2014 HONDA CR-V Engine Problems

I own a 2014 Honda CR-V. Since around November 2022 I have repeatedly experienced an intermittent “bounce” or shudder when accelerating, especially around 20–25 mph and sometimes at higher speeds (around 45 mph and above). The vehicle feels like it briefly loses power or slips before catching again, and the check-engine light has come on and off during this period. I took the vehicle to Stockton Honda (CA) multiple times and consistently reported this bounce/shudder on take-off. Each time, the focus was on brakes, rotors, tires, or other maintenance items. I was never told there might be an engine or timing-chain issue or that the vehicle could be unsafe to drive. The bounce/shudder never went away. I have also been involved in multiple low-speed collisions while taking off from a stop in the past few years, and I am concerned that this hesitation/loss of power may have contributed. In late 2025, Honda of Elk Grove performed a full diagnostic, retrieved a P031 code, and told me the most likely cause is a timing-chain problem. I was advised that the vehicle is not recommended to be driven until the timing chain is replaced because the engine could be severely damaged or fail while driving. The technician refused to take the car on the freeway due to safety concerns. I am submitting this complaint so NHTSA is aware that a possible timing-chain defect or failure in 2014 Honda CR-V vehicles can present as a bounce/shudder at low speeds during acceleration, with potential loss of power and increased risk of rear-end collisions, and that this condition may be missed or misdiagnosed by dealers for an extended period.

My 2014 CRV has 83,131 miles and I am a careful driver and like to keep my vehicle in top shape. The service done was replaced outer tie rod ends that were cracked and I could have lost control , replaced front lower control arms, replaced front struts, replaced rear sway bar bushings, reseal coolant passage housing , head gaskets, my vehicle could have quit in traffic. The top of my CRV has paint faded and gone to a white powder look. There are things that a car with low miles driven carefully and taken very good car of should not be happening. There should be recalls because there are issues with timing chains and fuel system. I am scared to drive it anymore. I won't stay loyal to Honda now and I am very disappointed that they know these issues and haven't attempted to fix them.

The contact owns a 2014 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, there was an abnormal rattling sound coming from the engine compartment. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the VTC actuator, resulting in damages to the engine. The contact was informed that a partial rebuild of the engine was required. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to Technical Service Bulletin: 16-012. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000.

Mileage: 58,000

The contact owns a 2014 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while starting the vehicle there was an abnormal sound that was coming from the front of the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 38,000.

Mileage: 38,000

The contact owns a 2014 Honda CR-V. The contact stated when the vehicle was started, there was a loud rattling sound coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The vehicle was scheduled for an upcoming diagnostic test. The contact stated that the failure had been occurring intermittently since 2014, however in 2020 the failure occurred, and the variable timing actuator (VTC)was replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 52,032.

Mileage: 52,032

Engine code p1009 VTC valve replacement no know place will replace due to zero tolerant engine and timing not in tune due too much damage by the pistons and valves

Rattles and shakes between 25 and 40 mph, bad actuator will cause timing failure. It only has 71,000 miles. Honda is well aware of this defect in this vehicle. When will they be held accountable to fix this issue? At 33k I was definitely taken for a ride! No engine warning light either!

Purchased our 2014 CR-V [XXX], used one owner, 55301 mileage. Very little driving the next three years due to the pandemic. Summer of 2023 we were driving from Buffalo to [XXX] , first 30 miles, severe hesitation, amber lights on, until reaching 70mph. Hesitation stopped but lights stayed on. By August the TPMS indicator, malfunction indicator lamp and other lights came on, again. We reset according to the manual, but this was just the beginning of this process happening over and over again. During dealer testing Code PO 341 came up. Had it tested at another place before taking it to West Herr Honda and was told needed Timing chain replacement with VTC. This was done at a cost of $2232.06 with car mileage of 63159. We were sad and disappointed. Research shows that Honda is very much aware of over 500 plus recorded problems with the 2014 CR-V not to mention unreported problems. The model should be recalled before lives are lost. Car still hesitates but evidently due to a different problem. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

On 2/21/24 as we were exiting a Hospital Parking Garage and I slowed down to stop at exit where road is, the engine suddenly had an uncontrolled acceleration. Difficult to stop but I pressed hard on brakes (which alone did not stop vehicle)and immediately put gearbox in Neutral, stopping vehicle before it made it on the street. After that, no more incidents on 2/21 or 2/22.. Should be noted I had total of 3 such incidents in past 4-5 months, this was the third. One occurred as getting out a store parking lot, slowing down at street interface and suddenly engine acceleration, used same technique as above. Another was at end of our street coming to a stop at interface to another street, same occurrence. In each of the occurrences I can verify that it was neither a car mat issue (it is anchored in car) not an accidental stepping o accelerator. . Have not contacted dealer or Honda as I note neither has ever found an answer to similar occurrences with others. For now drive carefully and one hand on shift lever most of the time when coming to a stop as occurrences appear to be far apart.

A VTC actuator rattles and is damaging the timing chain that will fail and cause catastrophic engine failure on road that can cause life threatening event

VTC failed July 2018. Honda stated I must pay for the repair costing $662. According to Honda receipt the R5A new VTC was installed. Now it's January 2024 and car VTC failing again. Note: When I changed the valve cover gasket I looked at the VTC and noticed that it says R44. Basically they lied about the repair and put another of the defective VTC. Obviously a much more expensive repair this time due to Honda negligence and dishonesty.

For over a year now, my Honda CRV 2014 has been producing a rattling noise from the engine on every cold startup. This happens regardless of the temperature outside. When I initially heard it, it was sporadic, again, on cold startup - so the rattling didn't occur every time. Over time though, it will occur every morning, or after the car has been sittinwith the engine off for at least a few hours. I asked a mechanic to look at it after a few months after I had first heard it, because it continued to happen, even periodically. As it only happened on cold startup, I could not reproduce it for the mechanic - he could not find any obvious issue. After a few more months, I recorded the issue on video (and audio). The same mechanic said it may be the VTC actuator. I had another mechanic look at the same video, and he said it was almost certainly the VTC actuator. He said Honda had recalled the vehicle because of the VTC actuator issue and sent me a link to a webpage with the information. It turns out it was only a technical bulletin rather than a recall. I called a Honda dealership and provided them information about the issue. They asked for my VIN and told me there was no recall after searching my VIN. After some discussion with them, wherein I referenced the technical bulletin and inquired if Honda would provide a replacement for the known issue, the representative said since it wasn't recalled, they could only diagnose and repair at full cost. After I continued to press the issue, she asked if I wanted the telephone number for Honda corporate, so I could send them my complaint. I have no yet taken my car in for repair, as the cost will be very expensive. I don't understand why Honda has not recalled the vehicles over this issue, given the fact that it is an issue they have admitted to, and it apparently is a potentially dangerous and life-threatening issue.

Loud grinding noise when starting a cold engine. Honda dealer replicated noise and stated that it was the VTC Actuator-which needed to be replaced along with the Cam Chain for a total of $1,392.23 before the Florida 7% sales tax of $97.46 totaling$1,489.69. Other manufacturing years for Honda received a recall notice. I believe that my 2014 Honda CR-V should be included in that recall so that the dealer may reimburse me for this acknowledged defect in the Honda engine.

The car makes a very loud grinding sound when starting. A metal on metal sound. This was fixed in October 2021 when vehicle had 77,500 miles for about $800. Dealership stated not covered by any recall or warranty. Service agreement states replaced VTC actuator with VCG set. Now, June 2023, the car is making the exact same noise. Many honda owners are writing about this issue. Honda corporation not taking any ownership for this issue. The "fix" is NOT a fix. Honda is being complacent. Owners are paying for this every 18-24 months. This needs to be addresssed by the company and not having owners pay over and over again to TEMPORARILY fix this issue.

Oil Dilution (gas mixing with oil) caused engine to overheat, making my car abruptly breakdown on a busy interstate and we were nearly rear ended because of it. Now I need a full engine replacement. Car is low mileage.

Upon cold start, the VTC actuator makes a grinding noise. It also makes the noise when car not driven for 5 hours or more. It lasts about 1 to 2 seconds upon releasing ignition key at start. No Check Engine light or dash warning lights come on. Concerned about timing chain damage. The car only has 33,385 miles on it. Research on web, indicates multiple reports of same issue.

VTC actuator makes grinding sound upon cold start and reduces engine power. Has been doing it since the car had 22200 miles and had it repair and the same thing started 4 months after repair. Seems to be an ongoing problem with 2013 and 2014 CRVs

The engine has rattled noises when starting, I look online and a lot of people have the same problem, they said the VTC actuator’s problem, even after they changed it, the noise is back 1-2 years. Honda needs to recall and replace this part for Honda’s customers.

There is a rattling noise coming from the engine area at extreme cold startups since I had the car at 24,000 miles on it. When having the car parked with the emergency brake on at an incline and after leaving it ther for a few days, after I press the release on the brake after starting the car, the emergency brake sticks and the car won't move forward when accelerating or backward when releasing the brakes or accelerating. I have to repeatedly press and release the emergency brake to allow the car to release the brake from the wheel for the car to move forward. There is repeatedly a build up of rust on the rear wheels when the car is exposed to humid and wet conditions due to some flaw in the design, and it causes the car the have a loud thumping noise when applying the breaks . I have had to get the rear brakes refinished or shaved down to smooth them out repeatedly.

The VTC (Variable Timing Chain) Actuator is faulty. It cause premature wear on the vehicle’s engine. I had mine replaced at 148,648 miles and it is now needing a replacement again at 162,560 miles. When performing a cold start on the vehicle, user will hear a 2-3 second grinding noise coming from the engine. When I had to replace the actuator the first time, the wear was so bad on my engine, it also meant I had to get a new timing chain as too much stress had been put on mine and the chain began to stretch.

Yo compre este carr9 desde el principle salio con problems ellos no quieren arreglarlo ni devolverme los 5 mil dollars que di de deposito. Translation-I bought this car from the beginning, it came out with problems, they don't want to fix it or give me back the 5 thousand dollars I gave as a deposit.

VTC Actuator making grinding noise on cold start up and after sitting for long periods of time even after running. Timing chain is stretched making warning lights come on and go off.

The engine had been having an oil consumption issue. I was back and forth with Honda who kept pushing me around. Filed complaints there as well. The first I was ever notified there was a problem is when I brought my car in for service and was told the oil was barely present. Was notified by the mechanic this is a known issue that should be reported. I reported and nothing was really done. They would bring me in for an oil change, I would come back and they would somehow "forget" to document I returned. Was told not to add oil and my car stalled and I crashed into a parking lot with my child in the back seat on a busy street. Nothing was done to help me with the issue. I brought in every single oil change I had ever had on the vehicle and I was told I was not doing the routine maintenance even though I had proof. This is a huge concern for safety as me or my child could have been injured and Honda did nothing to help or even attempt to help with the concern.

When starting the engine, it makes a grinding noise each time. No check engine or safety lights have come on and when the engine is cold it will shake very badly upon take off.

Between every oil change I have to add oil, there are no visible leaks but it always uses oil and the low oil light will come on.

VTC Actuator making rattling noise during start up in the morning and every five hours of sitting

My 2014 Honda CR-V EX does not initially start-up following the 3-step starting the engine process as outlined on page 239 of the CR-V owner's manual.It sometimes takes up to 6 to 12 times for the engine to engage.The starter appears to be defective as it was made.

Bad grinding noise on cold start. Defective actuator. This can damage engine. CRV only has 58,000 miles. Honda has known about this for years and needs to issue a recall. Class action law suits have been filed in California & Illinois. Technical Service Bulletin 16-012.

