2018 HONDA CR-V Complaints

OIL LEVEL OVER FULL. AND STRONG FUEL SMELL IT THE OIL. MY GARAGE SMELLS STRONGLY OF GAS ALSO. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN OCTOBET AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND A FIX WAS COMMING SOON? NOTHING YET? WHY WOULD THEY SELL VEHICLES WITH KNOWLEDGE OF A SERIOUS MOTOR PROBLEM?

LOTS OF GASOLINE IN MY OIL. OIL LEVEL STARTING CLIMBING AT ONSET OF COLD WEATHER HERE IN LOUISIANA ( IT HAD BEEN STABLE AT FULL LINE BEFORE WEATHER GOT COLD). MY WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE 15 MILES TO WORK ONE WAY 5 DAYS PER WEEK. SMELL OF GASOLINE KEPT GETTING STRONGER AND OIL LEVEL RISING SLIGHTLY EACH SATURDAY MORNING WHEN I CHECKED MY OIL (AFTER WEATHER GOT COLD). I SHOWED DEALERSHIP SERVICE ADVISOR (AT 50% OIL LIFE) WHO AGREED THAT THE OIL SMELLED LIKE GASOLINE & LEVEL WAS TOO HIGH AND THEN HE IGNORED MY REQUEST TO DOCUMENT THE ISSUE. I CHECK OIL LEVEL EACH SATURDAY MORNING (AS WELL AS TIRE PRESSURE ON ALL MY VEHICLES). ONCE I GOT HOME FROM DEALERSHIP OIL CHANGE AND REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NO COMPLAINT OF GASOLINE IN OIL IN MY PAPERWORK I CALLED HONDA USA AND COMPLAINED THEY THEN GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER.

ENGINE OIL NEEDED TO BE CHANGED FOR FIRST TIME SINCE INFORMATION WAS PROMPTED ON DASH BOARD. AFTER CHECKING THE OIL LEVEL IT WAS DETECTED THAT OIL LEVEL IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL REQUIRED LEVEL. OIL LEVEL IS ABOVE ORANGE MEASURING SCALE AND IS 1/8 OF AN INCH ON METAL DIPSTICK. OIL SMELL ON GASOLINE AND THERE IS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GASOLINE IN ENGINE OIL. ALSO, OIL SEEMS TO BE DELUTED. OIL LEVEL WAS CKECKED WHEN ENGINE WAS COLD AND HOT. THE RESULT WAS ALWAYS THE SAME. OIL LEVEL IS TOO HIGH.

ENGINE OIL CONTAMINATION BY INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION OF GASOLINE IN CYLINDER. VOLUME OF OIL BECOMES OVER FULL. PRODUCES "GASOLINE SMELL" AND DIMINISHES THE EFFICIACY OF ENGINE OIL LUBRICATION.

3-MONTH-OLD 2018 CR-V EX-L - NOTICED OIL DILUTION PROBLEMS WITHIN FIRST 2 MONTHS. DEALER HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE. GAS HAS BEEN GETTING INTO OIL IN APPARENTLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS. PERSISTENT SMELLS OF GAS AND 'ROTTEN EGGS/MEAT' WHILE OPERATING. OIL LEVEL GETS HIGHER ABOVE MEASURING SECTION OF DIPSTICK EVERY TIME I CHECK, SMELLS OF GAS. CAR BEGINS TO STALL A BIT OCCASIONALLY. HAD OIL CHANGED AT 5K MILES - TECH CONFIRMED OIL WAS VERY THIN, HIGHER VOLUME THAN SHOULD BE, AND SMELLED OF GAS. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY NOW (WHAT IF IT STALLS WHILE IN HEAVY HIGHWAY TRAFFIC?) AND ALSO LONG-TERM ENGINE DAMAGE SINCE DILUTED OIL WILL NOT LUBRICATE AS WELL. RESEARCHED ONLINE ONLY AFTER DISCOVERING PROBLEM - APPARENTLY WELL KNOWN PROBLEM, AND WIDESPREAD - BUT BARELY ACKNOWLEDGED BY HONDA.

