2016 HONDA HR-V Complaints

FOOT BRAKE BECOMES FROZEN SOLID AT START UP. UNABLE TO START CAR. I WAS TOLD TO PRESS VERY HARD AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO START CAR. HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TOO. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 9 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF 2 YEARS. (NEW ISSUE) 2 DAYS AGO I HAD ISSUES TRYING TO START THE CAR UP(THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BATTERY RELATED) ALL THESE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON (BRAKE, TIRE PRESSURE, ENGINE LIGHT (TOTAL OF 6 LIGHTS) I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE SO I WENT DIRECTLY TO DEALER. I WAS TOLD I HAD RODENT DAMAGE AND THE COST WAS $424. I STILL HAVE NOT PICKED THE CAR UP AS INSURANCE NEEDS TO SEE REPAIRS. I LEARNED THAT HONDA IS NOW INVOLVED W A LAWSUIT DUE TO THE CHANGE FROM PLASTIC WIRE COATING TO SOY BASED PRODUCT WHICH IS DRAWING RODENTS TO FEAST ON WIRING. I CONTACTED CORPORATE AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THIS UNDER WARRANTY. I.M STILL PAYING OFF A HEFTY LOAN (2 YEARS LEFT) AND I HAVE NO GUARANTEE THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. WHAT A NIGHTMARE. SEEMS TO ME IF COMPANY CREATED THIS ISSUE THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH SOLUTION TO ASSIST CUSTOMERS BECAUSE THIS IS A FINANCIAL NIGHTMARE AS WELL AS A SAFETY NIGHTMARE. HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR WIRES ARE PARTIALLY EATEN OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EATEN WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. YOU DONT!

AT 9808/9809 MILES MY CAR DEVELOPED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A FUEL LEAK. IN CLOSE QUARTERS LIKE MY GARAGE IT IS POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS IN MY GARAGE DUE TO A PILOT LIGHT FOR THE WATER HEATER. ( EXPLOSION DANGER). THE CAR WAS PRESSURE TESTED AND WORKER SUGGESTED IT WAS AN ADDITIVE TO LAS VEGAS FUEL. MY CAR WAS SHOWING 3 BARS FILLED IN THE FUEL TANK. I FILLED THE TANK AND THE SMELL STOPPED. 2 WEEKS LATER THE SMELL IS BACK. TANK HAS BEEN FILLED AND YET THIS TIME THE SMELL HAS PERSISTED. APPARENTLY IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE AT THIS POINT WHAT THE FUEL LEVEL IS NOR THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE. I ONLY SMELL THIS WHEN I AM PARKED IN CLOSE QUARTERS. THERE ARE NO OTHER SOURCES OF FUEL IN THE GARAGE. AT THIS TIME (FEBRUARY 7, 2018)I DO NOT SMELL THIS ODOR INSIDE THE CAR.

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2017, WHILE DRIVING, WE DISCOVERED A NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A LOOSE SHOCK OR STRUT. WE BROUGHT OUR CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SHOCK WENT BAD. SO THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SHOCK. ON APPROXIMATELY JANUARY 7, THE SAME SOUND HAS RETURNED AND WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED US THAT HONDA HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON THE SHOCKS FOR 2015 AND 2016 MODELS. I HAVE CONDUCTED A SEARCH FOR THIS RECALL ON (HTTP://M.OWNERS.HONDA.COM/MAINTENANCE/RECALLS) BASED ON MY VIN AND IT INDICATES THERE ARE NO RECALLS. I AM CURRENTLY REQUESTING THE PAPERWORK FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO INDICATE THAT HONDA HAS IN FACT ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE A THIS POINT IS THAT MY CAR IS AT APPROXIMATELY 24,000 MILES AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE OUT OF WARRANTY BEFORE THIS PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED.

AT 15,837 MILES OF NORMAL DRIVING AND WITHOUT EXCESSIVE LOADS; THE RIGHT REAR STRUT ON OUR NEW VEHICLE BROKE. IT MADE A CLUNKING SOUND IN THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR. WHEN ORDERING THE NEW STRUT, THE DEALER TOLD US THAT THEY WERE BACKORDERED FROM SO MANY REPLACEMENT REQUESTS.

AIR CONDITIONER, I HAVE HAD MY BRAND NEW 2016 HONDA HR-V SINCE FEBRUARY 2016, I USED MY AC FOR 2 SEASONS A TOTAL OF 6 MONTHS AND THIS SUMMER IT BARELY GOT COLD, WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID IT ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE AND IT NEEDS TO BE CHARGED SO WHEN I GOT HOME I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA THEY TOLD ME SINCE IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT CHARGED. SO I ASKED THEM WHAT DOES IT ONLY LAST 6 MONTHS BEFORE IT NEEDS TO BE CHARGED THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T HAVE A TIME LIMIT ON HOW LONG IT WOULD STAY CHARGED. I HAVE SEEN WHERE MANY OTHER PEOPLE ON LINE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THIS CAR.

