10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
12,429 miles

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problem #40

May 022023

CR-V

  • miles
Several times, the vehicle will brake without an obstacle in the road. It is extremely scary - at one time, it forced me to react unexpectedly and almost got into an accident. This is scary.

- El Paso, TX, USA

problem #39

Mar 142022

CR-V

  • 40,000 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle unintentionally accelerated. Additionally, the RPM was fluctuating. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

- Fishkill, NY, USA

problem #38

Dec 192022

CR-V

  • miles
This has happened about 3 times since I purchased the vehicle in end of 2018. While I was driving out of no where the car will just brake, there is nothing in front of me or blocking me and one time I was going about 40 mph and the others were when I was going about 30 and 50 so it-€™s been a range. Luckily every time I-€™ve been driving there has not been anyone behind me but for sure if someone was behind me, I possibly would-€™ve gotten rear ended with how fast the car stopped. Other times the car will beep the brake indicator at me, but not stop the car just telling me I need to apply the brakes but there-€™s nothing in front of me or around me.

- Cape Coral, FL, USA

problem #37

Nov 152022

CR-V

  • miles
Hello NHTS, I have been dealing with my vehicle stalling & losing power while driving on the freeway. This is a very dangerous issue with my Honda CRV. I have had this happen several times now and it was reported to Honda. Honda has not yet placed this issue on recall status. This needs to get looked at before someone gets injured or killed.

- Woodland , CA, USA

problem #36

Jul 292022

CR-V

  • miles
Emergency Braking system is activated while the car is on road in 30+ miles speed and the car lost it control. Managed to stop it after driving a car for almost a mile long and then applying the break with hard attempt. This happened twice one around 10:30 PM on Jul 29th, 2022 and the subsequent day when I try to pull my car out of drive way. I decided to call my insurance for towing the car and sent it to my regular service provider Battison Honda, (Address) 8700 Northwest Expy, Oklahoma City, OK 73162.

- Edmond, OK, USA

problem #35

Apr 082022

CR-V

  • miles
In early April 2022 the Body Control Module went bad. A replacement was ordered, and is still unavailable (Honda PN: 38809-TMM-A21). This rendered the car unable to be started, unless the battery was first disconnected and then reconnected (as advised by Honda Service). However, this results in several error lights, including emergency braking, hill start assist, lane keeping assist, collision warning systems, blind spot systems, as well as non-driving systems like operation of the windows, and the associated symptom of these systems working intermittently, or not at all. Honda still has not provided a reliable estimate for the part to be made available, despite escalating the situation to their corporate level. I am aware of other Honda models of the same year having BCM (Body Control Module) issues and a recall being current and active.

- Paducah, KY, USA

problem #34

Dec 062021

CR-V

  • miles
At times when I press down on the accelerator, the car tries to cut off! I have had times where I have come close to getting hit by another car. Don-€™t know if anyone else is having this problem but I really like my car. I am scared that I am going to get hit when the car tries to stall when I push down on gas pedal. Thank You for taking the time to hear about my situation!

- Anderson , SC, USA

problem #33

Oct 172021

CR-V

  • miles
We were driving across Florida on 1-10 on final leg of a 3-day trip. At 73 miles per hour the center display went crazy. We got in short order an ACC warning and numerous other alarms in the driver information center under the speedometer. This continued for a minute. After slowing down and pulling off the road and shutting down car, the problem went away. The following Wednesday, the center vehicle display in city traffic went crazy beeping and flashing brighter then darker. The brightness setting slider bar came on and would not go away. The radio signal changed channels and volumes. A loud beeping similiar to the verification tone when inputting settings was going off repeatedly. Nothing stopped the above warnings until my wife arrived home and we shut down the engine. The only way to stop all was to shutdown the center display completely

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #32

Mar 192021

CR-V

  • 37,900 miles
I was driving straight in an open street, no obstacles at all. However, my vehicle started beeping and slammed the brakes to a complete stop. I was almost thrown out of my seat but thank god I had my seatbelt on. I checked my dash camera footage aswell no sign of obstacle, nothing at all. I believe its the collision mitigation braking system that got activated for no reason. I have my dash cam footage to support my claim.

