2003 HONDA CR-V Complaints

2003 HONDA CRV. AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *NJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CRV. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS DEFLATED DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON A SEPARATE OCCASION FOR IDENTICAL FAILURES TO THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO CRACKS IN THE WELDED AREA OF THE WHEELS. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, ANOTHER MOTORIST INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT BOTH OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING ON HIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED AND NOTICED THAT THE BULB WAS IN WORKING CONDITION. HE ALSO CHECKED THE FUSES, BUT THE BRAKE LIGHTS STILL DID NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM TO CHECK THE FUSE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,376 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 59,360. UPDATED 06/24/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO CANCEL THE COMPLAINT. UPDATED

AC COMPRESSOR BLEW UP CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE AC SYSTEM. COMPRESSOR SENT METAL PIECES THROUGH ENTIRE SYSTEM AFTER IT BLEW UP. QUOTED OVER $3000 FROM HONDA FOR REPAIR. CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY REFUSED TO HELP STATING IT IS BC THE CAR HAS OVER 36,000 MILES. HOWEVER, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WERE HELPED BY HONDA WITH THE SAME MILEAGE AS MY CRV. IT MAKES NO SENSE. I BELIEVE THAT IF ANYTHING IS "BLOWING" UP UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR (AS HONDA DESCRIBED IT) IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HONDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOMETHING THEY KNOW IS A PROBLEM. THIS IS NEGLIGENCE! LOOK UP WWW.HONDA-LAWSUIT.COM FOR INFORMATION ON A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE A/C COMPRESSOR OF MY 2003 HONDA CRV LOCKED UP AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE OCCUR AT ABOUT 64,000 MILES. *TR

JUST GOT IN MY CAR ONE DAY AND TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONING, A STRANGE SMELLING MIST STARTS COMING OUT FROM THE ALL THE VENTS. THIS HAPPENS NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS. TOOK THE CAR IN, THE DEALERSHIP SAID OF COURSE THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNLESS IT WAS HAPPENING RIGHT WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT. SO AROUND THE SUMMER MONTHS OF 2008 WHEN I WOULD TURN ON THE AIR IT WOULD BE HEAT, I WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE A/C SWITCH FROM COLD(BLUE) TO HOT(RED) AND THEN BACK TO COLD. FOR SOME REASON THE A/C WOULD GET COLD AT THAT TIME. STILL WITH THIS STRANGE SMELLING MIST COMING FROM THE VENTS. I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP MAY 2009 FOR A SAFETY RECALL & ASKED IF THEY WOULD LOOK AT MY A/C AGAIN. THEY TOLD ME I WAS LEAKING FREON & NOW AS OF THAT DAY, IT WAS EMPTY. STRANGE SINCE THERE WAS COLD AIR ON MY DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO FIND THE LEAK AND COULD COME TO VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR COST, UNTIL THEY FIX EACH LITTLE THING AND FIND WHERE IT IS LEAKING FROM. I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE STRANGE SMELLING MIST AND ASKED IF THAT COULD BE FREON? HIS REPLY WAS PROBABLY. NO REPAIRS MADE AS OF YET SINCE IT WILL BE OVER $3500.00 TO FIX. *TR

A/C COMPRESSOR ISSUE, COMPRESSOR EXPLODES SENDING METAL FRAGMENTS THROUGH OUT REST OF SYSTEM CORRUPTING ENTIRE A/C SYSTEM. DEALER LOOKED AT IT AND KNEW PRETTY WELL RIGHT OFF WHOLE A/C SYSTEM HAD TO REPLACED. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED COOLING. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC WHO SAID THE COMPRESSOR BLEW UP AND MOST LIKELY CONTAMINATED THE ENTIRE AC SYSTEM. HE REFERRED ME TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS AND ASSISTANCE. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THE DIAGNOSIS. THE ENTIRE AC SYSTEM MUST BE REPLACED. THE LOCAL MECHANIC AND DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH HONDA CR-VS OF THE AGE OF MY VEHICLE. THEY EVEN HAVE A NAME FOR IT WHICH THEY PUT ON THE TICKET - "BLACK DEATH". THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IF I WERE GOING SLOW ENOUGH THE ENGINE COULD HAVE STOPPED WHEN THE COMPRESSOR BROKE APART. IF I WERE ON SNOW I COULD HAVE SKIDDED THE TIRES OR THE BELT COULD HAVE BROKEN OR MAYBE SLIPPED. THE SERPENTINE BELT IS VERY STRONG SO THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THIS VERY WELL COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. IN MY CASE, NONE OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPENED BUT I FELT THIS WAS A SITUATION THAT MUST BE REPORTED SINCE IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE CARS. *TR

THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY 2003 HONDA CR-V SUDDENLY BEGAN TO BLOW WARM AIR AND MAKE NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY COMPRESSOR AND REPLACED BOTH THE CLUTCH AND COMPRESSOR FOR $1400. THE SERVICE TAG SAYS "COMPRESSOR HAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE REPL COMPRESSOR ASSY" SO THIS FAILURE WAS NOT DUE TO ROAD DEBRIS. *TR

HONDA 2003 CRV WITH 52,000 MILES. AIRCON JUST BROKE SUDDENLY FAILED TO BLEW COLD AIR. CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA BUT THEY WONT ADMIT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR CRV OWNERS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF SAME COMPLAINTS ALREADY FOR THE AIR CON SYSTEM OF CRV 2003. *TR