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2014 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 2014 record →

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed May 6, 2014NC

TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR LIGHT COMES ON INDICATING THERE IS A PROBLEM WHEN THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. HONDA INSTALLED A SOFTWARE UPDATE WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR A WEEK AND A HALF AND THE LIGHT IS BACK ON. ALL PRESSURES ARE WITHIN TOLERANCE. *TR

Wheels
Filed Apr 25, 20145,000 milesTX

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TPMS LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO BALANCED THE WHEELS BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Apr 23, 2014AZ

WITHIN A MONTH OF MY PURCHASE OF NEW CRV 2014 EXL, THE TPMS LIGHT TURNED ON(NEAR CHRISTMAS TIME). I GOT IT CHECKED FROM THE HONDA SERVICE CENTER, AND THEY AT FIRST RESET THE TPMS LIGHT MANUALLY, AND ASKED ME TO COME BACK IF TPMS LIGHT TURNS ON. WHICH IT DID AFTER JUST 45 MILES. THEN THEY CONFIRMED HONDA WOULD BE ISSUING A SOFTWARE PATCH FOR THIS FIX. I RECHECKED IN JANUARY BUT STILL THERE WAS NO PATCH ISSUED. I WENT TO ANOTHER HONDA SERVICE CENTER, THINKING IT MIGHT BE A SERVICE CENTER ISSUE AND THERE TOO THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING, THAT HONDA IS GOING TO ISSUE A PATCH. IN FEBRUARY WHEN I WENT FOR MY FIRST SERVICING THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING. I CHECKED BACK AGAIN YESTERDAY, BUT STILL WITH NO LUCK. IS ANYONE EVEN WORKING ON. ITS NEARLY 5 MONTHS SINCE I FIRST REPORTED THIS, BUT IT HAS GONE TO DEAF EARS. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD, NOT KNOWING WHETHER THE LIGHT IS ON DUE TO A BUG OR REALLY TIRE PRESSURE IS LOW. EVERY TIME I ASK A SERVICE CENTER REPRESENTATIVE THEY WOULD ASK WHETHER I WAS DRIVING BAD OR PUTTING THEM IN CURB OR NOT, INSTEAD OF EVEN KNOWING THE PROBLEM EXIST. THEY WILL ASK ME TO COME THERE AT THE SERVICE CENTER, INVESTIGATE, RESET IT MANUALLY, AND TELL ME THE SAME THING HONDA IS GOING TO RELEASE A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. ONE THING IS FOR SURE THIS WOULD BE MY FIRST AND LAST HONDA. *TR

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Apr 12, 20141,708 milesFL

GOT IN MY CAR TODAY, TURNED IT ON, THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON ALL DAY. IT WILL NOT GO OFF. MY TIRES ARE NOT LOW. I BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW IN DEC. 2013 FROM HENDRIX HONDA IN DAYTONA BEACH, FL. I DID NOT CONTACT THE DEALER. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON LINE AND NO DEALER COULD FIX THE PROBLEM, I DIDN'T WANT THE HEADACHE. *JS

Electrical System
Filed Apr 2, 20145 milesNJ

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE BEFORE I TOOK THE VEHICLE OFF THE LOT. DESPITE MULTIPLE CHECKS, THE LIGHT DOES NOT SEEM TO STAY OFF AND HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO THE ACTUAL PRESSURE OF THE TIRES. THE TIRE PRESSURE ITSELF SEEMS FINE. I HAD THE DEALER CONDUCT A SOFTWARE UPGRADE ON 3/30/14 AND THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON THREE TIMES SINCE. THE DEALER IS SUSPECTING THAT CELL PHONE INTERFERENCE IT A POSSIBLE CULPRIT. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Apr 1, 2014500 milesFL

DRIVER WIPER BLADE IS 26 INCHES LONG. PASSENGERS BLADE IS 16 INCHES LONG. THIS SIZE DIFFERENCE LEAVES A WATER LINE ON PASSENGERS SIDE AND WAITS FOR THE DRIVERS WIPER TO REMOVE IT. THIS IS EXTREMELY ANNOYING DURING MODERATE OR HEAVY RAINFALL. I FEEL THIS IS POOR ENGINEERING ON HONDAS PART AND AN IMMEDIATE RECALL SHOULD E ISSUED. *TR

