake warning lights on December 20, 2025, while driving. I knew something was wrong because whenever I turned the steering wheel, braked hard, or drove over potholes,…"
    Steering, Unknown or other, Service brakes · filed 2026-01-26
  • "I am having problems with my car starting… even after replacing the starter 3 times. I am having the exact issue referenced in TSB No.16-002. I can hear the grinding noise but due to the incorrect positioning of the…"
    Structure, Unknown or other, Engine · filed 2025-01-18
  • "The rear camera, backup camera appears to have bad seal. The inside fogs up. Blurring the camera image. This eventually leads to failure. I had the Honda dealer replace my previous original camera at my expense, a year…"
    Unknown or other · filed 2025-01-12
  • "FDW, LDW, TRAC, and ABS lights are on. Honda Service center ran a diagnostic check and recommended replacing VSA Modulator. Issue is common and is due to VSA modulator having small gauge wires. It is a design defect…"
    Service brakes · filed 2023-10-11
  • "The contact owns a 2014 Honda Crosstour. The contact stated that on separate occasions after he depressed the brake pedal then push the start/ stop button to start the vehicle, he could hear grinding and spinning on…"
    Powertrain, Electrical system · filed 2023-06-23

NHTSA crash ratings

Version Overall Front Side Rollover
2014 Honda Crosstour SUV 4WD Not rated Not rated Not rated 4 stars
2014 Honda Crosstour SUV FWD Not rated Not rated Not rated 4 stars

Stars are how this vehicle did in NHTSA crash tests. They are a safety result, separate from the complaint record. Not rated means that test was not run for this version.

Fuel economy

Trim Engine Transmission Drive City Hwy Combined Annual fuel cost
Crosstour two-wheel drive 3.5L, 6-cyl Automatic (6-speed) Front-wheel drive 20 29 23 MPG $2800
Crosstour two-wheel drive 2.4L, 4-cyl Automatic 5-speed Front-wheel drive 22 30 25 MPG $2600
Crosstour four-wheel drive 3.5L, 6-cyl Automatic (6-speed) All-wheel drive 19 27 22 MPG $2950

Specs and fitment

Only generation, 2010–2015
Body styles Wagon
Oil 0W-20 , 4.5 qt capacity
Tire size 225/65R17 to 225/60R18

Known issues for this generation

Honda documented a torque-converter lock-up-clutch judder in two separate campaigns. Service bulletins 16-066 and 16-067 cover the 2010 Accord Crosstour, all trims, for a judder felt between 20 and 45 mph; the remedy is a transmission software update and a transmission fluid replacement, and Honda extended both that update and the torque converter warranty to 8 years or 105,000 miles from the original purchase date, whichever comes first. Service bulletins 17-041 and 17-042 cover 2013-2015 Crosstour V6 automatics for a judder felt between 20 and 60 mph; American Honda investigated and found the torque converter was not the cause and the transmission is not damaged by the judder, which it attributes to transmission fluid that deteriorates faster than expected under intermittent high heat loads. The remedy there is a software update, then a fluid flush if a transmission snapshot still shows the judder. Neither campaign is a safety recall. Honda marketed the vehicle as the "Accord Crosstour" for 2010-2011, then removed the "Accord" prefix for the 2012 model year.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the 2014 Honda Crosstour reliable?

Owners have filed 31 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Honda Crosstour over 13 years — 2 per year. That is fewer complaints per year than most Crosstour years here — under the median of the other years, which is 3. NHTSA has 3 recalls on file, including Inflator.

What are common problems with a 2014 Honda Crosstour?

The complaints owners file most often name Electrical system (10 of 31), then Engine (6) and Powertrain (5). Complaints that include an odometer have a median of 52,120 miles, and the middle half falls between 36,000 and 66,000 miles. Those filings include 2 that report a crash and 2 that report an injury.

Is the 2014 Honda Crosstour more reliable than the years next to it?

The 2013 Crosstour has 49 complaints, 4 per year, and the 2015 has 26 complaints, 1 per year. The 2014 has fewer complaints per year than the 2013. The 2014 has more complaints per year than the 2015.

Has the 2014 Honda Crosstour been recalled?

The 2014 Honda Crosstour has 3 recalls on file with NHTSA. See the recalls table on this page for dates, components, and remedies.

How many complaints have owners filed about the 2014 Honda Crosstour?

Owners have filed 31 complaints about the 2014 Honda Crosstour with NHTSA.

What mpg does a 2014 Honda Crosstour get?

EPA-rated combined fuel economy for the 2014 Honda Crosstour is 23.3 MPG. See the fuel economy table on this page for city and highway figures by engine and transmission.

Was the Honda Crosstour called the Accord Crosstour?

Yes — it was the "Accord Crosstour" for 2010-2011, then simply "Crosstour" from 2012 through its final 2015 model year.

Did Honda extend the Crosstour transmission warranty?

For the 2010 Accord Crosstour, Honda extended the torque converter warranty and the judder software update to 8 years or 105,000 miles from the original purchase date, whichever comes first.