I BOUGHT THE CAR ON THE 22 OF MAY 2020.ON THE 17TH OF JULY 2020, I LOST ALL BRAKES, TPMS, LANE CONTROL, EMERGENCY BRAKING WARNING. I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THEY KEPT IF FOR 5 HOURS. THEY TOLD ME THE COMPUTER WAS UPDATED. ON MONDAY THE 19TH I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON TUESDAY THE 20TH OF JULY, I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY KEPT THE CAR AND GAVE ME A RENTAL TELLING THEY ORDERED THE PART FROM GHE MAINLAND(I AM IN HAWAII). THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE 5 TO SIX DAYS TO GET THE PART AND FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A NEW CAR, WHAT'S GOING ON?
2020 Honda CR-V complaints
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INSTRUMENT DISPLAY WENT DARK AND FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. CAR STILL RAN AND WAS DRIVABLE, BUT I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT SPEED OR ENGINE STATUS. WHILE TAKING IT TO THE DEALER LATER THAT DAY, THE DISPLAY BECAME VISIBLE BUT ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON IN SEQUENCE REPEATEDLY. THE DEALERSHIP CONTACTED HONDA AND AFTER 2 DAYS IN THE SHOP DETERMINED IT WAS DUE TO AN INSTRUMENT DISPLAY CLUSTER FAILURE. I AM STILL AWAITING A FINAL RESOLUTION/REPAIR. NOTE THAT THE LIGHTS DID NOT FAIL DURING THIS EVENT, BUT IT STILL WAS VERY DISCONCERTING FOR NIGHT DRIVING. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT AT ABOUT 30 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE. AC WAS ON BUT NO RADIO OR WIPERS. *TR
APPROXIMATELY 10-15% OF THE TIME, WHEN TRYING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE PRESSING THE 'START' BUTTON ON MY 2020 HONDA CR-V, THE BRAKE PEDAL CANNOT BE DEPRESSED. IT IS FIRMLY LOCKED/JAMMED IN PLACE. IN SOME INSTANCES, I CAN APPLY VERY FIRM PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL, JUST ENOUGH TO GET THE ENGINE TO START, BUT IN OTHER CASES, THE PEDAL CANNOT BE DEPRESSED AT ALL. WHEN THIS OCCURS, PRESSING THE 'START' BUTTON INITIATES THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS BUT DOES NOT START THE ENGINE. ONCE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ARE ON, THE PEDAL SOMETIMES REMAINS FIRMLY LOCKED, AND OTHER TIMES MAY SLIGHTLY SOFTEN TO THE POINT THAT I CAN PRESS THE START BUTTON AGAIN AND START THE ENGINE. DURING INSTANCES WHEN THE PEDAL REMAINS FIRMLY LOCKED, I MAY HAVE TO PRESS THE 'START' BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES, CYCLING ELECTRONICS ON AND OFF BEFORE THE PEDAL EVENTUALLY SOFTENS ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE ENGINE TO START. THE PEDAL ISSUE SEEMS RANDOM, REGARDLESS OF WARM OR COLD ENGINE, TERRAIN, WEATHER CONDITIONS, USE OF PARKING BRAKE, PRESSING THE PEDAL REPEATEDLY, ETC. BASED ON OTHER SIMILAR ONLINE REVIEWS, THERE IS GROWING CONCERN THAT THE PEDAL CAN LOCK WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY IN AFFECTED VEHICLES INCLUDING CR-V, PILOT, AND RIDGELINE. SPECULATIVE CAUSES MAY BE A BRAKE VACUUM/BOOSTER DEFECT. TWO LOCAL DEALERSHIPS CLAIMED THEY ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM AND A TECHNICIAN REVIEWING THE VEHICLE SAID EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE, SO THEY APPARENTLY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE JAMMED BRAKE PE
