2018 Honda CR-V complaints

THE ENGINE OIL HAS A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL AND GETS DIRTY SOON AFTER AN OIL CHANGE.

FUEL IN THE OIL, SLOW WARMUP AND STALLING

THIS CAR HAS SUFFERED FROM OIL DILUTION WITH GASOLINE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED IN AUGUST 2018. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER WHO CHANGED THE OIL AT MY EXPENSE AND CLAIMED THAT INCREASING OIL IN THE CRANKCASE IS NORMAL AND SHOULD BE EXPECTED. THE OIL LEVEL INCREASES ABOUT 1 QUART FOR EVERY 2000 MILES DRIVEN AND THE OIL SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS AT ALL AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING IN SHORT TRIPS OR EXTENDED HIGHWAY DRIVES.

SEVERE OIL DILUTION IN 1.5L TURBO ENGINE. LIVE/ DRIVE IN WARM CLIMATE (NEW ORLEANS). LEVEL ON DIPSTICK CONTINUALLY CLIMBS UPWARD TO GREATER THAN 21MM ABOVE FULL MARK WHICH TRANSLATES TO 24.7% DILUTION. WE DO NOT DRIVE SHORT TRIPS...ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS UP TO NORMAL WITHIN 3 BLOCKS FROM OUR HOUSE AND ABOUT 3 MINUTES AFTER STARTUP. WE DRIVE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS

JUST PURCHASED A 2018 HONDA TOURING CRV WITH 300 MILES THAT I PURCHASE AND THERE'S ONLY THREE DAYS OLD THE VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS ACCELERATING AND HAS LOUD KNOCKING NOISES FROM THE ENGINE. MY OIL LOOKS TO BE OVER FILLED AND I AM SMELLING GASOLINE I BELIEVE ON THE OIL CAP. THE NOISE HAS GOTTEN MORE LOUDER OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS THAT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE FEELING OF LOSS POWER WHEN I AM DRIVING.

WHILE DRIVING BACK HOME FROM WORK SUDDENLY MY CRV STOPPED ABRUPTLY AND NO CAT, DOG OR OTHER OBJECT WAS IN THE WAY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, IF A CAR WOULD OF BEEN NEAR IN THE BACK IT WOULD OF CRASHED MY CAR BECAUSE OF THIS SUDDENLY STOP. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT ANYMORE.

GASOLINE FUMES ARE IN THE CABIN WHILE DRIVING. OIL LEVEL WHEN MEASURED ON THE DIPSTICK IS OVERFILLED AND SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE. THE CABIN TAKES A VERY LONG TIME TO HEAT UP ON A COLD DAY.

AFTER HAVING A MANDATORY UPDATE DONE BY HONDA JANUARY 3 2019 I NO LONGER HAVE HEAT IN MY VEHICLE WHEN ITS BELOW FREEZING. MY WINDOWS CANNOT STAY DEFROSTED OR SAFE TO SEE OUT OF. I HAVE TO KEEP PULLING OVER TO SCRAPE WINDOWS DURING STORMS. ALSO FEBRUARY 14 I NOTICED MY ENGINE RAPPING BADLY. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE HONDA DEALER. MY ENGINE OIL WAS 1 INCH OVER THE HIGH FILL LINE. HONDA CORPORATE TOLD THE DEALERSHIP TO TELL ME THAT IT'S 100% NORMAL AND FINE, AND OIL DILUTION IS NORMAL AND FINE. MY ENGINE IS RAPPING BADLY, I HAVE HAD COWORKERS WHO ARE ASE CERTIFIED LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND THEY SAID THAT'S ENGINE DAMAGE AND THE ENGINE WILL FAIL AND PROBABLY SOON. MY OIL WAS LAST CHANGED 1600 MILES AGO, AND IN THAT TIME IT GOT 1 INCH OVER FILLED, GASOLINE IS IN MY OIL NOW. HONDA DENIES THE HEAT AND THE OIL DILUTION. YOU MUST INTERVENE AND HELP HONDA CRV CUSTOMERS! THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF U S EXPERIENCING THIS AND HONDA REFUSES TO HELP!! PLEASE HELP! I HAVE A VIDEO OF MY ENGINE RAPPING, COMPARED IT TO OTHER HONDA CRV'S AND MINE IS DEFINITELY GOT SOMETHING WRONG!

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ODOR OF GASOLINE IS PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE FROM TIME TO TIME. UPON CHECKING THE OIL LEVEL THERE IS GASOLINE IN THE OIL. IT IS DARK MILKY LOOKING THAT SMELLS OF GASOLINE, AND AFTER TOUCHING IT WITH YOUR FINGER CLEARLY YOUR FINGER SMELLS OF GASOLINE AS WELL.

