2018 HONDA CR-V Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL NEAR THE AREA OF THE CRANK CASE. THERE WAS ALSO AN INTERNAL LEAK THAT CAUSED FUEL TO ENTER THE OIL. THE DEALER (CHAPMAN HONDA TUCSON, 4426 E 22ND ST, TUCSON, AZ 85711, (520) 445-4024) CHANGED THE OIL, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 5TH, AFTER READING CONSUMER REPORTS ARTICLE ABOUT FUEL IN THE ENGINE OIL I WENT AND SMELLED MY 2018 HONDA CR-V'S AWD EX OIL DIP STICK AND SMELLED A VERY STRONG ODER OF FUEL. ON MONDAY OCT. 8TH I CALLED MY HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED TO SCHEDULE SERVICE FOR A CHECK OF THE ISSUE. ON TUESDAY OCT 9TH I BROUGHT MY CR-V IN FOR SCHEDULED SERVICE CHECK, THE FOLLOWING IS THE SUMMARY OFF THE CUSTOMER'S COPY OF THE INVOICE. "CUSTOMER STATES THERE IS A FUEL SMELL MIXED WITH OIL STATES DIPSTICK SMELL LIKE FUEL - CHECK AND ADVISE ADVISED CUSTOMER THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND HONDA HAS YET TO COME UP WITH A COUNTER MEASURE FOR ISSUE AT THIS TIME ADVISED CUSTOMER HE WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN FIX IS AVAILABLE." I WILL REPEAT "THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE AND HONDA HAS YET TO COME UP WITH COUNTER MEASURE FOR ISSUE" I WAS VERBALLY ADVISED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO HONDA AS HAVING THE "KNOWN ISSUE", I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THIS ISSUE HONDA BELIEVES IS RELATED TO COLDER CLIMATES. I TAKE THAT TO MEAN HONDA IS AWARE EVERY CR-V WITH THE 1.5 LITER TURBO ENGINE (DREAM ENGINE) HAS THIS ISSUE BUT IT ONLY MANIFESTS ITSELF IN COLDER CLIMATES. ALSO INTERESTING IS HONDA IS WAITING TO SHIP THE 2019 MODELS UNTIL FIX IS AVAILABLE, BUT NOT TAKING 2018 MODELS OFF THE MARKET BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN HONDA IS RECALLING THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA CR-V. WHEN THE CONTACT CHECKED THE ENGINE OIL LEVEL, HE FOUND FUEL MIXED WITH THE ENGINE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HERITAGE HONDA BEL AIR (1800 BEL AIR ROAD, FALLSTON, MD 21047, 410-343-5644) AND THE ENGINE OIL WAS REPLACED, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY FUEL WAS MIXED WITH THE ENGINE OIL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.

GASOLINE MIXING WITH ENGINE OIL. THIS IS AN ADDITION TO COMPLAINT # 11138878 AND 11138881. ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2018, AFTER WE COMPLAINED ABOUT OIL OVERFULL AND GASOLINE SMELL IN OIL, OUR HONDA DEALER CHANGED THE OIL IN OUR CR-V AND SAID TO "KEEP AN EYE ON IT." THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND ONLY ONE OTHER COMPLAINT LIKE THIS, AND THE PROBLEM HAD GONE AWAY AFTER ONE OIL CHANGE. ON 10/8/2018, AFTER HAVING THE OIL CHANGED IN THE MORNING, WE DROVE 130 MILES, ALL HIGHWAY MILES, WITH THE CR-V. THE NEXT MORNING WE CHECKED THE OIL. ALREADY IT WAS OVERFULL, AND ALREADY IT SMELLED STRONGLY OF GASOLINE. THE TEMPERATURES IN MICHIGAN THAT DAY (AND OTHERS AROUND IT) WERE ACTUALLY WARM, WITH A HIGH OF 80 DEGREES F. ON 10/9/18 WE BOUGHT A QUART OF HONDA 0W-20 OIL AT THE DEALER TO COMPARE THE SMELL. THE HONDA OIL SMELLS LIKE NOTHING ON A PAPER TOWEL. OIL FROM THE DIPSTICK OF MY CR-V REEKS OF GASOLINE. PLEASE NOTE NOT LOW TEMPERATURES AND NOT SHORT TRIP, THIS WAS WARM TEMPS AND HIGHWAY MILES ONLY, AND THE GASOLINE IN ENGINE OIL PROBLEM HAS RE-OCCURRED AFTER ONLY 130 MILES AND ONE DAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA CR-V. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK OIL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OIL DIP STICK READING WAS EXTREMELY HIGH AND THE ODOR OF FUEL WAS ALSO PRESENT IN THE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (SIERRA HONDA, 1450 S. SHAMROCK AVE, MONROVIA, CA) AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT IN THE OIL AND THE OIL DIP STICK READING WAS EXCESSIVELY HIGH. THE DEALER ALSO NOTICED THAT THE OIL COLOR HAD DARKENED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO REPAIR WAS PRESENTLY AVAILABLE. THE OIL WAS CHANGED AND THE FUEL ODOR WAS NO LONGER PRESENT; HOWEVER, APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER, THE FUEL ODOR RETURNED AND THE OIL DIP STICK INDICATED THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS VERY HIGH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,100.

GASOLINE PRESENT IN OIL. SMELL IN CABIN OF CAR. DIP STICK SMELLS OF GAS AND IS INDICATING OVER FILLED.

