2005 HONDA CR-V Complaints

WE BOUGHT THE 2005 CRV SE IN AUGUST 2005, NOTICED THE PTTR WHEN WE BOUGHT IT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY KNEW ABOUT IT AND WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE TIRES. AFTER 6 VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP(REPLACING TIRES, SWITCHING WHEELS, ALIGNING, ALIGNING, ALIGNING, ETC.)THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE WHEN DRIVING THIS CAR BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENT PTTR AND AWKWARD DRIVING EXPERIENCE. HONDA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM OR THEY WILL SOON LOOSE THERE REPUTATION FOR QUALITY VEHICLES. *JB

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SEVERAL MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 HONDA CRV EX. *NM THE CENTER BEARING WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE/NOISE WHILE IDLING. THE CONSUMER STILL HEARD NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE TECHNICIAN SAID THE NOISE WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH WITH THE A/C ON. THE DEALER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE THE MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE THE VEHICLE OR PROVED A FULL REFUND SINCE THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WOULD DRAG ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD AND FAILED TO CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD OF RAIN. *NM

IN AUGUST 2005 MY WIFE HAD A BLOWOUT IN OUR 6 MONTH OLD HONDA CRV WITH 6,000 MILES ON IT. SHE WAS TRAVELING AT 10 MPH IN HER EMPLOYERS PARKING LOT WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW LEAVING HER WITH A BROKEN NECK, CONCUSSION AND A FACIAL LACERATION. ALL PARTS ARE AVAILABLE AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *NM

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR DURING EVENING IN LOW TRAFFIC ON 4 LANE URBAN ROAD. THE ENGINE STALLED ABRUPTLY AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND GAUGE INDICATORS FELL TO ZERO. COINCIDENT WITH THE STALL, THE CAR LOST STEERING (THE STEERING WHEEL COULD BE MOVED NO MORE THAN 1-2 INCHES TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT, WITH REFERENCE TO STEERING WHEEL CIRCUMFERENCE), WOULD NOT BRAKE (WITH FULL WEIGHT PRESSURE ON PEDAL), AND WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP BY ENGINE DRAG AND APPLICATION OF EMERGENCY BRAKE. RESTARTING REQUIRED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. HAD THIS PROBLEM MANIFESTED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A CURVE AT FREEWAY SPEED, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN INEVITABLE. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT PURCHASED A NEW 2005 HONDA CRV LX AND IT WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. SHE DID NOT THINK THAT THE VEHICLE IWAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. WHEN SHE ACCELERATED AND PULLED ONTO A ROAD THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP YET, BUT WILL BE TAKEN TO DEALER ON 10-18-2005.THERE WAS NO INDICATION AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE. THERE WAS NO CERTAIN SPEED THAT IT AFFECTED. THE CKTACT HAS CONTACTED HONDA, AND THEY STATED THAT A CASE MANAGER WOULD CALL HER IN ONE TO TWO DAYS.*AK

CR-V PURCHASED WAS DIFFERENT FROM CR-V TESTED. AFTER TAKING TITLE NOTICED CAR PULLING TO RIGHT. DEALER ALIGNED ACCORDING TO BULLETIN. CR-V STILL PULLS TO RIGHT. COULD GO OFF ROAD IF STEERING WHEEL NOT HELD TIGHTLY. *JB

AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BOTH FRONT AND SIDE WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A MALL PARKING LOT. THE OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN INTO A LIGHT POLE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN ARM, FRACTURED CHEEK, DISLOCATED NOSE AND JAW, AND 8 STITCHES IN HER LIP. *JB

I TOOK MY CAR FOR A WASH AND WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR MY TURN, I STARTED HEARING SOME NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE-PITCH SOUND. I GOT ALARMED AND I THOUGHT IT WILL GO. LATER WHEN I DROVE HOME, I PARKED MY CAR IN THE GARAGE AND THE NOISE CONTINUED. ON THE 03 OCT 05 THE SOUND INCREASED IN PITCH BUT I AM UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE WHERE ITS COMING FROM. FOR THOSE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH SONAR SOUND(NAVY SHIPS), THE NOISE SOUNDS THE SAME AND HIGH PITCHED.*JB

2005 HONDA CR-V MAKES A "ROARING" NOISE WHEN BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 RPMS. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THE CENTER BEARING OF THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *JB

MY HONDA 2005 CR-V EX HAS A PROBLEM WITH PULL TO THE RIGHT (PTTR) FROM DAY ONE (MAY 31, 2005). THE FASTER I DRIVE, THE HARDER IT PULLS. IT DOESN'T MATTER OF I ACCELERATE OR DRIVE AT A STEADY SPEED, THE PTTR IS THERE. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I DROVE AT 70 MPH ON I-10, WHICH IS A 4-LANE ROAD, 2 LANES ON EACH DIRECTION (NORTH OF TALLAHASSEE), I WAS ON THE LEFT LANE, THEN TOOK MY HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL. IT STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AFTER TWO SECONDS. AND THEN BETWEEN 2 TO 3 SECONDS LATER, MY V WAS ON THE RIGHT LANE. I HAD TO GRAB THE WHEEL AND PULLED IT STRAIGHT BACK TO THE ROAD OTHERWISE IT WOULD GO INTO A DITCH OR HIT A TREE. DID THE SAME TEST AS ABOVE, EXCEPT I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL (LET THE V CRUISE ON ITS INERTIA) AT THE SAME TIME I TOOK MY HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE PTTR REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY, AFTER 7-8 SECONDS IT STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. THIS IS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED NORMAL. 3 TRIPS TO HONDA DEALER IN TALLAHASSEE BUT THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. ON THE FOURTH TRIP, THEY SAID THERE IS NO PTTR. I INSISTED THE PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY, AND THEY SAID THEY TRIED EVERYTHING (SWAP FRONT TIRES, ALIGNMENT, TSB, SUB FRAME) WITHIN ALIGNMENT AND NOTHING THEY CAN DO ANY MORE. THEY ADMITTED THERE WAS PTTR THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IT IN, BUT NOW THEY SAID IT IS NORMAL. I CHECKED IN CR-V FORUMS OF EDMUNDS.COM (AND SOME OTHER SITE) AND I FOUND THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, AND OTHER PEOPLE DON'T HAVE. ONE VEHICLE EVEN HAD 2 FRONT SUSPENSION REPLACED FROM AN UNAFFECTED CR-V TO GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED. HONDA DID ISSUED A TSB FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT DID NOT FIX IT, OR JUST TEMPORALLY FIXED FOR A FEW MONTHS (ACCORDING TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE FORUMS). I THINK THIS IS A DEFECT AND IT HAS A DANGEROUS POTENTIAL TO LEAD TO A CRASH. IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY TO COME UP WITH A REAL FIX. NICK NGUYEN