2005 HONDA CR-V Complaints

DAUGHTER DRIVING 2005 HONDA CR-V WITH ABOUT 1050 MILES AT ABOUT 70 MPH ON EXPRESSWAY. RIGHT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY LOST PRESSURE CAUSING ABRUPT VEHICLE DECELERATION. TIRE IS A BRIDGESTONE DUELER H/T 684, OEM. ALTHOUGH SHE GOT OFF ROAD IMMEDIATELY, THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED AROUND THE PERIMETER, WITH SOME AREAS LOOKING ALMOST LIKE A CLEAN KNIFE CUT. TIRE PRESSURE HAD BEEN CHECKED THAT MORNING. THE RIM WAS UNDAMAGED, AND THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE HAD NO DAMAGE. NO NAILS WERE FOUND IN THE TIRE, AND BOTH BEADS WERE STILL SEATED ON THE RIM. LUCKY IT WAS THE REAR TIRE.

THE REAR INTERIOR WELL COVER IS A PULL OUT 17LB PLASTIC TABLE. IT HAS A 'D' RING LATCH THAT IS HELD TO THE TABLE WITH 6 SCREWS. WHEN YOU PULL UP ON THE 'D' RING LATCH YOU GET A HANDLE TO PULL THE TABLE UP AND OUT. WHEN PULLING UP ON THE 'D' RING IT PULLS A PLUNGER OUT OF A SLOT IS THE BACK OF THE BULKHEAD OF THE FRAME GIVING YOU THE APPEARANCE THAT THE TABLE IS LOCKED DOWN. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE ARE NOTHING ELSE HOLDING THE TABLE DOWN ON THE OTHER THREE SIDES. IT APPEARS THAT THE SIDE OPPOSITE THE LATCH SHOULD HAVE A SLOT OR MAYBE TWO STRAPS ACROSS THE REAR CORNERS FOR THE TABLE TO SLIDE INTO. APPEARS HONDA OVERLOOKED THIS SINCE THEY MADE THE LIFTING 'D' RING ALSO A LATCH. AS DESIGNED HOWEVER THE COVER IS NOT LATCHED DOWN. JUST HOPE NO ONE TURNS THE CR-V OVER AND AFTER THE AIR BAG SAVES THEM HAVE A 17 LB TABLE CUT THEIR HEAD OFF.

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2005 HONDA CRV. THE HONDA CRV'S HAVE BEEN PRONE TO CATCHING FIRE AFTER OIL CHANGES AND HE HAS SEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE FOR THE 2003 AND 2004. HE HAD HIS OIL CHANGED ON 6-21-05 AND HIS VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE ON 6-23-05. WHILE DRIVING HE STOPPED AND LOOKED BACK AND HE SAW A TRAIL OF FUEL FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS AND 1FT AND HALF WIDE UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE FIRE OCCURRED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE WAS FIRST NOTICED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY NOTICED BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED. HE THINKS THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FUEL FIRE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT SUSPECTED THE SAME TYPE OF FIRE. *JB

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT EITHER DURING ACCELERATION (HARD PULL) AND CRUISING (SOFT PULL). TRIED REPLACING THE WHEELS, TIRES, ALIGNMENT, BALACING... VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEEDS IS GONE BUT THE PTTR PROBLEM IS STILL PRESENT. I SHOWED THE DEALER THE TSB FROM HONDA, IT SEEMS THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND THE VEHICLE RECALLED.

FIRST OIL CHANGE AT DEALERSHIP ON MY 2005 HONDA CRV AT 3500 MILES. FLAMES BURSTING OUT THE FOLLOWING DAY, WITH OIL SPRAYING ALL OVER. NO INJURIES. TOWED TO DEALER TO FIX. OXYGEN SENSORS NEEDED REPLACING. APPARENTLY, THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN KNOWN ABOUT FOR A COUPLE YEARS, BUT DEALER STILL FLUBBED THE OIL CHANGE.

PURCHASED 2005 HONDA CR-V NEW AFTER ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT REPORTED PULL TO RIGHT READ ABOUT ON THE WEB. TOOK SALESPERSON'S WORD THAT IT WASN'T A PROBLEM; DROVE OFF THE LOT AND THE CAR WANTED TO CENTER OR CASTER ABOUT 5 DEGREES TO RIGHT OF CENTER; IT'S ACUTALLY HARDER TO STEER LEFT THAN TO STEER RIGHT. BARE MINIMUM FOOT ON GAS PEDAL ALSO CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO POINT RIGHT BY THIS AMOUNT THOUGH THE PTTR HAPPENS AT COASTING AS WELL. ALIGNMENT PERFORMED BY MARTIN HONDA, NEWARK DE TWO DAYS AFTER TAKING DELIVERY. STATED TOE ALIGNMENT OFF, SWAPPED TIRES, AND SAY THAT SOME STEER ERROR IS NORMAL DUE TO CROWNED ROAD. AMAZING, SINCE THE PROBLEM IS EXPERIENCED EVERY BIT AS MUCH ON THE MAJORITY OF ROADS IN MY AREA, WHICH AS IT HAPPENS ARE NOT CROWNED AT ALL. DROVE THE CAR IN A LONG PARKING LOT BOTH DIRECTIONS IN A LINE, IN WHICH CASE I SHOULD HAVE SEEN "CROWN PULL" (IF ANY) HAPPEN DOWNHILL IF AN INCLINE EXISTED. ALAS, THE PULL WAS ALWAYS TO THE RIGHT WHILE GOING IN EITHER DIRECTION. DISCOVERED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TSB # 03-004 WHICH ADDRESSES THIS SYMPTOM IN ONLY CERTAIN 2002 AND 2003 MODELS. RECOMMEND THAT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT NHTSA CONSIDER ENFORCING THIS REPAIR OR SIMILAR, AS APPROPRIATE, TO ANY HONDA CR-V OF ANY YEAR THAT EXHIBITS THIS PHOMENON, AND THAT CONSUMERS AVOID PURCHASING A HONDA CR-V.