OIL DILUTION IN 1.5 L TURBO ENGINE. STRONG SMELL OF FUEL OUTSIDE VEHICLE. ONLY HAVE <9000 MILES AND HAVE HAD TO CHANGE OIL 3 TIMES AS LEVEL GOES UP ANS SMELLS OF GAS. CURRENTLY HAVE 300 MILES ON THIS OIL CHANGE AND CAN ALREADY SEE LEVEL RISING. ALL DRIVING IS 20 PLUS MILE TRIPS.

CAR TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NOT HEATING UP PROPERLY. IN COLD WEATHER WHEN IDELING WOULD NOT MOVE FROM COLD POSITION, THEREFORE PRODUCE NO HEAT. WHEN DRIVING IT AT 35MILES AN HOUR GAUGE WOULD GO UP SOME ,AND WHEN SLOWING TO 25 MILES GAUGE WOULD DROP BACK DOWN TO COLD, WITH NO HEAT. CAR WOULD ALSO STALL AFTER IT WAS STARTED AND LEFT IN PARK WHEN I WOULD GET IN TO PUT IT IN DRIVE. THIS WOULD ALL HAPPEN DURING COLD WEATHER. HONDA DID THE RECALL BECAUSE THEY FOUND THE GAS AND OIL MIXTURE PROBLEM. DID AN OIL CHANGE AND DID THE RECALL UPDATE ON CONTROL PANEL AND SOFTWARE.GOT THE CAR BACK AND IT IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DROPPING DOWN TO COLD AND LOSS OF HEAT,WHEN DRIVING SHORT TRIPS. HONDA SAID THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT.

SUNROOF SUDDENLY EXPLODED BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. IT SHATTERED IN 1000S OF PIECES WITH A LOUD, POWERFUL EXPLOSION. BITS OF SHATTERED GLASS PUT SCRATCHES ON THE ROOF. CAR HAS ONLY 4000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE CONTACT CHECKED THE DIPSTICK AND NOTICED FUEL IN THE ENGINE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TEAM HONDA (LOCATED AT 4613 E LINCOLN HWY, MERRILLVILLE, IN 46410, (219) 947-3900) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION NUMBER: APAS12142018901 (EQUIPMENT, ENGINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

THE ENGINE OIL IS BEING DILUTED WITH GASOLINE DUE TO A FAULTY ENGINE DESIGN BY HONDA. WE FIRST NOTICED A STRONG GAS ODOR IN THE CABIN IN OCTOBER 2018. WE BOUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER IN NOV 2018, THEY NOTED THE PROBLEM AND DID AN OIL CHANGE. HONDA RELEASED TSB 18-114 IN DEC 2018 TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I BROUGHT MY CR-V TO THE DEALER ON 01/03/2019 AND THEY APPLIED THE FIX PER TSB 18-114. HOWEVER 3 WEEKS LATER, I NOTICED GASOLINE STILL DILUTING THE ENGINE OIL. I BOUGHT THE CAR BACK AND THEY DID AN OIL CHANGE ON 01/30/2019 (FOR FREE) AND ADVISED TO COME BACK IN 1,000 MILES TO CHECK THE OIL AGAIN. I AM AFRAID HONDA HAS NO REAL FIX FOR THIS ISSUE AND THIS CONSTANT DILUTION WITH LEAD TO LONG TERM ENGINE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE OTHER SIDE EFFECTS LIKE STALLING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP FOR THE BODY REPAIRS. THE CONTACT CALLED LUNDGREN HONDA OF AUBURN AT (844) 224-8641 (LOCATED AT 163 WASHINGTON ST, AUBURN, MA 01501) AND WAS INFORMED TO SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT AFTER THE BODY REPAIR WAS COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KEN VANCE HONDA (LOCATED AT 2802 LORCH AVE, EAU CLAIRE, WI 54701, (715) 318-1641) FOR A SOFTWARE UPDATE, ABUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

SMELLED GASOLINE INSIDE CAR ON COLD DAY; SMELLED GASOLINE ON OIL DIPSTICK; OIL LEVEL ABOVE NORMAL; DEALER CHANGED OIL; HAPPENED LESS THAN 400 MILES LATER; NOTICED WHILE DRIVING (OUTSIDE TEMP 20 DEGREES F)

