2018 HONDA CR-V Complaints

WHILE DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE, DRIVING SLOW AS I WAS IN MY SUBDIVISION MY VEHICLE STARTED JERKING, IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED FLASHING REPEATEDLY. I NOTICED A BAD ODOR. I WAS ONLY A MINUTE OR SO FROM HOME AND DRIVING SLOWLY, MAYBE 10 OR 15 MPH. THE SPUTTERING, JERKING AND FLASHING ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUED THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. I GOT HALF WAY UP MY DRIVEWAY AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS STALLING SO I STOPPED AND SHUT VEHICLE OFF. A STRONG BURNING SMELL CONTINUED AND I NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE EXHAUST PIPE.

I WAS ON HIGHWAY I35 HEADING TO DALLAS DRIVING 70MPH. SUDDENLY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AUTOMATICALLY WHEN I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF 18 WHEELERS AND OTHER TRAFFIC ZOOMING BY ME HONKING DUE TO MY SPEED DRASTICALLY DROPPING. I HAD TO COAST ACROSS 3 LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS TERRIFIED I WAS GOING TO GET SLAM INTO BY ONE OF THE MANY SEMI-TRUCKS. IT WAS TERRIFYING. CALLED AND HAD MY CAR TOWED. CLEO BAY HONDA (KILEEN, TX) SAID IT WAS A MISFIRE OF ONE OF THE FUEL INJECTORS. WHEN I PICKED IT UP THE FOLLOWING WEEK, I GOT BACK ON THE FREEWAY TO HEAD BACK TO GEORGETOWN AND THE SAMETHING HAPPENED AGAIN. I AGAIN WAS FORCED TO CROSS 2-3 LANES BY COASTING TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THEY NOW ARE GOING TO REPLACE ALL 4 FUEL INJECTORS, BUT I HAVE LOST ALL CONFIDENCE IN THIS CAR'S SAFETY. I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE IT ON THE FREEWAY AGAIN, FEARING THE 3RD TIME I WILL BE KILLED. I DODGED TWO BULLETS WITH THIS CAR, WHY SHOULD I BE FORCED TO DODGE ANYMORE? VERY SCARY! THIS CAR WAS PROGRAMED TO SHUT DOWN WHEN A MISFIRE OCCURS BUT THEY FAIL TO CONSIDER WHERE THE DRIVER MIGHT BE WHEN IT HAPPENS. TWICE IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS ON A BUSY FREEWAY AND I LOST ALL SPEED WITH CARS/SEMI-TRUCKS GOING 70-75MPH PAST ME AND I AM FORCED TO CROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO A SAFE LOCATION. THE FEAR THAT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME WAS STILL FRIGHTENING AND TO HAVE IT HAPPEN A SECOND TIME WAS TERRIFYING AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE DRIVING IT. IF NOT ME SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO THIS DEFECT!

AFTER LEAVING OUT OF CAR WASH I PARKED THE CAR TO VACUUM. LEFT THE CAR RUNNING IN PARK AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON DASH. CAR STILL DRIVES NORMALLY.

OUR 2018 HONDA CRV HAS A DEAD BATTERY AT 21,000 MILES. ON THE INTERNET, I SEE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF THIS BATTERY LOSING CHARGE. IS THIS A COMMON PROBLEM? WE WERE LUCKY, AS THE CRV BATTERY DIED IN OUR GARAGE. BUT, IT COULD HAVE DIED IN A LESS FRIENDLY LOCATION. FROM WHAT I READ, THIS BATTERY IS PRONE TO PARASITIC CURRENT LOSS AT ANY TIME. THANK YOU. JIM BROMWELL CAROLINA SHORES, NC

LL SYSTEMS LIGHTS ARE FLASHING ON MY DASHBOARD GOING ON AND OFF SINCE THE TIME OF PURCHASE, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NO ISSUES FOUND, THIS IS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY. I WAS GOING THROUGH CAR GURUS AND SO MANY PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT HONDA CRV DURING 2018 GOT IMPACTED WITH THE SAME ISSUES

HAVE ISSUES SOMETIMES THE ON BOARD RADIO, DIMMING LIGHT ON DISPLAY ETC WILL GO CRAZY FLIPPING FROM BRIGHT TO DARK. CANT USE ANY CONTROLS LIKE NAVIGATION, GPS, USE RADIO AND IT'S HAPPENED MAYBE 6 TIMES. HAVE TO SHUT OFF ENGINE THEN RESTART THEN IT SEEMS TO TAKE CARE OF ISSUE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING.

