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2008 Honda CR-V complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2008 record →

Unknown or Other
Filed Aug 22, 2018127,000 milesCA

DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED AS PART OF CLASS ACTION SUIT SETTLEMENT IN 2015. 30K MILES/3 YEARS LATER IT'S FAILING AGAIN

Unknown or Other
Filed Aug 15, 201880,000 milesFL

THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS WERE UNDER A PREVIOUS RECALL FOR A DEFECT ON THE PART WHICH EXPIRED IN 2015 - SB 14-083 AND 14-084. THE PROBLEM COULD BECOME A SAFETY PROBLEMS IF SOMEONE GETS IN A CAR ACCIDENT OR HAS A CAR FIRE AND EITHER THE DRIVER OR THEIR PASSENGERS CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE QUICKLY UNLESS THE DRIVER UNLOCKS THE DOOR FOR THEM AND YOU HAVE TO QUICKLY OPEN THE VEHICLE DOOR BEFORE IT LOCKS ON YOU AGAIN.

Electrical System
Filed Aug 13, 2018160,000 milesCA

THE DOOR LOCK CYCLES CONSTANTLY FROM LOCK TO UNLOCK AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AFTER PARKING AND LOCKING THE CAR, I FOUND THE TRUNK DOES NOT LOCK.

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Aug 10, 2018120,000 milesCA

VEHICLE HAS SUDDENLY INCREASED FUEL CONSUMPTION DRASTICALLY. VEHICLE WILL USE APPROXIMATELY TWICE AS MUCH FUEL FOR SAME DISTANCE AS IT USED TO ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO

Power Train
Filed Aug 2, 2018185,000 milesAL

AC STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR. AN INSPECTION INDICATED THE COMPRESSOR HAD STOPPED WORKING. REPLACING THIS PART WOULD BE EXTENSIVE AND COSTLY, WITH NO GUARANTEES IT WOULD SOLVE MY AC PROBLEMS. MY VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. REPORTS INDICATE A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLM.

Unknown or Other
Filed Jul 5, 201885,000 milesOH

I PURCHASE HONDA CRV 2008 2 YEARS AGO AND MY AC WENT AND NOW ONLY BLOWS HOT AIR. HONDA DEAL SAYS THERE WAS RECALL THAT EXPIRED 7 YEARS AFTER ORIGINAL PURCHASE DATE THAT WOULD HAVE COVERED A DAMAGE AC COMPRESSOR. THERE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. MY CAR HAS LESS THEN 100K AND THEY WON'T HONOR IT ANYMORE. VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE 1200K OR MORE

Electrical System
Filed Jul 2, 2018142,000 milesFL

REAR LEFT DOOR KEEPS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING ITSELF WHILE IN MOTION, UNLOCK ITSELF WHEN PARKED.

Steering › Rack and Pinion
Filed Jun 25, 201893,600 milesNJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS LEAKING AND COULD CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 93,600.

Tires
Filed Jun 23, 201853,000 milesWA

I PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES FROM LES SCHWAB ON 11-29-17 (102T ROAD CONTROL NW3 ALL SEASONS BW TIRES). SEVEN MONTHS LATER, ON 6-20-18, ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. I HAD DRIVEN FOR 1-1/2 HOURS IN 80 DEGREE WEATHER, AND WAS IDLING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THE TIRE BLEW (LOUD EXPLOSION). I DIDN'T HAVE ANY WARNING. THE TIRE WAS SPLIT OR SEPARATED NEAR THE RIM. THE TIRE HAD BEEN INFLATED CORRECTLY AND WAS OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION. THERE HADN'T BEEN ANY CASES OF IMPACT TO THE TIRE OR AN OVERLOADED CAR. I DIDN'T SUFFER ANY DAMAGE, BECAUSE I WAS VERY LUCKY TO NOT BE ON THE FREEWAY. LES SCHWAB REPLACED THE TIRE FOR FREE, AS IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I ASKED WHAT THEY THINK HAPPENED TO THE TIRE, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I MIGHT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE REMAINING 3 TIRES, AND THEY DIDN'T RESPOND.

