2004 HONDA CR-V Complaints

2004, HONDA CR-V CAUGHT FIRE AFTER FIRST SERVICE. NO PRIOR WARNING. THIS HAPPENED TODAY. HONDA HADE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND KEPT IT FOR NEXT DAY. SOMETIMES, NOT SURE WHAT OUTCOME WILL BE. SAW PROGRAM ON INTERNET MSNBC ABOUT THIS PROBLEM RELATING TO OIL FILTER FAILURE. *AK

OUR 2004 HONDA CR-V WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ITS FIRST OIL CHANGE AFTER 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP AND 2,038 MILES DRIVEN. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES TOWARD HOME THE OIL BEGAN DRAINING RAPIDLY FROM THE CAR AND SMOKE WAS BILLOWING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. MY WIFE, FOLLOWING IN ANOTHER CAR, SIGNALED ME TO PULL OVER. I DID AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE REMAINING OIL DRAINED OUT AND THE SMOKE AND HEAT SUBSIDED. WE BELIEVE A FIRE WOULD HAVE RESULTED IF I HAD DRIVEN MUCH FARTHER.*AK WHEN DROPPING OFF THE CAR, I MADE A SPECIAL POINT TO REMIND THE DEALER THIS MODEL HAD REPORTED FIRE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH OIL CHANGES. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE CAR AFTER THE INCIDENT AND ADMITTED THE FILTER HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY INSTALLED. DESPITE THE REMINDER, ANY STEPS TAKEN BY HONDA TO REMEDY THE SITUATION, AND SERVICE BY A LARGE HONDA DEALER, THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION STILL RESULTED. WE BELIEVE BOTH HONDA AND NHTSA ARE REMISS IN NOT ORDERING A RECALL OF THIS VEHICLE FOR SOME MODIFICATION TO PREVENT SUCH OIL LEAKS FROM FALLING ONTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER OR OTHER PARTS HOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE COMBUSTION. WE DID NOT DRIVE THE CR-V AGAIN AND TRADED FOR A SAFER VEHICLE. THE DEALER INDICATED HE WOULD RESELL THE CR-V. WILL IT TAKE BURNING INJURIES OR DEATH BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION?*AK

RECENLY WHILE ON VACATION I PICKED UP A NEWS PAPER THE UNION TIMES SATURDAY JULY 10 2004. THE ARTICLE WAS IN THE B SECTION ABOUT A HONDA CRV CATCHING FIRE AFTER ITS FIRST OIL CHANGE. THE BLAME WAS PLACED ON THE DEALER?*AK HERES THE PROBLEM. HONDA RECENTLY SWITCHED TO 0W-20W OIL FOR THE 2003 AND 2004 HONDA`S. NOT MORE THAN THE VICOSITY OF COOKING OIL. WE ALL KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN COOKING OIL IS HOT? NOW HERE THE GOOD PART. WHEN THE OIL IS CHNAGE IN THE NEW BODY HONDA CRV THE OIL DRAINS DOWN ACROSS THE RIGHT SIDE SUB FRAME AND BEING THIS OIL VISCOSITY IS VERY ADHESIVE IT RUN DIRECTLY INTO THE RETANGLE HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE FRAME. THEN WHEN THE VEHICLE LEAVES THE DEALER THE AIR TRAVELING UNDER THE VEHICLE CREATE A SPRAY NOZZLE DIRECTLY AT THE EXHAUST. IF THE PERSON HAS JUST COME IN FROM A LONG DRIVE THE EXHAUST WILL NEVER COOL DOWN ENOUGH BECAUSE OF HONDA REQUIRMENT FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE HONDA`S NEW "EXPRESS CHANGE " IN PLACE. IT LEAVES THE DEALERSHIP ALREADY HOT AND THE FIRE OCCURS. YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED YES I WORK FOR A DEALERSHIP. WE NOW USE A RUBBER STOPPER TO PLUG THE FRAME AND FILL IN THAT TROUBLESOME RECTANCLE HOLE WITH SILICONE PREVENTING OIL FROM ENTERING THE FRAME. WE KEEP WATER IN REFILLABLE SPAYERS TO EXTINGUSH FLAME BURST IF THEY OCCUR WHILE CHANGING OIL.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN THE GAS PEDAL STUCK. CONSUMER PULLED THE FLOOR MAT BACK AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND TRIED TO SHUT IT OFF, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. A POLICE OFFICER URGED CONSUMER TO RAM VEHICLE IN ORDER TO SLOW IT DOWN. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER.*AK

AFTER HAVING AN OIL CHANGE, AND WHILE DRIVING BLUE SMOKE COME FROM UNDER HOOD, AND FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDER THE CARRIAGE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

DEFECT REGARDING WIRING HARNESS OF THE DRIVER'S FRONT AIR BAG BEING INCORRECTLY WIRED. *MR THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY AN ONGOING VAN, THE CONSUMER SKIDDED OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A POLE. THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. *SC THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE WIRING OF THE AIR BAG. *JB

THE OIL FILTER WAS CHANGED ON THE FIRST OIL CHANGE FOR A NEW VEHICLE WHEN THE FILRE WAS CHANGE ONE OF THE GASKETS STUCK TO THE ENGINE,THE DOUBLE BANDED GASKET BURST AND OIL WAS RELEASED ONTO THE EXHAUST, CAUSING A FIRE.*AK A NEW OIL FILTER WAS INSTALLED AFTER THE EXTRA GASKET WAS REMOVED.

PURCHASED A 2004 HONDA CR-V IN JANUARY, 2004 AND WITH ITS FIRST OIL CHANGE ON MARCH 26, 2004, BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE-GASKET (NOT REMOVED), IT INTERNALLY LEAKED ALL FLUIDS LEAVING NO OIL IN PAN AND CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN REMOVING THE FILTER.*AK SERVICE MGR., MARK KORALLUS AND A MECHANIC CAME TO WHERE CAR HAD STOPPED, JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM DEALERSHIP, WITH A 5 GALLON TANK OF OIL. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, MR. KORALLUS, INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE DOUBLE GASKET. THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO CLEAN THE MESS UP WITH 6 CANS OF BRAKE FLUID. HOW SAFE CAN THIS BE? THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS NEGLIGENCE ON HONDA'S PART WON'T CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGES TO THE CAR IN THE FUTURE. WORSE YET, INJURIES. MY CAR IMMEDIATELY LOST ITS "NEW CAR" AFFECT AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT OPERATING AT ITS OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE AS HONDA SO HIGHLY PROMOTES. I HAVE LEFT SERVERAL PHONE MESSAGES FOR MR. KORALLUS, BUT TO DATE, HE HAS CHOSEN TO IGNORE THEM.

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB SEE ODI 10081292, SAME VIN. *DSY

I OWN A 2004 HONDA CR-V AND I AM IN NEED OF A SEAT BELT EXTENDER FOR A PASSENGER WITH A DISABILITY. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP THAT HONDA DOES NOT MAKE AN EXTENDER FOR THE CR-V AS "IT'S AGAINST THE LAW". MY PASSENGER CANNOT SECURE THE SEAT BELT WITHOUT AN EXTENDER AND THIS THEREFORE COULD BE/IS A MAJOR LIFE OR DEATH SAFETY ISSUE. OTHER MANUFACTURERS PROVIDE THEM (CHRYSLER, FORD, GM). IS HONDA CORRECT OR IN VIOLATION OF ANY FEDERAL REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE ONE FREE OF COST AS OTHER VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS DO? THANK YOU.