2003 HONDA CR-V Complaints

BRIDGESTONE LT SIZE P205/70R15 DOT:T0118684PZ WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW UP. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

PE04018 REGARDING ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES IN 2003 HONDA CRV.*MR INSURANCE AGENT REQUEST RESULTS OF PRELIMINARY EVALUATION PE04-018. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE ENGINE AREA. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE OIL LEAKING FROM THE OIL FILTER. *AK

ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE STARTED BUCKING. *MR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD CONTINUALLY COME ON, THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY BUCK, SMOKE THEN SHUT OFF, OIL WAS IN THE FILTER AND THE GASKET BLEW OUT, THE VTEC SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED ALONG WITH FAULTY SOLENOID VALVES, AND THE OIL LEVEL WAS EXCESSIVELY LOW. *SC *JB

CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 11-29-02. WINDSHIELD REPLACED ON 6-3-03. THREE MONTHS LATER ON 9-23-03, WINDSHILED NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. AROUND 4-03, ANOTHER CRACK APPEARED. I CONTACTED THE HONDA CORPORATE OFFICE WHERE THEY SENT ME TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE WINDSHILED CHECKED. THEIR CLAIM WAS THAT IT WAS A STONE THAT CRACKED IT. OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD. HOWEVER I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A WINDSHIELD SHOULD RECEIVE DAMAGE THAT EASILY. THIS IS THE FIRST CAR I HAVE EVER HAD WHERE THE WINDSHIELD HAD TO BE REPLACED. AT THE MOMENT, THERE ARE TWO SEALED CRACKS AND EVENTUALLY THE WINDSHIELD WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. EACH TIME THIS OCCURS, IT COST ME $100.00 OUT OF POCKET. I AM AFRAID THAT IF I KEEP CLAIMING ON MY INSURANCE, MY RATES WILL GO UP. I HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT TRAVEL THE SAME ROADS AS I DO AND THEIR CARS WINDSHIELDS DON'T GET DAMAGED. *AK

I NOTICED THAT THE MOST RECENTLY BUILT HONDA CRV'S SEEM TO HAVE POORLY FOCUSED HEADLIGHTS. I DRIVE ONCE A WEEK AND LAST NIGHT I DROVE 100 MILES AND EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHTS REFLECTED IN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR, THE VEHICLE WAS LATE MODEL CRV WITH THE TALL TAIL LIGHTS. DRIVING BACK HOME I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN A LATE MODEL CRV. I THOUGH IT MIGHT OF BEEN HIGH BEAMS BUT AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE HEADLIGHT DESIGN. SHORTLY AFTER THE SECOND CRV, I NOTICED THE THIRD VEHICLE WITH BLINDING HEADLIGHTS AND AGAIN IT WAS A LATE MODEL CRV. I OBSERVED A COUPLE OF OTHER CRV'S PASS WITHOUT A PROBLEM, THEY WERE THE OLDER CRV'S WITH THE SHORTER TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLIES. I BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD BE A BADLY DESIGNED HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY ON THE LATEST CRV'S. BRIAN BLUM FORMER SUMMER INTERN IN THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 1980.*AK

AFTER REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE 50 AT MPH FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. HONDA WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

CONCERNS INVOLVING HONDA CRV'S THAT BURSTING INTO FLAMES AFTER OIL CHANGES. *MR THE CONSUMER HEARD ON THE NEWS THAT THE 2003-2004 HONDA CRV'S WERE BURSTING INTO FLAMES AND WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN TO HER VEHICLE. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY BYSTANDERS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE CONSUMER LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE OIL FILTER AND INSTALLATION OF OIL FILTER WAS DEFECTIVE. *JB *TC

AFTER A OIL FILTER CHANGE A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD AT 25 MPH. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP HAD NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *AK