10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
7 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
13,695 miles

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problem #121

Jun 232019

CR-V

  • 16,930 miles
While trying to put the vehicle in park, the silver button on the left side of the gear shifter flew off. The piece appears to be broken off in the inside. Took it to the dealer the next day. The service rep was not surprised. Says he has heard of this happening in other CR-V's. he tried to tell me it just popped out, but this thing broke off in the inside. He said he said he was surprised there is no recall. They fixed it. No charge. Quite a frightening experience when it happened

- Buffalo Junction, VA, USA

problem #120

Jun 012019

CR-V

  • 17,010 miles
In slow moving traffic in front of the local mall, my sunroof exploded there was no collision, no object thrown or dropped into the window. Honda refused to accept responsibility for what I learned from research on line, which is that this is an epidemic involving shattered sun roofs.

- Florence, SC, USA

problem #119

Jun 182019

CR-V

  • 36,000 miles
The button on the shift knob fell out. It appears to have cracked, and now the button falls out of the shifting handle.

- Pemberville, OH, USA

problem #118

Jun 082019

CR-V

  • 11,000 miles
Shift knob botton is broken. One piece falls out of the hole and another is stucked inside the knob.

- Newark, CA, USA

problem #117

Jan 262019

CR-V

  • 29,209 miles
Back up camera and navigation system stopped working while on trip to Colorado. Car was outside at subfreezing temps and at high altitude (10,000 feet). Dealer had to reset when returned to Arizona. (occurred while parked overnight).

- Tucson, AZ, USA

problem #116

Jun 022019

CR-V

  • 19,500 miles
While diving randomly at high speeds (60+ mph) and while turning in very good weather all warning lights light up (I have a video) and the vehicle loses power. This has happened a number of times on the highways and a major safety concern. I had to pull out of the highway stop and restart for the vehicle to regain power but the warning lights continue to be lit. After a couple of start and stop it disappears. It is a major safety concern and I have been lucky so far. I have approached the dealership thrice about the issue and they have replaced 2 sensors and updated the software but the issue persists.

- Albany, NY, USA

problem #115

Jun 032019

CR-V

  • 8,700 miles
I just pulled into my garage and could not move the shifter. The button on the side of the shifter wouldn't go in at all. Kept trying and the black piece to push in just came out in my hand. It looked like it had broken off down inside the shifter. I pushed it back in and put in park. Taking in the morning to Honda dealer

- Tampa, FL, USA

problem #114

Oct 302018

CR-V

  • 10,000 miles
CR-V rolled backwards twice, once when the engine was off (Oct. 2018) and once when it was running (May 2019). Both times the gear shift was in neutral. I believe the gear shift slipped into neutral, perhaps by my banging into it. I have driven for 27 years and never had this problem. I most recently drove a Toyota rav4 with a similar layout in terms of location of the gear shift. Drove it for 9 years without a problem.

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #113

May 182019

CR-V

  • 26,000 miles
Collision mitigation system. Several times the car has hit the brakes with absolutely no obstacle in front of the car. I did call Honda and was told to take it to the dealer to adjust. The rep I spoke to gave me a lecture about it being a safety feature that we have to get used to!!! he also suggested that I may have the setting set to "short." I did check it was set to "normal" I changed it to "long.". it has happened three times since then. Once just the audible warning and twice it literally slammed on the brakes and stopped the car - everything that was loose was flying around. I have been extremely fortunate that everytime (5 instances since I got the car in Dec 2017 - 4 times on city streets and once on the highway) it has slammed the brakes for no reason, there was none behind me. If there was someone behind me, they would have hit me. I know that if I was driving behind someone who literally brought the car to am immediate stop, I would have hit them. One of these days I am going to get hit.

- Matthews, NC, USA

problem #112

May 162019

CR-V

  • 16,000 miles
Shift handle button broke and fail out of shifter.

- Nashville, TN, USA

problem #111

Aug 012018

CR-V

  • 5,000 miles
-I noticed oil/gas leak on the engine that slowly drips under. The engine oil smells gas, oil level goes up. - lane departare goes off when car is idle for more than 15mins (randomly) - navigation/audio acts up -changes screen and nonstop beeping. You need to turn the engine off to stop it-reset.