Unknown or Other
Filed Jun 19, 2018100 milesWI

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ON THE LAW. I KEEP GETTING HARRASSING RECALLS FOR A CAR THAT WAS SOLD ABROAD BECAUSE THE WI DMV SHOWS ME AS TH LAST REGISTERED OWNER. HONDA WILL NOT STOP MAILING ME BECAUSE THEY SAY THE LAW REQUIRES THEY REPEATEDLY SEND NOTICES TO THE LAST KNOWN REGISTERED OWNER. THE DMV CANNOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE I AM THE LAST KNOWN REGISTERED OWNER. THE LAW SHOULD ALLOW FOR ME TO REMOVE MY NAME VOLUNTARILY.

Engine
Filed Jun 18, 2018178,000 milesAZ

WHILE DRIVING, WHEN I STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE LIGHT, VSA LIGHT, AND THE ! WARNING LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND AFTER THAT WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR WILL BARELY RESPOND AND FASTEST IT WILL GO IS 10 MPH! I LITERALLY HAVE TO PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND WAVE CARS BY THEN FIND A PLACE I CAN STOP MY CAR, TURN IT OFF, RESTART IT, THEN THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE GONE AND I CAN DRIVE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES IN THE PAST ONE MONTH. I TOOK TO A MECHANIC & HE STATED I NEED TO REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR & V-TEC SOLENOID. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

Air Bags
Filed Jun 6, 201899,000 milesTX

RECENTLY ON THE VISIT TO HONDA DEALER FOR AIR BAG RECALL REPLACEMENT THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT MY RACK AND PINON STEERING ON THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING. I WAS SURPRISED AS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND NOT ABUSED. IT ALSO HAS LESS THAN 98K ON IT. A SEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THAT NUMEROUS OTHER HONDA 2008 CR-V OWNERS HAVE NOTED A SIMILAR PROBLEM AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THIS MODEL WHICH I BELIEVE WARRANTS A RECALL FOR HONDA TO REPAIR AT THEIR EXPENSE. FAILURE OF THIS PART WOULD LEAD TO SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING AND I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. COMPLAINTS BY OTHER 2008 HONDA CRV OWNERS REGARDING THIS ISSUE CAN BE FOUND AT IS THIS ISSUE BEING ESCALATED TO A RECALL? STEERING FAILURE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. QUOTE WAS $1,600

Electrical System
Filed May 27, 2018121,475 milesNJ

REAR LEFT DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR MALFUNCTION. DOESN'T LOCKS THE DOOR

Structure › Body
Filed May 18, 2018CA

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR CAN NOT BE UNLOCKED OR EITHER OPEN BY REMOTE OR MANUAL ALSO CAN'T BE OPEN OPEN. MY DAUGHTER WAS STUCK IN THE CAR COULDN'T GET OUT WHEN WE REALIZED THE PROBLEM 10 DAYS AGO. LUCKILY IT WAN'T AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OTHERWISE I COULDN'T IMAGE THAT. ALSO THE TRUNK LOCK HAS BEEN DEAD SINCE THEN. THE RIGHT RARE DOOR HAS VERY LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHEN I LOCK OR UNLOCK THE DOOR. THAT RAISE A GREAT WORRY FOR ME IF THE REST OF DOOR WOULD BE DEAD IN THE FUTURE.

Service Brakes
Filed May 17, 201874,062 milesNY

REQUIRED NEW REAR BRAKE PADS AFTER ONLY 14,000 MILES OF USAGE

Air Bags
Filed May 16, 2018CT

AMERICAN HONDA DID NOT ACCEPT THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS LEGALLY EXPORTED TO SPAIN WHEN I MOVED TO THIS COUNTRY.

Unknown or Other
Filed May 2, 2018HI

FRONT DOOR LOCK DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO FIX BECAUSE IT DOES HAPPEN WITH HIM THIS IS FOURTH ATTEMP AT GETTING THIS FIX

Unknown or Other
Filed Apr 30, 2018GA

DOOR LOCKS: 1ST - PASSENGER REAR DOOR LOCKS/ UNLOCKS AND MAKES BAD GEAR STRIPPING SOUND. SOMETIMES PASSENGER CAN'T GET OUT. 2ND - DRIVERS REAR DOOR WILL NOT LOCK. KIDS CAN OPEN DOOR WHILE IN MOTION PLUS NOW THIEVES CAN ENTER VEHICLE.