PURCHASED VEHICLE NOV 9, 2018. FROM 50-450 MILES, HAD VERY POOR AVG MPG (AVG 12-16 MPG COMBINED). ON JAN 1, WITH UNDER 450 MILES ON CAR, AND WITHIN THE FIRST 1.5 MILES OF DRIVING (DRIVING ON A SLIGHT INCLINE), COMPUTER MPG INDICATOR BECAME ERRATIC/BLINKING FOR ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES (INDICATED FROM 2 - 80 MPG AND OCCASIONALLY APPEARED AS -------) THEN RETURNED TO HIGHER THAN USUAL NUMBER. JAN 2, STARTED CAR, VERY STRONG SMELL OF RAW GAS INSIDE CABIN (HAD TO OPEN WINDOWS) FOR ABOUT 3-4 MINUTES - REPORTED TO/MADE APPT WITH DEALER. JAN 3, BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR APPT, TOLD NO ODOR CURRENTLY DETECTED BY SERVICE MANAGER IN CABIN, NOTHING THEY COULD DO AND DID NOT TAKE CAR OR PROVIDE REPAIR ORDER NUMBER. AT 594, (FEB 5) RETURNED TO DEALER WITH STRONG SMELL OF RAW GAS IN OIL (ON DIPSTICK AND OVER ENGINE WITH HOOD UP). OIL ON DIPSTICK APPEARED RUNNY. DEALER CONFIRMED GAS IN OIL, AMERICAN HONDA INSTRUCTED DEALER THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM AND NOT TO CHANGE OIL. DEALER CHANGED OIL AS A COURTESY TO ME. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS RAW GAS ODOR (IF INVOLVED IN MINOR ACCIDENT, WILL VEHICLE EXPLODE) AND DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ONGOING DAMAGE TO ENGINE, POWERTRAIN ETC. RAW GAS IN CABIN (EVEN IF SPORADIC) AND OIL IS NOT NORMAL. AMERICAN HONDA HAS NOT YET RETURNED MY CALLS BUT HAS ASSIGNED A CASE NUMBER.

THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 2018. AFTER ABOUT 2 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE "FULL" MARK ON THE DIPSTICK. CHECKED ON-LINE AND LEARNED THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAD MADE THE SAME OBSERVATION, NOTING A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE IN THE OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT 1.5 LITER TURBO ENGINES ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. DEALER CHANGED OIL AND FILTER AT NO CHARGE. PROBLEM PERSISTED, WITH 3 MORE OIL CHANGES AT NO COST OVER NEXT 4 MONTHS DUE TO GASOLINE DILUTION OF OIL AND CONSEQUENT OVERFILL OF CRANKCASE AS READ ON THE DIPSTICK. HONDA DEALERSHIP CARRIED OUT A HONDA PRODUCT UPDATE ON THIS VEHICLE REFERENCED AS "1245A2 PRODUCT UPDATE CAMPAIGN" THAT INVOLVED A SOFTWARE UPDATE IN WHICH THE PCM AND TCM WERE PROGRAMMED AND THE A/C CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. OIL LEVELS SEEMED NORMAL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, BUT ONCE AGAIN WERE WELL OVER THE FULL MARK AND HAD A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR ON FEBRUARY 11, 2019. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE PROBLEM CHECKED AND WAS INFORMED THAT HONDA NOW STATES THAT THIS CONDITION IS "NORMAL" FOR THIS VEHICLE AND THAT OIL CHANGES FOR OVERFILLED OIL CONDITION WILL NO LONGER BE DONE AT NO CHARGE. I SCHEDULED AN OIL CHANGE AND WILL HAVE THIS DONE IN ONE WEEK. CAR HAS 12,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH 2017 AND 2018 HONDA CRV'S WITH THE 1.5 LITER TURBO ENGINE. HONDA NEEDS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM OR OFFER A REFUND ON THE VEHICLE. THE POTENTIAL

GAS AND OIL SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. GAS IS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE OIL CAUSING OVERFILL LEVEL. OIL LEAK ON FLOOR OF GARAGE. FEAR GAS IN OIL WILL CAUSE PREMATURE WEAR OF ENGINE. JUST FOUND THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY HONDA IN 2017 AND 2018 MODELS BUT STILL SOLD ME THE CAR. TAKING CAR IN. BOUGHT NEW HAS 2100 MILES NOW.

VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR OIL DILUTION ISSUE AND ENGINE NOT WARMING UP PROPERLY AND GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE. HONDA REPAIRED ON 1/11/19. RECALL REPAIR DID NOT WORK. TOOK IT BACK ON 1/16/19. STILL DOES NOT WORK. I STARTED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AND LEFT IT RUN FOR 35 MINUTES WITH HEATER ON HIGH AND FAN ON HIGH STILL BLOWING ICE COLD AIR TEMP GAUGE DID NOT MOVE AT ALL. STILL SMELL GAS IN VEHICLE ENGINE OIL IS OVERFILLED ABOUT 3/8 INCH ABOVE FULL ON DIP STICK. ANOTHER APPOINTMENT ON 2/12/19 TO TRY AND FIX FOR THIRD TIME. SATURDAY MORNING 2/9/19 AT 7:10 IN MORNING ON WAY HOME FROM WORK 23 DEGREES OUT I HAD TO PUT THE WINDOWS DOWN BECAUSE GAS SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE WAS MAKING ME SICK. SUNDAY MORNING AT 7:10 ON WAY HOME FROM WORK 17 DEGREES OUTSIDE STARTED VEHICLE UP AT 6:50 7:05 I GOT IN VEHICLE STILL ICE COLD CLEANED FROST AND ICE OFF VEHICLE AS BEST I COULD. VEHICLE WILL NOT WARM UP UNLESS IT IS DRIVEN!!! STARTED DRIVING HOME AND WINDSHIELD IS SOLID ICE NO SENSE IN STOPPING BECAUSE WILL NOT HEAT UP UNLESS VEHICLE IS MOVING. THESE VEHICLES ARE ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN. HONDA IS AWARE OF ALL THESE ISSUES BUT DOES NOTHING. I GUESS NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY THEIR FAULTY VEHICLES YET AND NOT ENOUGH LAWSUITS. EVERYONE OF THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED AND BANNED FROM THE ROAD UNTIL REPAIRED. I ASKED JONES HONDA OF LANCASTER PA WHERE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR A LOANER CAR UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED AND THEY SAID NO THEY DO NOT GIVE OUT LOANER CARS BUT WILL RENT ME ONE. I PAID ABO

FUEL GETTING INTO ENGINE OIL

MY CAR WAS IN PARK. THE PLASTIC TRIM PIECE THAT HOUSES THE CONTROLS FOR THE SEAT, ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, HAS A TRIM PIECE THAT CURVES AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE SEAT ABOUT 4-5". THIS TRIM PIECE CAUGHT MY PANT LEG ON MY EXIT FROM THE CAR AND I FELL OUT OF THE CAR ONTO THE GROUND. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS DEC. 21ST 2018, MY BODY WAS SORE FOR 2 DAYS. I CALLED HONDA AND THEY HAD ME GO TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND HAVE THE TRIM PIECE REPLACED. 2 TIMES NOW THIS TRIM PIECE HAS CAUGHT MY PANT LEG ON MY EXIT FROM THE CAR AND I HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THE CAR ON TO THE GROUND. THE SECOND TIME THE TRIM PIECE CAUGHT MY PANT LEG WAS ON JANUARY 23RD. 2019 AND I FELL OUT OF THE CAR ON TO THE GROUND, WRENCHING MY LEFT SHOULDER, LEFT HIP AND SKINNING MY LEFT KNEE. I HAVE CALLED HONDA BOTH TIMES AND MADE A REPORT. I DO HAVE A CASE #, BUT THEY ARE CLOSED TODAY SO I WILL GET THE CASE # ON MONDAY.. I AM SENDING 4 PICTURES THE FIRST 3 ARE DRIVER SIDE TRIM PIECE THAT IS STICKING OUT AND THE LAST ONE IS PASSENGER SIDE TRIM PIECE THAT IS NICE AND TUCKED IN. BIG DIFFERENCE!!

MY 2018 HONDA CRV HAS THE OIL DILUTION ISSUE AT MY FIRST OIL CHANGE I ASKED THE SERVICE ADVISER WHY MY OIL LEVEL WAS OVER THE TOP OF THE DIP STICK BY ABOUT 3/4 AN INCH AND THE OIL SMELLED LIKE GAS AND I ALSO ASKED HIM WHY I SMELLED IT IN THE CABIN. HE SAID ANYTHING WAS WRONG IT WAS NORMAL. I CHECKED THE OIL EVERY 1000 MILES AND IT WOULD GO UP 1/8 INCH EVERY 1000 MILES. I TOOK THE CRV BACK THE DEALER BECAUSE THE HEATER WOULD NOT GET WARM AT ALL AT IDLE AND THE SMELL OF GAS WAS TERRIBLE MY GARAGE EVEN HAD A STRONG SMELL OF GAS.THE DEALER TOLD ME I DEFINITELY HAD GAS IN THE OIL AND THE HEATER PROBLEM WAS PART OF THE GAS IN THE OIL ISSUE AND AT THIS TIME HONDA HAD NO FIX FOR THE ISSUE. THEY DID A OIL CHANGE AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD CONTACT ME IF HONDA CAME UP WITH A FIX. IT'S NOW 4 DAYS AFTER THE OIL CHANGE AND THE OIL IS ALREADY OVER THE DIP STICK. I OPENED A CASE WITH HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND AFTER TALKING TO THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE I FINALLY TALK TO A CASE MANAGER AND HE TOLD ME GAS IN THE OIL WAS NORMAL AND TO TAKE THE CRV BACK TO THE DEALER IF THE HEATER WAS NOT WORKING. HE IS PROTECTING HONDA BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HUGH ISSUE. I DID NOT GET THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME. PLEASE HELP HONDA DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS IN THE USA LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID IN CANADA AND CHINA FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THANK YOU!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SMART HONDA DES MOINES (11206 HICKMAN RD, DES MOINES, IA 50325, (515) 253-3040) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE SOFTWARE WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

