2018 HONDA CR-V Complaints

PROBLEM WITH GASOLINE GETTING INTO ENGINE OIL AND TURNING OIL DARK BROWN. ENGINE 1.5-LITER TURBO. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT GASOLINE IN THE ENGINE OIL RAISES THE OIL LEVEL, AND TRIGGERS A TERRIBLE SMELL AND BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE PROSPECT OF LONG-TERM DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE OIL'S INABILITY TO PROPERLY PROTEST THE ENGINE. BOUGHT CAR NEW FEB 1, 2018. AUG. 8, 2018 FIRST DEALER SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE MILEAGE 6,532 MAINTENANCE INDICATOR 15%. AT CHANGE OIL CHECKED OUT AT FULL AND CLEAR. CHECKED OIL IN EARLY NOV AND FOUND THE CLEAR OIL WAS NOW OVER THE FULL MARK BY HALF INCH AND HAD TURNED DARK BROWN. ON INTERNET FOUND OTHER CAR OWNERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HAD OIL CHANGED BEFORE NORMAL MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF OIL PROBLEM. JAN 31, 2019 MAINTENANCE INDICATOR WAS AT 30% AND DARK BROWN OIL WAS HALF INCH OVER FULL ON DIPSTICK. MILEAGE AT 12,005 MILES. AVERAGE DRIVING 1000 MILES A MONTH. MOSTLY OPEN HIGHWAY DRIVING. DEALER SAID THAT HONDA HAD A FIX BUT FIX DID NOT APPLY TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A COLD WEATHER STATE. ENGINE GET UP AND GO HAS GOTTEN WORSE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SOMETIMES WOULD NEED REPEATED ATTEMPT TO START. VEHICLE STALLED, MOST OFTEN WHILE MOVING SLOWLY, BUT ONCE WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30 & 40 MPH. NO CODES SHOWED ACCORDING TO CLAWSEN HONDA. HONDA PERFORMED AN SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR PCM & TCM (1/18/19). VEHICLE STALLED ONCE SINCE SERVICE 10 DAYS LATER. 1ST INCIDENT AT 72MI ODOM

THE CAR BEGAN STALLING AND WOULD NOT DRIVE OVER 10 MPH. SMELLED TERRIBLY AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS WENT OFF. ONLY 2,768 MILES.

PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT DOES NOT GO OFF AT TIMES EVEN WHEN SOMEONE OVER 65LBS IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. WE HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION

DRIVING IN WINTER CONDITIONS. CAR LOST POWER. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO COAST ABOUT A QUARTER MILE TO A SAFE PLACE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BY THE TIME I PARKED THE CAR SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL LIKE SOMETHING BURNING. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR TO GET HEAT WHILE WAITING FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THE DASH LIGHTS WERE FLASHING AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM FAILURE MESSAGES. CAR UNABLE TO DRIVE OVER BOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR. HAD TO TOW TO DEALERSHIP.

THE ACTIVE SAFETY AND DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEMS RANDOMLY SWITCH THEMSELVES ON AND OFF WHILE IN MOTION AND ARE UNRELIABLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT BOTH HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS. IT HAS HAPPEN IN NORMAL DRIVING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND COLD WITH SNOW FLURRIES. THIS VEHICLE FAILS TO WARM TO TO "NORMAL" OPERATING TEMPERS ESPECIAL ON MN COLD DAYS. IT MAY NOT WARM UP PERIOD ON DAYS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE FALL TO 15 DEGREES OR LOWER. ON DAYS OF 50 DEGREES OR LESS IT WARMS UP WHEN DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS BUT IN LOW SPEED SITUATIONS IT MAY NOT WARM UP AT ALL. THERE IS THE DISTINCT SMELL OF GASOLINE IN THE CAR AT TIMES. ADDITIONALLY THIS VEHICLE APPEARS TO HAVE AN OIL DILUTION PROBLEM AS THE OIL LEVEL REGISTERS ABOVE THE MAX OIL LEVEL LINE ON A REGULAR BASIS. IN MY MIND THESE ARE ALL SAFETY ISSUES. I WONDER IF THE SAFETY SYSTEMS WILL ACTUALLY WORK IF AND WHEN I NEED THEM. I WONDER IF THIS CAR IS GOING TO BURST INTO FLAMES AS I CAN SMALL GASOLINE IN THE CABIN. IF I SMELLED GAS IN ME HOUSE THEY RECOMMEND I LEAVE THE PREMISES. I CAN'T REALLY DO WITH I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I DO HAVE A FEW PICTURES OF SOME OF THE ELECTRONIC WARNING AND TEMP GAUGE BUT CANNOT DOWNLOAD FROM THIS LOCATION. I AM LISTING HERE THE FIRST INCIDENCE BUT KNOW THERE ARE A FEW INCIDENCES.

PURCHASED THE 2018 HONDA CR-V EX-L NEW FROM PEARSON HONDA, MIDLOTHIAN VA. 23112. SHORTLY AFTER THE PURCHASE I NOTICED THE ODOR OF GAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DURING DECEMBER 2018, I CALLED THE DEALER COMPLAINING THAT THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF GAS IN THE ENGINE OIL. I WAS ADVISED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN AND THEY OFFERED TO CHANGE THE OIL FREE OF CHARGE. I RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT HONDA KNEW ABOUT THIS ENGINE DEFECT DURING 2017 AND STILL INSTALLED THE DEFECTED ENGINES IN THE 2018 CR-V. HONDA HAS ISSUED A RECALL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BUT NOT FOR VEHICLES REGISTERED IN VA. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED TO KEEP BRINGING IN THE VEHICLE AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR ADDITIONAL FREE OIL CHANGES. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND ANY ASSISTANCE FROM YOU WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. SECOND ISSUE: WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WOULD BRAKE VERY HARD, USUALLY AS A SECOND VEHICLE IS BEING OVER TAKEN IN THE RIGHT LANE. I REPORTED THIS SITUATION TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THE SENSORS ARE JUST VERY SENSITIVE. THIS IS A SPORADIC PROBLEM.

SPORT HONDA CONFIRMED THAT GASOLINE IS MIXED IN WITH OIL...THE OIL STICK HAS VERY BLACK OIL UP HIGH ON THE STICK. ON SEVERAL OCSASIONS IN JAN 2019 A STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL APPEARED IN THE CAR CABIN... THE GAS MILEAGE DROPPED ABRUPTLY AT THIS TIME BY 12% THE HONDA DEALER HAS KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE EARLY MORNING JAN 31,2019 AND HAS NOT RETURNED MY 2 PHONE CALLS. THE STRONG SMELL ONLY OCCURED WHILE DRIVING.

CMBS SYSTEM NOT WORKING FROM DAY OF PURCHASE 5/14/18. ALTHOUGH NOT OPERATIVE DURING TEST DRIVES 2 DEALERS STATED NOTHING THEY COULD DO.

DURING COLD WEATHER OPERATION ON 01/30/2019 AFTER ~10-15 MINUTES OF DRIVING (AND AFTER THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED A WARMED UP ENGINE) I EXPERIENCED ENGINE SPUTTERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE ENGINE "SKIPPED" ONCE BELOW 10MPH WHICH FELT LIKE A BAD SHIFT (BUT IT HAS A CVT) AND THEN ONCE REACHING ~17MPH, THE ENGINE REPEATEDLY SPUTTERED PREVENTING FURTHER ACCELERATION; THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING WHILE THE SPUTTERING WAS OCCURRING. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE VEHICLE AN ADDITIONAL ~.1 MILES TO MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITH NO ENGINE LIGHT ON, BUT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.