Structure › Body
Filed Apr 18, 2018WI

THE PASSAGE SIDE DOOR LOCK MAKES A SCARING NOISE WHEN LOCKING. DIAGNOSED BY A HONDA DEALER AS A DEFECTIVE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR. THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE WITH A PUBLISHED HONDA TSB (#14-084). I HAD TO PAY FOR REPLACING THE ACTUATOR (BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR HAD BEEN OUT OF WARRANTY). IT IS NOT FAIR THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART USED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

Electrical System
Filed Apr 16, 2018TX

THE IGNITION DOESN'T WANT TO TURN OVER. ONE WOULD THINK THE BATTERY IS DEAD, BUT IT ISN'T. USUALLY TAKES SEVERAL TRIES. THIS IS WHEN CAR IS STATIONARY. JUST STARTED DOING THIS RECENTLY.

Structure › Body
Filed Apr 14, 2018170,000 milesPA

FRONT PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT UNLOCK AND OPEN.

Wheels
Filed Apr 7, 2018250,000 milesPA

I HAVE 4 COOPER DISCOVERER SRX SIZE P225-65-14 TIRES AND NOTICED A RECALL ON COOPER TIRES..I HAVE BEEN NOTICING THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT IS ON IN MY CAR BUT THE TIRES HAVE "PROPER PRESSURE" AND I NOTICED IT'S SEEMINGLY HARDER TO STEER WHILE MY CAR IS IN MOTION.MORE SO STARTING AND STOPPING.OR LOWER SPEEDS.THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS WITH SHORTER DISTANCES OF ABOUT 30 MILES OR LESS

Steering
Filed Apr 1, 2018FL

STEERING RACK & PINION WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LEAK. AFFECTED STEERING PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE ALONG WITH LEAK BEING A FIRE HAZARD. PURCHASED NEW IN 2007.

Suspension
Filed Mar 2, 201837,000 milesCA

TOOK MY CA IN FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE SERVICE TO THE DEALERS AND THEY SAID MY STRUCTS AND OR SHOCKS SEALS ARE CRACKED AND LEAKING , MY CAR ONLY HAS 37,000 MILES ON IT. WELL TAKEN CARE OF, ONLY USE TO SHOPPING OR DOCTORS. STRUCTS AND SHOCKS SHOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THAT BAD. NEED TO FIND OUT IF AN WARRANTY OR EXTENSTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MANUFACTURE. HONDA CORP. ?????

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Feb 14, 2018190,000 milesGA

ON JUNE 14, 2014 I WAS RUN ON THE ROAD INTO A UTILITY POLE.BY ANOTHER DRIVER. MY AIRBAG EXPLODED WITH ABRASIONS TO MY RT ARM AND CHEST. MY DOORS ON BOTH SIDES LOCKED ON ME WHILE FUMES FROM UNDER THE HOOD WERE FILLING MY INTERIOR. THE POLICE HAD TO PRY THE DOOR OPEN.TO GET ME OUT. I LATER STARTED HAVING PAIN IN MY CHEST AND FOUND OUT THAT CARTILAGE BROKE AWAY FROM MY CHEST CAVITY--COSTOCHONDRITIS. THE CAR WAS TOTALLED, BUT I WAS ADVISED TO CHECK THE RECALL ON THAT MAKE AND MODEL. I FOUND TWO RECALLS THAT IT SEEMED JUST HAPPENED. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THESE AIRBAG PROBLEMS EXISTED. I BOUGHT ANOTHER HONDA AND CHECKED FOR RECALLS ON MY 2014 CRV. SO FAR NONE HAVE BEEN NOTED. I LOVE MY CAR, BUT WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT RECALLS ON THIS ONE.

Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 9, 2018210,000 milesCA

TOOK CRV IN FOR DOOR LOCK RECALL. DRIVER SIDE WAS MAKING NOISE. THAT WAS FIXED. THEN PASSENGER SIDE STARTED MAKING NOISE. WHEN I TOOK IN IN TO MODESTO HONDA THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NO LONGER COVERED. I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 7, 201890,600 milesCA

AIR CONDITIONING FAILED ,ACCORDING TO RECALL NOTICE, DUE TO BAD DESIGN. AUTO HAS ONLY 90,000 MILES. WHICH IS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES AS DEFINED IN RECALL NOTICE. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO FIX THE FAILURE? THANKS

Steering
Filed Feb 6, 201880,000 milesFL

THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 80K MILES AND THE RACK AND PINION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR THE HIGH COST OF $1,300. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE, RECALL OR PRODUCT UPDATE NEEDS TO BE OFFERED FROM HONDA. WHERE'S THE RELIABILITY?