I HAVE A 2018 HONDA CRV EX. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM PROBLEM WARNING AT TIMES, AND AT OTHER TIMES, ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. AT TIMES IT DRIVES FINE WHILE ONE OR ALL THESE LIGHTS ARE ON, BUT TWICE WHEN I WAS DRIVING 30-40 MPH, I HAVE LOST POWER, HAVING TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

DRIVING CAR ON SLIGHT UPHILL GRADE A A MISFIRE OCCURRED CAUSING A FLASHING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THROTTLE CONTROL WAS DEFEATED BY DESIGN AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP IN A LANE WITH NO SHOULDER AND SEMI TRUCKS BEHIND ME. WAS ABLE TO CYCLE KEY A FEW TIMES AND THROTTLE CONTROL WAS RESTORED UNTIL CAR MISFIRED AGAIN AND SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. TALKED TO LOCAL HONDA SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT WHAT HAPPENED IS BY DESIGN, TO PROTECT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN THE EVENT OF A MISFIRE..THIS IS A DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO PROTECT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND STILL LEAVE THE CAR RUNNING WITH AT LEAST PARTIAL POWER. MANY MANUFACTURERS SIMPLY CUT FUEL DELIVERY TO THE CYLINDER THAT IS MISFIRING, LEAVING YOU LESS POWER BUT STILL SAFE TO DRIVE.. THIS PROBLEM IS A SIMPLE FIX FOR HONDA WITH A REFLASH. THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION WAS CREATED BY A SIMPLE SPARK PLUG ISSUE ON ONE CYLINDER.

2018 HONDA CRV TOURING PURCHASE SEPTEMBER 8, 2018. CURRENTLY HAS 16,400 MILES. ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, I WENT OUT TO START MY HONDA CRV TOURING IN THE GARAGE. IT WOULD NOT START. I CALLED THE HELPLINE TO HAVE A TOWING COMPANY COME TO TAKE THE CAR TO BOB BRADY HONDA DEALERSHIP IN DECATUR ILLINOIS. I CALLED BOB BRADY HONDA SERVICE CENTER THEY TOLD ME TO JUST HAVE THE TOWING COMPANY JUMPSTART MY CAR AND DRIVE IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. NOTE, THE TOWING COMPANY DRIVER INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE 13TH HONDA 2018 2020 THAT HE HAS HAD TO JUMPSTART. SOME OF THE VEHICLES HE'S HAD TO REVISIT TO JUMPSTART. I DIDN'T DRIVE THE CAR AFTER COMING HOME THE REST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE CAR STARTED ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, AT 11:30 AM. THE HONDA STARTED ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 AT 3:30 PM. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, THE CAR STARTED AT 10:00 AM. THAT SAME DAY THE CAR STARTED AT 1:00 PM. ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, I WENT OUT TO TRY TO START MY CAR AT 7:00 AM. MY CAR WOULD NOT START! IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THEY WILL NOT JUST FLIP OUT THE BATTERY UNTIL THEY FIRST TRY TO CHARGE IT AGAIN TO SEE IF THAT HELPS THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOW DECEMBER 14, 2020 AND I AM GOING TO CALL THE HONDA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED IN TODAY FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM OF THE BATTERY BEING DEAD! BOTH TIMES THAT THE CAR BATTERY DIED AS WELL IT WAS SITTING IN MY HEATED GARAGE. I'M NOT ABLE TO TAKE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS ON A DEAD BATTERY. BUT, I HAVE MADE A VIDEO OF EXACTLY HOW THE PROCEDURE TAKES PLACE WHEN I HAVE TRIED TO START MY CAR IN THE GARAGE.

THE CAR BRAKED AND STOPPED SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY IN FRONT OF A A SPEEDBUMP ON A A BRIDGE. THE LAST ONE WAS ON OCTOBER 2, 2020. IN ALL THREE CASES IT WAS EITHER EARLY EVENING (6:30 PM, NO RAIN OR FOUL WEATHER) OR AT LATER AT NIGHT ( AROUND 10:00 PM, ONE TIME WAS RAINING, THE OTHER CASE IT WAS CLEAR). I ALL E THREE CASES I WAS DRIVING WITH SPEEDS OF 10-15 MILES/HR AND THERE WAS NOT A CAR CLOSE IN FRONT OF ME NEAR ME. AFTER THE FIRST TWO INCIDENTS I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY DID NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG. I CALLED HONDA AND THEY THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AS THIS IS AN ASSISTING SYSTEM. I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY F MY FAMILY.