- Everett, MA, USA

problem #31

Nov 192019

CR-V

  • 50,000 miles
I had just turned on highway and was accelerating to speed - at about 45 mph the auto braking engaged fairly sharply and something flashed on dash and beeped (too fast for me to read) and then it stopped. Acc & lkas were on but not engaged at the time. Sunny day and no vehicles around anywhere

- Batesville, MS, USA

problem #30

Aug 122019

CR-V

  • 23,000 miles
On two occasions, the car has unexpectedly and without any reason, braked to a virtual stop, as though there were a vehicle directly in front of me, while driving in the city on a road going about 40mph. However, there were no cars anywhere near my vehicle. In addition, my car will also unexpectedly beep and signal to me that I must brake, again, without a car being in front of me, again, while in motion at approximately 35mph. The Honda dealer claims they have looked into my complaints, which I see as potentially life threatening, particularly if the car brakes on a fast moving interstate, and they are "unable to replicate the issue or find any sensor issues." The fact that this vehicle is operating correctly is patently untrue and the occurances regarding the sensor "brake" messaging is becoming more and more frequent.

- Fort Collins, CO, USA

problem #29

Jun 212020

CR-V 4-cyl

  • 26,500 miles
A bunch of sensors including the radar, lane departure, collision detection was stolen from my 2018 Honda CRV without the central alarm getting triggered. The black box below the Honda logo was broken, and the sensor/connectors were pulled out. The vehicle was parking in my driveway. Bridgewater NJ police complain no: #[xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Bridgewater, NJ, USA

problem #28

Nov 052019

CR-V 4-cyl

  • 8,000 miles
While driving North on route 43 approaching route 60 in lake forrest, Illinois on November 5, 2019 my Honda CR-V suddenly stopped. And, I mean completely stopped.for no apparent reason. Fortunately there were no vehicles behind me. I was only traveling at 35 mph. I believe this occurrence would be classified as a false positive error. It was raining lightly at the time. My only witness is my wife. I bought this car primarily to drive my grandchildren to school and now have lost confidence in it's ability for safety. This problem hasn't occurred again since November 2019 but I don't know if I can trust our lives to a computer in charge of this car. This is a computer programming error that will ultimately be responsible for the loss of life. Other computer assisted driving vehicles don't have this problem and they must have tested and overcome this specific performance issue. Does Tesla or mobileye have this issue" is it only Honda"

- Highland Park, IL, USA

problem #27

Nov 232019

CR-V

  • 16,000 miles
09/2019- traveling the interstate in fast lane in rush hour traffic approx. 79mph vehicles in front of & numerous vehicles behind me. A vehicle in the right lane switched lanes in front of me causing mine to hit the brakes, locking up, smoke coming from the rear of vehicle. The vehicle behind me was in the median the 2nd vehicle was inches from me. My passenger (child in back) safely strapped, had a whelp & burn on right side of neck/chest from seatbelt. Solution do not use cruise control. 11/2019 on vacation the vehicle showed low tire pressure light on the dash, pulled over to check the pressure, all tires were okay. Traveling on a 3 lane busy highway, in the mountains the brake would engage along with the steering, jerk to the left, "lane departure" on the dash. It took all of my strength to pull against the vehicle keeping it on the road. No guard rail on the road. Pulling against the steering prevented my CRV from going over the mountain. I could not have the econ on, if on, the highest speed I could reach in the CRV was 35mph. With the econ off 45 mph was the highest speed the travel speed of the other vehicles was between 65-70mph. This continued throughout the trip. I took the CRV to the Honda dealership once I was home it was kept for a week. They feel like a software update solved the issue. I later contacted the dealership to let them be aware the issue was not resolved. Said they made Honda aware, but did not. I had a case with Honda, but nothing has been done. My emails not replied and the messages left on the voicemails, not returned. I have contacted numerous times, spoken with service representatives and assured my call would be returned, nothing. Dealership stated they no longer will be able to help with any issues. This is frustrating. My life as well as my children are important although Honda isn't thinking the same. Major defects in the 2018 CR-V

- Sheridan, AR, USA

problem #26

Nov 302019

CR-V

  • 9,500 miles
Whenever I start my car in the morning or after being parked for hours, the car does not move past 10-15mph even when I step harder on the accelerator. The car will sometimes come to a complete stop in the middle of the road when I step on the accelerator. I have to turn the engine on and off a couple of times as well as drive around slowly before the accelerator will respond.