Structure › Body
Filed Jan 13, 2018100,000 milesAL

RIGHT REAR DOOR LOCK WILL NOT LOCK.. STATIONARY . SOMETIMES YOU CAN HEAR A CLICKING SOUND WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

Air Bags
Filed Jan 8, 201891,649 milesNE

HAD TO WAIT 3 MONTHS FOR REPAIR WITH NO RENTAL CAR AVAILABLE SO HAD TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE KNOWING THAT IF I HAD AN ACCIDENT I WAS IN DANGER.

Seats
Filed Dec 27, 201795,000 milesCA

I OWN A 2008 CR-V IT'S AT 95K MILEAGE AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAMS WENT DIM. CAN'T SEE THE ROAD AT ALL. I HAD TO TURN THE HIGH BEAMS ON TO GET HOME. THIS HAPPENS WHILE CAR IS PARKED OR DRIVING. CONSTANT PROBLEM. THE DRIVERS SEAT WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD, MOTOR DYING ??

Air Bags
Filed Dec 26, 2017NY

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR KEPT ILLUMINATING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Electrical System
Filed Dec 20, 201725 milesCA

I PURCHASED A USED 2008 HONDA CRV ON 07/19/2017. ABOUT A WEEK AGO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK WAS UNLOCKING BY ITSELF. WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 5 TO 20MPH THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK UNTIL YOU GET TO HIGHWAY SPEED. THE REAR DRIVER DOOR WOULD STAY UNLOCKED. I WENT TO A HONDA DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND THEY SAID THE ACTUATOR WAS BAD AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR WAS BEGINNING TO FAIL DUE A LOAD NOISE WHEN ACTIVATED. THEY REPLACED BOTH ACTUATORS AT A COST OF $602.25. I HAVE SERVICE RECORDS OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE PAST OWNER AND THE PAST OWNER HAD THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT ACTUATOR REPLACED AND THE REAR ACTUATOR WAS LOOKED AT BUT NOT REPLACED. I READ THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AND IT SAYS, "FOR ALL SETTLEMENT CLASS VEHICLES, HONDA WILL PROVIDE A COUNTERMEASURE REPLACEMENT FREE OF CHARGE, IF THAT LOCK DOOR ACTUATOR HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN REPLACED WITH THE COUNTERMEASURE REPLACEMENT PART AS PROVIDED IN THE HONDA CASE 2:13-CV-00381-FSH-JBC DOCUMENT 56-1 FILED 09/24/14 PAGE 14 OF 72 PAGEID: 694 11 COUNTERMEASURE UPDATE. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A COUNTERMEASURE REPLACEMENT, A SETTLEMENT CLASS MEMBER MUST BRING THE SETTLEMENT CLASS VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED HONDA DEALER. OWNERS AND LESSEES OF SETTLEMENT CLASS VEHICLES WILL BE ENTITLED TO A COUNTERMEASURE REPLACEMENT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY EXCLUDE THEMSELVES FROM THE SETTLEMENT." COUNTERMEASURE MEANS WORKING OR NOT WORKING. THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE CRV SERVICE BEFORE THE EXTENDED

Air Bags
Filed Dec 14, 2017OR

TAKATA RECALL

Engine
Filed Dec 9, 2017140,000 milesFL

MY SUV WILL INTERMITTENTLY WON'T START. I HAVE A NEW BATTERY, AND THE STARTER AND ALTERNATOR ARE GOOD. I CANNOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM WHEN I AM ON THE SHOP. SO HE SHOP CANNOT FIX IT. I CHECKED THE GOOGLE SITE AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH HONDA CR-V.

Engine
Filed Dec 5, 201720 milesFL

TRANSMISSION MODULE.

Electrical System
Filed Dec 5, 2017NH

ISSUE WITH DOOR LOCKS, HONDA REPLACED ONE DOOR LOCK IN AUGUST 2017, WE HAD ISSUE WITH PASSENGER DOOR LOCK NOT LOCKING, AFTER HONDA REPLACED THE DRIVERS DOOR LOCK, NOW THE PASSENGERS DOOR WILL STAY LOCKED EVEN AFTER YOU HAVE REMOVED THE KEY, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF IN A PANIC YOU COULD NOT EXIT THE CAR FROM THE PASSENGERS SIDE. I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER THAT THIS WAS A EXPIRED WARRANTY ISSUE AND THAT HONDA WOULD NOT FIX IT WITHOUT CHARGING FOR IT, THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE, THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR WORST!

