1999 HONDA CR-V Complaints

1999 CRV. MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW FROM ANDERSON HONDA (NOW BLOOMFIELD HONDA; BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI). MY WIFE DRIVES THE CAR TO AND FROM HER OFFICE. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS PERFORMED MOSTLY PERFECTLY. ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THE REAR DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT CLOSE SECURELY. I WOULD HAVE TO MANUALLY SET THE LATCH MECHANISM PRIOR TO SLAMMING IT SHUT TO SECURE IT. I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE DEALER CHECK AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM THIS WEEK. THEY REPLACED THE MECHANISM AND CHARGED ME $173 ($40 FOR THE PART AND $133 LABOR). THEY GAVE ME THE "OLD" PART TO EXAMINE. I AM A GRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND EXPERIENCED IN AUTOMOTIVE CORROSION ISSUES. I WAS SHOCKED AT THE CONDITION OF THE HANDLE ASSEMBLY THEY REPLACED. IT WAS IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF CORROSION TO THE EXTENT IT WAS "FROZEN" SHUT DUE TO CORROSION. I HAVE TWO ISSUES WITH THIS: 1. THE LOCATION OF THE LATCH IS MOSTLY PROTECTED FROM THE EXTERNAL ELEMENTS AND SHOULD NOT HAVE CORRODED THIS MUCH. I KEEP THE CAR GARAGED. IN THE WINTER, I TAKE IT THROUGH A CAR WASH PERHAPS TWICE/MONTH. IN OTHER SEASONS I WASH THE CAR BY HAND ALSO ABOUT TWICE/MONTH. 2. THIS IS EITHER A DESIGN PROBLEM OR A QUALITY PROBLEM. THE REASON I AM CALLING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT A SAFETY ISSUE MAY RESULT DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE BACK DOOR TO LATCH SECURELY. THINGS AND KIDS MIGHT FALL FROM THE REAR DOOR SUDDENLY OPENING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS. *NM

THE FIRST 3 INCIDENTS WERE AS FOLLOWS. 1) CAR IDLING WHILE TALKING RESTARTED. 2) STALLED DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING, RESTARTED AFTER 3 TRIES. 3) STALLED DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING, RESTARTED AFTER 3 TRIES. 4) STALLED WHILE DRIVING WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL 3 RETRIES AND WAITING 45 MINUTES THEN STARTED AND DROVE HOME 5 MILES. NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT FOR ANY OF THE EVENTS. FOUND RECALL FROM 2002 FOR IGNITION REPLACEMENT, WILL CONTACT LOCAL DEALER. CAR PURCHASED ON WEST COAST WE MOVED SHORTLY AFTER THAT TO THE EAST COAST. *JB

THE ENGINE OF MY HONDA CRV-V STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IT HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH. LEHIGH VALLEY HONDA IN ALLENTOWN PA IS SUGGESTING THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH CYLINDER IS THE PROBLEM. THE IGNITION SWITCH ITSELF WAS REPLACED IN 2002 (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 02V120000). *AK

HONDA CRV 1999, STARTED SHAKING, DRIVER LOST CONTROL , LEFT ROADWAY AND FLIPPED TWICE. *BF THE POLICE REPORT STATED THE 2 PASSENGER TIRES SEEMED TO BE DEFLATED. THE ACCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE TIRE DEFECT. *JB

VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE LEFT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIRE. BRIDGESTONE, HT DULLER, P205/70R16, #DOT YTJM51169. *AK 80% OF THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE STEEL BELTS AND TORE A PORTION OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS ORIGINALLY A SPARE TIRE AND WAS PUT INTO USE FOR THE FIRST TIME *TC

THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE CAME OFF THE RIM AT 55 MPH. VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO STRIKE A CONCRETE BARRIER, VEERED LEFT, AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMERS STATED THE TIRE SEEMED TO BE INTACT. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED IN JULY 2004.*AK

MY MOM'S 1999 HONDA CRV HAD TO UNDERGO SEVERAL VALVE JOBS FROM DIFFERENT DEALERS WHEN IT HAD UNDER 75,000 MILES BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. NUMEROUS COSTS TOTALED OVER $2000. CONTACTED HONDA, BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY RECALLS, OR KNOWN PROBLEMS AT THE TIME. SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF OTHER CRV'S ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THOUGH. SHOULDN'T HONDA FIX THIS PROBLEM BY SENDING OUT A RECALL AS IT IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE OWNERS OF THE CAR?. *JB

APRIL 5, 2003 IT WAS ABOUT 9:00 PM. I HAD JUST PAID MY TOLL ON THE NEW JERSEY SIDE OF THE RIVER. I WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE BEN FRANKLIN BRIDGE TOWARDS PHILADELPHIA. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH AND WAS IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE IN ORDER TO TAKE THE EXIT OFF TO THE RIGHT TO GET ONTO SOUTH I-95. THIS EXIT RAMP IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE ON THE PENNSYLVANIA SIDE OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. AS I WAS NEARING THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE, MY 1999 HONDA CRV SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH SUCH HIGH RPMS THAT IT SURGED FORWARD AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID RATE. IT TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN SO FAST THAT NOT EVEN THE BRAKES WOULD OR COULD SLOW IT DOWN. I ACTIVELY APPLIED MY BRAKES BUT TO MY HORROR, MY BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK AND COULD NOT SLOW DOWN THE CAR. THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING UNCONTROLLABLY. I EVEN PULLED UP ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TRIED TO MANEUVER MY CAR AS I WAS TRAVELING AT A RAPID PACE THROUGH THE TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT STOP MY CAR UNTIL IT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER. THIS HORRIFIC ACCIDENT TOTALED MY CAR AND RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A WOMAN IN ANOTHER CAR. MY INJURIES KEPT ME IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A WEEK. A TAXI DRIVER HAD SOME INJURIES. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. THE HONDA CRV WAS TOTALLED AND THE CAR IS BEING KEPT IN STORAGE, PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION.*AK

AIR BAG DEFECT AND SBS LIGHT IN DASH GIVE WARNING. *BF THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE LIGHT WAS RELATED TO AND AIR BAG FAILURE. THE DEALER AGREED TO PAY FOR THE PARTS WHILE THE CONSUMER PAID FOR THE LABOR. *NM

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO EMISSIONS TEST STATION, AND WAS TOLD THAT HIS FAILED THE EMISSIONS TEST BECAUSE IT WAS MISFIRING. CONSUMER STATED THAT EMISSION OFFICIALS GAVE HIM A PAPER THAT STATED THE CODES THAT MADE HIS VEHICLE NOT PASS THE TEST. CONSUMER CALLED THE HONDA DEALER, AND ASKED THEM TO GIVE HIM THE MEANING OF THE CODES. WHEN THEY DID, AND HE ASKED WHAT THEY MEANT, HE WAS TOLD THAT BASICALLY THEY MEANT THAT ENGINE WAS MISFIRING. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING WEIRDLY, BUT HE DID NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO IT. HOWEVER, WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK