Honda reliability statistics are best read as a set of measures rather than one universal score. The available evidence spans American Honda recall completion, NHTSA all-vehicle benchmarks, Honda’s ESG reporting archive, and global business scale; the periods range from 2013 through FY2025, with future targets labeled separately.
Key Honda Reliability Statistics
The most useful headline figures are:
- In FY2025, Honda sold 20.57 million motorcycles worldwide.
- In FY2025, Honda motorcycle sales represented approximately 40% of the global motorcycle market.
- In FY2025, Honda set an all-time motorcycle-sales record in 37 countries and territories.
- In the 2025 eighth-quarter report, American Honda’s campaign 23V431 covered 1,209,673 vehicles and reached an 84% completion rate.
- In the 2025 eighth-quarter report, American Honda’s campaign 23V158 covered 448,613 vehicles and reached a 77.9% completion rate.
- In the 2025 eighth-quarter report, American Honda’s campaign 23V228 covered 616,128 vehicles and reached a 47.8% completion rate.
- In the 2025 eighth-quarter report, American Honda’s campaign 23V704 covered 264,567 vehicles and reached an 85.7% completion rate.
- In the 2025 eighth-quarter report, American Honda’s campaign 23V458 covered 124,077 vehicles and reached an 85% completion rate.
- As of February 2025, Honda recall 24V763 covered 720,810 vehicles and had gone 133 days without a remedy.
- For selected Honda recalls lasting more than 60 days, the average time from filing to remedy notification was 120 days during 2020–2024.
- Across all vehicle types, NHTSA’s recall completion average was 69.2% for recall year 2023.
- Across all vehicle types, NHTSA’s recall completion average was 61.5% for recall year 2021.
- Honda’s ESG archive lists a 15.6 report-back number for 2025.
- Honda’s ESG archive lists an 8.93 report-back number for 2023.
- Honda’s FY2025 Form 20-F covers the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 for Honda’s consolidated group.
- Honda targeted more than 10% fuel-economy improvement for its next-generation e:HEV.
- Honda targeted more than 50% cost reduction versus its 2018 hybrid system.
- Honda targets 50% global motorcycle market share for FY2031.
Contents
- What Honda reliability statistics actually measure
- Honda recall completion statistics
- Honda recall populations and campaign scale
- Honda quality-reporting trends
- Honda vehicle and motorcycle scale
- Honda reliability outlook and limits
What Honda Reliability Statistics Actually Measure
Honda’s FY2025 Form 20-F covers the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025. Its corporate scope is Honda’s consolidated group, so it is useful for defining the reporting period but is not a model-level failure study.
The same filing reported 4,346,509,571 common shares outstanding on March 31, 2025. That is a capitalization measure, not a reliability or failure rate, and it should not be treated as evidence about vehicle durability. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Form 20-F for fiscal year ended March 31, 2025
No single standardized public Honda reliability score was found in the primary sources used for this overview. The more directly interpretable measures are recall completion percentages, recall-population counts, time to remedy notification, and separately defined corporate or business-scale indicators.
A central comparison issue is scope: the American Honda figures below describe individual campaigns, while NHTSA’s annual percentages cover all vehicle types and are not Honda-specific. Those measures can provide context, but they are not interchangeable.
Honda Recall Completion Statistics
American Honda’s 2025 eighth-quarter report gives campaign-level completion rates. The campaign figures below pair each completion percentage with the number of vehicles covered.
| Campaign | Vehicles covered | Completion rate | Measurement scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23V431 | 1,209,673 | 84% | American Honda, eighth-quarter report |
| 23V158 | 448,613 | 77.9% | American Honda, eighth-quarter report |
| 23V228 | 616,128 | 47.8% | American Honda, eighth-quarter report |
| 23V704 | 264,567 | 85.7% | American Honda, eighth-quarter report |
| 23V458 | 124,077 | 85% | American Honda, eighth-quarter report |
These rates show why campaign-specific context matters. In this set, completion ranged from 47.8% for campaign 23V228 to 85.7% for campaign 23V704, while the affected populations ranged from 124,077 to 1,209,673 vehicles.
American Honda’s filing covered 15 recalls and 2,799,498 vehicles in the 2025 eighth-quarter report. The filing is a campaign count and campaign population, not a percentage of all Honda vehicles on the road. 2025 Annual List of Recall Completion Rates
NHTSA’s all-vehicle completion average was 69.2% for recall year 2023. Because that figure covers all vehicle types rather than Honda alone, it is a benchmark for recall completion conditions, not a Honda reliability rating.
NHTSA notes that eighth-quarter completion rates can be affected by parts and supply-chain delays. A lower rate therefore does not, by itself, identify the reason owners have not completed a recall.