Electronic Stability Control (esc)
Filed Apr 1, 20141,500 milesMN

I NOTICE THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT COMING ON INADVERTENTLY FOR NO REASON. WHY HAS NO ONE MADE HONDA ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. WE ALREADY HAVE A NEGLIGENT GM WITH THE CHEVY COBALT. DON'T LET HONDA GET AWAY WITH THE SAME THING. FIX THIS PROBLEM!!!! *TR

Power Train
Filed Mar 26, 20142,200 milesWA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR. ONCE THE VEHICLE WOULD REACH THIRD GEAR, IT WOULD NOT DECELERATE AND WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE DIAGNOSED WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DEFECT WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,200. UPDATED 5/19/14*CN UPDATED 05/28/2014 *JS

Electrical System
Filed Mar 26, 2014752 milesNC

REF COMPLAINT 10574247... TPMS LIGHT... HONDA MOTOR HAS PUT OUT A FIX FOR THIS IN THE 2014 CR-V... THE FIX WAS PUT IN MY CAR ON 3/24/2014 AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOW BEEN CORRECTED. *TR

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Mar 26, 2014220 milesOR

PURCHASED CAR IN SEPT 2013 WITHIN A WEEK THE TPM LIGHT CAME ON. STOPPED BY THE DEALER, THEY CHECKED THE TIRES (THEY WERE FINE) AND SHOWED ME HOW TO RESET IT. WITHIN 20 MILES LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. WENT BACK TO DEALER...REPEAT MULTIPLE TIMES. IN OCT DEALER SWAPPED OUT TIRES WITH ANOTHER SET THINKING IT MAY FIX THE PROBLEM. LIGHT BACK ON WITHIN 50 MILES. CAR BACK TO DEALER, THEY FIDDLED WITH IT A BIT, TEST DROVE IT OVER 100 MILES, NO LIGHT. I PICKED IT UP, LIGHT BACK ON BEFORE I ARRIVED HOME. COMPLAINED AGAIN. WAS TOLD "HONDA IS WORKING ON IT"....NOV/DEC JUST CONTINUED TO RESET LIGHT. STARTED TRACKING IT- USUALLY GOES ON WITHIN 1 MILE OF SAME PLACE ON FREEWAY, SPEEDS 45-57 MPH, 27-45 DEGREES. WAS TOLD IN NOV (?) THAT A SOFTWARE FIX WAS IN THE WORKS EXPECTED ETA JAN/FEB. MARCH 2014 STILL HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING UNTIL I READ ABOUT A "FIX" ON THE HONDA OWNERS WEBSITE. CALLED DEALER, THEY HADN'T HEARD BUT LOOKED INTO IT AND WAS TOLD BY HONDA THAT IT ONLY WORKED ON APPROX. 10% OF CARS AND WASN'T REALLY A FIX. HAVE OWNED CAR FOR OVER 6 MONTHS NOW, LIGHT CONTINUES TO GO ON AT RANDOM. WHAT'S THE POINT OF A "SAFETY FEATURE" WHEN IT ONLY CRIES "WOLF"? PRETTY DISGUSTED WITH HONDA AT THIS POINT AND WANT IT FIXED SO I CAN DUMP THE CAR. *TR

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Mar 23, 2014763 milesNC

TPMS LIGHT IS ON AGAIN FOR ABOUT THE 5TH OR 6TH TIME SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 3 WEEKS AGO. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RESET PER THE VEHICLES MANUAL, PUT CAR IN PARK, TURN ON, PUSH THE TPMS BUTTON, WILL FLASH TWICE AND THEN DRIVE FOR 30 MINUTES AT A SPEED OF BETWEEN 30 AND 60 MPH. I DID THIS AND APPARENTLY THE VEHICLE STILL DID NOT CALIBRATE. NEW CAR, TOTALLY FRUSTRATED ESPECIALLY TO SEE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. I WILL TAKE TO DEALER AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING. *TR

Wheels
Filed Mar 13, 201450 milesFL

THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE, THE TPMS (TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM) WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING A LOW TIRE PRESSURE CONDITION. I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE, AND RECALIBRATED THE SYSTEM PER THE OWNERS MANUAL (TIRE PRESSURE WAS HIGH FROM THE DEALER (@37PSI), AND WAS RESET TO THE 30PSI FACTORY SPEC). THE LIGHT ACTIVATED AGAIN WITHIN SEVERAL DAYS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY BASICALLY DID THE SAME - TIRE PRESSURE CHECK AND SYSTEM CALIBRATION. WE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE NOW FOR 6 MONTHS. AFTER EACH SYSTEM CALIBRATION AND RESET, THE LIGHT WILL AGAIN ACTIVATE ANYWHERE FROM 1 DAY TO APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS - EACH TIME THE TIRE PRESSURE HAS BEEN WITHIN THE FACTORY SPECIFICATION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ABOUT SIX TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE, WITH NO FIX. (WE WERE TOLD HONDA WILL HAVE A FIX BY FEBRUARY, 2014). . THE (DEALER) SERVICE ADVISOR MANAGER CAN'T GIVE US ANY DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THE PROBLEM, OR SOLVING THE PROBLEM. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM IS A SAFETY MANDATED FEATURE, AND THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH MOST 2014 HONDA CR-V'S. *TR