PURCHASED JANUARY 2018. NOTICED OCCASIONAL GASOLINE SMELL, ENGINE SLOW TO WARM UP AND OIL LEVEL RISING WAY ABOVE MAXIMUM. OIL TESTING SHOWED OVER 7.5% GASOLINE IN CRANKCASE. REPORTED TO DEALER, WHO DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEM. REPORTED TO HONDA OF AMERICA AND WAS IGNORED. I UNDERSTAND A FIX IS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE IN NORTHERN TIER OF STATES. I LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF, AZ AT 7,000 FEET ELEVATION. TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO NORTHERN STATES.

HAD AN OIL CHANGE AT A GREASE MONKEY. THEY NOTED THAT THE OIL STICK INDICATED THAT IT WAS ABOVE FULL AND SMELLED OF GAS. WHEN DRAINING THE OIL, THEY SMELLED A STRONG SMELL OF GAS AS WELL. OIL AND GAS ARE MIXING IN THE ENGINE WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY HONDA FOR THE 1.5L TURBO ENGINE WHICH IS IN MY CAR. I AM CONCERNED THAT THAT GAS AND OIL MIX WILL CAUSE ISSUES RELATED TO THE ENGINE AND MAY CAUSE PREMATURE FAILURE.

WE PURCHASED OUR 2018 HONDA CRV IN AUGUST OF 2018 AND SOON AFTER FOUND OUT SHORTLY AFTER THAT THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH GAS GETTING INTO THE OIL IN THE 1.5 L MODELS IN THE YEARS 2017 AND 2018. WHEN I CHECKED THE OIL SOON AFTER THE PURCHASE I NOTICED IT APPEARED TO BE A BIT HIGH ON THE DIPSTICK. I DECIDED TO CHANGE THE OIL MYSELF AT ABOUT 1500 MILES AND FOUND THERE WAS 7.5 QUARTS WHEN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 3.7 QUARTS. WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF CHANGING THE OIL I NOTICED THE OIL WAS UP HIGHER ON THE DIPSTICK AGAIN SO I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT WILDE HONDA FOR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD SOON BE A FIX FOR THE ISSUE AND THEY CHANGED THE OIL. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK A COUPLE WEEKS LATER TO HAVE THE FIX DONE TO THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME AND SOON AFTER FOUND THE OIL HIGHER ON THE DIPSTICK AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO HONDA SERVICE AGAIN AND THEY CHANGED THE OIL BUT DID NOT CHECK HOW MUCH OIL WAS ACTUALLY IN THE ENGINE. I PULLED OUT OF HONDA SERVICE AND IT IMMEDIATELY APPEARED HIGH ON THE DIPSTICK BUT I WENT HOME WITH THE VEHICLE. I WAITED A WEEK OR SO AND CHANGED THE OIL MYSELF AND CHECKED THE AMOUNT OF OIL WHICH WAS 4.7 QUARTS SO 1 QUART OVER. I CALLED HONDA SERVICE ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THEY SAID THEY CAN DO NO MORE TO HELP AND SUGGESTED I CONTACT HONDA OR GO THROUGH MEDIATION. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE WITH AN ISSUE LIKE THIS AND I SEE IT IS PRETTY WIDESPREAD AND NOT JUST IN THE USA. I GUESS I WILL WORK THROUGH MEDIATION AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE. WE'D REAL

DURING IDLE THE ENGINE LOOSES HEAT ALSO CAUSING THE HEATER INSIDE THE CABIN TO LOOSE HEAT AT TEMPERATURES BELOW 10 DEGREES.

THE ENGINE IS DILUTED WITH GAS. WHEN I CHECK THE OIL LEVEL IN A COLD MORNING, THE OIL LEVEL IS 2 INCHES ABOVE THE MAX OIL LEVEL ON THE DIPSTICK. I CALLED HONDA HELP LINE, AND THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE KNOWN TSBS FOR OUR CAR, AND THEY REFUSE TO APPLY THE TSBS TO MY CAR BECAUSE THEY ARE ROLLING OUT THE FIX TO OTHER STATES FIRST.