I PURCHASE A HONDA CR-V 2020 ON FEBRUARY 3 2020 TWO MONTH LATER I STARTED TO HEAR A CLICKING AND CLOCKING NOISE WHILE STEERING AND DRIVING ALONG ALSO ON BUMPS IT WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP ON APRIL 22 2020 TO CURRY HONDA ON APRIL 23 2020 I RECEIVED A CALLED FROM CURRY THAT IT WAS THE FRONT SIDE AXLE THEY REPAIRED THE AXLE AND THE NOISE OCCURRED. CURRY HONDA CHECK SWAYBARLINK AND REMOVE THEM AND THE NOISE STILL OCCURRED THEN CURRY HONDA SAID IT WAS THE STRUCK ASSEMBLY AND THEY SAID THEY REINSTALLED THE STRUCK AND THE NOISE STILL HAPPENED CURRY HONDA THEN ADVISE ME THEY HAVE TO CONTACT TECH LINE TO SEE IF A ENGINEER CAN COME TO LOOK AT VEHICLE THE ENGINEER FOUND IT WAS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION MOUNT ON MAY 5 2020 I PICK UP MY HONDA CR-V STAYING THE VEHICLE WAS FIX ON MAY 9 2020 THE NOISE OCCURRED AGAIN I RETURNED THE VEHICLE AGAIN ON MAY 11 2020 [XXX] SERVICE MANAGER HAD MASTER TECH TEST DRIVE MY 2020 HONDA CR-V TO VERIFY THE NOISE THE TECHNICIAN DROVE AROUND THE PARKING LOT CAME BACK IN VERIFIED THE NOISE [XXX] SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY NEED TO GET THE HONDA FILLED ENGINEER BACK TO CURRY TO LOOK AT MY VEHICLE SO ON MAY 14 2020 DROP MY CAR OFF FOR THE SAME NOISE CAR WAS THERE UNTIL MAY 20 2020 STATED IN WAS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION MOUNT THAT WAS REPLACED ON MAY 21 2020 I STARTED TO HEAR THE SAME NOISE SLIGHTLY WHEN STEERING AND HITTING BUMPS NOW I'M WAITING ON HONDA CORPORATION TO DO WITH THIS MATTER. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)
THIS IS A 2020 HONDA CRV. THE PROBLEM IS AN INTERMITTENT ACCELERATION HESITATION. A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE.
SOON BEFORE DRIVING MY NEW VEHICLE, IN A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION, I FOUND EXTENSIVE RUSTING AROUND THE EXHAUST PIPES AND SYSTEM. THE MECHANIC FROM THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT WAS NORMAL. JUST BEFORE DRIVING, THE MILLAGE SCREEN READ AS 000019. THE DEALER TOLD US THIS IS 0.019 OF A MILE. SOON AFTER I DROVE MY CAR OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP, I EXPERIENCED 4 EPISODES OF CAR BECOMING UNSTABLE, FLIPPING FROM ONE SIDE OF ROAD TO THE OTHER. THIS OCCURRED OVER A 23 MILES OF DRIVING IN HIGH WAY. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY. THEY DISMISSED IT AS NORMAL. AT ARRIVAL, AFTER DRIVING 23 MILES, THE MILEAGE SCREEN READ 42 MILES. THE DEALER THEN ADMITTED THE INITIAL READ WAS IN FACT 19 MILES NOT 0.019 MILE.
I AM EXPERIENCING THE ENGINE OIL DILUTION PROBLEM. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED AFTER LESS THAN 2000 MILES DRIVEN BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE SPENT OIL (DARK AND CLOUDY) AND SMELLED HEAVILY OF GASOLINE. TECHNICIANS AT HONDA ADVISED THAT I KEEP GETTING THE OIL CHANGED REGULARLY, BUT THAT THERE WAS NO FIX THAT THEY COULD MAKE TO THE OIL DILUTION PROBLEM.
WHILE PARKED AND LOCKED ALL FOUR WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN WITHOUT ANY ONE IN THE SUV
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