Electronic Stability Control (esc)
Filed Mar 13, 20141,399 milesMI

I STOPPED THE CAR BUT THE CAR KEPT GOING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. LATER THAT DAY, I PRESSED THE BRAKES AND HAD TO STAND UP ON THE BRAKES TRYING TO STOP THE CAR AND THE CAR KEPT MOVING. CAR IN FRONT OF ME HAD TO GET OUT OF MY WAY. THE CAR BEHIND ME HAD NO PROBLEM STOPPING. IN ADDITION TO THAT TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR CONSTANTLY COMES ON. NOT A GOOD DESIGN OR VEHICLE. WASTED MY MONEY. VEHICLE WAS RECOMMENDED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY AS BEING SAFE. I DON'T SEE IT. HELP. *TR

Electrical System
Filed Feb 26, 2014250 milesMN

HAVE OWNED MY HONDA CRV 2014 FOR 2 MONTHS AND THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT HAS COME ON 3 TIMES. DEALER DOES NOT ADMIT A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR BUT DOES NOT PERMANENTLY CORRECT THE PROBLEM EITHER. HAS HONDA ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM HERE? I SEE MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME BODY MAKE HONDA FIX THE PROBLEM!!!! *TR

Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Filed Feb 25, 20143,500 milesNY

MY HONDA CRV WAS BROKEN INTO WHILE ON VACATION IN FLORIDA. I WAS ONLY ABOUT 300 FEET AWAY FROM THE CAR BUT WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY THE ALARM. I CAME BACK TO SEE GLASS ALL OVER THE FLOOR, MY PERSONAL BELONGINGS GONE FROM THE CAR. AS A PREVIOUS OWNER OF A NEWLY PURCHASED HONDA ODYSSEY, I FELT THAT THE CAR HAD ALARM AS THE KEY HAS REMOTE LOCK AND AND UNLOCK FUNCTIONS AND THE CAR EVEN SOUNDED A FAMILIAR ARMING SOUND WHEN REMOTELY LOCKED. WHEN I WENT INTO A DEALER IN FLORIDA TO INQUIRE WHY THE ALARM DID NOT WORK, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE CAR HAD PASSIVE ALARM, WHICH MEANS THAT THE ALARM SHOULD SOUND IF THE GLASS IS BROKEN. UPON RETURNING TO NEW YORK, I WENT TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY TOLD ME THE CAR HAS NO ALARM, AND THAT THE FAMILIAR SOUND IS JUST TO INDICATE TO ME THAT ALL FOUR DOORS ARE LOCKED! AT NO TIME DURING THE SALES TRANSACTION WAS I TOLD THAT THE CAR HAS NO ALARM OR THAT I NEEDED TO PURCHASE AN ALARM. *TR

Wheels
Filed Feb 21, 20141,000 milesWA

THE TPMS LIGHT (LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING) ON NEW HONDA CR-V (2014) COMES ON WHEN DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, WHEN I CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURES, THEY ARE ALL WITHIN THE RECOMMENDED SETTINGS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE RECALIBRATED THE SYSTEM TWICE. *TR

