2018 HONDA CR-V Complaints

While traveling on I-95N my car started braking on its own, I was in the middle lane of I-95 North in Maryland traveling about 75 mph when the car started braking for no reason, all the indicator lights lit up on the dashboard, I had no idea what was going on but somehow safely made it to the shoulder without incident. I was informed today that it was an "engine failure" that caused my car to brake/stall; I inquired why there was no warning, when you need an oil change you get a warning, when your battery is dying you get a warning, when your tire pressure is low you get a warning, all things that do not require immediate attention but there is no warning when your engine is going to fail -- that does require immediate attention especially when you are traveling on I-95 north with trucks and cars traveling at speeds of 70-plus miles per hour.

Steering wheel feels like it almost locks up and driver must give a slight jerk to turn wheels! Makes a clicking or rattling noise when car is stopped when starting to turn the steering wheel. Very scary and dangerous when driver has to jerk the steering wheel traveling on the highway to keep vehicle in the safe lane. A wreck will happen which is what I told our local Honda Dealership!

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while using the remote start feature to start the vehicle, he became aware of smoke coming from under the hood of the vehicle. The contact attempted to unlock the vehicle with the key fob however, the vehicle failed to unlock. The contact also attempted to unlock the door using the sensor on the door handle however, the vehicle failed to unlock. The contact was able to manually unlock the door using the spare key to be able to turn the vehicle off. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact was informed that the started and battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the warranty had expired and that he had to pay out-of-pocket for the repair. The failure mileage was 36,000.

All warning lights are on and Honda dealer said I need to replace the fuel injectors. My car is a 2018 model with just 60k miles. I searched online and there are many consumers reporting the same issue. Please help us resolve this problem. Thank you.

The forward collusion warning and “brake” alert have activated several times at random intervals when no vehicles or pedestrians were ahead of me in the roadway.

I put my car in park after driving a short trip of approximately 12 miles. Every single system alarm warning was activated. The critical engine failure, brake failure, fluid level warning, acc/lane assist warning, etc all alarmed during the same incident. The warnings I listed are not all inclusive. There were several others that I don’t recall at this time. Basically every system warning was activated.

Lane departure warning activated when I was trying to change lanes. I believe I forgot to activate directional signal. Car suddenly braked hard and steering wheel jerked severely causing me to lose grip on the wheel. Vehicle was forced back into lane I was leaving. This hasn’t been duplicated because I turned off the lane departure warning system and I haven’t used it since this incident.

While driving down a highway exit ramp at about 40 mph, my car suddenly slammed on the brakes for no reason -- on its own -- and came to a complete stop. The road was completely clear in front of me. I was nearly rear-ended by a driver directly behind me, who had to slam on his brakes and swerve to avoid hitting me. A car behind that driver also had to brake sharply. It's very, very lucky that none of us got in a crash. The items in my backseat flew forward and some framed paintings in my front passenger seat flew toward the dashboard, which nearly caused them to shatter -- I threw out my arm to hold them back. My arm was bruised in the process. I drove to the side of the road and parked, totally shaken. I had no idea whether it was safe to drive the car anymore. But I was in the middle of nowhere (near Gold Creek, Montana). There were no services for miles. So I had to get back on the road. This happened at about 5 pm, June 18, 2022. It was sunny. There was no water on the road. The pavement was clear except for a metal plate over a bit of road construction, completely flush with the road. The plate did not pose any hazard at all. I called American Honda when I got back home. A representative told me to take my car to a Honda dealer and get a software update to fix things. But when I called a local Honda dealer, they said there was no software update to fix a CMB issue. They also said it could cost hundreds of dollars to run diagnostics that would likely turn up nothing. So I didn't bring the car in. I did, however, find out that scores of other people have had this same problem. One online complaint described my situation exactly: "The Collision Mitigation Braking System is malfunctioning when driving over metal construction plates. Every time I get close to them, my car slams on the brakes. If anybody were behind me, they would rear-end me. This is very dangerous, as somebody will get hurt soon."

Automatic Emergency Braking - the car abruptly stopped while screaming BRAKE on the dash Although in this particular incident I was driving under 25 mph and there were no vehicles behind me, it could have been a much more serious incident if I was driving on a highway, say. I was pulled out of my seat and almost hit my head to the steering wheel. All loose items in the car pretty much fell to the floor. I have not gone to the dealer to check this out. I looked up the problem on the internet and it seems like model year vehicle is affected by this problem.

AC Compressor Leaking Freon. 23243 miles. Cost $2184.20 to repair. Numerous complaints concerning AC, compressor should not have failed at this juncture. Believe HONDA installed defective part during production.