2018 HONDA CR-V Complaints

Traveling at 45mph 4 lane divided road, no traffic in front of me, 1 car behind at reasonable distance. Without warning, automatic brakes slammed on, throwing me forward. Fortunately the car behind me was able to change lanes and pass. This was terrifying. This incident happened around 9:15 am July 31, 2022 on dry sunny roads. I took it to the Honda dealership. They kept the car, did Diagnostics and returned it saying they could not replicate, therefor unable to repair. I have turned off the Automatic Braking System. Its a safety feature I wanted on the vehicle, but am no longer comfortable driving with it on. The technician at Honda said the unwarranted braking would not occur with it off.I have a photo of the billing of $65 but can't seem to download. The consumer added that on another occasion while driving on the highway at 45mph the brake light flashed and the alarm sounded. The automatic braking system is turned off and the consumer was assured by the dealer service department that they would not have an issue with it being turned off.

I was traveling up a rural road on Sunday, August 7 around 1 pm. There was nothing in front of me and the automatic brakes system activated. I was traveling approximately 40 mph at the time. There was no one in front of me or in back of me. There was no damage or incident. I continued home without any issues. I have not taken it to a dealer. I did an internet search and saw that this organization was/is conducting and investigation.

There is an electrical issue with the car. On 07/14/2022, I took the car to the dealer for diagnosis of an electrical issue. The result of the diagnosis was a faulty Body control module. When the vehicle is shut off, the ignition spontaneously turns on and off and ultimately stays on. This kills the battery within a couple of hours. I have my own scan tool and plugged it to the OBD2 port. I attached the codes reported when I scanned it. I cannot drive it because the battery is currently dead and will go dead if I do drive it and shut it off for any considerable length of time. This has been such an inconvenience. The dealer couldn't even give me a rental while I wait for the parts to come in. I tried jumping the car to start it, but the problem still persists. I also have video documentation of the problem but couldn't upload it here.

AFTER ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR A SHORT TIME THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE ELECTRONICS, FLASHED, THE HORN SEEMED TO WORK, AND THE BRAKE PUSHED BACK WHEN DEPRESSED TO START. PUSHBACK ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS UNEXPECTED AND EXTREMLY POWERFUL. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE BATTERY HAD FAILED WITH NO WARNING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN JUST OVER FOUR YEARS THAT THE MAMUFACTURERS BATTERY HAS FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *** HAD THE BATTERY FAILED (EITHER TIME) WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MONTION THE RESULT COULD HAVE BEEN CATESTROPHIC WITH THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE OR SERIOUS INJURY*** RESEARCH ONLINE INDICATES THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL YEAR, HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT CONTACTED ME TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. THERE ARE APPARENTLY NO RECALLS ON THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM.

All of the warning lights on the dashboard turn on. There is nothing wrong with any of the components. The lights eventually all go off but then will randomly come back on.

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, the steering wheel began to turn left and right independently. The contact stated that the failure occurred at various speeds. The contact stated that the failure was more frequent. The contact stated that to keep the vehicle in the correct lane, continuous corrections had to be made to the steering wheel. The contact stated there was no warning light illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed that the steering gear box and rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V663000 (Steering). The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

While driving in town going about 45 miles per hour, my 2018 Honda CR-V automatically and fully applied the brakes causing the car to skid to a complete stop. Immediately before braking, the brake alert display and audible alert came on just as it would if there were an obstacle in front of the car. In this case, there was nothing in front of me at all. The car behind me was forced to brake and take evasive action to avoid hitting me. After the stop, the car returned to normal operation. I contacted Honda and they referred me to a dealer. I will schedule an appointment in the next week.

Emergency Braking system is activated while the car is on road in 30+ miles speed and the car lost it control. Managed to stop it after driving a car for almost a mile long and then applying the break with hard attempt. This happened twice one around 10:30 PM on Jul 29th, 2022 and the subsequent day when I try to pull my car out of drive way. I decided to call my insurance for towing the car and sent it to my regular service provider Battison Honda, (Address) 8700 Northwest Expy, Oklahoma City, OK 73162.

2018 Honda CRV with 31,690 miles, while driving home on city arterial at the posted speed of 35 mph, vehicle made a sudden, unexpected hard braking application which was very frightening to myself, the driver and my wife, the passenger. We had just gotten the vehicle back the day before from the dealer after they had replaced the rack & pinion steering box for intermittent sticking or binding during turning. The vehicle had about 10 miles on it since the repair, we where returning from a local errand, I was operating using the foot feed only with no cruise or any other driver assist options turned on, when it made a completely random and hard brake application coming to a near stop. The dash instrument cluster illuminated a large BRAKE warning with a possible audible warning also, but not totally sure on that because of the panic it caused. Fortunately we were traveling in light traffic at the time with no other vehicles following close or near in front to initiate such an automatic brake application. I called the dealer to report the issue immediately after returning home and have another upcoming appointment to have it inspected for this new issue. We have lost complete confidence in the safety of this vehicle and will not drive until after it is inspected and repaired!

I would like to report an instance of failure of my 2018 Honda CRV EXL automated emergency braking system. I was on Interstate 80 in Indiana traveling west on July 22, 2022. Traveling at 75 mph with no cars ahead of me and suddenly the automated braking system engaged by itself slamming on the brakes. Slowing the car to almost an immediate stop. Throwing myself and my wife forward into our seat belts. Thankfully there were no cars following closely behind ours. I understand there is currently an investigation into this automated braking system. Please add me to the list of concerned consumers. I would expect this failure is causing more accidents than preventing. Thank You [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).