Tires
Filed Feb 19, 2014NJ

WE BOUGHT HONDA CR-V 2014 ON OCT 31ST 2013. WITHIN (FIRST) WEEK LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON. I THOUGHT DEALERSHIP DIDN'T PERFORM PRE DELIVERY INSPECTION. SO I WENT THERE AND THEY SAYS LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT TRIGGERS DUE TO COLD WEATHER. THEY RESET IT. AFTER FEW DAYS/MILES AGAIN LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON (SECOND TIME) AND THEY SAID THIS TIME WE ARE PERFORMING DIFFERENT RESET PROCEDURE. I ASKED FOR $0.00 INVOICE AS THERE ATTEMPT TO FIX THE ISSUE. THEY SAID WE CAN'T GIVE YOU INVOICE IF WE ARE NOT CHARGING YOU. NOW I WAS LIKE IT SHOULD NOT COME ON AGAIN AS THEY PERFORMED DIFFERENT RESET PROCEDURE, BUT IT COMES ON AGAIN (THIRD TIME) AFTER 500 OR 600 MILES. THIS TIME THEY CONTACT AMERICAN HONDA AND PERFORM ANOTHER RESET PROCEDURE AND KEEP CAR WITH THEM FOR A DAY TO INSPECT. THEY ALSO ISSUED $0.00 INVOICE. NOW I THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE FINE, BUT AGAIN I WAS WRONG. IT COMES ON (FORTH TIME). NOW THEY ARE SAYING IT'S "SOFTWARE ISSUE" AND AMERICAN HONDA IS WORKING ON IT. (DEC END OR JAN FIRST WEEK) THEY ALSO SAID HONDA IS REQUESTING TIME FRAME AND IT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF JAN 2014. TODAY IS FEB 19 2014 AND ISSUE IS NOT RESOLVED YET. I TRIED FOLLOW UP MY DEALER AND HONDA MANY TIMES AND THEY ARE KEEP SAYING SAME THING, WE ARE WORKING ON IT. SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT CAR LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON MORE THAN 10 TIMES NOW AND ALL TIME I DID TIRE PRESSURE CHECK WITH SAME DEALER AND IT WAS OKAY ALL THE TIME. NOW I AM TIRED OF FOLLOWING UP WITH MY DEALER, HONDA AND KEEP WATC

Air Bags
Filed Feb 14, 2014500 milesSD

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF LIGHT ON THE 2014 CR-V IS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE SEAT IS OCCUPIED BY AN ADULT AND IT IS NOT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE SEAT IS EMPTY OR OCCUPIED BY A CHILD. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE SINCE THIS IS EXACTLY OPPOSITE OF HOW EVERY OTHER CAR IMPLEMENTS THIS. HOWEVER, THIS IS HOW IT IS WRITTEN IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS NORMAL BY MY CAR DEALER. THIS IS STUPID TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS--AN ILLUMINATED DISPLAY THAT STATES: PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF LIGHTS WHEN THE SEAT IS OCCUPIED BY AN ADULT AND THE AIR BAG IS ACTUALLY ON. AN ELDERLY OR INFIRM PERSON MIGHT SIT IN THAT SEAT AND THINK THAT THE AIRBAG IS OFF SO IT IS SAFE. A PARENT MIGHT REFUSE TO LET A CHILD SIT IN THE SEAT FOR FEAR THE AIRBAG WAS ON. THIS IS REALLY DUMB. *TR

Wheels
Filed Feb 14, 2014143 milesPA

I PURCHASED A NEW 2014 HONDA CR-V AWD EX-L WITH NAVIGATION FROM RAY PRICE IN EAST STROUDSBURG ON OCT. 12, 2013 FOR $31,000.00. TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASE HAD CAR INTO CLINTON HONDA IN ANNANDALE, NJ FOR TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT. (MILEAGE 143). CLINTON HONDA FOUND ALL TIRE PRESSURES GOOD AND RESET LIGHT. LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON ABOUT 3 TIMES WEEKLY EVEN THOUGH TIRE PRESSURES WERE GOOD. WENT TO RAY PRICE 12/28/13 (MILEAGE 5027) AND EXPLAINED SITUATION. RAY PRICE RAN CODES, WHICH ALL CAME UP CLEAR AND THEY RESET THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT AGAIN. NEXT DAY, THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. 1/4/14 BACK TO RAY PRICE, TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT ON AGAIN. RAN CODES AGAIN AND CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE AGAIN, BOTH WERE GOOD. THE TECH SAID IT MUST BE A RF SIGNAL AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA 1/30/14 AND 1/31/14 ABOUT ISSUE. AMERICAN HONDA STATED THAT THEY ARE AWAITING A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THIS ISSUE. SOFTWARE UPDATE SHOULD BE RELEASED BY END OF FEBRUARY, BUT NO GUARANTEES. THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON CLOSE TO 90% OF THE TIME SINCE WE HAVE OWNED THE CAR. ONCE THE LIGHT COMES ON IT NEEDS TO BE RESET BECAUSE IT WILL NOT GO OUT ON ITS OWN. HAVING THE TIRE PRESSURE COMING ON FALSELY CONSTANTLY IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. RAY PRICE CONTACTED ME ON 2/12/14 STATING THAT THE SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS AVAILABLE AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE CAR IN ON 2/14/14. AFTER RECEIVING THE CAR FROM THE APPOINTMENT I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE AND THE TIRES WERE OVERINFLATED BY THE DEA

