2004 HONDA CR-V Complaints

SRS LIGHT RECENTLY AND CURRENTLY REMAINS ON IN MY 2004 HONDA CRV. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO AVALON HONDA NJ DEALER 2 TIMES AFTER SPEAKING TO THEM 3 TIMES, THEY PROCASTINATED TO OBTAIN THE PART. I WAS INFORMED THEY WILL GET IT SOON AND WILL COST ME $693.00. AFTER I PERFORMED A CONSUMER RESEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, THIS IS A HIGH SAFETY ALERT ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR HONDA TO ANNOUNCE TO THE PUBLIC FOR ROAD SAFETY AND CONSUMER SAFETY. THEREFORE, THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY MONIES OUT OF THE POCKET AS THIS MAJOR SAFETY ITEM THAT SHOULD BE GUARANTEED FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR, NOT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE. THIS INCLUDES THERE LIFE. *TR

DOOR ACTUATORS DO NOT ALWAYS WORK MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAR QUICKLY. *TR

UPDATE TO THE JULY 2013 AND DECEMBER 2013 VEHICLE SAFETY COMPLAINTS (NHTSA ID NUMBERS 10523929 AND 10555723 RESPECTIVELY) CONCERNING THE SRS DASHBOARD LIGHT COMING ON PERMANENTLY WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND RESULTING IN THE SHUT OFF OF THE SIDE AIRBAG. IN APRIL 2014, THE SRS LIGHT WITH THE DTC 15-2 CODE CAME ON PERMANENTLY AND WOULD NOT CLEAR WITH MY CODE READER. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE HONDA DEALER ON 5/27/2014. THE MILEAGE WAS 121,133. THE HONDA TECH DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED PRINTED CIRCUIT IN THE DASHBOARD GAUGE CONTROL MODULE AFTER BEING UNABLE TO CLEAR THE SRS DIAGNOSTIC CODE. A NEW GAUGE CONTROL MODULE WAS INSTALLED ON 6/16/2014. I RETAINED THE OLD PART. SO FAR THE SRS DASHBOARD LIGHT HAS NOT COME BACK ON PERMANENTLY AGAIN. UPDATED 08/18/14

VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS LOW BEAM START FAILING ON DRIVERS SIDE. BURNING OUT OFTEN - WHILE OTHER SIDE HEADLIGHT REMAINED STABLE. REPLACE HEADLIGHTS (BOTH SIDES) MANY TIMES AFTER THAT - ONLY TO HAVE THE DRIVERS SIDE FAIL AFTER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT WOULD ALSO CHANGE TO VERY DIM WHILE OTHER SIDE REMAINED BRIGHT. PROBABLY SIMILAR TO A FLASHLIGHT, - NEEDING BATTERIES. WOULD ALWAYS FLICK BRIGHT LIGHTS ON FOR A WHILE, OR TUG ON HEADLIGHT WIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND LIGHT WOULD CHANGE TO NORMAL BRIGHT COLOR AFTER THIS. WHEN CAR WAS TURNED OFF, - THE WHOLE SITUATION WOULD REPEAT ITSELF NEXT TIME CAR STARTED UP AND RAN AT NIGHT WITH LIGHTS ON. NOTICED RADIO DISPLAY PANEL WOULD GO OUT ALSO, -- BLACK OUT, ONLY TO COME BACK ON LATER. THAT WOULD BE THE CLOCK AND STATION RADIO LCD PANEL DISPLAY. HAD CAR PROBLEM FIXED SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AT LEAST TWICE AT PRIVATE MECHANICS, TWICE AT HONDA DEALERSHIP, - PLUS RECALLED AT HONDA DEALERSHIP IN 2012 FOR HEADLIGHT WIRING FAILURE AND PROBLEMS, PLUS BACK IN THE DEALERSHIP ONE MONTH LATER IN 2012 FOR SAME PROBLEM, PLUS BACK IN DEALERSHIP 6/9, 6/10, 6/11 2014 WITH SAME PROBLEM. AFTER SPENDING SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS FOR VARIOUS FIXES, THIS TIME (2014) DEALERSHIP ONCE AGAIN HAS FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM - WIRING HARNESS ATTACHED TO ENGINE FIREWALL COMPARTMENT BAD. MELTING, CORROSIVE, AND WIRES WITH INSULATION MISSING IN HARNESS, - BUT ANOTHER 1850 DOLLARS WOULD COVER A NEW WIRE HARNESS PLUS INSTALLATION. PAID 91 DOLLAR DIAGNOSTIC FEE, PICKED UP CAR AND LEFT. RESEARCHED PROBLEM ON INTERNET AND FOUND MANY HONDA CRV'S FROM AROUND THOSE YEARS WITH SAME PROBLEMS. REPORTED SITUATION TO HONDA AND OPENED A CASE NUMBER WITH THEM. THE LATEST CASE NUMBER BEING N012014-06-1100779, ASSIGNED 6/11/14 BY HONDA. *JS

SUBMISSION FROM CONSTITUENT RE 2004 HONDA CR-V REIMBURSEMENTS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED BEFORE HE TURNED THE VEHICLE ON, THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR, EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH CIRCUIT BOARD CONTACTS WERE BURNT. AMERICAN HONDA WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL 12V486000. *JB

2004 HONDA CRV. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE PAINT ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHITE SPOTS STARTING APPEARING ON THE HOOD, THEN WINDOWS AND AROUND THE WINDOWS. ALSO, THE AIR CONDITIONER HAD TO BE FIXED.

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH MY AREA AT OR NEAR 15 MPH. WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN TO A SPEED OF 30-35 MPH. THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT VERY STIFF AND WAS DIFFICULT TO HOLD THE CAR AT 30 MPH WITH CONSTANT BRAKING. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AND THE INCIDENT OCCURRED NOT FAR FROM MY HOME, SO I PROCEEDED BACK HOME. THE CAR WOULD NOT DECELERATE. I HAVE A VERY LONG DRIVEWAY THAT I PULLED INTO, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, TURNED OFF THE KEY AND PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AS THE ENGINE WOUND DOWN. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THEY SENT A TOW VEHICLE TO PICK UP THE CAR SINCE IT WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IT TO THEM. THEY SAID THEY DROVE THE CAR MULTIPLE TIMES AND PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC TESTS ON THE VEHICLE FINDING NO PROBLEMS AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR THREE DAYS. THE INVOICE HOWEVER SHOWED IDENTICAL MILEAGE IN AND OUT OF THEIR FACILITY WHEN IT WAS PICKED UP JAN. 2, 2014. ON FEB. 11, 2014, I WAS IN TRAFFIC STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, MY RIGHT FOOT PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE REVVED, THE BRAKE PEDAL STIFFENED AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD HITTING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, DOING DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA OF AMERICA HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND A CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNHEARD OF COMPLAINT OR OCCURRENCE FOR THIS MAKE, MODEL, YEAR VEHICLE AS EVIDENCE BUY COMPLAINTS TO YOU. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND ONLY DRIVER. THIS IS MY FIRST ACCIDENT IN OVER 50 YRS OF BEING A LICENSED DRIVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED, PARKED AND POWERED ON, THE DOORS LOCKED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS LOCKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS SPORADIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I WAS ACCELERATING AT A YIELD SIGN TO MERGE ONTO THE MAIN ROAD. I REALIZED THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING MORE THAN IT SHOULD BE AND WAS QUICKLY APPROACHING A VERY UNSAFE SPEED FOR THIS ROAD (APPROX 60-70 MPH). FELT THE ACCELERATOR DEPRESSING ITSELF FURTHER AS I COMPLETELY REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE PEDAL. ACCELERATION CONTINUED, AND RPMS WERE APPROACHING THE RED ZONE OF 6000-7000. NOT KNOWING WHAT ELSE TO DO, I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE EXCESSIVE REVVING AND RPMS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEFORE SUDDENLY GOING TO 0. CAR WAS STILL RUNNING AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING, BUT NOW I'M WORRIED THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN IN LESS FORGIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

UPDATE TO JULY/2013 COMPLAINT REGARDING SRS LIGHT COMING ON PERMANENTLY. 9/11/13 SRS LIGHT CAME ON PERMANENTLY AGAIN. DTC 15-2 CODE. THE HONDA DEALER REPLACED THE SRS CONTROL UNIT ON 10/1/13. MILEAGE 114,126. I HAVE THE OLD SRS CONTROL UNIT IN MY POSSESSION. 10/21/13 SRS LIGHT COME ON PERMANENTLY AGAIN. 11/4/13 HONDA DEALER RESET THE SRS LIGHT. DTC CODES WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE DTC 15-2. MILEAGE 114,925. NO CHARGE BY DEALER. 11/24/13 SRS LIGHT CAME ON PERMANENTLY AGAIN. HONDA DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A SHORT IN ONE OF THE WIRING HARNESSES TRIGGERING THE DTC 15-2 CODE. DEALER RESET THE SRS LIGHT. NO CHARGE FOR 4 HOURS OF WORK. DEALER WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY PAPERWORK ON SERVICE VISIT. MILEAGE APPROXIMATELY 115,437 AT TIME OF VISIT. THE DEALER TECH SUGGESTED I CLEAR THE CODE WITH A CODE READER UNTIL IT WOULD NO LONGER CLEAR RATHER THAN BLINDLY REPLACING AT THIS TIME THE 4 WIRING HARNESSES TO LOCATE THE SHORT. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE HEAD LIGHTS BURNED OUT PREMATURELY, AND HE HAD TO REPLACE THEM SEVERAL TIMES. UPDATED 01/29/14