When starting the car (cold), the motor would start and then continue trying and made a grinding noise for about 2 seconds. Once the car was hot and off for less than 5 min, it would start normally. After 5 min off, it would make the noise again. This would happen by either using manually the key, or the remote starter. Went to the dealer and they said they needed to replace the VTC Actuator and ended up spending little over $1K to repair it. Looking online and in this site, I've found multiple complaints for this issue starting in 2015 for this model. There are also VTC Actuator known issues for Honda models between 2008 and 2012, so it is not something new for them. This should require a recall as it is a manufacturer's issue involving the engine, which could potentially escalate to something more serious and dangerous. Thanks,

At cold start-up, the engine rattles loudly for about two seconds.

Current Mileage = 51K I started to hear rattle sound when start up the engine when the mileage is around 20K. Brought to dealer where I bought new from them and was told they couldn't hear anything. No fixed or repair since then. Now, the rattle noise sound is much louder. On the web site forum there are too many people experienced the same thing I got. This problem should have been a recall for Honda. I jut got a quote said to replace the VTC actuator and chain timing belt ~$2000 plus. But again several people in the forum did the repair and the problem came back after 1 year. Should this problem be a recall for Honda to take responsible the defect they created. https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/Discussion-c24169_ds781393

Upon cold start-up, loud noise comes @ initial start for a second or two when turning the key. The car then starts up and the noise goes away. It won't happen after the car is initially started. It will occur again when the car sits for a couple of hours. My mechanic said that it's somewhere in one of the cylinders.

Pulling into a parking space, when hitting my brakes, the engine suddenly accelerated and no, I was not pushing both the gas pedal and brake at the same time. In doing a web search, I found many instances of other CRV owners having the same issue...sudden acceleration when braking

VTC actuator is faulty and HONDA will not replace and now I'm being told that I need a new TIMING CHAIN also from the VTC actuator not functioning properly. A TIMING CHAIN that should last the life of the engine has FAILED at 90K miles. Why don't you make HONDA issue a recall instead of sticking the owners with large expensive repair bills when HONDA has issued a service bulletin that the actuator is flawed. This is out of their service bulletin 16-012..... "The variable valve timing control (VTC) actuator is defective. CORRECTIVE ACTION Replace the VTC actuator. "

2014 Honda CRV rattling noise upon cold start at 20,000 miles into owning vehicle. Dealership could not locate the problem nor witness the problem each time we reported this whenever we brought the car in for oil changes...Problem became progressively worse over the years. Now that the rattling is essentially heard every time the car is started, we have taken it in. We are told we need a "new engine" because we need a new VTC actuator. We are also told that the car is burning oil. The new engine costs $4800 (NJ). Will this solve the problem that obviously is a Honda defect? Will the new engine have VTC actuators that will not fall apart in 1 year?... Honda has known about this problem for YEARS!

Cold Start: CVT actuator problems

VTC Actuator Timing valve rattles at cold start on highway when going over 50-65mph engine rattles very hard and vehicle shakes to point have to pull over. Looked all over online and thousands of customers have same issue even lawsuits. Took to Middletown NY Honda and they say out of warranty and nothing they can do but pay $1500to replace a known faulty part that once replaced could happen again or cause catstrostapic engine damage. please make a recall

We are having repeat problems with the VTC Actuator. This was replaced in 2018 under warranty but has since recurred. Our car is now at the dealer with a diagnostic of timing chain, vtc actuator, and cam gear for a cost of 2100 dollars. It is no longer under warranty and the cost is being passed on to us. This complaint is all over the internet and it is a Honda defect. Please work to support consumers and issue a recall promptly. Honda needs to fix this issue. We also, like many other, burn through oil. It’s amazing how everyone is reporting the same issues in cold starts. (Rattles).

VTC ACTUATOR RATTLES UPON START UP FREQUENTLY

WE WERE DRIVING AND WE HEARD A LOUD BANG, WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD , WHEN WE LOOKED ALL OIL WAS COMING OUT OF ENGINE AND TRANSMITION. BOTH ENGINE AND TRANSMITION ARE BROKEN. NO ROAD HAZARD ACCORDING TO HONDA DEALER/ MECHANIC. ALSO AIR CONDITIONING FAILED LAST YEAR, WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. WE WERE DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY, NO PREVIOUS NOTICE OF ANY PROBLEM. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON.

Mileage: 81,000

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2014 HONDA CRV AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC PART THAT WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES CALLED A VTC ACTUATOR AND ITS A FAULTY DESIGN ALL THE 2012 TO 2014 HONDA CRVS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND I'M AFRAID IT WILL EVENTUALLY RUIN MY ENGINE, EVERYTIME ON START THERE IS GRINDING SOUND AND WHEN I FIRST GOT THE VEHICLE IN 2015 IN WOULD ONLY DO THE IN THE WINTER THEN IN WARMER WEATHER IT WOULDN'T NOW ITS CONSTANT ON EVERY STARTUP.

Mileage: 50,000

ON ENGINE STARTING ESPECIALLY MORNING OR COLD STARTS ENGINE CHAIN SPROCKET CLATTERS FOR A NUMBER OF SECONDS. IN NOVEMBER 2016 OR 2017 WENT TO HONDA DEALER FOR CHECK OUT PERFORMANCE AND ANY PROBLEMS OR RECALLS AT CASTLE HONDA MORON GROVE IL TEL # 847-965-8833. WE QUESTIONED ABOUT THE RATTLING COMING ON WHEN 1ST START OF THE DAY. THEY JUST ANSWERED SOME ENGINES DO THIS WHEN THEY ARE COLD, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT! WELL WE DIDN'T WORRY IT SINCE THE HONDA DEALER ANSWERED ITS OK. NOW OVER TIME THE RATTLING IS GETTING LONGER AND LOUDER. I WORK FOR THE STATE AND AT TIMES AM NOT AVAILABLE TO HELP MY WIFE WHEN I AM NOT AT HOME. IAM AFRAID THE RATTLING MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING TOTALLY AND PLACE HER IN DANGER. MY NAME IS [XXX] I AM 73 YEARS OLD AND A HONDA BUYER SINCE 1965.. I WISH YOU TO CHECK WITH YOUR ENGINEERS ABOUT THE TIMING CHAIN PROBLEMS AND OILCHAIN LUBRICATING PROBLEMS AND TECHNICAL CHANGES INVOLVING AL HONDAS IN THIS PARTICULAR MOTORS. THANK YOU [XXX]. EMAIL IS, [XXX] .PLEASE SUBMIT AN WRITTEN RESPONSE ALSO. TEL # [XXX]. THANKS [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 45,000

VEHICLE MAKES GRINDING NOISE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS DURING A COLD START. VEHICLE WAS IN PARK.

Mileage: 150,000

WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK WHEN FIRST STARTING VEHICLE AND WHEN CAR IDLING. DANGEROUS BECAUSE NO VISIBILITY IN COLD CONDITIONS. ALSO, NO HEAT ON DRIVER'S SIDE. HONDA RELEASED SERVICE BULLETIN 14-063 SO THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT HAVE DONE NOTHING TO REPAIR. I JUST PAID THE DEALER $618 TO HAVE THE HEATER CORE FLUSHED 3 TIMES BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE ISSUE WILL NOT RETURN. VERY DANGEROUS IF DRIVING IN COLD, ICY CONDITIONS WITH LOW VISIBILITY AND RELYING ON DEFROSTER TO FUNCTION.

Mileage: 37,500

VTC ACTUATOR IS NEEDING CONSTANT REPLACING ASAP OR IT WILL STRETCH THE TIMING CHAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE. I AM ON MY 2ND REPLACEMENT OF THE VTC ACTUATOR IN 2 WEEKS. NO MAJOR DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED AS YET BUT I AM TRYING TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING. THE HONDA FIX IS NOT A FIX

Mileage: 60,659

AT THE SPEED OF 25 - 30 MILES PER HOUR, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE AND SHIMMY. I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE SHAKING WAS SO BAD LAST WEEK I WAS REALLY SCARED! I LOOKED UP THE DESCRIPTION ON GOOGLE AND WOW!Z THERE ARE SOOOOO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS! THEY SAID IT WAS A PROGRAM ISSUE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE! HOWEVER, WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE PROGRAM UPGRADE; AND GET THE TRANSMISSION FLUID DRAINED AND REPLACED, THE PROBLEM QUICKLY RETURNS!!!!!!!! SO.....HOW DO I GET THIS VEHICLE FIXED! I AM FRIGHTENED TO DRIVE IT!!!!!! I BOUGHT THE CAR THROUGH HENDRICK TOYOTA ON RIVERS AVE IN NORTH CHARLESTON, SC. THEY TOOK THE HONDA CRV VEHICLE IN AS A TRADE FOR A TOYOTA. SO, WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS DUD!!! IT IS A BAD SEED AS FOR A CAR. WHO IS GOING TO MAKE GOOD ON THE BAD PART CALLED A TRANSMISSION? IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEGINNING SOON AFTER I MADE THE PURCHASE!

Mileage: 15,000

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edacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

TIMING CHAIN RATTLE UPON COLD START 67,000 MILES, THIS SEEM TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND YOU NOR HONDA IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT!

Mileage: 67,000

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY DURING A BAD STORM THE DEFROSTER WAS BLOWING COLD AIR ON THE WINDSHIELD AND IT COMPLETELY ICED OVER. I COULD NOT SEE. NOT TO MENTION-- I WAS FREEZING COLD. THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS BLOWING HEAT, HOWEVER ALL VENTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE WERE BLOWING COLD AIR. I TOOK MY CAR TO A HONDA DEALER. WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT IT, THEY SEEMED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG AND TOLD ME IT WAS $330 TO REPAIR. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CHARGED ME $172 TO FLUSH OUT THE HEATER CORE. THE MECHANIC ALSO TOLD ME IT WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN.

Mileage: 112,000

LOUD GRINDING NOISE AT STARTUP. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE IN THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL THAT CAN CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING.

ENGINE MAKES A RATTLING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. EVERY SINGLE TIME THE ACCELERATOR IS BEING PUSHED, I HEAR A RATTLE. I AM JUST COMING BACK FROM THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING RELATED TO ENGINE AND IS GOING TO COST 2000 OR MORE AND JUST DID A OIL TREATMENT TO THE ENGINE JUST TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP BEFORE DOING AN OPEN HEART SURGERY(MESSING WITH ENGINE). I HOPE HONDA COMES BACK AND FIXES THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS SO COMMON WITH SO MANY OF THEIR 2014 HONDA CRVS.

Mileage: 86,000

PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM MY MOTHER-IN-LAW. SHE HAD NOTICED THE RATTLING SOUND BUT HER MECHANIC SAID HIS DID THE SAME THING AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. WE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT VEHICLE GRINDS ON COLD STARTUP. IS STARTING TO RATTLE A LITTLE ON ACCELERATION. CALLED MY HONDA DEALER, TOLD ME IT WOULD BE $1000 TO REPLACE THE VTC ACTUATOR. HE ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD EVENTUALLY HAPPEN AGAIN, AND THAT IT DOESN'T HARM THE ENGINE SO WE SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT. RESEARCHING ONLINE UNCOVERED A SERVICE BULLETIN (09-010) FOR CRV'S UP THROUGH 2013, BUT NOT COVERING 2014. HONDA IS NOT SOLVING THEIR ENGINEERING PROBLEM AND ARE MAKING THE CONSUMER PAY FOR IT.