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Feb 12, 201460 milesTX

THE TPMS ICON (LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING) ON NEW HONDA CR-V (2014) COMES ON ABOUT EVERY 30-50 MILES EVEN THOUGH, WHEN I CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURES, THEY ARE ALL WITHIN 0.5 PSI OF THE RECOMMENDED (30 PSI) SETTINGS. IN SHORT, THE TPMS IS GIVING FALSE WARNINGS THUS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RELY ON. OTHER HONDA CRV OWNERS, HAVING THE SAME FLAW, HAVE GIVEN UP ON THE WARNING AS HAD TIRE BLOWOUTS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND HE SIMPLY RESETS THE TPMS WARNING ICON ---- AND, AS SOON AS I DRIVE 30 MILES OR SO THE IDIOT LIGHT COMES ON. THE PURPOSE OF MANDATING THE TPMS WARNING WAS TO SAVE LIVES BUT, IF THE ICON PROVIDES FALSE WARNINGS THEY WILL BE IGNORED AND BLOWOUTS CAN HAPPEN. THIS DEFECTIVE TPMS CAN RESULT IN INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS. YET HONDA WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

Wheels
Filed Feb 5, 2014700 milesNC

TPMS LIGHT ILLUMINATES APPROXIMATELY EVERY 700 MILES. TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE NORMAL EACH TIME. CAR HAS 3400 MILES NOW AND LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED 4 TIMES AND EACH TIME TIRE PRESSURE WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL. THE LAST TWO OCCURRENCES WERE ON WET ROAD SURFACES WITH PUDDLING (MAY BE A FACTOR?). *TR

Wheels
Filed Feb 5, 20142,000 milesMI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT ALL FOUR WHEELS NEEDED TO BE BALANCED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MECHANIC THEN PERFORMED A DYNAMIC BALANCE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Feb 4, 2014100 milesCA

OUR TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE WE PURCHASED (SEPT 2013) THE VEHICLE. IT CAME ON AS WE LEFT THE DEALER SHIP. WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE HONDA DEALERSHIPS SERVICE DEPT 3 TIMES IN OAKLAND AND EACH TIME THEY RESET IT AND TELL US "HONDA IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE" AND IT IS A "SOFTWARE ISSUE" THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED. WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD GET A RECALL NOTICE AFTER THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR (2014). HONDA IS NOT DISCLOSING THE SAFETY ISSUE OF A PRODUCT THEY HAVE LABELED AS A SAFETY FEATURE. THE INTERNET SHOWS PAGES OF THE SAME ISSUE AND COMPLAINT. HONDA NEEDS TO MAKE THIS A HIGHER PRIORITY OR LAW SUITS WILL BE NEXT. WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING STILL, NOT FEELING SO SAFE. *TR

Wheels
Filed Feb 3, 2014850 milesAK

I BOUGHT MY 2014 HONDA CR-V DIRECTLY FROM CONTINENTAL GROUP ANCHORAGE ALASKA, AROUND NOVEMBER 2013, THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR, ON JANUARY 2014 THE TIRE LOW PRESSURE LIGHT WENT ON I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER THEY NEEDED TO ADJUST THE PRESSURE AND NOTHING IS WRONG, AROUND 2 WEEKS LATER THE LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AGAIN THEY SAID THE PRESSURE WAS NORMAL AND WHEN I INSISTED THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG THEY SAID THERE IS A MANUFACTURE ISSUE AND HONDA IS AWARE OF THAT, I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE, WHY AS A CUSTOMER I WEREN'T INFORMED ABOUT THAT FROM THE BEGINNING , ALSO CAN'T JUST IGNORE THE LIGHT HOW TO KNOW IF THERE WERE REALLY AN ISSUE WITH THE TIRES, I THINK THIS IS REALLY MISLEADING AND FRUSTRATING FOR A CUSTOMER WHO DECIDED TO GO AND BUY A NEW CAR AND A BRAND SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST CARS AVAILABLE. *TR

