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Honda Australia will offer an eight-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty for all CR-V, ZR-V and HR-V SUVs sold between July 1, 2025, and September 30, 2025, without needing to service at the dealer.
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Honda Australia has extended its eight-year warranty offer for the CR-V, ZR-V and HR-V SUVs to include vehicles built in 2025, joining 2024 models already included in the deal.
Until September 30, 2025, unless extended, all CR-V, ZR-V and HR-V models built in 2024 or 2025 will receive an eight-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty, up from its usual five-year/unlimited-kilometre offer.
For vehicles considered 'commercial use' – such as ride-sharing or food delivery – coverage is capped at eight years and 225,000 kilometres, whichever occurs first.
The eight-year warranty offer – which the brand has switched on and off for the CR-V, ZR-V and HR-V since the start of 2024 – also includes extended roadside assistance coverage for the same period.
Honda has long offered the 'Honda Extend' program, which allows existing owners to receive a three-year warranty and roadside assistance extension for a total of eight years.
However, unlike the special offer, this program requires servicing to be conducted exclusively at Honda dealers.
The 'Honda Extend' program also excludes vehicles used for commercial purposes, such as for taxis, ride-sharing, food or courier deliveries, and certain businesses, including driving schools, tourism and security.
If the vehicle is ever serviced outside of the dealer in its initial years, 'Honda Extend' is void and the standard five-year warranty applies.
This is similar to Mitsubishi, Nissan and MG, which offer 10-year warranties that revert to five or seven years if all required services are not completed at a dealer.
The eight-year warranty matches Chery offshoot Jaecoo as Australia's longest new-car warranty without a requirement to service at a dealer, but it is not a permanent offering, and is not available across the entire Honda range.
The Civic, Civic Type R and Accord are not included in the eight-year warranty and roadside assistance offer, but customers of these vehicles are still eligible for the 'Honda Extend' program.
Many other brands – including Chery, GWM, Kia, Skoda, and KGM (formerly SsangYong) – have a permanent seven-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty in Australia.
It is understood Hyundai vehicles delivered in Australia since January 1, 2025, may soon be upgraded to a seven-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty – matching Kia – but this has not been formally announced.
From July 1, 2025, drive-away pricing for the 2025 ZR-V e:HEV LX and 2025 CR-V e:HEV RS hybrids has increased $500 to $55,400 and $60,400, respectively, with no changes for petrol 'VTi' variants.
ZR-V e:HEV LX and CR-V e:HEV RS vehicles built in 2024 receive a $3000 price cut to $51,900 and $56,900, respectively.
Meanwhile, remaining stock of the 2024 CR-V VTi L FWD is down $2400 to $46,900 drive-away.
Examples of the ZR-V VTi LX FWD and CR-V VTi LX AWD built in 2024 remain in stock according to Honda Australia's website, with a $500 gift card available for all remaining 2024 CR-V and ZR-V petrol models.
Until the end of September, Honda Australia is offering existing customers who complete a service at a Honda dealership the chance to win an HR-V Vi X small SUV – which retails for $32,900 drive-away – or one of 30 $1000 gift cards.
Between January and May 2025, 6557 Honda vehicles have been reported as sold in Australia, down 9 per cent from the same time last year – but a 50 per cent slide from five years ago in 2020, prior to its switch to an agency sales model with non-negotiable drive-away prices on July 1, 2021.
The CR-V is its best-selling vehicle so far this year with 2642 sales, followed by the HR-V (1880), ZR-V (1600), Civic (382) and Accord (53).
All but the HR-V – up 29 per cent following the launch of an updated model with a sub-$40,000 hybrid variant in late 2024 – have recorded a drop in reported sales compared to the same time last year.
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Jordan is a motoring journalist based in Melbourne with a lifelong passion for cars. He has been surrounded by classic Fords and Holdens, brand-new cars, and everything in between from birth, with his parents’ owning an automotive workshop in regional Victoria. Jordan started writing about cars in 2021, and joined the Drive team in 2024.