Structure › Body
Filed Dec 1, 2017143,225 milesCA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER IN 2015 BECAUSE THE DOOR ACTUATORS WERE UNDER RECALL; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DOORS WERE WORKING PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS FAILED TO CLOSE AND LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO POWAY HONDA (13747 POWAY RD, POWAY, CA 92084) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACTUATORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DRIVER'S DOOR ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED, BUT THE OTHER DOOR ACTUATORS WERE NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,225.

Air Bags
Filed Nov 22, 2017190,000 milesCT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR INDICATOR ILLUMINATED OFF AND ON WHILE THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GREENWICH HONDA IN GREENWICH, CT WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE INDICATOR EVENTUALLY REMAINED IN THE OFF POSITION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 7, 2017134,000 milesNV

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, A 2017 CHEVROLET MALIBU CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AND AN UNKNOWN TRUCK. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, BACK, AND HEAD, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CONTACT 'S RESIDENCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (AUTO DEPOT, 5525 W CHARLESTON BLVD, LAS VEGAS, NV 89146). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 1, 2017100,000 milesCT

HONDA REPLACED BOTH THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAGS. I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT APRIL 2017. I WAS BROADSIDED, DRIVERS DOOR WAS IMPACTED. MY HEAD WENT HROUGH THE DRIVERS WINDOW. NONE OF THE SIDE AIRBAGS INFLATED. THE BODY SHOP WAS DISTURBED THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HAVE BEEN IN PHYSICAL THERAPY SINCE THE ACCIDENT. THE VA HAS BEEN SUPPLYING MEDICAL TREATMENT. HONDA DENIED RESPONSIBILITY ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER SAW THE CAR. MY INSURANCE COMPANY PROGRESSIVE WILL NOT REPAIR THE FAULTY AIRBAGS BECAUSE THEY WERE FAULTY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. WESTPORT HONDA WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE CAR IS NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING IT AS A TRADE IN BECAUSE OF THE KNOWN AIRBAG PROBLEM. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. I CAN'T SELL THE CAR WITHOUT REVEALING THE KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAGS. THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY LIGHT COMES ON WITHOUT WARNING INDICATING THE SIDE AIRBAGS ARE NOT WORKING. THE INDICATOR IS OFF MOST OF THE TIME. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO COME ON AND HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE ON. HONDA INDICATED TO ME THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE TESTED AT MY EXPENSE. I AM DISABLED AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS DONE. OR ABLE TO TRAVEL TO SUCH A FACILITY.

Air Bags
Filed Oct 31, 2017NY

2008 HONDA CR-V. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS RESET. THE FAILURE RECURRED. UPDATED 10/31/2017*JS

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Oct 26, 201745,000 milesNE

CAR WAS PARKED. WE WERE IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE, HEARD A POP. LOOKED AND THE SUNROOF WAS DEFORMED OUTWARD/SEVERE CURVATURE IN THE SUNROOF. LOOKED INSIDE FROM UNDERNEATH AND SUN ROOF WAS SHATTERED. NATURALLY WHEN DRIVING BACK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IT CONTINUED TO BREAK AWAY UNTIL WE COULD DUCT TAPE IT AND DRIVE 400 MILES HOME. DEALERSHIP TRIED TO BLAME 'A ROCK' I CALLED B.S. ON THAT. GIVEN WE OWN THREE HONDA'S THEY FIXED IT ON WARRANTY.

Air Bags
Filed Oct 25, 2017CT

WELL I HAD THE DRIVER SIDE REPAIRED AND THEN LAST YEAR I BELIEVE I HAD THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG REPLACED ALSO, BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SYMBOL IS SHOWING UP AGAIN ON MY CAR WHAT CAN I DO CAUSE THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR A DIAGNOSIS BUT IT IS SHOWING THE SYMBOL OF THE AIRBAG AS IT DID BEFORE SO THE AIRBAG SYMBOL COMES ON AND OFF SOMETIMES IT STAYS ON THE WHOLE DAY AND THEN THE NEXT DAY IT DOES NOTHING SO ITS BEING GOING ON AND OFF OCCASIONALLY