Electrical System
Filed Feb 2, 2014CA

I PURCHASED THE CAR IN NOVEMBER, 2013. SINCE DECEMBER, WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE LOW PRESSURE SENSOR LIGHT FOR THE TIRES KEEPS COMING ON (THE SENSOR HAS COME ON OVER TEN TIMES). THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED ON THREE DIFFERENT TRIPS BETWEEN SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IT SEEMS TO COME ON ABOUT EVERY 200 MILES. I HAVE GOTTEN OFF THE FREEWAY AND HAD THE TIRES CHECKED AND THEY ARE ALL OK. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND THEY TELL ME THAT HONDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I PURCHASED A HONDA FOR ITS SAFETY RATING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER TO "IGNORE THE SENSOR LIGHT" UNTIL THEY GET THIS FIXED. WHAT IF THE TIRE PRESSURE REALLY IS LOW? HONDA NEEDS TO MAKE THE FIX FOR THIS SITUATION A PRIORITY!!! *TR

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Jan 30, 201438 milesNY

I BOUGHT MY NEW 2014 HONDA CRV DIRECT FROM DEALER. AFTER THREE DAYS I BROUGHT BACK THE CRV BECAUSE THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WENT ON. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO DEALER AND SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER.. THEY RESET THE GUIDE. OK FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS, THEN IT WENT BACK ON AGAIN. I BROUGHT IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THAT HONDA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON A FIX... THAT WAS BACK IN DECEMBER!!! THIS IS A BRAND NEW 2014!!! I ASKED THE SERVICE MAN TO WRITE THAT DOWN FOR ME, SO I HAVE IT ON RECORD. AS OF TODAY, JANUARY 30TH, MY LIGHT REMAINS ON. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, THAT I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND WAS STUCK ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT...BECAUSE I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE TIRE LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD!!!!!!! I WANT THIS FIXED! I THOUGHT I WAS BUYING A SAFE RELIABLE CAR ..HONDA HAS A GOOD REPUTATION, ... SOMEONE DROPPED THE BALL, AND THE AMERICAN CONSUMER IS PAYING THE PRICE!!! PLS... PLS FIX THIS PROBLEM. MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A TERRIBLE THING, BUT I DIDN'T PAY $30,000 FOR A SLIGHT MISTAKE. *TR

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Jan 28, 2014600 milesTX

LOW PRESSURE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON EVERY 300-600 MILES EVEN THOUGH TIRE PRESSURE IS FINE LIGHT CAME ON AT FOLLOWING INTERVALS 600 MILES , ABOUT 11/1/13, TOOK TO DEALER, ALL TIRE PRESSURE OK (OVER 30 PSI, USUALLY 32 PSI) 1200 MILES, ABOUT 11/15/13, TOOK TO DEALER, ALL TIRE PRESSURE OK 1800 MILES, ON 12/12/13, TOOK TO DISCOUNT TIRE, ALL TIRE PRESSURE OK 2657 MILES 12/28/13, TOOK TO DISCOUNT TIRE, ALL TIRE PRESSURE OK 3403 MILES 1/16/14,TOOK TO DISCOUNT TIRE, ALL TIRE PRESSURE OK 4021 MILES 1/27/14, MANUALLY CHECKED TIRES, ALL PRESSURE OVER 30 PSI EVENTUALLY PEOPLE WILL SIMPLY START IGNORING THIS LIGHT. CONTACTED HONDA WITHOUT RESOLUTION, "THEY STATE THAT THEY ARE WORKING THE ISSUE", CLOSED MY CASE. COMMON ISSUE AMONG 2014 CR-V OWNERS IF ONE CHECKS FORUMS. *TR

Engine
Filed Jan 23, 20147,500 milesOH

I BOUGHT AT 2014 CRV END OF SEPT/OCT OF 2013. UPON THE FIRST SNOW FALL I DROVE THE VEHICLE AND HAD IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS. THE CAR WAS NOT GETTING ANY TRACTION, IT WAS SLIDING AROUND GOING DOWN HILLS AND UPON TRYING TO DRIVE UP HILLS IT WOULD STOP WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO GO UP. IT WOULD STOP AND WHEELS WOULD SPIN, THE REAR END SPUN TO THE SIDE AND I COULD NOT GET ANYWHERE. THE AMBER AWD LIGHTS CAME ON AND FLASHED, COMBINATION OF BOTH SCENARIOS. I FINALLY GOT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AS THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAS BEEN DEEMED DEFECTIVE (OVERHEATING ISSUE TO POINT OF ALMOST GLOWING AND FLUID OVERHEATED). THE OTHER PROBLEM I HAVE HAD IS THAT IF THE CAR WAS PUT INTO 1ST OR 2ND GEAR TO AID SLOWING DOWN ON A HILL, EVEN FROM A STOPPED POSITION, IT WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CAR SPED UP GOING DOWN THE HILL IN FIRST GEAR TO APPROXIMATELY 40MPH EVEN WITH THE BRAKE ON, WHICH WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE ENGAGING AND NOT EVEN TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CAR BEHAVED THE SAME EVEN IF ON FLAT GROUND THAT HAD EVEN A DUSTING OF SNOW OR EVEN A LITTLE GRAVEL. THE DEALERSHIP GAVE ME A COURTESY 2014 SAME YEAR AS MINE, IT DROVE MUCH BETTER AND MUCH SAFER THAN MINE PERFORMED AFTER THE FIRST 2 DAYS. I FEEL THE CAR HAS MORE ISSUES THAN JUST THE DIFFERENTIAL AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AS THE LAST 1-2 WEEKS THE CAR HAS HAD NO CONTROL IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN DRY ROADS. IT HAS ALMOST WRECKED MORE THAN ONCE DUE TO THESE ISSUES. THIS VEHICLE IS 3.5 MONTHS OLD AND HAD UNDER