- Oak Creek, WI, USA

problem #25

Jan 192020

CR-V

  • 9,500 miles
From 3,500 to now 9,500mi 5 seperate occasions sensor suite has quit functioning for from 10mi to a 100mi till come back on. In all but 1 time (which recurred going to dealer) by coming to stop or restarting engine has returned to normal. Still have throttle, brake, gas guage, lights etc but no functions that require pushbutton or sensing functions. All happened while at hyw speeds. 1 time car totally quit (like shut off with switch) for a sec free rolling at 65mph then came on where left off.

- Bismarck, ND, USA

problem #24

Jan 012020

CR-V

  • 15,500 miles
Adaptive cruise control "on". two incidents in the past year the car's braking sytem activated as if I were going to hit something. I was on the interstate and no cars were within 500 to 1000 feet and no other objects were observed. Then twice in the past month the flashing "brake" light appeared on the dash panel indicating I should slow down as I may hit something. Again, this occurred on the nterstate and no cars or objects were anywhere near me. This last incident occurred on 01/01/2020.

- Lake Saint Louis, MO, USA

problem #23

Nov 292019

CR-V

  • 20,000 miles
I experienced unintended sudden acceleration of the vehicle on 11/29/2019 around 1pm. I was slowing to a stop a a stop sign when the engine suddenly revved up to above 3000rpm. I immediately applied the brakes with more force and stopped the vehicle while the engine continued to rev between 3000 and 5000rpm. While holding the brakes firmly, I shut off the engine and then confirmed that my foot was only on the brake pedals and not touching the accelerator. There happens to be a police officer behind me at the time and he came up to my vehicle to see what the problem was. I explained the issue and he suggested I start the vehicle again to see if the problem still persists. I did so and immediately the engine revved up again above 3000 rpms. The police officer concurred that this was not normal and I shut off the engine again. By this time a second officer arrived on the scene. After consulting briefly, they were about to call a tow truck for me when the second officer suggested that I try starting the vehicle one more time. When I did, the vehicle returned to normal operations. I took my vehicle to the Honda dealership immediately upon returning home. However, after inspection, the technician was not able to identify any problems. This is the second time I have taken this vehicle to the dealership for this issue because I have experienced the same problem multiple times in the past under similar conditions.

- Hillsboro, OR, USA

problem #22

May 192019

CR-V

  • 14,941 miles
3 time while driving on the fwy 65 mph with the cruise control activated, lane control activated, and the distance set to minimum, with no one in front of me, the car detected the car to the right of me and slammed on the brakes, and causing the person behind me to slam on their brake almost causing an accident. This happened between April of 2019 and Oct of 2019. When I brought it into the dealership they said that there was dirt on the milliwave radar, found code P2583-97, I found this to be highly unlikely because the car was spotless. The second time I took the car to the dealership, they said the could not duplicate the problem. When asked how they diagnosed the car they said they drove it 10 miles down a bolsa chica rd. I told the sevice person that that was not the same conditions as I was driving and that they could not have gotten the car up to 65 mph when the speed limit was 45 mph and it wasn't a fwy. Her response was we are not allowed to drive cars on the fwy. I said then how are you do duplicate the condition of the problem. This car has been into the dealership for multable electronic issue, none of which have been solved yet. All I get is the same answer, cant duplicate the problem. I believe this car has had these problems since it was sold new and the person before me turned this car in with only 8000 miles on it for a new car that they could trust. This is a safety issue ad could cause me to get into an accident thats not my fault.

- Huntington Beach, CA, USA

problem #21

Oct 302019

CR-V 4-cyl

  • 16,150 miles
Stalling while I was traveling in traffic. Oil dip stick smells like gasoline is "overfull" on oil mark. Vehicle hesitated and stalled because ok had been drained to a lower level once and replaced 2 times. Consumer stated fuel injectors were replaced.

- Oak Island, NC, USA

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