Used Honda HR-V for Sale

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Used Honda HR-V pros and cons

Easy to drive in town
Rear headroom not great
Economical hybrid
Boot not so practical
Clever rear seats
Engine is noisy under acceleration

Is a second hand Honda HR-V a good car?

The Honda HR-V is a classic Honda, in the sense that it’s not the most exciting nor thrilling car to drive, but it majors on solidity, practicality, and reliability.

The HR-V is hybrid-only, and that makes it an ideal choice for those who want to do the right thing from an environmental point of view, but who aren’t quite ready yet to make the leap to fully electric power.

Honda has packaged the cabin very cleverly to give it some seriously useful space. The back seats get Honda’s ‘Magic Seat’ function, which allows the base of the seat to flip-up vertically, like a cinema chair. That means you can easily carry tall, slim loads — such as a large plant or a big-screen TV — in the back.

When being used as normal seats, those back seats are very roomy, with truly impressive rear legroom, although headroom gets a bit tight for taller passengers.

The disappointment is that the boot is actually pretty small. It’s square and has a low loading lip, which is good, but at just 319 litres, its much smaller than the likes of the T-Roc or the C-HR, which are hardly paragons of loadspace themselves.

What to look for when buying a used Honda HR-V

This HR-V is actually still quite a new model, and so it’s hard to get a solid idea of what goes wrong with them. In general though, Honda has an incredible reputation for reliability and solidity, and it seems likely that the HR-V doesn’t deviate from that. It should, in all likelihood, be one of the most reliable cars you can buy.

The current HR-V didn’t place in the Driver Power Top 50 Cars To Own survey, but in the wider customer satisfaction survey Honda finished 11th overall, with a tiny 13% of owners reporting problems with their cars.

Honda HR-V FAQs

Is the Honda HR-V a reliable car?

It certainly should be. The current Honda HR-V is still quite new, so it’s hard to tell what the most common issues are, but generally Honda just doesn’t make unreliable cars.

Is the Honda HR-V expensive to maintain?

The Honda HR-V will be expensive to maintain if you get it serviced at a Honda main dealer, as they tend to be pricier than some of their rivals. If you’re buying a nearly-new HR-V, it’s probably worth the expense to keep up the original Honda service record, but if it’s out of warranty, then you can save money by finding a good independent Honda specialist.

What are the weaknesses of the Honda HR-V?

The Honda HR-V’s weaknesses are that it has a small boot, only one engine choice, and that engine makes lots of noisy droning sounds when you accelerate hard. It’s also not very much fun to drive.

What is the life expectancy of a Honda HR-V?

As with any Honda, the HR-V should be very reliable in the long run, so if you look after it properly, then it should be able to get well beyond 150,000 miles without any major issues.