Mileage: 56,000

ENGINE LOST POWER AND SEIZED WHILE TRAVELING ON RURAL ROUTE. LOCAL MECHANIC SAID GASOLINE HAD LEAKED INTO ENGINE AND HAD IT TOWED TO URSE HONDA IN BRIDGEPORT, WV. URSE ESTIMATED $9,000 IN REPAIRS

Mileage: 96,500

TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONER IS DEFECTIVE MAKING NOISE ON STARTING EVERY MORNING MAILLY ON COLD STARTS,BUT DOES IT WHEN HOT ALSO

VEHICLE GRINDS ON COLD STARTUP, EVERY SINGLE TIME. VEHICLE ALSO RATTLES ON ACCELERATION. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD TIMING CHAIN AND VTC ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO THE TIME OF WELL OVER $2000. AFTER RESEARCH, I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH ALL 2014 HONDA CRVS BUT HONDA HAS REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM LEADS TO ENGINE FAILURE AND HONDA IS CONTINUING TO BUILD THESE VEHICLES WITH DEFECTIVE PARTS. THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUT DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I AM ASKING THAT HONDA ESTABLISH A RECALL FOR THE VTC ACTUATOR AND TIMING CHAIN TO PREVENT RESULTING ENGINE DAMAGE FROM THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS.

AFTER MY CAR HAS SAT FOR 5-6 HOURS OR LONGER, AT START UP MY ENGINE GRINDS FOR 1-2 SECONDS. READING SIMILAR PROBLEMS ONLINE THEY SAY IT IS A FAULTY VTC ACTUATOR THAT HONDA KNOWS ABOUT BUT REFUSES TO FIX OR RECALL. IS THERE PLANS TO RECALL THIS FAULTY PART BEFORE MY CAR FAILS AND BREAKS DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD? THIS NOISE HAS HAPPENED EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

Mileage: 65,000

MY VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE KNOWN ISSUE OF VTC RATTLE AT STARTUP.

Mileage: 39,000

VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION USUALLY OCCURS WHEN ENGINE/TRANSMISSION IS COLD. USUALLY OCCURS AROUND 25 MPH DURING LIGHT ACCELERATION. *TR *BF *AS

Mileage: 55,000

VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A RATTLING NOISE UPON COLD STARTS. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE CAR NEEDED A VTC ACTUATOR FOR A COST IN EXCESS OF $1,000. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH DESCRIBED WIDE SPREAD ISSUES WITH THIS PART AND THAT IT IS A RECURRING ISSUE AND COULD DAMAGE TIMING CHAIN FOR COSTS IN EXCESS OF $5K. HONDA SERV BULLETIN 16-012 DESCRIBES ISSUES BUT HONDA DOES NOT COVER UNDER ENGINE WARRANTY. VERY COSTLY DEFECT FOR A MAKE OF CAR THAT HAS HAD A GOOD REPUTATION.

Mileage: 64,781

AT COLD START UP, THE ENGINE RATTLES LOUDLY FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS. POSSIBLE FIX, VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL, VTC, ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT. STARTED AT 36,000 MILES. KNOWN ISSUE FOR YEARS BY HONDA. SHOULD BE RECALLED AS IT HAS BEEN KNOWN BY THEM AND IS EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. HAVE TRIED WORKING WITH THEM, AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO COVER ANY COST.

ON COLD START-UPS THERE IS A LOUD RATTLE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. MY CR-V ONLY HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I AM TOLD IT COULD BE THE VTC ACTUATOR AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL COVER IT. NOT THE QUALITY I EXPECT FROM HONDA AT ALL. RESEARCHING THIS CAN LEAD TO OIL CONSUMPTION AND A STRETCHED TIMING CHAIN AND PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE.

Mileage: 54,000

MY 204 HONDA CRV HAS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE VTC ACTUATOR. I'VE HAD 2 DEFECTIVE ONES, WHICH DAMAGED MY TIMING CHAIN. DEALER SAYS THEY ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THE DAMAGE DONE FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART, AND I HAVE TO PAY $1600 FOR A NEW TIMING CHAIN AT 70K MILES. HONDA ISSUED A TECHNICIAN BULLETIN STATING THE VTC IS DEFECTIVE, BUT OFFERED NO FIXES TO THE PROBLEM OTHER THAN THROWING ANOTHER DEFECTIVE PRODUCT IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VTC ACTUATOR MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, WHICH IS THE SOUND OF THE TIMING CHAIN BEING STRETCHED. MY TIMING CHAIN IS NOW RUINED AND NEEDS A NEW ONE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR. THE NOISE NOW OCCURS ALMOST EVERY MORNING.

Mileage: 32,000

2014 CRV HAD 'RATTLE' NOISE DURING COLD START ABOUT A YEAR AGO, TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. NOW AT 59974 MILES AND 3 MONTHS PASSED 5 YEAR WARRANTY, THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS GOING OFF AND TIMING CHAIN HAS TO BE REPLACED. HAD TO SPENT $2000 TO FIX IT.

KNOWN & VERY DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH COLD START VTC ACTUATOR. ENGINE NOISE AT EVERY COLD START. IF ALL THESE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED.... WHY HASN'T THIS LEAD TO AN INVESTIGATION / RECALL ?

Mileage: 70,000

MY VEHICLE IS SUFFERING FROM AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM WITHIN THE 4TH GENERATION CRV - THE VTC ACTUATOR IS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE DURING COLD STARTUPS. THERE IS A ACTIVE BULLETIN REGARDING THE ISSUE, TSB 16-012 VER. 2. THE ISSUE IS FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE TIME I TURN THE CAR ON. IT ONLY HAPPENS SOMETIMES. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT WITH THEM OVERNIGHT. THEN IN THE MORNING THEY WILL TEST IT AND TRY TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT, THEN THEY WON'T FIX IT. THIS IS FRUSTRATING.

MY CAR "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD THE CAR NEED AN UPDATED PGMFI. I WAS TOLD A LOT OF CRV'S ARE INCURRING THE SAME ERROR INDICATORS. BUT BECAUSE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY I ENDED UP PAYING FOR THE PGMFI UPDATE. I DO NOT AGREE, BUT PAID THE BILL. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.

Mileage: 75,151

AFTER RECENTLY PURCHASING A USED 2014 HONDA CR-V, NOTICED A 2 SECOND RATTLE AT COLD START-UP. DOING RESEARCH, THIS ISSUE MIRRORS A VTC ACTUATOR PROBLEM KNOWN BY AMERICAN HONDA (TSB 16-012).

Mileage: 33,390

WHILE PARKING ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF A PARKING GARAGE, THE CAR SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD AND JUMPED THE STOP AND CRASHED INTO THE WALL OF THE GARAGE. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BREAK BUT WHEN I LIFTED IT OFF, THE ENGINE REVVED UP WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS. THIS HAS DONE THIS BEFORE AND I HAVE REPORTED IT TO HONDA BUT THEY DID NOTHING TO CORRECT IT.

Mileage: 16,000

MY 2014 HONDA CRV JUST CROSSED 87,000 MILES, STARTED WITH ENGINE RATTLING NOISE DURING COLD START, AND NOW GOT THE CHECK ENGINE, STEERING AND TRACTION LIGHTS TURNED ON ON THE DASHBOARD. I TOOK IT MECHANIC AND AFTER PERFORMING DIAGNOSIS THEY TOLD ME THAT THE VTC ACTUATOR AND TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPLACEMENTS. I CAME TO KNOW THAT IT WAS DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT ON THE FAULTY VTC ACTUATOR AS MENTIONED IN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 16-012. THIS VTC ACTUATOR PROBLEM CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION AS MENTIONED IN THIS LINK: HTTPS://WWW.JULIEANNACLINE.COM/ENGINE- RATTLES-ON-COLD-STARTUP-TSB-09-010/ IN THE RECENT OIL SERVICE I WAS INFORMED THAT WAS LOW ENGINE OIL.

Mileage: 87,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA CR-V. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION, THE GEAR WAS PLACED INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO REV UP APPROXIMATELY FOUR TIMES. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE PARK POSITION AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANTRIM WAY HONDA (LOCATED AT 200 S ANTRIM WAY, GREENCASTLE, PA 17225, 877-870-8241), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,948. *TR

Mileage: 42,948

VEHICLE MADE GRINDING NOISE UPON START-UP OVER SEVERAL MONTHS. HONDA CLAIMED IT IS NOT DAMAGING THE ENGINE AND THERE IS NO FIX. ENGINE CONTINUED TO GRIND AND MY CAR BEGAN HAVING OIL PROBLEMS. HONDA STILL SAID THERE WAS NO ISSUE AND THEY WERE NOT RELATED. CAR CONTINUED GRINDING UNTIL THIS WEEK WHEN ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP. I TOOK MY HONDA AND WAS TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED AND IT NEEDS ANOTHER VTC ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT (THIS WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY THREE YEARS AGO). THE CAR COULD HAVE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HONDA IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR RECALL IN HONDA CR-V'S. THEY CHARGED ME $1800 TO FIX AN ISSUE KNOWN TO THEM. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN BODILY INJURY TO MYSELF OR OTHERS IF THE CAR HAD STALLED WHILE DRIVING. HONDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FAULTY ENGINES. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE.

Mileage: 68,000

BOUGHT THE CAR FROM HONDA DEALERSHIP IN AUGUST OF 2018. SECOND I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT VEHICLE STARTED TO HAVE A VIBRATION FROM THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. I BROUGHT IT BACK 4 DAYS LATER BECAUSE OF THE VIBRATION AND BURNING SMELL WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKES. I HAD TO GET A NEW AXEL REPLACED ON THE CAR. AFTER I HAD TO RETURN CAR AGAIN A WEEK LATER FOR THE EXACT SAME VIBRATIONS. YET SINCE THEN THE CAR STILL SHAKES, AFTER BRINGING IT TO NUMEROUS MECHANICS THE CAR STILL SHAKES. I JUST BROUGHT IT BACK AGAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE AGAIN WHY EXACTLY IT IS STILL SHAKING. I HAD TO GET A NEW DIFFERENTIA FOR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, AND THAT DIDN'T WORK. I RETURNED IT AGAIN A WEEK LATER FOR FLUID AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO SEE IF THAT WILL WORK AND STILL PERSISTS TO SHAKE.

RATTLE FROM ENGINE EVERY STARTUP. LOUDER AND LONGER WHEN COLD. TIMING CHAIN? THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE CPO PURCHASE. IT'S GETTING LOUDER AND I'M AFRAID IT WILL DESTROY MY ENGINE, BEFORE HONDA ADMITS TO A DEFECTIVE PART AND DOES A RECALL.

Mileage: 70,000

OIL USAGE IS EXTREMELY HIGH WITH NO VISIBLE LEAKS, AND ENGINE IS DRY. I AM AT THE POINT OF MY OIL NEEDING TO BE CHANGED, AND MY OIL WAS NEARLY EMPTY. I HAVE PUT IN 3 QT'S IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS. ALSO, I LIVE IN NYS, AND ON COOLER DAYS TO FREEZING DAYS, THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING RATTLE THAT HAPPENS WHEN I START MY CAR. I HAD A 2010 THAT DID THE SAME THING.