MY 2018 HONDA CR -V 1,5 HAS A ISSUE WITH GAS GETTING IN THE OIL, I DID TAKE TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THEY PERFORMED THE RECALL AT 12913 MILES TO FIX THIS ISSUE, AT 14830 MILES I CHECKED THE OIL IN THE 1917 MILES SINCE RECALL PERFORMED OIL BECAME ABOUT A QUART MORE SO OIL IS DELUDED WITH GAS STILL A ISSUE AFTER HONDA RECALL , I CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID JUST TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR A OIL CHANGE , I CAN NOT PAY $75 PLUS EVERY 2K MILES FOR A OIL CHANGE , HONDA DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION OR ACTS LIKE THEY EVEN THINK THIS IS A BIG ISSUE

THE CAR BEGAN STALLING AND WOULD NOT DRIVE OVER 10 MPH. SMELLED TERRIBLY AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS WENT OFF. ONLY 2,768 MILES.

SOMETIMES WOULD NEED REPEATED ATTEMPT TO START. VEHICLE STALLED, MOST OFTEN WHILE MOVING SLOWLY, BUT ONCE WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30 & 40 MPH. NO CODES SHOWED ACCORDING TO CLAWSEN HONDA. HONDA PERFORMED AN SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR PCM & TCM (1/18/19). VEHICLE STALLED ONCE SINCE SERVICE 10 DAYS LATER. 1ST INCIDENT AT 72MI ODOM

PROBLEM WITH GASOLINE GETTING INTO ENGINE OIL AND TURNING OIL DARK BROWN. ENGINE 1.5-LITER TURBO. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT GASOLINE IN THE ENGINE OIL RAISES THE OIL LEVEL, AND TRIGGERS A TERRIBLE SMELL AND BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE PROSPECT OF LONG-TERM DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE OIL'S INABILITY TO PROPERLY PROTEST THE ENGINE. BOUGHT CAR NEW FEB 1, 2018. AUG. 8, 2018 FIRST DEALER SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE MILEAGE 6,532 MAINTENANCE INDICATOR 15%. AT CHANGE OIL CHECKED OUT AT FULL AND CLEAR. CHECKED OIL IN EARLY NOV AND FOUND THE CLEAR OIL WAS NOW OVER THE FULL MARK BY HALF INCH AND HAD TURNED DARK BROWN. ON INTERNET FOUND OTHER CAR OWNERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HAD OIL CHANGED BEFORE NORMAL MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF OIL PROBLEM. JAN 31, 2019 MAINTENANCE INDICATOR WAS AT 30% AND DARK BROWN OIL WAS HALF INCH OVER FULL ON DIPSTICK. MILEAGE AT 12,005 MILES. AVERAGE DRIVING 1000 MILES A MONTH. MOSTLY OPEN HIGHWAY DRIVING. DEALER SAID THAT HONDA HAD A FIX BUT FIX DID NOT APPLY TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A COLD WEATHER STATE. ENGINE GET UP AND GO HAS GOTTEN WORSE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

HAVE A 2018 HONDA CRV WITH THE 2.4L ENGINE, I KEEP GETTING A GAS/ EXHUAST SMELL INSIDE THE PASSENGER CAB WHILE IT IS IDLING (STATIOARY) AND FUEL SMELL IN ENGINE OIL. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE CUSTOMERS CONCERN AND THOS MOTOR DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL ON IT. MYBE IT SHOULD. THE PROMBLEM JUST HAPPENED AGAIN, I AM GOING TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN. THIS IS MY FAMILY CAR, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE. IF MY COUNTY L LIVE IN, HAD EMISSION TESTING, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T PASS, THE TAIL PIPE HAS BLACK CARBON ON IT.

DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER A FEW MINTUES ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO SLOWING DOWN. GOT TOWED AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I HAVE A MULTIPLE MISFIRE AND THE ENGINE OIL IS OVER THE RECOMMENDED OIL IN THE DIPSTICK, AND IT SMELLS MIXED WITH FUEL. THEY JUST CHANGE THE OIL AND DIDNT FIX THE SOFTWARE

PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT DOES NOT GO OFF AT TIMES EVEN WHEN SOMEONE OVER 65LBS IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. WE HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION

DRIVING IN WINTER CONDITIONS. CAR LOST POWER. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO COAST ABOUT A QUARTER MILE TO A SAFE PLACE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BY THE TIME I PARKED THE CAR SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL LIKE SOMETHING BURNING. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR TO GET HEAT WHILE WAITING FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THE DASH LIGHTS WERE FLASHING AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM FAILURE MESSAGES. CAR UNABLE TO DRIVE OVER BOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR. HAD TO TOW TO DEALERSHIP.

