2003 HONDA CR-V Complaints

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REGISTER A COMPLAINT, WITH WHAT I AND APPARENTLY HONDA OF NORTH AMERICA CONSIDER A SAFETY DEFECT WITH THE 2003 HONDA CRV. THE CENTER REAR HEADREST RESTRAINT IS OF THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR HEADREST ON THIS VEHICLE. WHAT THIS DOES IS PREVENTS THE DRIVER FROM BEING ABLE TO HAVE A CLEAR VIEW IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. IN ORDER FOR THE DRIVER TO HAVE A CLEAR VIEW FROM THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, THE HEAD RESTRAINT MUST BE REMOVED THEREFORE DEFEATING ITS SAFETY PURPOSE FOR THE MIDDLE PASSENGER IN THE REAR SEAT. HONDA OBVIOUSLY REALIZED THIS , BECAUSE THE 2005 MODEL HAS A LOWER HEIGHT REAR SEAT MIDDLE PASSENGER HEAD RESTRAINT, AS IT SHOULD. AS A CONSUMER I BELIEVE THAT HONDA, SHOULD OFFER OWNER'S OF THIS VEHICLE, THE NEW UPDATED LOWER HEIGHT HEAD RESTRAINT FOR THE REAR SEAT MIDDLE PASSENGER AT NO CHARGE TO OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK OIL WAS BURNIG EVERY 500 MILES. *SC *JB

WHILE IN MOTION CONSUMER NOTICE A CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS. THE FIRST DEALER COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE SWAY BAR LINK.*AK

CONCERNED WITH RECENT REPORTS OF FIRES ASSOCIATED WITH 2003 VEHICLE8N`SUGEST NHTSA REOPEN INVESTIGATION POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW OF VEHICLE. *BF CONSUMERS RESPONDED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES IN REFERENCE TO FIRES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN VEHICLES LIKE THE VEHICLE THEY OWN. THEY FOUND 80 CRV'S NATIONWIDE SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING FILL UP WITH SMOKE LEAVING JUST MOMENTS FOR PASSENGERS TO ESCAPE BEFORE THE CARS WERE ENGULFED INTO FLAMES AND DESTROYED. *TC

COMPLAINT CONCERNING OIL LEAKED ALL OVER DRIVEWAY AFTER OIL CHANGE. WORRIED ABOUT FIRES CAUSED BY OIL FILTER PROBLEM. * BF WHILE GETTING AN OIL CHANGE THE CONSUMER NOTICED A U SHAPED METAL MEMBER LOCATED DIRECTLY BELOW THE OIL FILTER. WHEN THE OIL FILTER WAS REMOVED THE OIL SPLASHES OVER THIS MEMBER AS WELL AS OTHER STRUCTURAL MEMBERS. *TC

VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL WHENEVER IT IS PARKED. HOWEVER, THE OIL LEAK GETS WORSE WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.*AK......VEHICLE WAS SMOKING AND LEAKING OIL FROM OIL FILTER. DEALING DID NOT IDENTIFY CAUSE, BUT TOLD CONSUMER TO LOOK FOR OIL LEAKS. *AK

THE VEHICLE SURGED WHEN ACCELERATING. *NM THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP AND WAS MORE NOTICEABLE WITH THE A/C ON. THE DOOR SEAL ON THE LEFT FRONT DOOR ST THE BOTTOM WOULD SOMETIMES HANG DOWN. *SC

BRAKE CALIPER DID NOT RELEASE, CAUSING THE BRAKE PADSTO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. CONSUME RTOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STRIPPED DOWN THE BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY GONE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM IN THE CALIPER SYSTEM IN WHICH BRAKES DO NOT FULLY RETRACT CAUSING BOTH PADS AND ROTORS TO QUIETLY WEAR AWAY. THE CONSUMERS BRAKES WERE METAL ON METAL. DEALERSHIP WAS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS SO THE CONSUMERS WARRANTY WAS NULL AND VOID. *TC

HONDA CR-V 4WD, AUTO, 2003 WITH 25000 M. INCIDENTS - AS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED FROM UP GEAR TO 1ST, THERE WAS A "JERK" AND I ALMOST HIT VEHICLE UP FRONT MY DURING THE WET WEATHER CONDITION. AFTER THAT I MADE TESTING ON PARKING LOT, THAT I CAN REPRODUCE THIS JERK, AND IT REPRODUCIBLE. I DRIVE CAR SLOW ON FIRST GEAR AND SLOWLY PUSH A BRAKE, NOT ANY JERK. BUT WHEN I LET CAR TO SHIFT TO UP A SECOND AND THIRD GEAR AND THAN GENTLY TO PUSH BRAKE, BEFORE CAR COMPLETELY STOP I FEELING A JERK, THAT VERY DANGEROUSLY ON WET SURFACE. ALSO I FOUND IN SEVERAL FORUMS, THAT PEOPLE GOT ROLL OVER AND THINKING THAT CASE OF ABS OR BRAKE PROBLEM, BUT A SAME EFFECT CAN BE CASE WHEN GEARS UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED DOWN.*AK

2003 HONDA CRV, ANN MORRIS DRIVING TO WORK ALONE, APPROXIMATELY 7.30AM, SMELT A GAS TYPE SMELL IN SIDE CAR AND THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. IMMEDIATELY ANN PULL OF THE ROAD INTO A NEAR BY K-MART PLAZA. ANN THEN CALLED AAA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE CRV WAS TAKEN BY A AAA AGENT TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER, LANIER HONDA, NEAR BUFORD, GA. HONDA FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE, ONLY A LEAKY OIL FILTER. THE CRV OIL WAS CHANGED IN JULY AT THE WALMART IN SUWANEE, GA. THIS WAS THE SECOND OIL CHANGE, AT THE SAME WALMART. IT WAS NOTICED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FOLLOWING THE SECOND OIL CHANGE WITH OIL STAINS UNDER THE CAR IN THE GARAGE, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE 2ND OIL CHANGE, BUT THE IT STOPPED OR SEEMED TOO. I WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH HONDA AS MY WIFE AND I ARE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED. ALTHOUGH MY WIFE ONLY SAW SMOKE, THERE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE!!!*AK THE SUITUATION MAKE US WERE NERVOUS... ANN & BOB MORRIS - OCT 15, 2004