- Morgan Hill, CA, USA

problem #110

May 012019

CR-V

  • 50,000 miles
Broken shift button: I was driving this car and the shift button pop out and fell under the driver seat. It created an unsafe condition since I could not put the car to park or shift any gear. Many drivers also experience the same thing. The button is connected to the shift gear and it is made from a cheap piece of plastic. It costs $85 to replace at the dealer. Honda refuses to reimburse since the car has past its warranty. The car is at 50000 miles. I had to pick it up under the seat and use a hair band to keep it in place until it is repaired at the dealer.

- Corona, CA, USA

problem #109

May 112019

CR-V

  • miles
When backing the Honda CR-V in reverse down my driveway, I touched the shift gear and proceeded to place the CR-V into drive. The Honda CR-V went into the D position, and I saw a small piece of the knob fall off. I immediately pulled over and tried the put the cr- V into park, however I could not. I had to place the emergency parking break on. This was a very scary experience!

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

problem #108

Nov 012018

CR-V

  • 5,000 miles
Smell of gasoline inside cabin all winter. Filing this complaint regarding the design flaw that mixes gasoline with oil.

- Staten Island, NY, USA

problem #107

Apr 262019

CR-V

  • 36,000 miles
Shift knob button fell off as I was going to put my car in park. I was in the middle of an intersection. Very scary moment because I didnt know where that little piece fell. I put a hairband to 'keep it in tact' while I had to take it to dealer to fix which was 5 days later

- West Covina, CA, USA

problem #106

Apr 252019

CR-V

  • 18,397 miles
I had just come off the highway exit on to the city street. I was increasing my speed and moving over to the left. Just as I got into the left lane the CR-V suddenly started to flash break on the dash in front of me and I could feel the vehicle break hard on it's own. I was lucky no one was behind me. There was no person/vehicle in front of me that I would need to brake for. I took the vehicle the next day to the Honda garage and they could not find anything. There was no fault code in the system nor could the technician duplicate this issue. I was lucky that this happen at night without much traffic if this would have happen going to work on the highway someone could have been seriously injured or killed. I have seen other CR-V owners report the same thing happen on forums. I am very weary now to drive to work with this issue. I used to love my CR-V now I don't want to drive it but have no choose as it is my only transportation to work.

- Plantation, FL, USA

problem #105

Dec 152018

CR-V 4-cyl

  • 6,000 miles
There is an issue with the dash display. The display, intermittently, when I start it, see image 1, does not show the descriptive information in the middle of the display. The car starts, the messages about brake is on, and mitigiation being on, show up, and then the center of display blacks out. Sometimes, it stays on, and then when I release the brake, it disappears. See image 2, that is after I restarted it after it had been running for a while I have further tested this. If I start the car with the brake off, then the display seems to come up (I start car, with brake on, in garage, displsy does not come up, I release brake, then shut down the car. I then restart it, brake is still off, and then the gas milleage display comes on, then notification about road mitigation; then road mitigation disappears, and the mileage and fuel display remains on) my concern is whether this reflects other smoldering computer issues that could affect the safety of the car. I have reported this to Honda in late 2018, but all they suggested was taking this to a repair shop to let them look at it. But I do not believe this is a my car issues, this is a broader computer issue. Then, they issued a software update to address the gas-in-oil issue, and the display issue seemed to disappear for a while, but now it has recurred. This time it seemed to start after I had connected a phone to the android system through the smart cable, but after disconnecting the phone, the issue persists.

- Langhorne, PA, USA

problem #104

Apr 102019

CR-V

  • 25,000 miles
Emissions check light appears - car is driven 25000 miles

- Wyomissing, PA, USA

problem #103

Apr 022019

CR-V

  • 30,000 miles
Shift knob on stick to set car to park, drive, or reverse broke. It does not stay in slot. This caused an issue when I tried to put car into park and realized the button popped out. Car was stationary and I was able to put car in neutral, find the button and push in, but still a danger.

- Berkeley Hts, NJ, USA

problem #102

Aug 222018

CR-V

  • 15,429 miles
Shift knob broken, unable to shift vehicle into park or reverse. The shift knob has now broken twice.

- Vista, CA, USA

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