CAR STALLS WHEN GOING UP PARKING RAMP, CAR DIES AT INTERSECTION, CAR DOES NOT SENCE OBJECTS WHEN IN REVERSE, A BLUE LINE APPEARS WHEN RAINING AND I REVERSE OBSTRUCTION VIEW, ELECTRONICS FREEZE AND UNABLE TO USE TOUCH SCREEN...USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN RAINING CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. BRAKES FAILED (PEDAL FROZE) IN REVERSE. SALESMAN SAID TO LET IT HAPPEN SEVERAL MORE TIMES BEFORE MAKING A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. THE CAR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM EVER SINCE I GOT IT EARLIER THIS YEAR...THERE IS ONLY 4,000 MILES ON IT AND SO FAR, THEY CHANGED THE BATTERY...EXPLANATION I WAS GIVEN IS THAT HONDA HAS BAD BATTERIES. THIS AFTER CHANGING OIL ONE WEEK PRIOR AND SERVICE REPORT INDICATED GOOD BATTERY. ONE WEEK AFTER SERVICING, THE CAR DIED AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE SERVICE PEOPLE AT HONDA SAID IT WAS ALL DUE TO A BAD BATTERY. BRAKES FAILED DUE TO BAD BATTERY???? STILL HAVING PROBLEMS, CAR IS STALLING, PANEL FREEZES, SENSORS DON'T WORK...SALESMAN SAID NO LOANERS AVAILABLE AND IF YOU WANTED A LOANER WHEN YOU SERVICE CAR, SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A LEXUS OR BMW. THIS AFTER I DESCRIBED ALL THE PROBLEMS. REALLY UNHAPPY WITH THIS CAR. I BELIEVE IT'S A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. .BRAKES FAILED, PANEL FREEZES, CAR STALLS...HELP!!!!! NOTE THIS HAPPENED AS RECENTLY AS 10/5/18 BUT REALLY IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR. I HAD IT TOWED ONCE WHEN A LIGHT FLASHED, "BRAKE FAILURE" AND I WAS UNABLE TO START THE CAR. THE BATTERY WAS CHANGED - THIS WAS IN AUGUST OF 2018.

2018 CRV-EXL PURCHASED ON 9/3/18, OUR 5TH HONDA (3RD CRV), CURRENTLY AT 620 MILES. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE RELIABILITY OF HONDA VEHICLES, UNTIL RECENTLY. LAST FRIDAY (10/8/18), CNN NEWS REPORTED ON A CONSUMER REPORTS (CR) ARTICLE REGARDING THE CRV 2018 ENGINE PROBLEMS, INVOLVING FUEL MIXING W/ ENGINE OIL. APPARENTLY, THERE'S AN ISSUE REGARDING GAS MIXING W/ OIL IN 2017 & 2018 HONDA CRVS WITH 1.5-LITER ENGINES, POSSIBLY CAUSING STALLING AND ENGINE DAMAGE. NUMEROUS CR AND NHTSA COMPLAINTS INVOLVED STALLING, LOSS OF POWER, AND SMELL OF GAS IN THE PASSENGER CABIN. HONDA IS WORKING ON A FIX NEXT MONTH. OWNERS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK THE OIL LEVEL ON THEIR CRVS AS IT WILL BE HIGHER AND LESS VISCOUS IF MIXED W/ GAS. WE CHECKED OUR CRV'S OIL LAST NIGHT AND NOTICED THE STRONG SMELL OF GAS ON THE DIPSTICK. BROUGHT THE CRV THIS MORNING TO OUR HONDA DEALERSHIP. SERVICE REP REPORTED THAT THEIR TEST REVEALED NO GAS MIXED W/ THE OIL AND THAT THE SMELL IS FROM A SPECIAL OIL ADDITIVE THAT HONDA USES IN NEW VEHICLES. WE WERE ADVISED TO BRING THE CRV BACK FOR AN OIL CHANGE AT 1500 MILES. REP WAS NOT AWARE OF THE CR & NHTSA COMPLAINTS ON GAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE OIL, UNTIL WE TOLD HIM. WE AGREED TO BRING THE CRV BACK FOR THE OIL CHANGE. CALLED HONDA TO CONFIRM THE FIX IN NOVEMBER AND MENTIONED OUR VISIT TO THE DEALERSHIP. CUSTOMER REP INSISTED THAT HONDA DOES NOT PUT ANY OIL ADDITIVE IN THE NEW CRVS AND THAT I WAS MISS-INFORMED BY THE SERVICE REP. I WAS REFERRED TO THE CRV MANUAL ON PAGE 572, STATING THAT OIL ADDITIVES MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY. I WAS ASSURED THAT HONDA ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON THE FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. I WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE MY CRV TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR A 2ND OPINION AND OIL ANALYSIS. WE'RE IN THE 'WAIT AND SEE' MODE UNTIL THE FIX IS DEPLOYED NEXT MONTH.

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER A STRONG SMELL OF GAS CAME IN TO THE PASSENGER CABIN. IT IS A NEW HONDA CR-V WITH 475 MILES AT THE TIME. WHEN I GOT HOME, I CHECKED THE OILED, IT SMELLED OF GAS.

WHEN CHECKING THE OIL DIPSTICK WITH A 1.5L TURBO ENGINE, I NOTICED THE OIL SMELLED OF GASOLINE AND AND IS NOT THE CONSISTENCY OF ENGINE OIL. I DID THIS FIRST AFTER THE CAR SAT IN THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT AND AFTER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 25 MINUTES 2X IN AN ATTEMPT TO 'BURN OFF' THE GASOLINE WITH THE END RESULT BEING THE SAME.