2004 HONDA CR-V Complaints

SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON 2004 CRV. THE SWITCH IN THE LEFT FRONT SEAT BUCKLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED. THE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE DUE TO FAILED SWITCH. BUCKLE MUST BE REPLACED. WARRANTY READS "A SEATBELT THAT FAILS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY IS COVERED FOR THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE VEHICLE". HONDA WILL NOT ACCEPT WARRANTY CLAIM, SINCE IT IS AN SRS SYSTEM FAILURE. *TR

AIR COMPRESSOR FAILURE AT 100,000 MILES ON 12/22/10 AFTER THE TOTAL A/C UNIT WAS REPLACED ON 9/24/07 INCLUDING EXPANSION VALVE, CONDENSOR, EVAPORATOR, COOLING FAN, AND COMPRESSOR AT 75,265 MILES. THIS IS MY SECOND A/C UNIT THAT DIED. *LN

STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THROTTLE STUCK AT FULL SPEED. PUMPED ACCELERATOR TO NO AVAIL. APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE AND, LITERALLY, STOOD WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES. ENGINE STILL RACED AT FULL SPEED, AND I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE. RIVER ON MY RIGHT AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON MY LEFT. SAW A LARGE, OPEN YARD AND DROVE THE CAR AT HIGH SPEED INTO THE YARD AND TURNED OFF THE KEY. WHEN TURNING THE ENGINE BACK ON, IT STILL RACED AT FULL THROTTLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NOT DEPRESSED. HAD CAR TOWED HOME AND EVALUATED BY INDEPENDENT (NOT HONDA) MECHANIC. HIS DIAGNOSIS WAS "CARBON BUILDUP IN THE THROTTLE BODY." EMERGENCY BRAKE AND REGULAR BRAKES COMPLETELY RUINED DURING THIS INCIDENT AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. TWO GRANDCHILDREN IN VEHICLE WITH ME. EVERYONE TERRIFIED, BUT NO ONE HURT OR INJURED. REPAIRS QUOTED AS VERY EXPENSIVE, PLUS THE COST OF NEW BRAKES. DID NOT WANT TO EVER DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN AND DISPOSED OF IT FORTHWITH. ROUTINE GOOGLE SEARCH UNCOVERED SIMILAR INCIDENTS WITH THE 2004 AND OTHER YEAR CRV'S.

LETTER FROM CONGRESSWOMAN GIFFORDS ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH HER HONDA 2004 CRV (ATTACHMENTS NOT IMAGED) *TGW THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITION UNIT FREEZING, THE ENGINE BLEW SPARK PLUGS INTO THE CYLINDER HEAD, THE PROPELLER PROTECTION SHAFT WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE AT TIMES AND THE HOOD RELEASE LATCH FAILED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN AND WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE COMPRESSOR FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 HONDA CRV WHEN SOMEONE RAN A RED LIGHT. I HIT THE GAS AS HARD AS I COULD AND THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING TO RED LINING EVEN AFTER I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL. I HIT THE BRAKES AND THEY SEEMED TO BE TRYING TO WORK BUY THEY DIDN'T STOP THE CAR OR EVEN SLOW ME DOWN. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO TURN THE KEY AND IT WOULD NOT TURN. I IWAS ALMOST HIT TWICE AS I HAD TO GO THROUGH A LIGHT. I HEADED TO A EMPTY BUILDING. I FIGURED I WOULD HAVE TO CRASH MYSELF TO KEEP FROM KILLING ANYONE. WHEN I TURNED TOWARDS THE BUILDING I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE KEY OFF AND THE BRAKES WORKED FINALLY. THE CAR STILL RED LINED IN PARK. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND THEY HAD TO FIX THE COVER OVER THE THROTTLE. IT HAD SLIPPED DOWN AND THE THROTTLE CAUGHT ON IT. TOWING NUMBER IS 330-995-2385 HONDA TOLD ME NO RECALL ON 2004'S BUT HEARD ABOUT THE HONDA 2005 HYBRID AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHAT I WENT THROUGH. GAS STUCK AND NO BREAKS, IT WAS THE MOST FRIGHTENING THING I EVER WENT THROUGH. IT ALSO HAPPENED TO THE MECHANIC WHO TEST THE CAR AND THEN FIXED IT. I ASK HONDA TO REPORT IT AND THEY TOLD ME TO REPORT IT TO AMERICAN HONDA BUT I DECIDED AFTER THE WAY THEY ACTED TO REPORT IT TO YOU. I COULD BEEN KILLED OR KILLED SEVERAL FAMILIES. *TR