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Jan 14, 20143,000 milesCA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TPMS WAS CAUSING THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE RECURRINGLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE TPMS BUT DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Jan 14, 201475 milesNY

THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSOR IS CONSTANTLY APPEARING ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CAR HAS LESS THEN 1,000 MILES AND THE DASHBOARD TPMS HAS COME ON OVER A DOZEN TIMES. I HAVE HAD THE CAR TIRES CHECKED FIVE TIMES AND THE PRESSURE IS FINE. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TPMS SYSTEM. I HAVE CALLED HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A CASE MANAGER THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG AND THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON A SOFTWARE FIX. NO TIME FOR THIS FIX HAS BEEN ADVERTISED. IT IS VERY DISCONCERTING TO BE DRIVING WITH THIS LIGHT ON AND NOT KNOWING WHETHER IT'S A TRUE TIRE PRESSURE ISSUE. I HOPE THAT THIS IS RESOLVED QUICKLY. *TR

Steering
Filed Dec 30, 2013200 milesIA

ACCELERATING UP TO TRAVEL SPEED ON A HIGHWAY THE WHEELS START SHIMMING WE COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR. TALKING TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THAT THEY WHERE AWARE OF THIS AND THAT SNOW & ICE CAN PACK INTO THE RIMS CAUSING THE WHEELS TO BE UNBALANCED. I AM 70 YEARS OLD AND DO NOT THINK ITS SAFE FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY TO CLEAN THE WHEELS. *TR

Wheels
Filed Dec 29, 2013239 milesIL

2014 HONDA CRV WAS DELIVERED WITH 233 MILES ON ODOMETER. WITHIN 6 MILES OF LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING (TPM) LIGHT HAD COME ON INDICATING ONE OR MORE OF THE TIRES WAS LOW ON AIR. OUR SALESPERSON HAD ALREADY WARNED US ABOUT THIS DURING THE WALK THROUGH AT THE DEALERSHIP TELLING US THERE IS NO NEED FOR US TO PULL OVER BECAUSE MORE THAN LIKELY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. BEING AN INFORMED CONSUMER WE WERE ALREADY AWARE THAT HONDA HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THEIR TPM SYSTEM ON THE 2014 MODEL. IT SIMPLE DOES NOT WORK. IT CRIES WOLF AND CAN NOT BE TRUSTED. AFTER RESETTING THE LIGHT IT WILL CONTINUALLY RETURN AND HAVE TO BE RESET WITHIN 50 MILES OR LESS OF IN TOWN DRIVING. ALTERNATELY WE RESET IT BEFORE A 240 MILES ROUND TRIP HWY DRIVE AND THE TPM LIGHT DID NOT COME ON DURING THE ENTIRE HWY TRIP. THE PURPOSE OF THE GOVERNMENT MANDATING TPM IN ALL NEW CARS WAS TWO FOLD. FIRST FOR FUEL ECONOMY, SECOND FOR SAFETY. SINCE THE TPM LIGHT PROVIDES FALSE ALARMS EVERY WEEK, IT DOES NOT ACCOMPLISH EITHER GOAL. WE HAVE HAD NO FORMAL RESPONSE FROM HONDA ACKNOWLEDGING THERE IS A PROBLEM OR THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON A FIX. THERE IS A FORUM WITH 200 POSTS ON THE 2014 PROBLEMS AT THIS DIRECT ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.CRVOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS/14-PROBLEMS-ISSUES/27802-2014-TPM-PROBLEMS.HTML. *TR

