2018 HONDA CR-V Complaints

Saturday, July 9 while driving on a mountain road the Road Departure, Collision and Braking System alert came on and said not operational. My car shows no recall but apparently Honda is being investigated for this. This is highly dangerous as the car can brake without warning and we could have gone off the road! This is unacceptable!!!

The screen of my vehicle shows BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM. I couldn’t turn on my car. It was totally stuck.

2018 Honda CRV with approximately 29,000 miles when I started to notice a slight sticking in the steering that required extra manual effort to overcome. Situation only seemed to occur on longer extended driving trips. When steering is held in a constant, short momentary position, whether from a neutral straight center wheel position or a turning position required for a sweeping corner, the steering sticks and requires extra steering effort to overcome, it’s a little frightening to experience. Took it to the local Honda selling dealer where all of our maintenance is performed 6-10-22, 29,369 miles for this complaint. Dealer could not recreate during short road test, said the newer tires were lower rolling resistance and were slightly over inflated to 40 psi, although tires were warm at time of testing? Ask us to take the car and return if condition continued. We made another multi-day trip and the steering is intermittently much worse depending on the miles driven during each leg. Feels like the steering gets stuck in a detent position and extra force must be applied to override. At one point after about 4 hours of nearly continuous driving and after pulling off to refuel, the steering motion became very erratic at low speed operation, sticky & audibly popping up through the column. Enough so that it could be heard and witnessed from the passenger seat. Both my wife and I have experienced this defect. We made another appointment with our local dealer and took it back on 7-9-22, it now’s has slightly over 30,000 miles. We told the dealer this steering malfunction is dangerous and we don’t want anyone getting hurt. Of course, during the short trip to the dealer it did not act up. I did some research & found a recall (18V-663000) in which the manufacturers suppling vendor identified 4 CRV’s with an internal defect but there are many more similar complaints logged with the NHTSA that are not covered in the recall. We need some Honda intervention.

MY 2018 HONDA CRV HAS BECOME VERY HARD TO STEER, MAKING IT VERY HARD TO STAY IN MY LANE. IT MAKES A CLICKING POPPING SOUND WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNING. IT HAS LOCKED COMPLETLY ONCE WHILE DRIVING, ALMOST CAUSING ME TO WRECK BEFORE I COULD GET IT TO TURN LOOSE. THIS STARTED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, LESS THAN 50,OOO MILES ON IT. OF COURSE WARRANTY IS OUT AND THERE SEEMS TO BE ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH SAME ISSUES EVEN A RECALL ON SAME PROBLEM JUST NOT ON MY VIN#

My Honda CRV has experienced "phantom braking" four times now. In each case the automatic emergency braking system activated while I was driving, even though there was no other car or object in my car's path. On two of the occasions, the BRAKE warning appeared but the break system did not engage. More concerning was the other two times when the BRAKE warning appeared and the car actually started to brake for a moment. One of these times, I was on the freeway; it was very disconcerting and potentially dangerous. I mentioned this to the Honda dealer when my car was in for maintenance. They said they had never heard of this issue before. Additionally they said unless they could re-create the issue, there was nothing they could do.

7/8/22: Driving at 20-25mph in a residential neighborhood, no cars were in front of me, the car beeped, the dashboard BRAKE light came on and the car did a hard brake. I did not press on my brakes and there was nothing in front of me to trigger the emergency brakes. Fortunately, nothing was behind me. If something was behind me, I would have most likely been rear ended and my 12 and 13 year old as well as myself would have been injured. My car was inspected on 5/3/22 and as part of that inspection new brakes were installed. Right after the incident, the Maintenance light came on with code B. I already have an appointment scheduled for 8/10 to have the turn signal and brake light fixed. I immediately called to see if I could move up the appointment but they didn’t have any earlier openings. They suggested I just take it to the service center if it occurred again. 7/10/22: About 10 minutes after leaving home, driving about 20-25mph nothing in front of me or behind me, the car beeped, the dashboard BRAKE light came on and the car did a hard brake. AGAIN, no reason for the car’s emergency brake system to engage. I will be taking it to the service center on Monday. I am now afraid to drive this car or take it on any highways or major routes.

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while the vehicle was in park(P) and attempting to shift into reverse(R), the gear was difficult to move. The contact stated that the brake warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to start the vehicle but accidentally drove onto the sidewalk. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who diagnosed the vehicle with a defective rearview mirror wiring harness. The dealer replaced the wiring harness. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,500.

When driving the 2018 CRV, all dashboard warning lights appeared. This happened on three occasions and the Honda dealership indicated it was a known issue with this generation CRV where the fuel injectors would fail and trigger all warning lights. Honda has extended the warranty on a number of CRV’s from 2018 to cover the fuel injector failure, but the extension does not (at this time) apply to my particular CRV. I have asked the dealership and Honda corporate for assistance with no success. This is a dangerous known problem and Honda is not willing to recall the fuel injectors.

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving 35 mph, the vehicle began to jerk and came to a stop. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to continue driving to his destination. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic but was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact stated on 7/6/2022 while his daughter was driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle seized causing the vehicle behind her to rear-end the vehicle. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The driver was able to restart the vehicle but stated the center electric pad was black. A police report was filed. The contact stated no one was injured nor sought medical attention. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving at highway speeds, the vehicle stopped independently with several unknown warning lights flashing on the instrument panel. The contact stated that the failure violently shifted he and his wife forward. No injuries were sustained. The contact also experienced various electrical failures with the liftgate, power windows, and power door locks. The dealer had been notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The contact attempted to reach the manufacturer but was unable to speak with a representative. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was unknown. The consumer stated he and his wife was on the interstate while changing lanes, the vehicle stopped abruptly and emergency braking came into play.