2004 HONDA CR-V Complaints

A/C BLOWING HOT AIR - INITIALLY I THOUGHT THERE WAS JUST A NEED FOR FREON - FIRESTONE DIAGNOSED THE A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT - I PICKED THE CAR UP WITHOUT REPAIRING BECAUSE OF THE COST. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND SITE THAT SUGGESTED I CALL HONDA AMERICA - I OPENED UP A CASE (VERY RUDE PEOPLE THERE) AND THEN TOOK CAR TO LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP ON 10/1/07 - THEY TOLD ME THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WAS CONTAMINATED AND REPAIR WOULD COST ME $535.66 AND THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE REST. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE COST TO HONDA AMERICA (I WAS A STAY AT HOME MOM) AND THEY SAID I SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT COST. DIFFICULT PILL TO SWALLOW WHEN THE CAR WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME AND I WAS BASICALLY PAYING FOR THEIR FAULTY PART. *TR

HAVE A 2004 CRV. COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AND BROKE OFF CLUTCH FROM COMPRESSOR. THE COMPRESSOR IMPLODED DAMAGING THE OVERALL AC UNIT. THE HOLE SYSTEM HAS TO BE REPLACED. I CONTACTED HONDA DEALER IN DAYTONA. ESTIMATED REPAIR CHARGES WILL BE $3,000.00. I SURPRISE SINCE THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEB SITE WHY THE NHTSA HAS NOT FORCE HONDA INTO A RECALL . *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA CRV. WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH, THE STEERING VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 25,000.

A BUZZING NOISE SUDDENLY STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE DRIVING AND THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED COOLING. TOOK THE CAR TO HONDA AND PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED A/C COMPRESSOR WHICH CONTAMINATED THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR WAS $3600+. CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN 71,000+ MILES. HONDA REP AGREED TO PAY 50% OF THE REPAIR COSTS AS PART OF THEIR "GOODWILL WARRANTY" . SINCE THIS IS OCCURRING ON SO MANY 2001 - 2004 CR-V'S, THERE SHOULD BE 100% COVERAGE ON REPAIRS IF NOT A RECALL. THIS EDMUNDS LINK INDICATES THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM: HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F0D3FB5/808!KEYWORDS=ALLIN%3AMSGTEXT%20HONDA%20CRV#808 NOT BEING A SAFETY ISSUE, THEY WILL PROBABLY NOT RECALL. BEING SO WIDE-SPREAD, THERE SHOULD BE MORE CONSISTENCY IN HONDA'S RESPONSE (ALL OWNERS THAT ENCOUNTER THIS ISSUE SHOULD GET 100% COVERAGE OF REPAIR COSTS). THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT. *TR

2004 HONDA CRV AIR CONDITIONER UNIT CRYSTALLIZED INTO PIECES. THANK GOD I HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY! IF I WOULD NOT HAVE IT WOULD HAVE COST ME OVER $5000.00I AM NOT A HAPPY CAMPER ABOUT THIS BECAUSE A CALL BACK SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BECAUSE THE MECHANIC AT THE HONDA PLACE AT BAKER HONDA IN HOUMA ,LA. TOLD MY HUSBAND ALOT OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE COME BACK WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

