VEHICLE WILL NOT WARM UP TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD ON COOLER/COLD MORNINGS WHEN RUNNING AT IDLE., COLD AIR BLOWING INTO CABIN EVEN AFTER DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR 30 MINS. AFTER DRIVING FOR 30 MINS + ENGINE WILL SOMETIMES WILL BE AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMP. WHEN COMING TO A LIGHT AFTER THIS DRIVING TIME ENGINE TEMP GAUGE WILL DROP TO LOW.-TEMPS INSIDE CAR GO TO COLD. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SITUATION SINCE PURCHASE NEW IN JAN 2019, WE LIVE IN MAINE. GOING TO THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM. ONLINE INVESTIGATIONS BRING UP THIS ISSUE SINCE 2017 WITH THE CR-V WITH THE 1.5L ENGINES-WILL NO DEFROST THE WINSHEILDS.
2019 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 2019 record →
I NOTICED GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE THE CAR DURING DRIVING, THE CAR HAD 150 MILES TOOK IT TO THE DEALER OF HONDA ON JANUARY 16TH THE SERVICE MANAGER EXAMINED THE CAR TOLD ME THERE WAS GAS IN THE OIL, AND TO RETURN BACK IF THE OIL INCREASES,AND AFFECTED THE DRIVABILITY AND ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON. HE REFUSED TO GIVE ME PAPER WORK OF THE VISIT OR COPY OR THE REPORT PAPER HE HAD IN HIS HAND, I WENT AGAIN ASKING ABOUT THAT VISIT PAPERWORK HE SAID HE RAN SOME TEST ON THE CAR AND THERE IS NO PAPERWORK I REPORTED THE CASE WITH HONDA. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THE OIL DILUTED WITH GAS AND THE LEVEL GOES HIGH THEN THE CAR CAN INSTALL ON ROAD
MY 2019 HONDA CR-V'S BATTERY DIES AFTER SITTING IN MY GARAGE FOR TWO DAYS. IT HAS ONLY 320 MILES ON IT.
AFTER BUYING THIS NEW CAR I NOTICED TWICE GAS SMELL WHILE DRIVING I CHECKED THE ENGINE OIL IT SMELLS GAS I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER HE SAID THE OIL HAS GAS IN IT AND ADVISED ME TO WATCH THE LEVEL AND THE SMELL, BRING IT BACK IF ENGINE LIGHT TURN ON OR SMELL STRONG SMELL OF GAS AGAIN. THE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE SINCE GAS LEAKS TO THE OIL THAT CAN CAUSE CAR TO INSTALL WHEN OIL LEVEL GETS TOO HIGH. ALSO GAS SMELL MAKES DRIVER AND PASSENGERS DIZZY AND INCREASES CHANCE OF ACCIDENT HONDA IS VERY LAZY TO ACT SINCE THIS IS 3RD GENERATION OF CRV EX WITH TURBO ENGINE. HONDA SAID THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN IN VERY COLD WEATHER AND WITH FREQUENT SHORT DRIVING I'M LIVING IN GEORGIA , NO EXTREME COLD AND I DRIVE MOSTLY ABOUT 15 MILES TRIPS THIS CAR IS DEFECTED AS MANY CRV CARS WITH TURBO ENGINE
MOTOR OIL SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE AFTER ONLY 139 MILES. HONDA CHANGED OIL AND GASOLINE SMELL IN OIL RETURNED AFTER ONLY 50 MILES. CAR DRIVEN UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
EXTENSIVE WHITE SMOKE OUT OF EXHAUST PIPE WHEN STOPPED AT CITY TRAFFIC LIGHT. BURNT OIL SMELL. COULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 23 MILES PER HOUR IN TRAFFIC. EVERY SYSTEM FAILURE MESSAGE DISPLAYED. PURCHASE CRV NEW FROM HONDA DEALER IN MARCH, 2018. HAS 2,634 MILES ON IT. HAD BEEN START/STOP DRIVING FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS IN LOCAL CITY TRAFFIC RUNNING ERRANDS.
EXCESS OIL FUEL IN ENGINE BROUGHT TO DEALER THEY SAID NO PROBLEM ONLY IN COLD STATES I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. HAD TO PAY TO CHANGE OIL EVEN THOU MANUAL SAYS DO NOT OVER FILL THE SAME DEALER HAD CHANGED OIL BEFORE AND DID NOT OVERFILL.
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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