Mileage: 70,000

WHEN I START MY 2014 HONDA CRV IN THE MORNING IN IDLE AND UNTIL I HIT OVER 15 MPH IT MAKES A RATTLE NOISE, BUT MORE OF A KNOCKING UNDER THE VALVE COVER AREA. WE HAVE DONE THE OIL CHANGES EVERY TIME THE ON-BOARD OIL LIFE REMINDER TELLS ME. DURING THE WINTER, I TAKE IT TO HONDA DURING THE SUMMER MY HUSBAND AND I CHOOSE TO CHANGE IT. THE NOISE HAS BECOME CONSIDERABLY WORSE SO WE WENT ONLINE TO REVIEW. ALL ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE PROBLEM POINT TO THE VTC ACTUATOR AND TIMING CHANGE. AFTER CALLING TO MAKE AN APPT AT THE DEALER AND EXPLAIN MY PROBLEM I HEAR THE COST TO FIX IT REFERRING TO THE SERVICE BULLETIN 16-102. IT WAS WELL OVER $2000. THE ISSUE BEFORE I PAY THAT TO FIX IT IS THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE I READ IN THE ONLINE COMMUNITY STATE IT IS A TEMPORARY FIX AND THE PROBLEM COMES RIGHT BACK. SOME HAVE HAD THE VTC CHANGED FOUR TIMES. THAT WOULD COST ME $8000, A BEAUTIFUL CHUNK OF CHANGE TO PUT DOWN ON A NEW CAR. NOT A HONDA. JUST LIKE THE AIRBAG ISSUE WITH MY 2004 HONDA CRV, THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE REPLACEMENT UNTIL THEY GOT IT RIGHT. I URGE YOU TO PLEASE NOTIFY HONDA OF ALL OUR COMPLAINTS (I UPLOADED A COMMUNITY FORUM) I CAN NOT AFFORD TO KEEP CHASING DOWN THIS DEFECTIVE PART. MY 2007 HONDA PRELUDE HAS OVER 300K AND IS A DAILY DRIVER WITH A NIECE. MY 2014 AND 2016 HONDA CRV ARE HAPPY EVERY DRIVER. SNOW BEATS IF YOU MAY. I WANTED A NEWER CAR WITH NEWER FEATURES, BUT WHAT I GOT WAS AN EXPENSIVE DEFECTIVE HONDA. I PAID $15000 TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT IS NOW JUST UNDER 100,000 MILES. THERE USED TO BE A SAYING, YOU COULD DRIVE A HONDA TO THE POINT OF THE BODY FALLING OFF, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD KEEP GOING. NOT ONLY IS MY VTC A SORE SPOT TO FIX. IT IS NOW USING OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES DUE TO A DEFECTIVE VTC. SO I WILL CHANGE IT ONCE AND IF IT CONTINUES. I WILL BE BACK WITH ANOTHER URGE FOR JUSTICE.

Mileage: 100,000

ENGINE MAKES GRINDING NOISE AT START IN COLD OR FROM SITTING. HAVE BEEN TOLD IT'S VTC VALVE BUT HAS NO FIX. CAR IS CPO WITH 32,000 MILES. STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

Mileage: 27,500

I'M HAVING THE INFAMOUS VTC ACTUATOR GRINDING ON START-UP THAT HONDA HAS DETAILED IN SERVICE BULLETIN #16-012. I'VE CONTACTED HONDA REPEATEDLY ABOUT THE ISSUE BUT THEY REFUSE TO GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

Mileage: 60,000

MY VEHICLE WAS STALLED IN THE EARLY MORNING OF JULY 17, 2019 IN A PARKING LOT AND TOWED TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP NEARBY. THE MECHANIC'S DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE VEHICLE STALL WAS CAUSED BY THE SHORTAGE OF ALL FUSES IN THE PRIMARY FUSE BOX DUE TO LEAKING OIL FROM THE TIMING CHAIN COVER OF THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THE OIL LEAK OCCURRED FOR A WHILE SO IT SHORTED OUT THE FUSES THROUGH THE INCASED ELECTRICAL WIRES. I THINK THAT IT DEFINITELY IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE MY LIFE COULD BE IN A DANGER IF THE SHORTAGE OCCURRED WHEN I DROVE THIS VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. THEREFORE, I WANTED YOUR AGENCY TO RAISE THIS SAFETY ISSUE RELATED TO HONDA CRV TO HONDA MANUFACTURER AND CONSUMERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY DRIVING A SIMILAR TYPE OF THE VEHICLE. I AM CURRENTLY COOPERATING WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. SINCERELY, (XXXX) P.S. ATTACHMENT IS THE REPAIRING STATEMENT FROM CURRY DEALERSHIP. REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DECLINED ASSISTANCE DUE TO AN EXPIRED WARRANTY. *JS

Mileage: 50,256

GRIDDING NOISE FOR ENGINE STARTED AT 14,000 MILES AND DEALERSHIP SAID HONDA WORKING ON FIX, THEN AT 50,000 REALLY ROUGH IDLE AND NO POWER ,HEAVY VIBRATION WHEN ACCELERATING . STILL NO FIX! 52,000 CR-V IN SHOP AGAIN .

Mileage: 14,000

WHEN STARTING THE CAR IN THE MORNING THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE. IT IS NOW GETTING WORSE. FROM THE DESCRIPTION SEARCH ON THE INTERNET, THIS SEEMS TO BE MORE COMMON IN THE 2014 HONDA CR-V. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE WITH THE VTC ACTUATOR. I BELIEVE THE PART HONDA HAS USED IS DEFECTIVE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN EARLIER VERSIONS OF THE CR-V AND ACCORD.

ENGINE RATTLES FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS ON STARTING THE CAR AFTER A LONG PERIOD (AROUND 8 HOURS). CONTACTED HONDA, AND THEY WANT THE CUSTOMER TO COVER MAJORITY OF THE COST. HONDA SAYS THE ISSUE IS ONLY A NUISANCE AND WILL NOT CAUSE ENGINE DAMAGE, BUT WILL NOT GIVE THIS IN WRITING.

Mileage: 30,000

RATTLING NOISE FOR 1 TO 3 SECONDS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY SINCE PURCHASE. HAVE TALKED WITH DEALER WITH THEY SAY ITS STARTER ($863 NOT UNDER WARRANTY. IF I TURN KEY AND LET SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN START THE ENGINE - NO METAL NOISE. CONTACT AMERICA HONDA - NO CALL OR COMMUNICATION YET

Mileage: 34,000

VIBRATION DURING SLOW ACCELERATION AT SPEED 20-45 RPM. BACK OFF ACCELERATION THEN IT WILL GO A WAY. SYMPTOM START TO SHOW UP 65,000 MILES

THE A/C COMPRESSOR PULLEY BEARING SEAL IS BROKEN/BUSTED AND IS GRINDING CAUSING A BURNING SMELL. THE IDLER PULLEY BEARING SEAL IS BROKEN/BUSTED AND IS SQUEALING. ALL THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS UP TO DATE. THIS AUTOMOBILE IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BASIC ENGINE COMPONENTS. IS THIS A RARE CASE FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL OR IS IT THAT HONDA IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED TO BE A RELIABLE AUTOMOBILE?

Mileage: 99,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. THE FAILURE WAS FIRST NOTICED DURING AN OIL CHANGE AND THERE WAS HARDLY ANY OIL IN THE OIL PAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KELLY HONDA (540 LYNNWAY, LYNN, MA 01905, (781) 484-0160) AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NORMALLY CONSUMED THAT AMOUNT OF OIL. THE CONTACT HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER THREE MORE TIMES FOR THE SAME FAILURE AFTER NOTICING THE OIL LEVELS WERE LOW. THE DEALER PERFORMED AN OIL CHANGE AND ASKED THE CONTACT TO RETURN AFTER 1,000 MILES. WHEN THE CONTACT RETURNED, THE DEALER CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE LEVELS WERE FINE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT CONVINCED AND THE DEALER INFORMED HER TO DRIVE ANOTHER 1,000 MILES AND BRING THE VEHICLE BACK. WHEN THE CONTACT RETURNED, THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE REPAIRS; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT COULD PAY THE DEALER $1,500 FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,500. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

Mileage: 23,500

CRV WAS RATTLING FOR ABOUT A WEEK. STARTED ONLY IN THE MORNING IN THE COLD AND PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE CAR IN TO THE MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY BUT AS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT'S ENGINE FAILURE AND HAD NO OIL. WE HAD NO OIL LIGHT COME ON AND WE GET ROUTINE OIL CHANGES. CALLED HONDA TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND THEY SAID NO AND OFFERED NO HELP. NOW I'M STUCK WITH A WORTHLESS 5 YR OLD CAR THAT I STILL OWE MONEY ON. THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS WHY HASN'T A RECALL BEEN ISSUED? WHY IS NOBODY INVESTIGATING THIS????

Mileage: 85,000

THERE IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH GRINDING AT COLD STARTUP THIS SHOULD BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECTIVE PART RECALL HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/KR20BAOXBO8

Mileage: 40,925

WHEN CAR REACHES 60-70 MPH, IT SHUDDERS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO CHANGE GEAR. PERIODIC.

Mileage: 150,000

I WANT TO ASK YOU TO INVESTIGATE A PROBLEM THAT HAS HONDA WITH THE VTC ACTUATOR (VARIABLE TEMPORAL CONTROL) WHICH LEAD TO A RATTLE NOISE WHEN START IN COOL WEATHER AND MOST OF THE MECHANICS KNOW ABOUT IT. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND PRESENT THE FAIL WHEN STARTED IN COLD CONDITIONS. ON THEIR DEALER OWN WORDS: THE VTC IS WORN OUT CAUSING THE RATTLE SOUND AND CHAIN IS STRETCHED. THE TENSIONER CRACK SEAL NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. ALL OF THEIR ANSWERS MAKE ME THINK IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY KNEW ABOUT IT AND THAT HONDA SHOULD MAKE A RECALL. THE COST WAS THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS (1,600). THEY NEEDED TO OPEN THE ENGINE AND THE NOISE DIDN'T GO AWAY EVEN AFTER THE REPAIRS AND THE CAR IS NOW ACCELERATED A LITTLE TOO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR RESPONSE EITHER WAY IS INVESTIGATED OR NOT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

ENGINE RATTLE NOISE UPON COLD START.

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA CR-V. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD STARTED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN INTENSE GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE NOISE ONLY LASTED FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF ENGINE DAMAGE. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND FORUMS REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH O'DONNELL HONDA (8620 BALTIMORE NATIONAL PIKE, ELLICOTT CITY, MD 21043, (410) 461-5000) WHILE THE WARRANTY WAS STILL VALID; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO REMEDY AT THE TIME. THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

Mileage: 30,000

THE ANTI-FREEZE CORRODES THE RADIATOR CAUSING THE CORE TO BE BLOCKED. BLOWS HOT AIR ON PASSAGE SIDE AND COLD AIR ON DRIVER'S SIDE

Mileage: 90,000

IN AUGUST 2018 I BROUGHT VEHICLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED SHOP THAT I TRUST TO RESEARCH A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE BAY WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. MECHANIC FOUND THROUGH INSPECTION/RESEARCH THAT TIMING CHAIN LIKELY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ($1000 JOB) ON 2014 CR-V'S. AT THAT TIME MY VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES, SO IT WAS WITHIN THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTEE PERIOD (5YRS/60KMI). THE MECHANIC ALSO FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING QUITE A BIT OF OIL FOR SUCH A NEW CAR AND HE SAID IT HAD A CONSUMPTION ISSUE. I CALLED HONDA IN AUGUST 2018, AND STARTED A CASE REGARDING OIL CONSUMPTION AND NOISE RELATED TO TIMING CHAIN. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING VEHICLE TO HONDA DEALERSHIP TO BEGIN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AND TO HAVE NOISE LOOKED AT. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO LIA HONDA WHO TOLD ME TO WAIT UNTIL OIL NEEDED TO BE CHANGED TO START CONSUMPTION TEST B/C THE OIL WAS RECENTLY CHANGED AND IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF NEW OIL. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO KEELER HONDA IN NOVEMBER OF 2018 TO COMPLETE THE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WHEN THE OIL NEEDED TO BE CHANGED AND TO HAVE THE NOISE CHECKED OUT. THEY CHANGED THE OIL AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE NOISE, STATING THE CAR WAS FINE. AS I DROVE THE CAR OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THE NOISE GOT WORSE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THEY STATED I SHOULD BRING THE CAR BACK TO HONDA BECAUSE IT SHOULD'VE BEEN UNDER WARRANTEE AND SOMETHING WAS DEFINITELY WRONG. I CALLED HONDA MANUFACTURER AND REFERENCED MY CASE FROM AUG OF 2018- THEY AGREED TO DOCUMENT THAT MY CAR WAS COVERED B/C THESE ISSUES STEM FROM WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTEE (NOW HAS 62KMI). KEELER HONDA FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN TO REPLACE VTC ACTUATOR RELATED TO NOISE. THIS WAS REPLACED AND COVERED BY HONDA. THE CAR STILL HAS OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE! 2015 CR-V'S WERE RECALLED DUE TO OIL CONSUMPTION TO REPLACE THE ENGINE, BUT NOT 2014'S? SAME ISSUE!!!!!