2004 HONDA CRV - AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER BLEW APART WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. LOOKING AT COMPLAINTS - THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE CRV AND HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I AM HAVING TO PAY A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET THIS REPLACED. (HONDA IS PAYING A PORTION - THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF HONDA) HONDA NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THIS CAR TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. IT IS HAPPENING TO HUNDREDS OF THESE CARS. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A LOUD POP THAT YOU COULD FEEL THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. IT SOUND LIKE A GUN HAD BEEN FIRED AT CLOSE RANGE. THE ENGINE DIED IMMEDIATELY AND THE CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL THE DEFROSTER WAS TURNED OFF. IF THE HEATER, A/C, OR DEFROSTER WAS TURNED BACK ON THE VEHICLE WOULD IMMEDIATELY STALL AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THE A/C COMPRESSOR SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND LITTERED THE ENTIRE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH METAL DEBRIS. WE WERE QUOTED A REPAIR COST OF $3500. OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED THE COMPRESSOR (ALTHOUGH AFTERMARKET) BUT WERE STUCK WITH THE BILL FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE LINES AND OTHER SMALL PARTS THAT STILL TOTALED NEARLY $1000. A SEARCH OF THE PROBLEM PROVES THIS IS EXTREMELY COMMON FOR THIS GENERATION OF CR-V, WITH THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS IN ONLINE FORUMS, CHATS, MESSAGE BOARDS, ENTHUSIAST CLUBS, AND EVEN DOT NHTSA COMPLAINTS. THERE ARE NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON OTHER HONDA A/C COMPRESSORS THAT ARE THIS WIDESPREAD. THE FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMPRESSORS PART NUMBER IS NOT USED ON OTHER HONDA VEHICLE INDICATES THAT THERE IS: A) PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN, B) A PROBLEM WITH THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, C) A PROBLEM WITH THE INITIAL INSTALL OR MAINTENANCE OF THE COMPRESSOR, OR D) SOME COMBINATION OF THE PREVIOUS STATED POSSIBILITIES. THESE SYSTEMS ARE FAILING AT HIGH RATES FOR SUCH LOW MILEAGES, THEY LAST MUCH LONGER ON OTHER VEHICLES (EVEN OTHER HONDAS). IN ADDITION TO THE PROBLEM THERE IS ALSO THE FACT THAT MANY OWNERS GET VARYING RESPONSES FROM THE DEALERSHIPS AND FROM HONDA CORPORATE AS TO HOW THE SITUATION IS HANDLED. SOME OWNERS ARE COVERED 100% BY A "GOOD FAITH" WARRANTY AS THE REPRESENTATIVE ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM IS COMMON. SOME OWNERS, SUCH AS ME, ARE ON OUR OWN OR HAVE TO RELY ON A LIMITED EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT COVERS THE FAILURE BUT NOT THE PARTS THAT THE FAILURE TOOK OUT WITH IT. PLEASE HELP US! *TR

I'M THE FIRST OWNER OF A 2004 HONDA CRV WITH A 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. FROM JUNE 2008 TO THE PRESENT (SEPTEMBER 2008) THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED A STALL PROBLEM DURING EVERY SINGLE USE. CURRENT VEHICLE MILEAGE IS 115,000. ALL THE STALLS OCCUR DURING THE SAME PERIOD RELATIVE ENGINE STARTUP, BETWEEN ABOUT FIVE AND TEN MINUTES AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. THIS STALL PERIOD BASICALLY OCCURS AT STOP SIGNS FOR A MULTI-MINUTE PERIOD AFTER THE CHOKE COMES DOWN. UNFORTUNATELY THIS STALL PERIOD COINCIDES WITH TYPICAL STOP AND GO DRIVING AFTER DEPARTURE: NEAR HOME, WORKPLACE, SCHOOLS, AND RETAIL OUTLETS. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE STALL OCCURS SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. POWER STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEMS BECOME DIFFICULT TO USE. I HAVE NARROWLY AVOIDED A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WHILE TRYING TO RECOVER FROM A STALL. THE VEHICLE OFTEN DOES NOT START BACK UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER STALLING. I'M CONCERNED THE STARTER WILL DEGRADE AND FURTHER INHIBIT TIMELY RESTARTING. REPAIR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND A HONDA DEALER HAVE BEEN TRIED. THE HONDA DEALER IN EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BLATANTLY AVOIDED THE PROBLEM AND CHARGED ABOUT $600 FOR UNRELATED WORK THAT WAS ALSO NOT ORDERED. APPARENTLY THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER REPORTED A VOLTAGE DROP. THE INDEPENDENT SHOP HAS ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AT THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND OTHER REGULAR MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AN IMMEDIATE FIX IS DESIRED FOR THIS 2004 HONDA CRV STALLING PROBLEM. MY YOUNG FAMILY IS PUT AT AN ELEVATED RISK EVERY TIME WE DRIVE SOMEWHERE, WE CANNOT EASILY SELL A VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION, AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY AN EXTRA VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. SHE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE THE NOISE ORIGINATED. SHORTLY AFTER THE NOISE, THE AIR CONDITIONER IN THE VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME FAILURE AS HER YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLE. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT FEELS THAT A RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000. UPDATED 10/14/08. *LJ THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR EXPLODED AND SHOT SHARDS OF METAL THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. UPDATED 10/15/08. 8JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COMPRESSOR WAS BLOWN. THE CONTACT HAS AN OPEN CASE WITH HONDA AND THEY STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE WITH THE HONDA CR-V. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.