10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
9,368 miles

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problem #112

Sep 072021

CR-V

  • miles
On 9/7/2021 at 10am, my car (housed in a garage) would not start. It unlocked electronically, but when I put my foot on the brake pedal it felt soft and when I depressed the start button, nothing happened. Everything on the car was locked/frozen and would not respond. There were some alerts (related to brake failure) showing on the dashboard and the headlights and taillights were on. I was able to lock the car manually but the lights stayed on. I had it towed to the repair service, they found that the battery had only 8 volts. Nothing else looked unusual on the diagnostic. They had no explanation for the occurrence. The battery was original, Honda factory installed, 3 years old and the car has <7,000 miles on it. This happened very suddenly with no warning. Car had been functioning with no problems noted until then. Something had caused a sudden drain on the battery. (I had not left any lights on.) When I searched online for possible explanations, I found numerous reports of sporadic, sudden battery failures with recent Honda cars, as well as TSR from Honda asking to have removed batteries returned to them. This is a potential safety issue. What if it had occurred when parked on a street after dark when everything was closed? I believe Honda should acknowledge the problem and find a solution other than continually replacing the batteries.

- Portland, OR, USA

problem #111

May 142018

CR-V 4-cyl

  • 12,466 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle accelerated even though consumer was not depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact also stated that the touch screen display would not engage and allow the contact to use the screen. The contact also stated that the high beam headlights would independently flicker on and off. Additionally, the automatic cruise control warning light was illuminated on the control panel. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed with nothing needing to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 12,466.

- Pittsburgh, PA, USA

problem #110

May 042020

CR-V

  • 30,000 miles
Driving on city street and interstate the infotainment system in the vehicle will randomly go out. This has happened in the past but has progressively gotten worse. The infotainment system houses the gps and climate control (defrost) system along with the car settings (adas) and entertainment system. When you are dependent on the gps for navigation and you loose the directions you go into a panic situation trying to figure things out. When the windshield fogs and you can't use the defrost system it becomes a visibility issue. Dealership has updated the software but still continues to happen.

- Williamsburg, VA, USA

problem #109

Apr 182021

CR-V

  • 60,000 miles
All of the warning lights are lighting up in the instrument panel. The car was parked and turned on (idle) in driveway when all the instrument panel lights turned on. 2 days later, they all turned off. Then 2 days later they all turned on again when the car was idle in driveway. Multiple warning lights are on, including power steering problem, however, the power steering is fine. Car runs normally. I read online this is an issue with multiple Honda 2017-2018 CR-V's. most people have spent a lot of money at dealerships and never fixed the problem. I replaced the battery 1 yr ago because the factory battery died. Not sure if the 2 are related.

- Richfield, OH, USA

problem #108

Mar 312021

CR-V

  • 44,500 miles
The touchscreen on the main infotainment display failed to work immediately on startup of the vehicle. In addition the mechanical volume/power button on the display would not work either. Radio control (source/station/volume) was available thru steering wheel controls but no other functions of the display were available. A normal key cycle did not resolve the issue.

- Parkersburg, IA, USA

problem #107

Mar 112021

CR-V

  • 30,000 miles
When I star on and drive, the yellow warning stay on, red brake light blink, all computer safety system malfuncion, electric brakes, tires pressure, collision, a.C, power stering, etc. Car drive but feel lighs the brake is on. This is a dangerus trash car. Brakes problem "the main safety divice for recall. "

- Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA

problem #106

Mar 162021

CR-V

  • 39,271 miles
When I star the car and drive the yellow warning light stay on and the red light blink and not go off. All warning light. (tps, collision mitigation problem, emisin syst. Problem, electric brake problem, etc.). aslo this happen already 4 times before. Couple times I use my brakes when I was drive and I felt that the car no stop righ at time and almost hit the other car. Also I change my motor oil and the old one is mix with gasoline and is more volume that I put in. Also some time when I drive the car star to stalling.

- Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA

problem #105

Mar 062019

CR-V

  • 20,000 miles
I would like to report a potential safety issue that exists in my 2018 Honda CR-V. the infotainment system on my Honda will, arbitrarily, cycle through various menus and start beeping loudly. This is extremely distracting and diverts the driver's attention away from the road. It is unbelievably annoying and it completely destroys a driver's situational awareness. After doing some research, I have found that this is an endemic problem with the 2017-2019 CR-V as well as other Honda models. It can occur at any time while driving and numerous examples of this failure mode can be found on youtube. Honda, has suggested that the software is at fault and issued an update, but this has done nothing to solve the problem. In the interest of safety, I write this letter in the hope that the national highway safety administration takes action and investigates this recurring problem. There are countless stories on Honda forums of drivers being distracted and removing their attention from the road as the center infotainment screen starts flashing and beeping incessantly. Ref:https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=hu60Q1cb5K4

- Grapevine, TX, USA

problem #104

Mar 122021

CR-V

  • 3,000 miles
Many times I start and drive the car and the yellow warning lights stay on and and also the red light brake keep blinking. When this hapen cruise, presure tires malfuncion. One the las time I parked and turn off and when I tried to star again the brakes stay engaged and no go any wheare. I have to disconect the batery 2 times for reset the alarms. Also when I drive low speed the motor start to stalling. When I changed motor oil I smelled gas and old oil is mix with gas and is more volume that the original

- Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA

problem #103

Mar 042021

CR-V

  • 36,700 miles
Without warning numerous dash warning lights spontaneously deployed and vehicle slowed to 10 miles per hour. Warning lights included lane departure, emissions, emergency brake, brake hold, adaptive cruise, such as the brake system, acc & forward collision warning illuminated on the dash. Second time this occurred in two years. Car was in motion.

- Mckees Rocks, PA, USA

problem #102

Jan 142020

CR-V

  • miles
Intermittingly all malfunction lights in dash display malfunctions, battery drains abnormally, sunroof opens without warning, and windows open. Charged battery and malfunction lights went off for a week; however, after driving periodically all warning lights came back on. Checked and it had partially drained. Have taken to the Honda dealer and no codes displayed issues with the electrical system.

- Emerald Isle, NC, USA

problem #101

Feb 102021

CR-V

  • 15,124 miles
This is the 3D time multiple sensor warnings have appeared: TPMS/acc/brake/downhill assist/lane departure/etc.. warnings. The dealer (brandon hinda) just resets codes with no reason for recurring problem. Reserach shows many have similar problems reported to hinda and there is a class action lawsuit pending alleging 2016-2019 Honda CR-V safety systems are defective; filed in us district court for the central district of California; ward, et al., vs. American Honda motor co., Inc. Et al. Vehicle was stationary when problem noticed.

- Lithia, FL, USA

problem #100

Jan 242021

CR-V

  • 38,009 miles
On three occasions I have returned to my parked car which was locked and had all the windows and power sunroof closed when I left it, to find all four windows half way down and the power sunroof three inches open. On two of these occasions it had rained before or was beginning to rain upon my return to the car and significant damage to the vehicle could have occurred if the rain storm had been worse. The third time this happened, my car was parked in a public parking lot and this malfunction created a safety and security risk for my family and property. The Honda CR-V manual indicates that there is a "feature" where if a person presses the unlock button on the key fob once and then presses it again and holds it for a minimum of 10 seconds, all the windows will be lowered half way and partially opens the sunroof. My key fob however was not in a place where the unlock button could be pushed twice in this pattern and these instances were not due to operator errors. Honda currently denies knowledge of any such issue in spite of the fact that my web search found numerous complaints by other CR-V and certain Acura owners about exactly the same issue. The Honda dealership says unless the service department can reproduce the problem they are advised by american Honda the problem does not exist and they cannot file anything with Honda America regarding the issue. Since this is a low occurrence rate intermittent problem, customers will fruitlessly pay Honda to troubleshoot the problem with no resolution of it unless Honda is forced to acknowledge and address it by the NHTSA. I respectfully request you do whatever is in your power to make Honda resolve this issue as at a minimum, an unlocked vehicle allows for the possibility of a criminal gaining access and being present inside the car when the owner returns.