GAS IS LEAKING INTO THE OIL SYSTEM THUS OVERFILLING IT. I HAVE CHECKED MY VEHICLES OIL (LESS THAN 500 MILES ON MY CAR) AND THE OIL LINE WAS WAY PASSED FULL. THIS OVERFILLING CAN CAUSE PREMATURE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, WHICH ACCORDING TO EXPERTS CAN CAUSE STALLING AT RANDOM TIMES WHICH POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE DRIVER AND OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP FROM WHICH I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE DID NOT INFORM ME OF THIS ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THAT IT IS A PRESSING ISSUE. HENCE THE REASON THE 2019 CR-V'S HAVE NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.

THE CRUISE CONTROL IS HYPERVARIABLE - WHEN COMBINED WITH A LANE WARNING SYSTEM, IT DROPPED US OUT OF CRUISE (AT 70MPH) WHEN PASSING A LARGE TRUCK IN THE RIGHT LANE. VERY UNSAFE TO BE ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THE LEFT LANE SLOWING DOWN WHEN WE WE TRYING TO SPEED PAST THE 18-WHEELER. DEALER SAID THE 'SENSITIVITY' OF THE LANE WARNING SYSTEM 'CAUGHT THE TRUCK CREEPING CLOSE' TO THE LINE -- WE DIDN'T SEE THAT AT ALL. ALSO, THE LANE WARNING SYSTEM IS QUITE INTERMITTENT - ONLY ABOUT 2 OUT OF 5 TIMES DOES THE RIGHT HAND WARNING SIGNAL SOMETHING (LIKE DRIFTING NEAR A SHOULDER) AS DESIGNED.

WIFE NOTICES FUEL SMELL WHILE DRIVING. OIL WAS CHECKED AND I COULD VISIBLY SEE THE OIL IS CUT WITH GASOLINE ALONG WITH STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE ON OIL DIPSTICK. OIL IS INDEFINITELY CONTAMINATED WITH GASOLINE. FIRST NOTICED ON 12/10/18 AND RESEARCHED ONLINE FINDING THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH 2017-2018 HONDA CR-V WITH THE 1.5L TURBO

I WAS FIRST IN LINE IN THE LEFT LANE ON A CROSS OVER TO A ONE WAY STREET THAT GOES FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. I WAS AT A STOP WAITING FOR A TIME I COULD TURN AND TRY TO GET OVER 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC. THERE ARE 4 LANES ON THE ONE WAY STREET WHICH IS M-59 ALSO KNOW AS HALL ROAD AND I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO GO FAST AS I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO FIRST GET IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AND THEN CROSS OVER THE OTHER 3 LANES TO THE RIGHT AND EXIT AT A DRIVE TO WHERE I WAS TRYING TO GET TO. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO TAKE MAXIMUM ACCELERATION AND A DEFT TOUCH TO GET OVER THERE SAFELY. AS I TRIED TO DO THIS AND AS I MADE MY FIRST MOVE INTO THE LEFT LANE, MY CAR HESITATED AND DID NOT GIVE ME THE FULL ACCELERATION I WAS EXPECTING. THIS CAUSED ALL THE TIMING I NEEDED TO MAKE THIS MANEUVER SAFELY GO OUT THE WINDOW AND PUT ME IN A PRECARIOUS SITUATION. I HAD TO MAKE IN MY OPINION A VERY DANGEROUS MOVEMENT TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID A CAR THAT WAS CLOSING IN FAST FROM BEHIND BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET THE SPEED UP. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THIS CAR. I WAS ABLE TO GET WHERE I WANTED TO GO BUT NOW HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE RELIABILITY OF TRYING TO MAKE THIS MANEUVER AGAIN.

RAISED ENGINE OIL LEVEL AND SMELL OF GAS INSIDE THE CAR WHEN DRIVEN ON COLD MORNING FOR A SHORT TRIP AND SOMETIMES ON LONGER TRIPS TOO.