Honda Recall Populations and Campaign Scale
The American Honda report also includes campaigns with much smaller populations. Their completion rates illustrate how campaign size and completion can vary within the same reporting context.
| Campaign | Vehicles covered | Completion rate |
|---|---|---|
| 22V867 | 117,445 | 72.3% |
| 23V195 | 15,848 | 39.9% |
| 23V261 | 1,461 | 72.5% |
| 23V229 | 640 | 79.5% |
| 23V735 | 519 | 93.3% |
| 23V430 | 386 | 88.8% |
| 23V092 | 98 | 90.8% |
| 22V950 | 19 | 94.7% |
| 23V588 | 19 | 94.7% |
| 23V524 | 5 | 90.1% |
The smallest campaign listed covered 5 vehicles, while campaign 22V867 covered 117,445. The highest completion rate in this group was 94.7%, reported for campaigns 22V950 and 23V588; campaign 23V195 had a 39.9% rate.
NHTSA’s 2024 Annual Recall Report listed Honda recall 24V763 with 720,810 vehicles and 133 days without a remedy as of February 2025. This is a snapshot of recalls over 60 days without a remedy, so it measures remedy timing at that point rather than completed repair performance. 2024 Annual Recall Report
For selected Honda recalls over 60 days, the average period from filing to remedy notification was 120 days during 2020–2024. The selection rule matters: this is not the average time for every Honda recall, and it does not measure how quickly owners ultimately obtained repairs.
Honda Quality-Reporting Trends
Honda’s ESG archive lists a year-by-year “report-back number” series from 2013 through 2025. The archive metric must be defined from the underlying report before it is interpreted as a quality or reliability measure.
| Year | Report-back number |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 14.8 |
| 2014 | 6.83 |
| 2015 | 18.5 |
| 2016 | 6.23 |
| 2017 | 7.25 |
| 2018 | 8.15 |
| 2019 | 12.7 |
| 2020 | 21.1 |
| 2021 | 12.7 |
| 2022 | 13.2 |
| 2023 | 8.93 |
| 2024 | 12.5 |
| 2025 | 15.6 |
The highest listed value was 21.1 in 2020, while the lowest was 6.23 in 2016. These are observed archive entries, but the source does not establish from the archive page alone what the metric’s denominator, unit, or operational definition is. Honda ESG Report / ESG Data Book archive
Accordingly, the series can be reported as a documented Honda ESG metric, but it should not be converted into a failure rate or compared directly with NHTSA recall completion percentages. The years are calendar-year labels in the archive series, whereas Honda’s Form 20-F uses a fiscal year ending March 31.
Honda Vehicle and Motorcycle Scale
Honda sold 20.57 million motorcycles in FY2025. Honda also said those sales represented approximately 40% of the global motorcycle market, so the market-share figure is an estimate stated by the company rather than an independently calculated result.
Honda set an all-time motorcycle-sales record in 37 countries and territories in FY2025. These figures describe sales scale and geographic reach, not durability, repair frequency, or recall performance.
| FY2025 motorcycle measure | Reported figure | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Global motorcycle sales | 20.57 million units | Observed sales scale |
| Approximate global market share | 40% | Company-stated estimate |
| Countries and territories with all-time sales records | 37 | Observed record count |
A large installed or sales base can affect the number of vehicles included in campaigns, but the supplied evidence does not provide a denominator that would turn these sales figures into a reliability rate. Summary of 2025 Honda Business Briefing
Honda Reliability Outlook and Limits
NHTSA’s all-vehicle recall completion averages provide a longer context series, but they remain non-Honda-specific. The annual figures were 62.9% in 2013, 66.7% in 2014, 63.9% in 2015, 65.7% in 2016, and 62.8% in 2017.
The later values were 73% in 2018, 71.5% in 2019, 62.9% in 2020, 61.5% in 2021, 71.6% in 2022, and 69.2% in 2023. This sequence describes all-vehicle recall completion by recall year, not Honda’s model reliability or owner satisfaction. 2024 Annual Recall Report
Honda’s future business targets should be separated from observed reliability outcomes. For next-generation e:HEV, Honda targeted more than 10% fuel-economy improvement, more than 50% cost reduction versus its 2018 hybrid system, and more than 30% cost reduction versus its 2023 hybrid system.
Honda expects the motorcycle industry to rise from about 50 million units to 60 million around 2030 and targets 50% global motorcycle market share for FY2031. It also targets motorcycle-business ROS above 15% and company-wide ROIC of 10% for FY2031; ROS and ROIC are financial measures, not reliability measures.
These targets are forecasts or company targets, not observed outcomes. The overall evidence supports careful reading of Honda reliability statistics by campaign, period, geography, denominator, and metric definition rather than a single universal conclusion. Summary of 2025 Honda Business Briefing