Mileage: 58,000

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S WITH ON 34,022 MILES, WHEN THE HEAT AND FAN/BLOWER IS ON, COLD AIR COMES FROM THE DRIVER SIDE VENTS WHILE WARM/HOT AIR BLOWS FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. RESEARCH INDICATES A CLOG IN THE HEATER CORE. A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN EXISTS FOR THE PROBLEM ATTACHED.THIS ISSUE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT FROM EITHER: 1) SAND LEFT IN THE COOLANT PASSAGES AFTER THE CASTING OF THE ENGINE BLOCK AND OR 2) HONDA'S COOLANT CONTAINING SEDIMENT AND OR 3) HONDA'S COOLANT CAUSING WEAR TO SURFACES IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH. THE WINDSHIELD FREEZES UP WHEN TRYING TO DEFROST IT AND A SAFETY ISSUE IN WINTER. HONDA NEEDS TO COVER THIS REPAIR- PLEASE ADVISE, THANK YOU.

Mileage: 34,022

FUEL CONSUMPTION. LOSING 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 1000 MILES. NO OIL LEAK..

Mileage: 60,000

GRINDING SOUND FOR 1-2 SECONDS AFTER THE ENGINE STARTS ESPECIALLY DURING COLD START. WHEN I GOOGLED IT, SAME SOUND THAT AFFECTING VTC ACTUATOR.

THE DRIVER SIDE VENTS BLOW COLD AIR WHEN THE HEAT IS ON. THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS BLOW HOT AIR. THE HEATER CORE WAS CLOGGED BY MINERAL BUILD UP.

Mileage: 60,000

CHRONIC ENGINE LIGHT FROM DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN. NOISE (RATTLING) FROM TIMING CHAIN AREA.THE TIMING CHAIN STARTED MAKING NOISE @ 80K. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO ILLUMINATE IN EARLY OCTOBER WITH CODE P0341. CEL ILLUMINATE ON START UP. AFTER CLEARING CODE VEHICLE DRIVING THE REST OF DAY WITHOUT CEL RE ILLUMINATING TO NEXT MORNING. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP (SEE ATTACHED) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN REMOVED THE TIMING COVER EXPOSING FAILED PARTS. AFTER BRIEF INTERNET SEARCH I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME NATURE REQUIRING TIMING CHAIN AND RELATED PARTS HAVING TO BE REPLACED ON 2013 AND 2014 HONDA CR-V MILEAGE AS 58,000 (SEE ATTACHED). ATTACHED IS A STATEMENT FROM THE MASTER CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN HOW PREFORMED THE REPAIRS. I ALSO HAVE RETAINED ALL PARTS REPLACED. WHEN THE CEL LIGHT ILLUMINATE THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT,STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT,AND ELECTRIC STEERING LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED(SEE ATTACHED)

Mileage: 80,000

VTC ACTUATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 86,000 MILES. TOOK TO DEALER COST WILL BE $1000.00 NOT COVERED UNDER ANY RECALLS ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AND REPAIRS FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL

VARIABLE TIMING CONTROL (VTC) ACTUATOR FAILED AS DESCRIBED IN HONDA TSB 16-012. INFORMED BY HONDA DEALER THAT FAILURE WOULD RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE IF NOT REPAIRED. HONDA REFUSED TO COVER REPAIR.

Mileage: 83,261

THE CAR IS HESITANCE DURING ACCELERATION, THE CAR VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING, MORE NOTICED DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. HIS STARTED AUG 20,2018, WEN I START THE CAR, THE ENGINE MAKES NOISE SHAKES DURING A COLD START. HAVE BEEN TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG. BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS IN LATE 2016 THRU MARCH 2018. THIS HAPPENS DURING COLD TEMPERATURES.

Mileage: 50,000

HEATER NOT BLOWING HOT AIR. HONDA ANTI-FREEZE SEEMS TO BE DISSOLVING RADIATOR

Mileage: 44,000

ENTERING A PARKING SPACE AT A LOCAL CVS THE CAR SELF ACCELERATED TO A VERY HIGH SPEED. THE CAR CHARGED FORWARD . THE BRAKES COULD NOT STOP THE CAR UNTIL IT SLAMMED INTO 2 PARKED CARS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORE ENTRANCE.ALSO, THE SAFETY BAGS DID NOT OPEN. THE CAR WAS LIKE A RAGING BULL. THE CAR WENT OVER 1 PARKING BLOCK CROSSING OVER THE FRONT OF THE STORE ,OVER ANOTHER BLOCK BEFORE STOPPING.. THE ACCELERATOR WENT BERSERK WITHOUT ANY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. I AM UNABLE TO SCAN ANY REPORTS ELECTRONIALLY

Mileage: 20,000

ENGINE SPUTTERS WHEN GOING INTO 2ND GEAR.

Mileage: 60,000

DRIVING SLOWLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON I-95 IN PHILA CAR STALLED AND WAS RESTARTED, BUT BATTERY LIGHT STAYED ON. ENGINE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR WAS NORMAL. AFTER 15 MINUTES OF ADDITIONAL SLOW DRIVING CAR STARTED SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. SOON AFTER PULLING OVER TO SHOULDER, FLAMES STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND A SHORT TIME LATER THE ENTIRE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. 911 WAS CALLED, POLICE AND FIRE TRUCK CAME. CAR WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. MILEAGE WAS APPROX 32,000 AND VEHICLE WAS WELL-MAINTAINED. PHILADELPHIA POLICE (OR POSSIBLY PA STATE POLICE) REPORT WAS FILED: PA2018.545044. I UPLOADED TWO VERY GRAPHIC PICTURES - ONE SHOWING ENTIRE VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE, PLEASE CONTACT ME.

Mileage: 32,000

VTC ACTUATOR IS FAULTY. JUST OVER 65000 MILES.

IT STARTED ABOUT 1YR AFTER GETTING THIS CRV, UPON CRANKING MAKING A GRINDING NOISE I TOOK TO SHOP SEVERAL TIMES THEY DID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, NOW HERE LATELY I'VE HAD TO BOOST OF MY CRV SEVERAL TIMES, DO I TOOK TO SHOP TO CHECK BATTERY WHICH IS FINE, I DON'T HAVE TIME NOR MONEY TO KEEP GOING TO SHOP TO NOT HAVE ANYTHING DONE. I DESPERATLY AM AFRAID TO GO ANYWHERE OTHER THAN WORK IN FEAR IT WONT CRANK. IT ACTS LIKE IT WANRS TO TURN OVER BUT DOESN'T THEN SOMETIMES IT CRANKS RIGHT UP. I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS A LEMON & HONDA SHOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE ONES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS CRAP. I THOUGHT HONDA WAS A RELIABLE VEHICLE. I TRADED IN NISSIAN FOR THIS UGHH

Mileage: 15,000

GRINDING SOUND FROM ENGINE DURING COLD START. GRINDING SOUND LAST A FEW SECONDS WHEN ENGINE IS COLD.

Mileage: 41,000

I PURCHASED MY USED CERTIFIED 2014 HONDA CR-V EX-L 11/2016 AND THE CAR SEEMED TO RUNNING SMOOTH AND VERY QUITE. I TOOK IT IN FOR THE FIRST SERVICE CALL THE CAR DIDN'T RUN THE SAME, I EVEN WHEN BACK A FEW DAYS AFTER THE CAR WAS SERVICED. SINCE THE IF I MAKE A SUDDEN STOP THE CAR STOPS AND I FINALLY HEAR THE TRANSMISSION CATCHING UP AND THIS CAUSE THE CAR TO JERK BACK IN THE SITTING POSITION. IF I AM GOING ABOUT TO GO THROUGH MY DRIVE THRU MINI MARKET AND I HAVE TO WAIT ON ANOTHER CAR AND THEN PROCEED THE TRANSMISSION ACTS AS IF IT DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE AND IT FINALLY JUMPS INTO GEAR WHICH ALLOWS THE CAR TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS MY 5TH PURCHASE WITH HONDA, 1988 HATCH BACK CIVIC, 1990 HONDA ACCORD, HONDA CIVIC, 2003 HONDA ELEMENT AND NOW 2014 HONDA CR-V EX-L. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS I HAVE FOUND IF I AM SITTING AND HIT THE GAS THE CAR EXCELS REALLY FAST AND IT SCARES ME. I HAVE READ A FEW REVIEWS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES WITH HOW THE CAR EXCELS REALLY FAST.

Mileage: 30,000

ENGINE METAL RATTLING NOISE ON COLD START UP. VERY DISTURBING. ENGINE HAS A ROUGH START AS RESULT.

Mileage: 27,000

HONDA CRV 2014 NOICE IN THE ENGINE WHEN I'M DRIVING THE CAR AND IS ANNOYING VERY BAD . NIGHT LIGHT IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY THE LIGHT IS NOT BRIGHT AN ACCIDENT CAN HAPPEN AC A GAS SMELL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE AC

Mileage: 26,000

ON COLD START, THE ENGINE GRINDS FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW AND THIS HAS HAPPENED PERIODICALLY SINCE. DEALER SERVICE SHOP USUALLY CANNOT REPLICATE IT BECAUSE IT ONLY HAPPENS ON COLD START AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT. FINALLY GOT THEM TO REPLICATE THE NOISE IN JANUARY 2016 AND DIAGNOSED AS A VTC ACTUATOR PROBLEM. APPARENTLY A VERY WELL KNOWN PROBLEM AND "THEY FIX THESE ALL THE TIME, KNOWN ISSUE". A WEEK LATER THE NOISE STARTED AGAIN AND NOW THE DEALER CAN'T REPLICATE AGAIN. I ONLY HAVE 10 MONTHS LEFT ON MY WARRANTY AND THEY SAY THEY WON'T REPLACE IT AGAIN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T REPLICATE IT. IF IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE, THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED AGAIN ASAP. WORRIED ABOUT THE LONGEVITY OF THE ENGINE, GIVEN THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE DAY ONE.

Mileage: 50,000

RATTLING NOISE FOR 1 TO 3 SECONDS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE AT TEMPERATURES AROUND 35 DEGREES F. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY SINCE PURCHASE. HAVE TALKED WITH DEALER WITH NO RESOLUTION.

Mileage: 36,000

RATTLING NOISE FOR 1 OR 2 SECONDS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE AT TEMPERATURES AROUND 35 DEGREES F.

Mileage: 45,000

AS THE TEMPERATURES DROP, MY CAR MAKES A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE AS THOUGH SOMETHING IS SEIZING IN THE ENGINE WHENEVER I START THE CAR WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. THE NOISE ONLY LASTS A FEW SECONDS, AFTER WHICH THE CAR RUNS PERFECTLY FINE. THE PROBLEM TENDS TO OCCUR WHENEVER I START THE CAR AFTER IT HAS BEEN SITTING UNUSED FOR HOURS IN COLD WEATHER. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH HONDAS AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

Mileage: 70,000

ENGINE MAKES A GRINDING SOUND UPON START UP ON COLD MORNINGS FOR A FEW SECONDS WHILE PARKED. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED CAR. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THEY CANNOT TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS ABOUT THE VTC ACTUATOR, BUT THIS WAS NEVER MENTIONED TO ME. CONCERNED THIS WILL LEAD TO PROBLEMS IF NOT ADDRESSED.

Mileage: 2,200

VTC ACTUATOR GRINDS ON START UP ..RECURRING ON FIRST START UP... I SEE DOZENS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS WHY NOT A RECALL

Mileage: 13,000

ON COLD START ENGINE MAKES LOUD GRINDING SOUND. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN JANUARY 2016 AND HAS CONTINUOUSLY DONE THIS ON COLD MORNINGS

Mileage: 26,000

AT COLD START-UP, THE ENGINE RATTLES LOUDLY FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS. THIS ONLY OCCURS ON THE FIRST START OF THE DAY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE DOT HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN SB-10041669-6712 HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE OCTOBER 6,2012 AND THEREFOR ONLY COVERS HONDA CR-V'S UP UNTIL 2012. THIS ISSUE IS EASILY FOUND ON HONDA FORUMS SUCH AS HONDAPROBLEMS.COM AND MULTIPLE TIMES HERE: HTTPS://HONDA-TECH.COM/FORUMS/HONDA-ELEMENT-CR-V-156/2014-CR-V-GRINDING-NOISE-START-UP-3228595/ 5 YEARS FOR A SERVICE BULLETIN UPDATE IS SIMPLY IRRESPONSIBLE PROBLEM MANAGEMENT ON HONDA'S BEHALF. THE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE IS READILY AVAILABLE FROM MANY CR-V OWNERS ON FORUMS, NOT TO MENTION THE LARGE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS DIRECTLY ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. CORRECT THIS ISSUE AND TAKE ACTION.

Mileage: 71,000

UPON STARTING CAR IN THE MORNING, CAR IS STATIONARY, WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING, THE ENGINE MAKES A GRINDING NOISE, IF ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS.

Mileage: 44,000

CAR HAD BRIEF NOISE AT COLD START UP X5 THIS LED TO DASHBOARD LIGHTS INVESTIGATING THE INFORMATION THROUGH OTHER COMPLAINTS. TOOK INTO HONDA THE VTC ACTUATOR AND TIMING CHAIN HAD FAILED THIS WAS REPAIRED AT HONDA - NO RECALL NOTICE TO ME - FOUND SEVERAL PUBLIC NOTICES AND BULLETINS TO SUPPORT THE ISSUE

Mileage: 48,000

LOUD GRINDING SOUND WHEN STARTING THE CAR IN THE GARAGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST ON COLD DAYS BUT TEMPERATURE TODAY WAS IN THE 50S. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT DAMAGE FROM THIS AS THE DAYS HERE IN WISCONSIN ARE ONLY GOING TO GET COLDER. I AM KEEPING A RUNNING LIST OF OCCURRENCES AND DOCUMENTING DATES AND TEMPERATURES.

Mileage: 18,744

CAR HAS A LOUD RATTLE OR GRINDING SOUND ON A COLD STARTUP. LAST A COUPLE OF SECONDS THEN GOES AWAY. HAS DONE THIS FOR 3 YEARS, SINCE I GOT IT.

SHUDDER OR VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 20-40MPH SPEED.

Mileage: 52,000

THIS PRESENT DAY MY CAR MAKES A SREAMING NOISE LIKE BELT IS BAD THEY CHANGED THE BELT THE ALTERNATOR AND SOMETHING ELSE AND THEY CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I ASKED FOR A 2017 WHEN I CAME IN TO BUY A VEHICLE THE DEALER INSISTED ON ME GETTING THIS 2014 WHEN I ASKED MULTIPUL TIMES FOR A 2017 HE SAID THIS IS A GOOD DEAL. THE FIRST DAY I GOT IT 6/16/2017 THE VIBARTION WAS BAD I HAD TO BRING IT BACK 6/17/2107 THEY HAD IT 4 DAYS. I PICKED IT UP AND ON THE SAME DAY THE LIGHTS WERE DIMMING. SAT MOORNING I REPORTED THE ISSUE. 3PM I GOT IN THE VEHICLE TO CHANGE MY SHIFT AT WORK IT WOULD NOT START. THE MAN WHO CAME TO TOW IT COULD NOT START IT ON ARIVIAL. MON 6/22/2017 I CAME IN AND DEMANDED A NEW CAR LIKE I REQUESTED WHEN I CAME IN BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE WAS HAVING TO MANY PROBLEMS FOR ME TO BE PAYING $25,643. THE DEALER WANTED TO GIVE ME 1,000 LESS THAN I PAID FOR IT AND CHARGE ME $32,300 FOR A HONDA CRV LX 4WD THATS MARKED 27,285 ONLINE. I REFUSED TO PAY THAT AND FELT LIKE I AM BEING CHEATED. HE SAID THE PROBLEM COULD BE MINOR LET THEM FIX IT. I AM PAYING $25,643 FOR THIS CAR AND ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3XS WITHIN 2 MONTHS. THEY WANT ME TO KEEP THIS CAR AND I KEEP REQUESTING A 2017 BECAUSE THATS WHAT I CAME IN FOR AND THE DEALER SAT BACK IN HIS CHAIR AND KEAP TELLING ME THE 2014 HONDA EXL IS A GOOD DEAL AND DID NOT SHOW ME THE 2017 HE WANTED ME TO GET THE 2014 HONDA CRV EXL WHEN I WANTED A 2017 LX SPECIAL ADITION 4WD. I ADMIT IT IS A NICE VEHICLE BUT IT HAS TOO MANY PROBLEMS AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND GET THE 2017 LX CRV I REQUESTED AND I WANT A DIFFERENT DEAL THATS NOT GOING TO CHEAT ME OUT OF MY MONEY. SOUTH HILLS WAS HONEST THEY WAS GIVING ME 2017 FOR 400 AMONTH AT $27,285 WHEN MY CREDIT CAME UP AND AT THE TIME IT DID IT WAS FAIR

I WAS PARKING IN A PARKING SPACE BEHIND A PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF MY CAR. I APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND MY CAR LUNGED FORWARD WITH A TREMENDOUS ACCELERATION AND HIT THE PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AT LEAST, ALMOST $5,000 IN DAMAGE WAS DONE.

Mileage: 40,706

THE CAR VIBRATES HEAVILY WHEN ACCELERATING SLOWLY BETWEEN 20-30MPH.

Mileage: 72,000

OUR 2014 HONDA CRV HAS BEEN MAKING A CLATTERING NOISE AT START UP FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. APPARENTLY THERE IS A WELL KNOW DEFECT WITH THE VTC ACCURATOR AND YET HONDA HASN'T ALERTED CONSUMERS TO THIS DEFECT OR ISSUED A RECALL. I AM WRITING YOU TO ALERT YOU OR TO ADD TO OTHER COMPLAINTS YOU HAVE RECEIVED REGARDING THIS ISSUE. IF THEY DON'T NOTIFY CONSUMERS, THEN THE WARRANTY PERIOD CAN GO BY AND THEN THE CONSUMER IS LEFT WITH THE BILL. THANK YOU.

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE IN MY 2014 HONDA CR-V WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THE MORNING OF JANUARY 19, 2017. I PURCHASED THE CR-V NEW IN EARLY 2015. AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE FIRE THERE WAS 49,585 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE ONLY WORK EVER COMPLETED ON THE CR-V WERE TIMELY OIL AND FILTER CHANGES, AND TIRE ROTATIONS. THERE WAS NOT ANY SUGGESTED OR REQUIRED WORK THAT WAS NOT COMPLETED. THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL WITH THE CAR, NO NOISES, NO ODORS, AND I WAS THE LAST PERSON TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS DAY. FORENSICS REPORT CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN AND AROUND THE FUEL SYSTEM. AT 8:50AM ON THURSDAY MORNING JANUARY 19, 2017 I LEFT MY HOME IN NJ TO TRAVEL TO WORK 14 MILES AWAY. IN LEAVING HOME THE CR-V STARTED NORMAL. I WAS ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO THE TYPICAL 45 MINUTE DRIVE. I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO ABOUT 10 MPH TO MERGE INTO ONE LANE. I NOTICED LIGHT WHITE SMOKE COMING IN FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE VENT. I THEN NOTICED MORE GRAYISH SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE HOOD. I PULLED OVER OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO THE SHOULDER. THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ON THE PANEL OF THE CAR, NO LIGHTS, NO GAUGES, THE TEMP WAS NORMAL. I CALLED 911 AT ABOUT 9:01AM. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD THE FIRE OUT IN ABOUT 12 MINUTES. THE CR-V OF COURSE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS.

Mileage: 49,585

"RUN AWAY ENGINE" THERE HAVE BEEN 5-6 OCCURRENCES WITHIN THE LAST 2 YEARS THAT ARE UNEXPLAINABLE. INFREQUENTLY WHILE TRYING TO STOP EITHER IN TRAFFIC OR FOR PEDESTRIANS THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVS TO APPROX. 2200 RPM WHILE I'M ON THE BRAKE. ON 3/5/17 I WAS WITH A EXFORD ENGINEER WHO WITNESSED IT HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC. WHEN I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO TRY AND STOP THE CRV, THE ENGINE REVVED WAY UP BEFORE IT SNAPPED AND WENT BACK INTO A NORMAL DRIVE SITUATION AND WENT DOWN TO NORMAL RPM. IT NOW HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HONDA 3X AND BACK TO A DEALER TWICE. I WILL NOW CALL HONDA AGAIN BUT THIS IS GETTING MORE DANGEROUS EACH TIME. IT HAS HAPPENED IN CA AND AZ BUT WHILE REOCCURRING, IT'S NOT A REGULAR ITEM. IT APPEARS IN THE SOFTWARE OR ENGINE COMPUTER TO HIM.

Mileage: 30,000

STARTER DOES NOT FULLY DISENGAGE AFTER STARTING ,ESPECIALLY ON COLD MORNINGS.I FEEL THIS WILL DAMAGE THE FLYWHEEL. GRINDING NOISE! NOTE ; VECHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT TIME.

Mileage: 30,000

ENGINE EMITS RATTLE/GRINDING SOUND FOR 1-3 SECONDS ON COLD START IN COLD WEATHER. ## VIN PASSED ## HONDA CRV 2014 ## *TR

Mileage: 18,700

THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE LASTING APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS AT COLD STARTUP. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 6 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 22700 MILES. I'M CONCERNED THIS IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.

Mileage: 22,700

THIS IS AN ENTERMENTENT ISSUE. THE STARTER MOYER GRINDS AFTER THE ENGINE HAS STARTED. THE TPMS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMENTENLY EVEN IF THE TIRES ARE AT THE PROPER INFLATION PRESSURE. HOPE HONDA DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

Mileage: 24,786

ENGINE RATTLE AT COLD START IN COLD WEATHER VIDEO OF MY ISSUE: HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/0O_P8BJPWEQ

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,265. UPDATED 12/13/16*LJ *TR

Mileage: 11,265

STARTER STICKS AND DOESN'T DISENGAGE FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER ENGINE TURNS AND STARTS. AS A RESULT, STARTER SOLENOID GEAR GRINDS AGAINST FLYWHEEL TEETH, CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE TEETH OF SOLENOID AND/OR FLYWHEEL. THIS MECHANICAL FAULT OCCURS EVERY TIME AFTER A VEHICLE IS PARKED FOR A DAY OR MORE. WEATHER (COLD OR HOT) DOESN'T AFFECT THE DEFECT.

