TonyT. Where do you live? The reason I ask is that starting with 2017 Honda went to a smaller 1.5 Liter engine with a turbocharger and some owners (especially people who live where they get cold winters) have had problems with fuel getting into the oil. This problem is associated with owners who drive many short trips where the engine never gets hot enough to cause any fuel to boil off of the oil. And some owners in cold areas claim the smaller 1.5 Liter engine takes too long to get enough heat into the cabin of the vehicle in the winter. In 2015 Honda started using a CVT transmission on the CR-V and there was a problem with the rear-end of the vehicle vibrating while the vehicle was moving. Some say that there are three different speeds that this happens at (there are videos about it on YouTube). Also the 2015 year had a vibration problem with the engine at idle. There is a fix for that but Honda only wrote it up as a technical service builtin (it is not covered under warranty) but if you buy a Honda Certified Used one Honda requires the dealer to fix it before they sell it. It involves removing the radiator and installing rubber mounts to it.
The 2016 Year is a good year for a Honda CR-V. It has a normally aspirated (no turbo-charger) 2.4 Liter 4 cylinder engine. There still is the possibility of a slight engine vibration when it goes into a very low fuel conserving idle if there is not much load at all on the engine such as when the headlights are off, and the AC is not being used. If it does that and it bothers you , just turn on the headlights, or the AC. There is also a slight chance of the rear-end of it vibrating at around 40 MPH when under slight acceleration. But that is very rare, and even if it does that it is not as bad as the 2015 year.
One way to find a good used vehicle is to only look seriously at vehicles that have a car-fax report that shows that the oil was changed every time it should have been.
The fuel in the oil problem may have been fixed by 2020. However if you live in a hot southern area the 2017 and 2018 years should not be a problem.
There were several people who posted that the battery goes dead when the vehicle sits over-night on 2019 models, so avoid them.
I found a used 2016 Honda CR-V with a clean car-fax report (no accidents) and showing regular oil and filter changes, at a Honda dealer and bought it last February. It is a very good and reliable vehicle.
The CVT (continuous variable transmission) fluid on Honda vehicles (2015 and newer on the CR-V) should be drained and filled every 30 K miles, or every 25 K miles if it has severe use ( a lot of stop and go driving like in a city a lot, and or a lot of hills, and or towing). The CVT trany does not have a filter to change. The front wheel drive (no AWD) takes 4 quarts to do this, the AWD takes 5 quarts to do this. It is very easy to do, and there are YouTube videos on how to do it. The rear end fluid should be drained and filled every 15 K miles. It is very easy to do. You will need 2 quarts of the special Honda Duel Pump II fluid to do it, and a low cost pump that fits the 1 quart bottle, that you can find on e-bay. There are YouTube videos on how to use it. It is easy to do. The engine oil and filter are very easy to do on Honda's. Any time you change any fluid on one of these vehicles use new crush washers. The crush-washers are much cheaper to buy in multi-packs. And always use a torque-wrench to tighten to the proper speck. These vehicles are made of aluminum to keep the weight down to get better gas mileage and aluminum threads can easily be stripped if you over-tighten the drain bolts. You can buy good low cost torque wrenches at NAPA.
If you buy a Certified Used Honda, the dealer will give you a warranty with it. They will also try to sell you an extended warranty. The extended warranty is really not all that much additional coverage once you consider what you already have with the Certified Used Honda warranty. And for the little additional coverage on the non-powertrain that the extended Honda warranty that the dealer will try to sell you and the high price it cost, it is NOT a good deal. One thing to consider is that there were a lot of Honda CR-V's made each year, and used parts from auto-salvage yards will be available for a very long time.
If you are going to go used with a Honda CR-V 2016 is probably the year you want, especially if you plan to keep it a very long time. Because it does no have a turbo-charger, which can be an expensive repair item when the miles get high on a vehicle. For a woman you probably want find one with a power rear tail gate (opens and closes with the touch of a button). A Honda remote start is another nice option ( it cost the original owner $600.00 for that add on option). Honda remote start systems have a long range for the remote, and the vehicle send back information about it running back to the remote and the remote displays it for you.
So where do you live? Or more important if you are buying a 2017, or 2018 Honda CR-V, how cold does it get in the winter where you are, and will the driver be making a lot of short trips, without the engine getting the oil up to full operating temperate? If it is driven once in a while (like once a week) for a long enough time to get the oil hot enough to boil off any fuel that has gotten into the oil, then it will be OK. There are YouTube and Honda CR-V forum post on this problem. Look them up.
There are YouTube videos comparing the Honda CR-V and the Toyota RAV4. Check them out. I like the smooth power and quiet ride of the Honda CR-V. The Toyota RAV4 is more of a teenager racer type of vehicle. Check out the YouTube comparison videos.
Do not buy a 2015 Honda CR-V because of the vibration problems.
Do not buy a 2017 Honda CR-V because of the fuel in the oil problem.
Do not buy a 2019 Honda CR-V because of the battery being drained of power over-night problem.
The 2016 2.4 Liter engine in the 2016 Honda CR-V is a very reliable engine that will last a very long time if you do the regular maintenance on it. And the 2016 Honda CR-V is very easy to work on.