The Lemon Index$3,600 middle bill · most between $3,000 and $4,600
Higher than the $2,000 middle bill owners of all 112 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 69,000 miles (8 reports).
Honda CR-V owners reported paying a median of $3,600 for a steering rack replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,000 and $4,600. That's from 52 owner reports (52 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,50023%
- $2,500–$5,00058%
- $5,000 and up19%
Share of the 52 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2007 Honda CR-V1too few for a middle
- 2008 Honda CR-V6$1,400 middle bill
- 2009 Honda CR-V2too few for a middle
- 2010 Honda CR-V1too few for a middle
- 2017 Honda CR-V1too few for a middle
- 2018 Honda CR-V19$3,600 middle bill
- 2019 Honda CR-V9$4,600 middle bill
- 2020 Honda CR-V3$5,800 middle bill
- 2021 Honda CR-V4$4,300 middle bill
- 2022 Honda CR-V5$4,000 middle bill
- 2023 Honda CR-V1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2018 Honda CR-V135 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2023 Honda CR-V85 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2019 Honda CR-V46 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2021 Honda CR-V37 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2022 Honda CR-V33 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
- 2024 Honda CR-V28 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Honda CR-V reliability by year
- Steering rack replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Honda CR-V owners reported
Fuel injector replacement (61) · AC compressor replacement (44) · Brake repair (20) · Head gasket replacement (15) · Door lock actuator replacement (12) · Transmission replacement (12) · Timing chain replacement (11) · Fuel pump replacement (10) · ABS module replacement (8) · Spark plug replacement (8) · Engine replacement (7) · Wiring harness repair (7) · AC condenser replacement (6) · Heater core replacement (6)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11768831, 11766437, 11765313, 11765263, 11753031, 11751676, 11748837, 11742275, 11741770, 11731960, 11700634, 11690793 and more.
Quick answers
How much does steering rack replacement cost on a Honda CR-V?
Honda CR-V owners reported a median of $3,600, and the middle half paid $3,000 to $4,600, from 52 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Honda CR-V steering rack replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Honda CR-V middle bill of $3,600 is higher than the $2,000 owners of all 112 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Honda CR-V repair costs come from?
From 52 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Honda CR-V years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2018 (135), 2023 (85), 2019 (46) Honda CR-V named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.