Mileage: 16,001

MY CR-V IS 18 MONTHS OLD AND SINCE LAST DEC. HAS THE GRINDING SOUND WHEN FIRST STARTED. THE TIRE PRESSURE SIGNAL LIGHTS UP ON OCCASION BUT WHEN TIRE PRESSURE IS CHECKED NO TIRE IS LOW. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT COULD BE FIXED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. HOPE SO, BUT AFTER SEEING OTHER COMPLAINTS NOT SO SURE. BOUGHT THIS CAR BASED ON FRIENDS RECOMMENDATIONS AND HONDA'S REPUTATION. WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS WEBSITE PRIOR TO PURCHASE!

Mileage: 13,000

BOUGHT 2014 HONDA CRV THE ENGINE START MAKING THE GRINDING NOISE ON START UP IN COLD WEATHER. BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT IS KNOW ISSUE AND HONDA IS WORKING ON IT. FUNNY THING IS I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SAME MODEL OF CRVS AND THEY HAVE NO ENGINE GRIND ON START UP. THIS IS COMMON IN 2012-12014 AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES. FROM WHAT I READ IT SOUNDS LIKE HONDA HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE SINCE THE 2012 MODEL, AND IT'S NOW 2016. II'M PRETTY SURE I WILL TRADE IN MY CRV FOR A SOMETHING ELSE THAN A HONDA.

Mileage: 5,000

THE CAR ENGINE CRANKS UP LIKE ITS ALREADY ENGAGED EVEN AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT OR FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. I TOLD THE CAR DEALER ABOUT IT AND HE SAID THE MANUFACTURING KNOWS, BUT WAS EARLY LAST YEAR. IT'S HAPPENING MORE OFTEN NOW. THE VEHICLE IS ALWAYS PARKED, EITHER AT HOME OR WORK ON A FLAT SURFACE. ( PARKING LOT OR DRIVEWAY)

GRINDING NOISE LASTING A FEW SECONDS DURING IGNITION START UP AFTER CAR HAS BEEN SITTING OVERNIGHT. BEGAN WHEN CAR WAS 6 MONTHS OLD. HAPPENS ALMOST DAILY WHEN TEMPS ARE BELOW 60

Mileage: 4,430

HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE GRINDING NOISE WHEN STARTED SOMETIMES. ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW RUBBING AT TIMES WHEN IT IS RAISED OR LOWERED. WISH THE HOOD RELEASE WAS BETTER LOCATED AND MARKED.

Mileage: 35,000

GRINDING/SQEEKING ENGINE NOISE DURING INITIAL STARTUP ON MOSTLY COLD DAYS.

THE CAR ENGINE WILL GRIND WHEN STARTING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A COLD DAY. IT DOES THEN START BUT IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ON THREE OCCASIONS IT FAILED TO START AT ALL. THE LAST TIME BEING APRIL 1, 2016. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE BATTERY IS FINE AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, BUT IT STILL GRINDS AT START UP. THE BEST DESCRIPTION IS TWO PIECES OF METAL GRINDING TOGETHER. LOT OF HONDA OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM IN PARTICULAR ON THE WEB SITE BELOW: HTTP://WWW.CRVOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS/13-DEAR-HONDA-FEEDBACK-FORUM/36273-2-4L-ENGINE-NOISE-COLD-START-UP-CRV-ACCORD.HTML

Mileage: 54,600

ON COLD MORNINGS, THE CAR STARTS WITH A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT A SECOND OR TWO.

OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THIS. ON STARTING WHEN COLD, A SLIGHT GRINDING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. WHEN WILL HONDA EITHER FIX OR COMPENSATE OWNERS?

Mileage: 28,000

I BOUGHT MY CRV IN OCT 2013. FOR THE SECOND WINTER THE CONTINUES TO BE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE ON FIRST START OF THE DAY. IT MUST BE IN THE 20S OR LOWER FOR THE NOISE. THIS WINTER I HAD THE DEALER VERIFY THE PROBLEM. SAID IT'S THE VTC ACTUATOR AND HONDA IS WORKING ON IT. DEALER AGREES IT IS A DEFEAT, BUT HONDA HAS NO FIX IN PLACE. APPARENTLY REPLACING THE VTC ACTUATOR WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. HONDA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS NOW. STILL NO WORD. I THINKING HONDA IS JUST MOVING ON AND IGNORING THIS PROBLEM.

Mileage: 26,000

MY ELDERLY MOTHER DIED IN A FIRE IN HER 2014 HONDA CR-V. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. THE CAR WAS FIRST SEEN WHEN FULLY ENGULFED BY FLAME, 10 TO 20 MINUTES AFTER MY MOTHER WAS SEEN GETTING INTO HER CAR. UNKNOWN IF SHE LET IT IDLE BEFORE DRIVING. SHE DROVE ABOUT 1200 FEET. HER CAR WAS FOUND IN WET IVY AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HER KEY WAS IN HER HAND, AND SHE WAS LEANING TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, APPARENTLY TRYING TO ESCAPE THE FIRE. (BECAUSE THE CAR WAS ON A HILL, LEANING TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SIDE, FLAMES FROM BENEATH THE CAR WERE STRONGEST ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND WOULD HAVE BLOCKED HER EXIT. THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT COMPLETELY BURNED.) IT IS IMPROBABLE THAT THE IVY IGNITED BECAUSE IT WAS LATE FALL IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THE WEATHER HAD BEEN VERY WET FOR DAYS. I BELIEVE THAT A FIRE IGNITED SOMEWHERE IN THE VEHICLE AND THIS FIRE CAUSED MY MOTHER TO GO OFF THE ROAD. AN AUTOPSY SHOWED SHE DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION AND BURNS. THE CAR WAS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH RECENT SERVICING. NO SIGNS OF RECENT OIL LEAKAGE IN GARAGE. WE HAVE LOCATED OTHER 2012-2014 CR-V FIRES THAT BEGAN SPONTANEOUSLY. SOME BLAMED ON LEAVES TRAPPED IN VEHICLE, ANOTHER ON FLUID LEAKS, INCLUDING TWO ON SAFERCAR.GOV. (NHTSA NOS. 10654938 AND 10546273). I RETAIN THE VEHICLE. ## VIN PASSED ## HONDA CRV 2014 ##

Mileage: 2,000

COLD WEATHER ENGINE STARTS WITH RATTLE SOUND VTC ACTUATOR ISSUE.

Mileage: 13,000

COLD WEATHER STARTUP, GRINDING NOISE FOR A FEW SECONDS.

Mileage: 4,000

AFTER STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN IT TURNS GREEN HAD NO ACCELERATION UNTIL PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL UP AND DOWN TWICE. THIS HAS HAPPEN NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THEN. IT SEEMS THE ENGINE STAYS AT IDLE. ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE TPS LIGHT GOING ON FOR NO REASON AND NOW A GROWLING SOUND WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD AND IT IS COLD OUTSIDE BELOW 20 DEGREES WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURE NOT NOTIFIED. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM OTHER CR-V OWNERS NUMEROUS TIMES A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED GET A BEFORE SOMEONE LOSSES THERE LIFE OR CAUSES OTHER TO LOOSE THEIRS.

Mileage: 28,000

GRINDING SOUND AT ENGINE START UP IN COLD WEATHER. IT HAPPENS EVERY WINTER.

Mileage: 500

GRINDING SOUND AT START UP ON COLD MORNINGS,PROBABLY FAULTY VTC ACTUATOR WHICH HONDA WILL OR CANNOT FIX. THIS GRINDING HAS TO BE DOING SOME KIND OF DAMAGE THAT WILL BE MORE SERIOUS LATER TO MY VEHICLE.

WITH COLD STARTS (STARTING THE ENGINE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING) THERE IS A GRINDING RUMBLE FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR THAT LASTS A SECOND OR TWO. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR, AND THE SERVICE DEPT HAS SAID NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. YESTERDAY, I TOOK THE CAR IN TO HAVE IT EXAMINED AND REPAIRED, AND THE HONDA SERVICE MANAGER CONFIRMED THAT THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM A DEFECTIVE VTC ACTUATOR. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HONDA IS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE THE SAME DEFECTIVE ACTUATOR THEY HAVE PRODUCED FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS AND THAT THE HONDA CORPORATION WILL NOT ALLOW DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS TO REPLACE THEM. "THEY'RE ALL FAULTY, SO IT WOULDN'T MATTER." THIS DEFECT IN A CRITICAL ENGINE PART MUST BE ADDRESSED AND THE PART REPLACED.

Mileage: 25,500

WHEN STARTING THE CAR, ESPECIALLY AFTER IT SITTING FOR A WHILE, IT WILL MAKE A RATCHETING SOUND AFTER STARTING. I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED FROM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A VTC ACTUATOR PROBLEM THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR. WAS TOLD THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AND WOULD HAVE A FIX IN FEBRUARY.

Mileage: 29,000

MY VEHICLE MAKES A TERRIBLE SOUND UNDER THE HOOD UPON STARTING WHEN IT IS COLD. I RESEARCHED IT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED IT IS THE VTC ACTUATOR VALVE (MOST LIKELY). TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP, LET IT OVERNIGHT SO THEY WOULD HEAR IT AFTER SETTING. THEY CLAIM NO NOISE UPON STARTING IT. I AM CONCERNED AT SOME POINT ENGINE PARTS ARE BEING DAMAGED. THE NOISE BEGAN WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. WENT TO ANOTHER HONDA DEALER, THEY SAID "HONDA PROBABLY DOES KNOW ABOUT THIS BUT THERE IS NO REPAIR/RECALL ORDER ISSUED SO THEY WON'T REPAIR IT. CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW.

Mileage: 350

WHEN STARTING THE CAR, ESPECIALLY AFTER IT SITTING FOR A WHILE, IT WILL MAKE A RATCHETING SOUND AFTER STARTING. I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED FROM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A VTC ACTUATOR PROBLEM THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR. WAS TOLD THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AND WOULD HAVE A FIX IN FEBRUARY. LOOKED UP THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND SAW THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH HONDA'S SINCE 2008 ALONG WITH NUMEROUS VIDEOS OF THE SAME SOUND.

Mileage: 10,000

WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS AND THEN MY FOOT WHEN BACK ON THE GAS, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND THEN BACK ON TO RECOVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES AND HAVE COME CLOSE TO TWO ACCIDENTS FROM ONCOMING CARS. THE ANSWER I GET FROM MY DEALER IS THAT THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF THIS PROBLEM, AND SUGGESTED TURNING THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF. I DID THIS BUT STILL HAVE EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND MUST BE CORRECTED IN A RECALL. I ALSO, LIKE A NUMBER OF OTHER HONDA OWNERS, EXPERIENCE THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT COMING ON. DEALER SAYS NO FIX FOR THIS.

Mileage: 24,000

ENGINE HAS A COLD START RATTLE, HONDA SAYS IT IS THE VTC ACTUATOR. HONDA HAS CHANGED IT ONCE AND IT STILL MAKES THE NOISE. HONDA SAYS THAT ARE WORKING ON A FIX, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE WORKING ON IT SINCE 2012.

