2002 HONDA CR-V Complaints

WHILE THE ENGINE IS UNDER LOAD IN A 2002 CRV-EX HONDA, IF THE DRIVER PULSES THE BRAKE PEDAL TWICE RAPIDLY THERE IS DRAMATIC BRAKE FAILURE. IN A PANIC STOP, IF THE DRIVER PRESSES ON BOTH THE GAS PEDAL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL IN THIS TIMING, THERE WOULD BE NO BRAKING POWER. IF THE DRIVER SUGGESTED THE BRAKES FAILED, THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM WITHOUT PERFORMING THIS TEST AS THE BRAKES WILL THEREAFTER PERFORM NORMALLY. I HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE FAILURE TO HONDA MECHANICS WITH A PRIVATELY OWNED CAR AND THEY DUPLICATED THE OCCURRENCE IN A DEALER CAR. THEY HAVE RESEARCHED THE HONDA TECHNICAL DATABASES AND COULD NOT FIND ANY REFERENCES TO THE BRAKE FAILURE OR A WAY TO FIX IT. *TR

ON MARCH OF 2005 I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND MY A/C STOP BLOWING COLD AIR, I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THE ENTIRE A/C UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND COULD ONLY BE DONE WITH THE ORIGINAL HONDA UNIT BECAUSE NO OTHER FITS THE VEHICLE, IT WAS REPLACED, ON AUGUST 2005 THE A/C STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR AGAIN AND THE CLUTCH HAD TO BE REPLACED BUT WAS UNDER GUARANTEE, NOW SEPTEMBER 2007 THE A/C HAS IS NOT BLOWING COLD AIR AND IS MAKING A THUMPING SOUND. *TR

CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE SRS LIGHT ON HIS 2002 HONDA CRV. MECHANIC STATED THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN REPLACED THE LIGHT STAYED ON. MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS PROBABLY A WIRING HARNESS MALFUNCTION. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR HIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE, HOWEVER HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN TO BLOW HOT AIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AS OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 64,000.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE HONDA CRV AIR CONDITIONING?????? I'VE HAD HONDA'S FOR 25 YEARS!!! I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE BEACH (MYR), I HEARD A CRACKLING AND A LOUD BANG NOISE, AS I WAS DRIVING AND MY A/C TOTALLY STOPPED WORKING.......WHAT'S THE STORY?????????? THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE......WHAT WAS THE IMPLOSION?????

IN 2006, THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAILED IN OUR 2002 HONDA CRV. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 63,000 MILES AT THE TIME. OUR HONDA DEALER SAID THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THE PART WAS NOT COVERED BY A RECALL. WE PURCHASED A NEW HONDA REPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR AND HAD IT INSTALLED AT A LOCAL SHOP BECAUSE HONDA'S LABOR PRICE WAS OUTRAGEOUS...OVER $3000! THIS REPAIR COST US ABOUT $2500. IN 2007, THE COMPRESSOR FAILED AGAIN AT 78,000 MILES. WE CHECKED WITH THE HONDA DEALER AGAIN, AND WERE TOLD THAT THE PART WAS NOT COVERED BY A RECALL. THEY SAID THERE WAS METAL PIECES IN THE LINES AND THE ENTIRE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT WOULD COST $4000 TO HAVE THE SYSTEM REPLACED. AGAIN, I PURCHASED HONDA REPLACEMENT PARTS AND HAD A LOCAL SHOP INSTALL THE NEW AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. THIS TIME I PAID $3200, WHICH INCLUDED A DISCOUNT ON THE LABOR RATE BECAUSE THEY HAD REPLACED THE COMPRESSOR BEFORE. WE WERE WITHOUT OUR CRV FOR OVER TWO WEEKS DURING THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE YEAR (TEMPS ABOVE 100 F). THIS WAS A TERRIBLE INCONVENIENCE, AND A FINANCIAL BURDEN. MANY OTHER HONDA CRV OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, SO THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I SUSPECT THERE IS, OR WILL BE, A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST HONDA. I HAVEN'T FOUND A WAY TO JOIN THE SUIT, BUT I AM LOOKING. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SMOPKING AND CAR SMELLED HOT (SOMETHINGIN THE STEERING WHEEEL COLUMN WAS ON FIRE). MY HUSBAND TURNED OFF THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE SMOKING STOPPED. WE TOOKTHE CAR TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND WERE TOLD IT WAS A SWITCH THAT HAD OVERHEATED. SWITCH WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $225. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT A RECALLED ITEM ONTHE HONDA CRV BUT THAT THIS WAS AN IDENTIFIED PROBLEM INTHE HONDA CIVIC. WE WERE ADVISED TO REPORT THIS PROBLE TO THE NHTSA.

STRANGE NOISE FROM ENGINE THEN A/C BLOWING ONLY HOT AIR. TOOK CAR TO NEARBY GOODYEAR SERVICE FACILITY TO CHECK SYSTEM. COMPRESSOR HAD BLOWN APART-SEVERAL SIZABLE CHUNKS WERE RECOVERED. APPARENTLY HONDA USES SUBSTANDARD METALS IN THE COMPRESSORS SINCE THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM. *TR

2002 - 2004 HONDA CRV'S HAVE A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH AIR CONDITIONING. SPECIFICALLY THE UNIT DISINEGRATING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE AT A COST OF $3500. AUTO WEB FORUMS (FOR CRV'S) HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

AIR COMPRESSOR IN MY 2002 HONDA CRV EXPLODED SPREADING DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. HONDA PAID FOR THE PARTS. I HAD TO PAY $600 FOR LABOR. *TR