Electrical System
Filed Dec 24, 2013300 milesTX

THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. TOOK CAR TO DEALER WHO CHECKED TIRES AND DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM. DEALER RESET/RECALIBRATED TPMS BY PRESSING BUTTON. DROVE CAR FOR ANOTHER 300 MILES AND TPMS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. PERSONALLY CHECKED PRESSURE IN ALL TIRES WITH A MANUAL TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE. ALL FOUR TIRE PRESSURES WERE WITHIN SPEC AT 33 PSI. I RESET/RECALIBRATED THE TPMS BY PRESSING BUTTON. READ ON THE INTERNET THAT OTHER 2014 HONDA CR-V OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HONDA DOES NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE TPMS WARNING CAN NOT BE RELIED ON BECAUSE IT GIVES FALSE INDICATIONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TPMS ON THE 2014 HONDA CR-V IS AN INDIRECT SYSTEM. THERE ARE NO ACTUAL PRESSURE SENSORS. IT USES THE WHEEL SPEED/ROTATION SENSORS TO DETERMINE WHEN THERE IS A TIRE PRESSURE PROBLEM. THE COMPUTER INDICATES A PROBLEM BASED ON DIFFERENT SPEEDS/ROTATION OF THE WHEELS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE SENSORS ARE THE PROBLEM OR IF IT IS THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE. *TR

Wheels
Filed Dec 10, 201310 milesNJ

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE AS WARNING LIGHT STAYS LIT CONSTANTLY. WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY UPON DRIVE HOME FROM DEALER WITH BRAND NEW CAR. NO ADJUSTMENTS OR RE-SETTING WILL PREVENT LIGHT FROM GOING ON. RETURNED TO DEALER TWICE (DCH HONDA OLD BRIDGE NJ) TO NO AVAIL. NOTIFIED BY SERVICE MANAGER--[XXX] THAT HONDA ENGINEERING WAS CONTACTED BUT THEY HAD NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. AMERICAN HONDA WAS CONTACTED BUT WAS ALSO OF NO HELP. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY YOUNG DAUGHTER WHO IS NOW DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE. CAN YOU HELP? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Nov 26, 20132,500 milesGA

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CAUSES VISIBILITY PROBLEMS WHEN IT COMES BACK TO THE CENTER. THE RAIN WAS MILD TO MODERATE AND THE WIPER PUSHED THE WATER TO THE SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD, AS EXPECTED, THEN AT IT RETURNED TO THE CENTER, IT PULLED WATER BACK OVER THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD SO THAT I COULD NOT SEE. IS THERE A RECALL FOR THE WIPER SYSTEM? *TR

Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Filed Nov 15, 2013350 milesNY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TIRE SENSOR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACTED CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE FOR ALL FOUR TIRES, OF WHICH WERE FOUND TO BE AT THE RECOMMENDED PRESSURE READING. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 350. UPDATED 12-13-13 *BF UPDATED 12/18/13*CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE RESOLVED THE ISSUE HIMSELF. UPDATED 12/18/13

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 6, 20131,500 milesMI

I BOUGHT A NEW HONDA CRV 2014 MODEL ON 10/04/2013. ON 10/24/2013, I WORE FLIP FLOPS WHILE GOING TO PICK UP MY SON FROM THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS 5 MILES AWAY FROM MY HOME. MY LEG GOT STUCK AND I COULDN'T MOVE MY LEG FROM GAS PEDAL TO APPLY BRAKES, AS I ENTERED THE SCHOOL PREMISES. CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE AS MY FLIP FLOP GOT STUCK IN THE GROOVE BETWEEN PLASTIC AND METAL TRIM NEXT TO THE GAS PEDAL. I SWERVE OF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE TO AVOID COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I THINK THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE WAY THE TRIM IS DESIGNED IN HONDA CRV 2014 MODELS. IF SOMEONE WEARING A FLIP FLOP?S WHILE DRIVING, IT CAN GET STUCK IN THE TRIM AND CAUSE FATAL ACCIDENTS. I DIDN?T SEE THIS ISSUE IN OLDER MODEL YEARS OF CRV. MY FAMILY IS TRAUMATIZED BY THE ACCIDENT AND VERY SCARED TO SIT OR TRAVEL IN THE CAR. I WAS FORTUNATE TO COME OUT OF IT WITHOUT ANY MAJOR INJURIES BUT THIS MAY NOT BE THE CASE FOR OTHERS. *TR

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