- Boulder Creek, CA, USA

problem #99

Jan 172021

CR-V

  • miles
After leaving out of car wash I parked the car to vacuum. Left the car running in park and all of the sudden all warning lights came on dash. Car still drives normally.

- Dallas, TX, USA

problem #98

Jan 082021

CR-V

  • 21,000 miles
Our 2018 Honda CRV has a dead battery at 21,000 miles. On the internet, I see many other examples of this battery losing charge. Is this a common problem? we were lucky, as the CRV battery died in our garage. But, it could have died in a less friendly location. From what I read, this battery is prone to parasitic current loss at any time. Thank you. Jim bromwell Carolina shores,

- Carolina Shores,, NC, USA

problem #97

Jan 012019

CR-V

  • miles
Ll systems lights are flashing on my dashboard going on and off since the time of purchase, I took the car to the dealer and they said no issues found, this is happening frequently. I was going through car gurus and so many people who bought Honda CRV during 2018 got impacted with the same issues

- North Brunswick, NJ, USA

problem #96

Nov 132020

CR-V

  • 36,400 miles
Have issues sometimes the on board radio, dimming light on display etc will go crazy flipping from bright to dark. Cant use any controls like navigation, gps, use radio and it's happened maybe 6 times. Have to shut off engine then restart then it seems to take care of issue. This occurred while driving.

- Bristol, IN, USA

problem #95

Dec 102020

CR-V

  • 16,400 miles
2018 Honda CRV touring purchase September 8, 2018. Currently has 16,400 miles. On Thursday, December 10, I went out to start my Honda CRV touring in the garage. It would not start. I called the helpline to have a towing company come to take the car to bob brady Honda dealership in Decatur Illinois. I called bob brady Honda service center they told me to just have the towing company jumpstart my car and drive it into the dealership service department. Note, the towing company driver informed me that this is about the 13th Honda 2018 2020 that he has had to jumpstart. Some of the vehicles he's had to revisit to jumpstart. I didn't drive the car after coming home the rest of the day on Thursday. The car started on Friday, December 18, at 11:30 am. The Honda started on Friday, December 18 at 3:30 pm. Saturday, December 19, the car started at 10:00 am. That same day the car started at 1:00 pm. On Sunday, December 13, I went out to try to start my car at 7:00 am. My car would not start! it is my understanding at the Honda dealership in the service department they will not just flip out the battery until they first try to charge it again to see if that helps the problem. It is now December 14, 2020 and I am going to call the Honda dealership to have my car towed in today for the exact same problem of the battery being dead! both times that the car battery died as well it was sitting in my heated garage. I'm not able to take any photographs on a dead battery. But, I have made a video of exactly how the procedure takes place when I have tried to start my car in the garage.

- Decatur, IL, USA

problem #94

Nov 262020

CR-V

  • 36,500 miles
While driving, all of the warning lights come on. A few days after resetting the computer, this recurred. In one occasion, engine power went to a minimum (10 mph on a level road) while driving. Parking brakes engaged lights flashing while driving. This happened on city streets and was reported by others (https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-T76546_ds1113654). Honda dealer admitted they saw this with others but neither they nor corporate Honda will take responsibility for addressing this issue. The first time this happened, I almost got into an accident pulling to the side of a busy road thinking there were engine problems. My car battery is quite new and has been checked before this issue happened so this is not a battery issue. The reported date is the latest - this has recurred about 4 times now.

- Berkeley, CA, USA

problem #93

Nov 192020

CR-V

  • 25,800 miles
Entered the vehicle and began to drive. The problem lights all appeared as driving: Steering, tire pressure, emergency brake, engine. The car stalled as driving and steering was made difficult, did the der der der noises. I felt endangered with my children and puppy in the vehicle.

- Elmwood Park, NJ, USA

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