2016 HR-V I BOUGHT IN NOV 2015: 19,359 MILES WHEN THE CAR DIDN'T START, AAA STARTED MY CAR, TESTED THE BATTERY AND STATED IT WAS GOOD. DROVE IT TO HONDA DEALER, THEY RAN A "MULTI-POINT INSPECTION" AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. A EMPLOYEE, OF HONDA, TOLD ME IT'S HAPPENED WITH A CR-V ALSO.

BOTHERING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT REAR SIDE OF MY HRV I SUSPECTED THAT IT A STRUT PROBLEM. UNDER WARRANTY ONLY 11,000 MILES.

TO CANCEL A TIRE INFLATION WARNING AT APPROX. 17,000 MILES,I POPPED THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE TO ACCESS THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE WITH THE INTENTION OF DISCONNECTING +RECONNECTING TO CLEAR WARNING.INSTEAD I FOUND BOTH NEG.+POS. CABLES UNSECURED TO BOTH BATTERY POSTS.I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA TO REPORT THIS DEFECT,REQUEST A BATTERY REPLACEMENT,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TEST+ERROR CODE RETRIEVAL.THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED THE VEHICLE+DESPITE MY NUMEROUS CALLS TO HONDA,I'VE YET TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE.THIS IS A BUILD, SALES+SERVICE PROBLEM THAT SHOULD NOT EXIST ON ANY NEW VEHICLE SOLD.SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO DISCOVERY=DIMMING HEADLAMPS@IDLE,POOR TRANSMISSION+ENGINE RESPONSE,REDUCED MILEAGE+INTERMITTENT BURNING SMELL.I WAS FORTUNATE MY VEHICLE NEVER DIED IN TRAFFIC OR CAUGHT FIRE.MY CASE NUMBER WITH HONDA=05755540.AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE FACTORY IN MEXICO,THE SELLING DEALER IN TEMECULA AND THE FIRST SERVICING DEAER IN ANAHEIM(@10,000 SERVICE)NEVER VERIFIED THAT THE BATTERY CABLES WERE PROPERLY SECURED FOR SAFE OPERATION.MY MECHANICAL SERVICE EXPERIENCE+DUMB LUCK SHOULD NOT BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR HONDA'S FAILURE ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.SHORT OF "I'M VERY SORRY" FROM THE PERSON TAKING MY INITIAL COMPLAINT,HONDA HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THE DESCRIBED PROBLEM.

MY AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON. HONDA TOLD ME THE WIRING TO MY AIR BAG SENSOR IS NOT WORKING. PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED AFTER I BROUGHT IN MY CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE.

WHILE DRIVING ON A COSTA MESA STREET AT 30 MILES PER HOUR, THE CAR BRAKES CAME ON HARD WITHOUT ME TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDALS. ALSO A VOICE FROM THE SPEAKER SYSTEM CAME ON AND SAID: BRAKES ARE SET. THE PROBLEM LASTED FOR ABOUT 3 TO 4 SECONDS AND THEN THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED BY THEMSELVES. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS DRIVING ON THE STREET WITH VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC AT THAT TIME. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEED, THE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS, I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AND I COULD HAVE INJURED OTHERS. I PROCEEDED TO TAKE THE CAR IMMEDIATELY TO HONDA COSTA MESA TO HAVE THEM FIND THE DEFECT AND CORRECT IT. AFTER HONDA COSTA MESA REPAIR FACILITIES KEPT MY CAR FOR THREE DAYS, THEY CALLED ME TO INDICATE THAT THEY HAVE FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH MY HYDRAULIC BRAKES AND THEY DID NOT THINK THE BRAKES COULD DO A HARD BRAKE ALL BY THEMSELVES.. I ASKED THE PERSON WHO CALLED ME IF THEY HAD CHECKED THE ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE FOR POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION. THE PERSON ON THE LINE SOUNDED SURPRISED AT MY QUESTION AND SAID, NO WE DID NOT CHECK THAT, BUT WE CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH YOUR CAR, YOU CAN COME AND PICK IT UP. IT APPEARS THAT HONDA HAS ELIMINATED 100% THE POSSIBILITY OF THE ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE MALFUNCTIONS AND GENERATES THE VOICE SYSTEM TO COME ON THE SPEAKERS WITH A STATEMENT: THE BRAKE IS SET.