2020 HONDA CR-V HYBRID Complaints

2020 NEW HONDA CR-V HYBRID - THERE'S A VIBRATION AND NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AT TWO MONTHS OLD, HONDA DETECTED IT IN BOTH MY CAR AND TWO OTHER NEW ONES THEY PULLED FROM THEIR LOT TO SEE IF IT WAS IN ANY OTHER NEW ONES. I WAS TOLD "THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME ISSUE ONLY WORSE THAN YOURS". ORIGINALLY I NOTICED IT AT 63 MPH (SO DID THE SHOP FOREMAN WHO DROVE IT WITH ME), BUT NOW, I'M EXPERIENCING IT ON SURFACE STREETS AS WELL. IT REMAINS CONSTANT REGARDLESS OF ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. THE DEALERSHIP MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO CORRECT IT - TRIED NEW TIRE(S), REAR ALIGNMENT, ETC. THEY TEST DROVE IT MORE THAN ONCE, BUT IN THE END, THEY ADMITTED TO ME THAT IT WAS STILL THERE AND LIKELY A CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS MODEL. "DRIVE TRAIN" WAS MENTIONED AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE. I DID TEST DRIVE IT BEFORE I BOUGHT IT AND WHILE IT DID FEEL A BIT DIFFERENT FROM MY 2017 CR-V, I ATTRIBUTED IT TO ME NOT BEING ACCUSTOMED TO AWD. HOWEVER, THE MORE I'VE DRIVEN IT, THE MORE I REALIZE IT'S SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT I WOULD BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE ON A LONG TRIP. ALL THIS SAID, THE ISSUE OF SAFETY KEEPS LOOMING - IF IT IS THE DRIVE TRAIN, IS IT WEARING DOWN ALREADY (NOT BEING MECHANICALLY MINDED, DOES A DRIVE TRAIN WEAR DOWN?) AND AT WHAT POINT MIGHT IT CAUSE A REAL PROBLEM AT HIGH SPEED (OR ANY SPEED!)? FOR CLARITY - THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN ROUGHLY NOR HIT ANY OBSTACLE OR CURB. I AM WRITING A LETTER TO HONDA CORPORATE OFFICES AS WELL. A SHOUT OUT TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON AT MY HONDA DEALER. I KNOW FIRST YEAR REVAMP (FIRST YEAR OF CR-V HYBRID IN THIS CASE) CAN BE TRICKY AND VERY POSSIBLY IS IN THIS INSTANCE. EVERYONE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AND WORKED HARD TO TRY AND PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. PERHAPS A RHETORICAL QUESTION, BUT I DID ASK "SO, ARE YOU GOING TO SELL THOSE OTHER TWO ON THE LOT AS IS?"

THE AUTOMATIC CLOSING OF THE TAILGATE IS HAZARDOUS AND HAS CLOSED ON ME SEVERAL TIMES. CAR WAS PARKED AND NOT MOVING EVERY TIME LEANING INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WITH FEET UNDER THE BUMPER IS ENOUGH TO CLOSE THE TAILGATE.. TURNING AROUND WHEN NEAR THE BUMPER WILL CAUSE IT TO CLOSE.ONE TIME I WAS KNOCKED DOWN TRING TO AVOID THE CLOSING AND FELL AND TOOK SEVERAL LAYERS OF SKIN OFF MY SHOULDER AND ARM. ONCE IT STARTS IT WILL NOT STOP EVEN IF A PERSON TRIES TO HOLD IT.

VERY DISTRACTED OPERATION WHEN THE AVAS ACOUSTIC VEHICLE ALERT SYSTEM PRODUCES STRANGE NOISES AT LOW SPEED. THIS HAS NO VALUE IN ANY NORMAL DRIVING SITUATION EXCEPT TO UNNECESSARILY DISTRACT THE DRIVER AND THE VEHICLES NEARBY.. THE SYSTEM CAN NOT BE DISABLED. NO MORE THAN ADDITION NOISE POLLUTION WITHOUT VALUE. *TR