CMBS SYSTEM NOT WORKING FROM DAY OF PURCHASE 5/14/18. ALTHOUGH NOT OPERATIVE DURING TEST DRIVES 2 DEALERS STATED NOTHING THEY COULD DO.

SPORT HONDA CONFIRMED THAT GASOLINE IS MIXED IN WITH OIL...THE OIL STICK HAS VERY BLACK OIL UP HIGH ON THE STICK. ON SEVERAL OCSASIONS IN JAN 2019 A STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL APPEARED IN THE CAR CABIN... THE GAS MILEAGE DROPPED ABRUPTLY AT THIS TIME BY 12% THE HONDA DEALER HAS KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE EARLY MORNING JAN 31,2019 AND HAS NOT RETURNED MY 2 PHONE CALLS. THE STRONG SMELL ONLY OCCURED WHILE DRIVING.

PURCHASED THE 2018 HONDA CR-V EX-L NEW FROM PEARSON HONDA, MIDLOTHIAN VA. 23112. SHORTLY AFTER THE PURCHASE I NOTICED THE ODOR OF GAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DURING DECEMBER 2018, I CALLED THE DEALER COMPLAINING THAT THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF GAS IN THE ENGINE OIL. I WAS ADVISED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN AND THEY OFFERED TO CHANGE THE OIL FREE OF CHARGE. I RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT HONDA KNEW ABOUT THIS ENGINE DEFECT DURING 2017 AND STILL INSTALLED THE DEFECTED ENGINES IN THE 2018 CR-V. HONDA HAS ISSUED A RECALL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BUT NOT FOR VEHICLES REGISTERED IN VA. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED TO KEEP BRINGING IN THE VEHICLE AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR ADDITIONAL FREE OIL CHANGES. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND ANY ASSISTANCE FROM YOU WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. SECOND ISSUE: WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WOULD BRAKE VERY HARD, USUALLY AS A SECOND VEHICLE IS BEING OVER TAKEN IN THE RIGHT LANE. I REPORTED THIS SITUATION TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THE SENSORS ARE JUST VERY SENSITIVE. THIS IS A SPORADIC PROBLEM.

THE ACTIVE SAFETY AND DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEMS RANDOMLY SWITCH THEMSELVES ON AND OFF WHILE IN MOTION AND ARE UNRELIABLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT BOTH HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS. IT HAS HAPPEN IN NORMAL DRIVING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND COLD WITH SNOW FLURRIES. THIS VEHICLE FAILS TO WARM TO TO "NORMAL" OPERATING TEMPERS ESPECIAL ON MN COLD DAYS. IT MAY NOT WARM UP PERIOD ON DAYS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE FALL TO 15 DEGREES OR LOWER. ON DAYS OF 50 DEGREES OR LESS IT WARMS UP WHEN DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS BUT IN LOW SPEED SITUATIONS IT MAY NOT WARM UP AT ALL. THERE IS THE DISTINCT SMELL OF GASOLINE IN THE CAR AT TIMES. ADDITIONALLY THIS VEHICLE APPEARS TO HAVE AN OIL DILUTION PROBLEM AS THE OIL LEVEL REGISTERS ABOVE THE MAX OIL LEVEL LINE ON A REGULAR BASIS. IN MY MIND THESE ARE ALL SAFETY ISSUES. I WONDER IF THE SAFETY SYSTEMS WILL ACTUALLY WORK IF AND WHEN I NEED THEM. I WONDER IF THIS CAR IS GOING TO BURST INTO FLAMES AS I CAN SMALL GASOLINE IN THE CABIN. IF I SMELLED GAS IN ME HOUSE THEY RECOMMEND I LEAVE THE PREMISES. I CAN'T REALLY DO WITH I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I DO HAVE A FEW PICTURES OF SOME OF THE ELECTRONIC WARNING AND TEMP GAUGE BUT CANNOT DOWNLOAD FROM THIS LOCATION. I AM LISTING HERE THE FIRST INCIDENCE BUT KNOW THERE ARE A FEW INCIDENCES.

DURING COLD WEATHER OPERATION ON 01/30/2019 AFTER ~10-15 MINUTES OF DRIVING (AND AFTER THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED A WARMED UP ENGINE) I EXPERIENCED ENGINE SPUTTERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE ENGINE "SKIPPED" ONCE BELOW 10MPH WHICH FELT LIKE A BAD SHIFT (BUT IT HAS A CVT) AND THEN ONCE REACHING ~17MPH, THE ENGINE REPEATEDLY SPUTTERED PREVENTING FURTHER ACCELERATION; THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING WHILE THE SPUTTERING WAS OCCURRING. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE VEHICLE AN ADDITIONAL ~.1 MILES TO MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITH NO ENGINE LIGHT ON, BUT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

TAKATA RECALL THE OIL LEVEL IN MY HONDA EXTREMELY RAISED HIGHER THE MAX. BAR, AND IT SMELLS GAS. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR ON HIGHWAY BECAUS I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF THE OIL WILL LEAK OR THE CAR WILL JUST SUDDENLY STOPE. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUES TO HONDA. THANK YOU

THE HEAT IN THE 2018 CRV DOES NOT OPERATE SAFELY DURING AVERAGE WINTER TEMPERATURES (NORTH DAKOTA). WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY COLD OUTSIDE, BELOW ZERO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, THE HEAT IS NON EXISTENT CAUSING A TERRIBLE PROBLEM WITH DEFROSTING WINDOWS. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR RESOLUTION. THEY STATED THAT IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL ENGINE AND THERE WAS NO FIX IN PLACE FROM HONDA. I PROCEEDED WITH AN INCIDENT WITH AMERICAN HONDA WHICH THE CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THIS WAS AN UNKNOWN ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER AND MANY CAR FORUMS SAY OTHERWISE. I GUESS NOW I WAIT FOR RESOLUTION, TRADE THE VEHICLE, OR CRASH AS MY WINDSHIELD FOGS UP DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

WE HAVE A 2018 HONDA CR-V TOURING AND HAVE RECENTLY HAD A CRITICAL PROBLEM WITH ITS COLLISION MITIGATION BRAKING SYSTEM. ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE CAR HAS BRAKED WHEN NOTHING WAS IN FRONT OF IT. BOTH INSTANCES HAPPENED AT DUSK/EVENING; HOWEVER, THE MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE WAS THE MOST SEVERE. I WAS ACCELERATING ON A ROAD AND GOING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN I PASSED UNDER AN OVERPASS/BRIDGE. SUDDENLY, AS I WAS ACCELERATING, THE CAR BRAKED AND SLOWED FROM 45-50 MPH DOWN TO 15-20 MPH IN ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. THE SEVERE BRAKING CAUSED EVERYTHING TO FLY OFF MY SEATS, MY SEATBELT TO LOCK, AND GAVE ME WHIPLASH. LUCKILY, THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND ME; OTHERWISE, I AM SURE I WOULD HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE SENSOR MAY HAVE DETECTED THE SHADOW FROM THE BRIDGE OR PERHAPS RAIN DROPS ON THE ROAD. I ASKED IF THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THEY SAID OTHER DEALERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR CASES. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO DISENGAGE THE SYSTEM EVERY TIME WE START THE CAR. CURRENTLY, HONDA DOES NOT OFFER ANOTHER SOLUTION.

I'M HAVING TWO ISSUES WITH MY CR-V 1) ENGINE OIL LEVEL IS SHOWING MORE THAN THE HIGHER LIMIT BECAUSE OF ENGINE OIL DILUTION. 2) GASOLINE SMELL IN THE CABIN. I CONTACTED HONDA ON THESE ISSUES BUT THEY SAID MY VEHICLE DOESN'T HAVE ANY RECALL NOTICE AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

ENGINE OIL BECOME DIRTY AND GAS SMELLING WITHIN 500 MILES AFTER FIRST OIL CHANGE AT 5,000 MLS. SUSPECT FUEL DILUTION IN MY 1.5 TURBO 3 CYL. ENGINE. OIL QUANTITY NOT SHOWING OVER FULL AS YET.

ON 2019-01-25 AT ABOUT 12:25PM I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. COMING FROM A FULL STOP I TURNED RIGHT ONTO A MERGE LANE AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. CAR SPED UP THEN SUDDENLY LOST RPMS. I MADE IT TO 45MPH AND, FORTUNATELY, HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MERGE. IF I HAD STARTED ONE OR TWO SECONDS LATER, I WOULD'VE HAD TO PANIC-BRAKE IN THE MERGE LANE INSTEAD OF MERGING. THIS WAS DISCONCERTING. CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR 10 MINUTES EARLIER THAT MORNING; I HAD THEN DONE A QUICK SHOPPING TRIP AND HAD RESUMED DRIVING. OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE 30S. CAR IS REGULARLY DRIVEN SHORT DISTANCES IN OUR SMALL TOWN. OIL LEVEL, MEASURED AT DIPSTICK WITH CAR LEVEL AND ENGINE COLD, IS WELL PAST THE HIGH MARK.

GAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINES OIL, CAUSING OIL LEVEL TO RISE, STRONG SMELL OF GAS AROUND CAR CONCERN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FIRE.