2012 HONDA CR-V Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA CR-V. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, A LOUD GRINDING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED IF IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR OVER FOUR HOURS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VTC ACTUATOR WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

REPLACED REAR BRAKE PADS, CALIPER PINS, REAR ROTORS . PINS SEIZED UP. REPLACED BY DEALER WHERE PURCHASED CAR. DEALER FINALLY PICKED UP ALL COST WITH EXCEPTION OF BRAKE PADS $77.00.

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE BRAND-NEW THE CAR WOULD NOT START. NO LIGHTS HAD BEEN ON. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A "FIX." NOW THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN- BATTERY COMPLETELY DEAD WITHOUT WARNING LEAVING ME AND MY YOUNG CHILDREN STRANDED FOR HOURS. I JUST HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT THE END OF MAY (ABOUT 5 WEEKS AGO) AND EVERYTHING PASSED INSPECTION THEN. ALSO LIKE OTHER REPORTS I SEE, MY ENGINE SOMETIMES MAKES A LOUD GRINDING SOUND WHEN STARTING. MY DEALERSHIP SAID THAT "THIS JUST SOMETIMES HAPPENS." I'M NOT CONVINCED- I'VE DRIVEN SOME VERY OLD CARS THAT DON'T EVEN DO THIS! THIS WAS MY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR AND I'M NOT PLEASED.

LOUD METALLIC RATTLE NOISE ON COLD START-UP. HONDA DEALER FOUND HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 09-010 ISSUED, BUT NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ISSUED TO DATE.

JUST WENT IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION AND DEALER IS TELLING ME BECAUSE I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THAT MUCH MY REAR BRAKE PADS NEEDS REPLACING BECAUSE THE PINS IN THE REAR BRAKES IS FROZEN AND KEEPING THE REAR BRAKE PAD IN USE EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT APPLYING MY BRAKES. FRONT PADS ARE OK. HE SAID I ONLY HAD ABOUT 1/4 INCH PAD LEFT BEFORE IT DUG INTO THE ROOTERS. 7,902 MILES DID NOT LET DEALER DO WORK YET. ...UPDATED 08/12/15 *BF UPDATED 10/26/2017*CN

THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TWICE, IN EARLY 2014 AND EARLY 2015. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN A SNOWSTORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK FINE FOR A WHILE, AND THEN RATHER SUDDENLY THE WINDSHIELD ICES UP TO A POINT THAT VISIBILITY IS EXTREMELY POOR. THE WIPERS THEMSELVES FAIL, AND NO AMOUNT OF DEFROSTING/HEAT DIRECTED AT THE WINDSHIELD WILL HELP. THE ONLY THING THAT HELPS IS PULLING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND MANUALLY DE-ICING THEM. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, OF COURSE, IS THAT ONE IS NOT ALWAYS IN THE POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND CERTAINLY NOT IMMEDIATELY ONCE THE PROBLEM STARTS. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS IN AWFUL TRAFFIC IN A SNOWSTORM WITH MY TWO DAUGHTERS IN THE CAR. THERE WERE ACCIDENTS ALL ALONG OUR ROUTE, SO EVEN WITH VISIBILITY THE DRIVING WAS HAIRY. THERE WAS NOWHERE TO PULL OVER FOR A LONG PERIOD IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IT WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE WORST AND MOST FRIGHTENING DRIVING EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD. AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE, I PURCHASED AND INSTALLED BRAND NEW WIPERS. THEY WORK GREAT IN THE RAIN, AND I WAS HOPEFUL ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE IN SNOW. BUT THEN I ENCOUNTERED THE PROBLEM AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WINTER. HAPPILY, ON THE SECOND OCCASION I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY RELATIVELY SOON AFTER THE PROBLEM STARTED. MY GUESS IS THAT IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SHAPE OF THE WINDSHIELD, OR WITH THE DEPTH OF THE WELL AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD.

THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED NOW A TOTAL OF ABOUT SIX TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER OF 2014, WHEN MY CAR WAS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN TWO YEARS OLD. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS. WHEN THE CAR IS IDLING OR AT LOW SPEED (IN A TRAFFIC JAM ONCE, SLOWING FOR A RED LIGHT, IDLING IN A DRIVEWAY, ETC.), THREE ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON. THE CAR THEN BUCKS AT LOW SPEEDS AND HAS VERY LITTLE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. WHEN DRIVING, IT SLOWLY INCREASES IN SPEED AND THEN, AT ABOUT 30 MPH, STARTS BEHAVING NORMALLY. BASICALLY IT ACTS LIKE IT HASN'T DOWNSHIFTED AND IS IN TOO HIGH A GEAR. ON ONE OCCASION, ON THE HIGHWAY, IT SEEMED ALSO TO BE STRUGGLING TO GO 60 MPH, AS IF IN TOO LOW A GEAR. I HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT IN OCTOBER OF 2014, AFTER IT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES IN QUICK SUCCESSION. THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE OR DETERMINE WHAT IT WAS, BUT UPDATED THE CAR'S SOFTWARE. THE PROBLEM DIDN'T RECUR UNTIL JUNE OF 2015. IT'S NOW HAPPENED TWICE MORE IN QUICK SUCCESSION, AND I INTEND TO HAVE IT SERVICED AGAIN. CLEARLY THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE WHEN THE ISSUE OCCURS THE CAR IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AT ALL QUICKLY. TRYING TO MERGE ONTO A HIGHWAY UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES IS DANGEROUS. THE PROBLEM EVENTUALLY RESOLVES ITSELF AFTER YOU GO THROUGH SEVERAL CYCLES OF DRIVING THE CAR, TURNING IT OFF, DRIVING IT AGAIN FOR A WHILE, TURNING IT OFF, ETC. THE CAR'S MISBEHAVIOR LESSENS AND THEN STOPS, AND EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE LIGHTS TURN OFF.

I WAS IN MY 2012 HONDA CRV PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT TO PARK WHEN I EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP EVEN AFTER HITTING THE BRAKES HARD BUT RATHER SPED UP CAUSING ME TO HIT THE SIDE MIRROR OF A PARKED CAR. FINALLY I TURNED TO AVOID ANOTHER COLLISION AND WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN THAT WAY.

WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN A PARKING STRUCTURE, AS I PREPARED TO STOP, THE AUTOMOBILE, I THINK, INEXPLICABLY ACCELERATED, CRASHING INTO THE CONCRETE BARRIER WALL. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. TO SUM UP, I THINK THAT MY CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF.

PASSENGER WINDOW ON DRIVERS SIDE. WILL NOT ALWAYS GO UP. IT WILL GO UP IF PULLED UP BY HAND WHILE PUSHING THE CONTROL BUTTON.