THE CAR PULLS SEVERLY TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 4 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE, HE DID A WHEEL ROTATION AND REALIGNMENT BUT OF NO USE. THE DEALER SAYS THAT EVERYTHING IS WITHIN THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS BUT THE PULL TO THE RIGHT PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. CAR TRYS TO CHANGE LANES BY ITSELF ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD TO PLL BACK HARD A COUPLE OF TIMES TO AVOID ACCIDENT.

I PURCHASED A 2005 HONDA CR-V IN MARCH OF 2005 AFTER DOING EXTENSIVE VEHICLE RESEARCH, VISITING TWO (2) DEALERSHIPS AND TEST DRIVING TWO (2) CR-VS. AFTER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES, I NOTICED A CONSTANT PULL TO THE RIGHT (PTTR) AT ALL SPEEDS AND RATES OF ACCELERATION. DURING MY INITIAL RESEARCH ON THE CR-V, AS WELL AS POST-PURCHASE VISITS TO VEHICLE FORUM WEBSITES, I REALIZED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING TORQUE STEER. THE PTTR IS ONLY PRESENT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS ENGAGED MANUALLY OR VIA CRUISE CONTROL. THERE IS NO PTTR WHILE THE VEHICLE IS COASTING. THE DISAPPOINTING THING ABOUT THIS CONDITION IS THAT - DURING PURCHASE AND PRICE NEGOTIATIONS - I ASKED THE SALES PERSON AND SALES MANAGER ABOUT CR-V TORQUE STEER ISSUES DIRECTLY. THEIR RESPONSE TO ME, QUITE SIMPLY, WAS THAT THEY WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY SUCH CONDITION. HOWEVER, POST SALES FOLLOW-UP BY THE HONDA DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS FAMILIARITY WITH REPORTS OF TORQUE STEER RESULTING FROM THE NEW V-TECH ENGINES. THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS UNDERSTANDING OF MY FRUSTRATION, MADE NOTE OF IT FOR REVIEW AT THE VEHICLES FIRST MAINTENANCE. THIS CONDITION, ALTHOUGH NOT DANGEROUS IN MY VEHICLE, DETRACTS SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE, SHOULD NOT BE PRESENT AND SHOULD BE REMEDIED BY HONDA IMMEDIATELY.

PURCHASED A NEW 2005 HONDA CRV IN EARLY 2005. WHEN WE PICKED UP OUR NEW VEHICLE, WE NOTICED IT PULLING TO THE RIGHT ON OUR RIDE HOME. THINKING THE FRONT END NEEDED ALIGNMENT, WE WEREN'T ALARMED AT THE TIME. WE RECENTLY RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER FOR CORRECTION OF THE PULLING TO THE RIGHT (PTTR) PROBLEM. AFTER HAVING THE FRONT END REALIGNED WE DROVE OFF THE LOT AND NOTICED IT WAS STILL PTTR. RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THEIR NEXT STEP WAS TO CHANGE THE RIGHT FRONT HUB AND SWITCH THE FRONT WHEELS. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE RESULT WAS THE VEHICLE NOW PULLED TO THE LEFT. BASED ON THIS FINDING THEY DECIDED THE ORIGINAL FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. SINCE REPLACEMENT TIRES ARE ON BACKORDER, THEY PUT OUR SPARE TIRE ON THE FRONT LEFT AND PUT THE DEFECTIVE TIRE ON THE BACK AS THE SPARE. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN OK WITH US, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL PTTR. NOT SURE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NEXT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THE OTHER 4 HONDAS WE HAVE OWNED. *AK

THIS NEW 05' HONDA CR-V EX HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH NO RESOLVE FROM THE DEALER. IT HAS A CONTINUED PROBLEM OF PULLING TO THE RIGHT AS WELL AS VIBRATION AT HIGHER SPEEDS. ALSO, THE PASSENGER SIDE CV BOOT HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE AS WELL AS THE TRANSAXLE. THE VEHICLE CAME NEW WITH THESE PROBLEMS. THE DEALER HAS TRIED DILIGENTLY TO FIX THE PTTR PROBLEM WITH NEW TIRES, AXLE, ROTATION, ALIGNMENT, WHEELS FROM OTHER 05' CR-V'S. BUT, THEY HAVE SAID THE VIBRATION IS WITHIN MANUFACTURE'S SPECS!!!! I HAVE SPENT MORE TIME WITH MY CAR AT THE DEALER SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN DECECMBER OF 2004 AND IT IS NOW APRIL 2005! THE VIBRATION COMES ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE CAB, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AT AROUND 50-70 MPH. I'M VERY UPSET THAT I PAY GOOD MONEY FOR A CAR THAT BRINGS ME GRIEF EACH AND EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR ON THE HI-WAY. AROUND TOWN IT'S FINE. THIS CAR IS NOT RIGHT, AND HAS NEVER BEEN RIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. THIS IB THE WORST HONDA PURCHASE I HAVE HAD AFTER OWNING 5 OTHER HONDA'S!*AK