2004 HONDA CR-V Complaints

I HAVE A 2004 HONDA CR-V. AFTER 300 MILE TRIP OIL WAS FOUND LEAKING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. OIL DRAIN PLUG WAS LOOSE (ABOUT HALFWAY OUT) AND ~ 2 QUARTS OF OIL HAD SPRAYED OVER UNDERCARRIAGE OF VEHICLE DURING PRECEDING HIGHWAY TRAVEL. PRIOR OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED BY HONDA DEALERSHIP IN DANVERS MA (HONDA NORTH). I THOUGHT THIS INFORMATION MAY HAVE APPLICABILITY TO THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO HONDA CR-V ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES. THANKS. *NM

I JUST BOUGHT MY HONDA CRV ON 09/09/04, IN THIRD DAY I FOUND THAT THE WASHER CONTAINER OR BOTTLE LEAK THE LIQUID IN THE DRAINER NECK, BECAUSE THE CONNECTION OF THE NECK AND THE BOTTLE HAS NO WASHER RUBBER TO STOP THE LIQUID FROM LEAKING. I CALL FOR REPAIR BUT EXCUSE FOR WAITING THE PARTS, IT SEEMS THIS IS UNREASONABLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE WAS CALLED. NO INJURIES. THE DRIVER CALLED THE TOW COMPANY, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE OIL FILTER STARTED THE FIRE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *JB THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST TAKEN IN FOR MAINTENANCE ON 8/17/04 AND WAS PICKED UP ON 8/19/04, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR 20 MINUTES, THEN THE FIRE OCCURRED. *SC

THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHILE AT A STOP AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINED BACK. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. *AK *JB

2004 HONDA CRV DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK AFTER THE 1ST OIL CHANGE. DEALER SAID IT WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO THE STICKY GASKET ISSUE (NHTSA INVESTIGATION) AFTER 2ND OIL CHANGE IT IS STILL LEAKING AND TOOK IT TO ANOTHER HONDA DEALER TODAY WHO SAID IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE VTEC SOLENOID WHICH WAS REPLACED. THEY ALSO SAID THEY CLEANED UNDER THE VEHICLE BUT IT WAS STILL COVERED WITH THE LEAK DETECTION POWDER. SEEMS TO BE LEAKING STILL. THERE WAS AN EVEN LARGER PUDDLE UNDER THE VEHICLE AFTER I DROVE IT HOME. ITS BACK AT KIRKLAND HONDA NOW. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE TREAD SEPARATED. CONSUMER BECAME CONCERNED AND HAD THE TIRES CHANGED. BRIDGESTONE T0120, 4PZ, P105/70R15 95-S, STEEL BELTED RADIO M+S, DOT ELYT JKL2803, 300 KPA 44 PSI. *AK

THE VEHICLE LEAKED OIL ONTO THE ENGINE MANIFOLD. *NM THE CONSUMER NOTICED A POOL OF OIL UNDER THE VEHICLE. IN TAKING THE VEHICLE IN TO GET SERVICED THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT WHEN GETTING THE PREVIOUS OIL CHANGE THE TECHNICIAN NEVER REMOVED THE OLD OIL FILTER GASKET AND PLACED A NEW GASKET OVER THE OLD ONE. WHEN THE ENGINE GOT HOT THE OIL LEAKED BETWEEN THE TWO GASKETS. *TC SEE ODI 10092496 ALSO. *DSY

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTED LEAKING OIL FROM THE AREA AROUND THE OIL FILTER. THE OIL LEAKED ONTO THE HOT ENGINE WHICH RESULTED IN SMOKE. *NM *SC *JB

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY. *JB

AT 4500 MILES, I BROUGHT MY CAR IN TO GET THE OIL CHANGED. AFTER I HAD DRIVEN HOME FROM GETTING MY OIL CHANGED, I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL, AND I FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM MY CAR. AT FIRST IT WAS LEAKING ABOUT 20 DROPS A MIN, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, IT WAS ONLY LEAKING 15 DROPS A MINUTE. I TOOK MY CAR BACK AND HAD IT INSPECTED THE NEXT DAY, BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY REASON WHY MY CAR WAS LEAKING OIL.*AK