Steering
Filed Oct 21, 2017NJ

RECENTLY MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY RACK AND PINON STEERING ON THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING. I WAS SURPRISED AS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND NOT ABUSED. IT ALSO HAS LESS THAN 90K ON IT. A SEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THAT NUMEROUS OTHER HONDA 2008 CR-V OWNERS HAVE NOTED A SIMILAR PROBLEM AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THIS MODEL WHICH I BELIEVE WARRANTS A RECALL FOR HONDA TO REPAIR AT THEIR EXPENSE. FAILURE OF THIS PART WOULD LEAD TO SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING AND I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. COMPLAINTS BY OTHER 2008 HONDA CRV OWNERS REGARDING THIS ISSUE CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2008/HONDA/CR-V/STEERING/PROBLEM.ASPX IS THIS ISSUE BEING ESCALATED TO A RECALL? STEERING FAILURE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.

Service Brakes
Filed Oct 11, 2017PA

BRAKES BECAME SPONGY. HONDA DEALER SAID THE ABS MODULATOR SEEMS TO BE FAILING. $1500-2000 WITHOUT LABOR AND IT MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. WE BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. IT IS A CONTINUING ISSUE. OUR CRV IS PARKED AT THIS TIME.

Electrical System
Filed Oct 11, 201785,000 milesPA

THE DIGITAL DASHBOARD HAS GONE HAYWIRE I CANNOT READ HOW MUCH FUEL I HAVE HOW MANY MILES I CAN GO HOW MANY MILES ARE ON THE CAR WHEN MY OIL NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND AT FIRST IT WAS PERIODIC IT WOULD ACT UP THEN IT WOULD RETURN TO THE FULL SCREEN FOR WEEKS MONTHS THEN IT WOULD ACT UP AGAIN AND THE SAME THING KEPT HAPPENING TIME AFTER TIME FINALLY IT HAS GONE COMPLETELY HAYWIRE AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW MY VEHICLE IS RUNNING BECAUSE I CAN'T READ ANY OF THE GAUGES OTHER THAN THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE TACHOMETER THERE WERE NIGHTS WHEN I CAME HOME AND I PARK THE CAR AND THE DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY OUT I CAME OUT THE NEXT MORNING STARTED IT UP THE DASHBOARD CAME UP FULL LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG AS SOON AS I STARTED DRIVING IT WENT HAYWIRE AGAIN. I HAVE CALLED AND BEEN IN TOUCH WITH AMERICAN HONDA THEY SAID THAT IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THIS ISSUE I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT IS IT A SAFETY ISSUE IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE GOING BAD IN A VEHICLE IN RETURN THEY TOLD ME THAT IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I NEED TO REPLACE IT MYSELF THE COST WOULD BE $752 INCLUDING LABOR AND I THINK THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE I CANNOT OR MY WIFE CANNOT OPERATE THIS VEHICLE SAFELY AND I BELIEVE IT'S HONDA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE A RECALL TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED

Electrical System
Filed Oct 3, 2017CT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE NEAR THE DRIVER'S SIDE, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, AND THE REAR DOORS. THE DEALER (GREENWICH HONDA, 289 MASON ST, GREENWICH, CT 06830, (203) 622-0600) WAS NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES AND INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Engine
Filed Sep 26, 201790,000 milesFL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VSA AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY JERKED. THE CONTACT HAD TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OR PULL OVER, SHIFT INTO PARK, AND WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE SHIFTING BACK INTO DRIVE IN ORDER FOR THE JERKING TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS PERFORMED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE FAILURE CODES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

Unknown or Other
Filed Sep 26, 2017121,000 milesFL

THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE DRIVERS DOOR ACTUATOR IN 2015. THERE WAS A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THE OTHER DOORS. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO A HONDA DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE DRIVERS DOOR ACTUATOR AND CHECKED THE REST. THE BACK PASSENGERS DOOR WAS NOT STAYING LOCKED SO THEY REPLACED THAT ONE.I NOW HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WHERE YOU CAN NOT UNLOCK IT . I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT HONDA DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WASN'T COVERED BY THE WARRANTY EXTENSION ANYMORE. I PAID $286.27 TO HAVE IT FIXED. I THINK IT'S VERY DANGEROUS NOT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF YOUR CAR DOOR, ESPECIALLY IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY. I AM HOPING FOR SOME REIMBURSEMENT FROM HONDA.

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