MY 2004 HONDA CR-V'S AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING ON THE AFTERNOON OF 9/24/10. THE AIR BLOWING OUT SEEMED TO BE WARM. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT A LOCAL SERVICE STATION TO INSPECT THE A/C FOR THE FOLLOWING MORNING, 9/25/10. THE MECHANIC REMOVED THE LOWER PANEL A/C COMPRESSOR AND SHOWED ME A HOLE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE A/C COMPRESSOR "EXPLODING" OUTWARD. THERE WERE A FEW METAL SHARD PIECES LEFT IN THE PLASTIC PANEL THAT COVERS THAT AREA OF THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BUT HAD NEVER SEEN IT. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, HIS PARTS SUPPLIER SAID THAT THEY HEAR OF THIS OFTEN. BOTH BELIEVE THERE IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE WITH THE COMPRESSORS. DUE TO THE WAY THAT THE A/C SYSTEM IN THE HONDA IS SET UP, THE ENTIRE THING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FORTUNATELY MY MECHANIC WAS GENEROUS WITH HIS COSTS AND LABOR CHARGES. IT COST $1313.52 TO FIX. I CHECKED ONLINE FOR A RECALL AND CALLED HONDA AMERICA. THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL BUT I FOUND AN ONLINE DISCUSSION THREAD WITH BETTER THAN 900 COMMENTS OF FOLKS WHO ALL HAD SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THEIR HONDA CR-V A/C COMPRESSORS. IHTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/HONDA-CR-V/TU0OKFJGV9V3F3FGL/P49 IT APPEARS THAT THE DEALERSHIPS ARE CHARGING AROUND $3000 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. I SHOULD MENTION THAT I HAD PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT MY CAR HAS 160,000 MILES ON IT. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO OCCUR AT VARIOUS MILEAGES. IN SOME CASES, THE METAL SHARDS THAT BLOW OFF OF THE COMPRESSOR CAN EITHER SLICE INTO THE TIRES OR MAKE A HOLE IN THE OIL PAN. I GUESS I WAS "LUCKY" IT DIDN'T DO MORE DAMAGE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, CAR BEGAN MAKING LOUD WHINING NOISE. THEN A LOUD BANG, AND SOME BIG PIECE OF METAL FELL OFF THE CAR ONTO THE ROAD. AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED BLOWING COLD. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE PART THAT FELL OFF WAS THE A/C COMPRESSOR CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. ENTIRE SYSTEM MUST BE REPLACED AT GREAT COST. WE HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. *TR

AIRCONDITIONER QUIT WORKING. THOUGHT WAS JUST LOW FREON-WAS SHRAPNAL IN MY VEHICLE FROM THE UNIT DISINTEGRATED. WAS TOLD LUCKY I DIDN'T DRIVE ANY FURTHER OR THE SHRAPNEL WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE ENGINE, SEIZED IT UP, POSSIBLY CRASHING IN THE PROCESS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HONDA KNOWS IS HAPPENING. IT COST ME ABOUT $1600.00 TO REPAIR, SOMEONE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE AFTER LOSING THE AIRCONDITIONING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT FROM IT CRASHING. *TR

ON FEBRUARY 20, WHILE DRIVING ON THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY OUR CAR SHIMMIED AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SIMULTANEOUSLY, MY WIFE HEARD A SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WE QUICKLY PULLED ONTO THE EXIT (JUST SOUTH OF BUFFALO) INTO AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOP THAT WAS RIGHT OFF THE EXIT RAMP. WHEN WE PULLED INTO THE REPAIR SHOP, THE CAR STALLED. A QUICK DIAGNOSIS BY THE REPAIR SHOP CONCLUDED THAT THE ISSUE WAS NOT REPAIRABLE THAT DAY AS THE SHOP WAS CLOSING IN 15 MINUTES. ON MONDAY, THE REPAIR SHOP REPORTED THAT THE SPARK PLUG IN CYLINDER 2 HAD BLOWN OUT. TO ATTEMPT A FIX, THEY INSERTED A HELI-COIL AND PLUG BUT WERE STILL UNABLE TO GET THE PRESSURE ABOVE 40 P.S.I ON THE CYLINDER. A DEEPER DIAGNOSIS INDICATED SCOURING/SCARRING ON THE CYLINDER 2 BORE AS WELL AS THE CYLINDER HEAD CAUSED BY THE SPARK PLUG DEBRIS. I WAS TOLD THE ONLY COST EFFECTIVE FIX FOR THIS WAS TO GET A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. TO GET ANOTHER OPINION, I CONTACTED A LOCAL HONDA DEALER IN THE BUFFALO AREA (RAY LAKS) AND THEY CONFIRMED OVER THE PHONE THAT SCARRING ON THE CYLINDER SLEEVE WOULD REQUIRE A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. THE PLUGS THAT WERE ON THE CAR WERE THE OEM FACTORY INSTALLED. I HAD PLANNED ON REPLACING THESE AT 110,000 MILES PER THE HONDA MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. MY CAR HAD 105,713 MILES WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. I AM THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY OWNER OF THIS AUTOMOBILE. THE FIX WAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THE FAILURE OF THIS OEM COMPONENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. *TR