Mileage: 15,000

TPMS TPMS SYSTEM WOULD COME ON WHEN I DROVE FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. BUT ONLY WHEN I DROVE FOR OVER AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE THERE WOULD BE NOTHING WRONG. FINALLY I ASKED A MECHANIC AND HE RECALIBRATED/REBOOTED THE SYSTEM AND IT HAS NOT COME ON SINCE. ENGINE GRINDING WHEN I START THE CAR UP AFTER IT BEING IN THE COLD OVERNIGHT THERE IS AN INITIAL GRINDING SOUND.

Mileage: 3,000

TOOK VEHICLE TO GET B1 SERVICE AT HONDA DEALER. WAS NOTIFIED THAT OIL SEEPAGE WAS VISIBLE IN THE ENGINE AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED, SERVICE NOTES STATE WILL INSPECT AT NEXT SERVICE. THE CAR HAS 19,245 MILES.

Mileage: 19,245

THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOW SPEED STALL. I'VE REPORTED TO THE DEALER BUT THEY CLAIM ITS A GEARING PROBLEM. WHEN YOU ARE AT A STOP OR MAKING A LOW SPEED TURN THE GAS PEDAL DOESN'T ENGAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO MOVE. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IN THAT YOU MAY BE IN HARMS WAY WITH NO WAY OF GETTING OUT OF THE SITUATION. I DID TAKE MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER AFTER I FIRST EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM BUT THEY HAVE NO RECALLS OR FIXES FOR THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 09/09/15*LJ.....UPDATED 09/11/15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WITHIN THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED, IT TOOK AT LEAST 10 SECONDS FOR A RESPONSE. HONDA STATED THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN ECONOMY MODE. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER STATED IT ALSO HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN ECONOMY MODE. UPDATED 10/28/15. *JB UPDATED 11/01/2017*CN

Mileage: 1,209

HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AFTER VEHICLE PURCHASE, TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN. I RESET IT PER THE OWNERS MANUAL AND WOULD HAPPEN A FEW MORE TIMES AND HAVE BEEN FINE UNTIL THE MOST RECENT BASIC SERVICE AT HONDA OF SERRAMONTE. LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND I RESET IT, SO FAR IT'S BEEN FINE. HAPPENED EARLY THIS YEAR, A GRINDING NOISE COULD BE HEARD ALMOST EVERY MORNING WHILE STARTING THE CAR. DOES NOT HAPPEN LATER ON IN THE DAY. TOOK VEHICLE TO HONDA OF SERRAMONTE AND LEFT VEHICLE THERE SO THEY COULD TEST IT IN THE MORNING. NEXT DAY IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE, SERVICE REP WAI WONG WHO ASSISTED ME SAID TECHNICIAN DID NOT HEAR THE SOUND. SHE TOLD ME THERE ARE A FEW CASES OF THIS PROBLEM SO FAR. I ASKED HER FOR A SERVICE REPORT FOR MY RECORDS, SHE SAID IT IS NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE NO WORK WAS PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE. SO I ASKED IF THE GRINDING NOISE WOULD DAMAGE THE ENGINE, SHE PROMISED VERY CONFIDENTLY THAT SHE IS POSITIVE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT BE DAMAGED BY THE GRINDING NOISE. IT HAS STILL BEEN MAKING THIS GRINDING NOISE FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE MORNINGS ONLY. ALSO, WITH A PASSENGER SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIRBAG OFF LIGHT WOULD TURN ON FROM TIME TO TIME. I'VE CHECKED ONLINE FOR ANY RECALLS RELATED TO THE ABOVE THREE ISSUES I AM HAVING WITH MY VEHICLE, BUT SO FAR NONE TO DATE.

Mileage: 300

MY NEW 2014 HONDA CR-V IS GARAGED IN NW OHIO. ON COLD DECEMBER MORNINGS WHERE GARAGE IS COOLER THAN 40 DEGREES, A GRINDING SOUND IS HEARD AT START UP. IT LASTS 1-2 SECONDS. NOT EVERY TIME BUT AT MOST STARTS. THIS HAPPENED UNTIL APRIL.

Mileage: 7,900

THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE/SOUND AT COLD START. VEHICLE IS GARAGED BUT DURING THE COLDER WEATHER MONTHS, THE STARTER HAS A TERRIBLE GRINDING SOUND. THIS OCCURRED WITH ONLY ABOUT 1200 MILES PUT ON THE CAR. IT WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MID-DECEMBER, 2013 (2014 MODEL) AND THE GRINDING SOUND FIRST OCCURRED IN LATE FEBRUARY, 2014. WAITED A FEW MORE MONTHS AND THEN CONTACTED LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP TO BRING IN THE CAR TO HAVE THEM DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS DONE ON JANUARY 9TH, 2015. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF SOME OTHER 2014 CRV'S HAVING SAME/SIMILAR PROBLEM AS MINE. THEY FURTHER STATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS A VTC-ACTUATOR AND THAT HONDA HAD BEEN AWARE OF IT FOR SOME TIME. I WAS TOLD THAT HONDA HAS TO RE-ENGINEER THE PART AND THAT IT HOPEFULLY BE READY BY THE SUMMER OF 2015. STILL NO WORD FROM THE DEALERSHIP ON THE STATUS OF THE RE-ENGINEERED PART BEING AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM TODAY.

Mileage: 1,200

I WILL ALWAYS READ THIS SIGHT BEFORE BUYING ANOTHER CAR. I HAVE HAD CRV 2014 18 MONTHS AND BEGAN PROBLEMS AFTER 2 WEEKS. TPMS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON EVERY FEW WEEKS. LOW BEAM LIGHTS ARE BAD AND HIGH BEAMS ARE RIDICULOUSLY TOO FAR AHEAD AND CAN'T SEE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. THE HEAD REST LEANS SO FAR FORWARD ITS UNCOMFORTABLE AND AWKWARD. MY ENGINE MAKES A TERRIBLE GRINDING SOUND WHEN STARTING THE CAR. AFTER READING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, I CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE I HAVEN'T HAD ACCELERATION UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES OR NO THROTTLE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I WILL BE CAUTIOUS OF THOSE PROBLEMS NOW SINCE I'VE HAD SO MANY OF THE OTHERS LISTED HERE.

Mileage: 570

WHEN DOING THE FIRST OIL CHANGE, THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT OIL LEAK AROUND TIMING CHAIN COVER.

Mileage: 4,000

WHEN YOU COLD START THE CAR IT MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND THEY CAN NEVER DUPLICATE THE NOISE. I TAKE IT HOME AND IT DOES IT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY EACH TIME. I RECORDED THE NOISE AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY ORIGINALLY TOLD ME THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THE THIRD TIME I TOOK IT IN THEY CLAIMED HONDA AMERICA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WERE WORKING ON IT. AFTER WAITING 6 WEEKS FOR RESOLUTION, I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. I REQUESTED THE NUMBER TO HONDA AMERICA AND CALLED. I WAS TOLD BY HONDA AMERICA THAT THEY DIDN'T DEEM THIS PROBLEM A DEFECT AND THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT RECOURSE I HAVE. IF YOU LOOK ON THE DIFFERENT BLOGS AND SITES ONLINE...THEY DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NUMEROUS OTHER HONDA VEHICLES. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME IS APPRECIATED. *TR

Mileage: 12,000

I GET A HARSH GRINDING 'METAL-ON-METAL' SOUND FROM THE CAM/TIMING CHAIN, TOP OF THE ENGINE WHEN TEMPS BELOW 40 DEGREES. VISITED WITH THE DEALER I PURCHASED AT, DIDN'T EVEN START A WORK TICKET WHEN I TOLD HIM WHAT IT WAS DOING. STATED IT WAS THE VTC ACTUATOR PROBLEM ,THEY ALL HAVE IT, REPLACING THE PART WON'T FIX IT, JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. WENT TO 2ND DEALER, SAID SAME THING BUT STARTED A WORK TICKET. GAVE ME A COPY OF A HONDA "TECH LINE SUMMARY ARTICLE" ENGINE RATTLES AFTER COLD SOAK STARTUP. AFFECTED VEHICLES, 2008-12 ACCORD, 2012-15 CROSSTOUR, 2012-14 CR-V, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SOLUTION BUT HAVE NO RECOMMENDED DEALER REPAIR AT THIS TIME. CONTACTED HONDA MOTOR CO. TO FILE A COMPLAINT, WE WOULD LIKE TO FIX YOUR CAR, HOW? YOU DON'T HAVE A FIX, PROBLEM SINCE 2008. ASKED FOR MY PURCHASE PRICE TO BE REIMBURSED MINUS USAGE. WAITING FOR RESPONSE FROM HONDA. WILL PURSUE DISPUTE RESOLUTION/ARBITRATION IF NEEDED. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

MORE THAN 5 TIMES WHEN STARTING THE CRV, FROM A COLD START AND 2 WARM STARTS, I GET A HARSH GRINDING 'METAL-ON-METAL' SOUND FROM THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE ENGINE. THIS IS HAPPENING ALSO WITH WARMS STARTS (2X THIS WEEK). CALLED HONDA DEALER , ROCHESTER NY WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW 6 MONTHS AGO. SPOKE TO A SENIOR SERVICE ADVISOR AND TOLD ME OUT RIGHT THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM/DEFECT (HIS WORDS) AND HONDA IS WELL AWARE OF IT AND THERE IS NO FIX KNOWN. I ASKED FOR A DATE TO BRING MY 2014 CR-V IN AND WAS ADVISED THERE WAS NO REASON TO LOOK AT MY CAR AND TO WAIT FOR THE COLD WEATHER TO GO AWAY. HE ALLOWED ME TO QUOTE HIM THAT "THERE IS NO PROBLEM, IT'S THE VTEC ACTUATOR, NOTHING TO FIX PER HONDA USA AND ASSURED ME THAT NO, NONE DAMAGE IS ACCRUING WHEN I HEAR THE GRINDING ENGINE START NOISE." HE SUGGESTED THAT I TURN THE KEY TO THE 'ON' POSITION FOR 20 SECONDS, TURN OFF THE KEY, AND RESTART THE CAR AND I SHOULD HAVE NO ISSUES. I TRIED THAT 2X TODAY 2/28/2015 AND STILL GOT THE SAME HARSH GRINDING NOISE. THE FACT THE DEALER WON'T EVEN LET ME MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO CHECK THIS CAR, AND WITH MUCH RESEARCH BY MYSELF, THERE IS 100'S OF THESE SAME REPORTS VIA GOOGLE, YOUTUBE VIDEOS WITH EXACT SOUNDS. I DEMAND THIS CAR TO BE FIXED, IT IS NOT STARTING CORRECTLY, AND I AM GETTING ZERO ASSISTANCE FROM THE HONDA DEALER HERE IN ROCHESTER, NY. BY THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO ME, THIS IS A KNOWN, ON-GOING DEFECT IN MANY HONDA ENGINES, AND WHEN I ASK MORE THAN 50+ PRE-SALE QUESTIONS, AT NO TIME WAS I GIVEN THIS INFORMATION UPFRONT. THE DEALER AND HONDA ARE SIMPLY HIDING A KNOWN PROBLEM AND ARE USING HORRID CUSTOMER SERVICE TACTICS TO GT AROUND IT. *TR

Mileage: 6,100

THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. AFTER STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT, NOTHING HAPPENS FOR SEVERAL SECONDS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE,THEN CAR JUMPS FORWARD. I HAVE COME CLOSE TO REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SEVERAL TIMES. AM GOING TO MY DEALER TOMORROW. I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET,SO ITS NOT MY IMAGINATION. *TR

Mileage: 2,000

EVERY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES UNDER 20 DEG F, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE UPON START UP, NOISE VARIES IN DURATION BETWEEN 1-2 SECONDS.

Mileage: 26,500

EVERY DAY WHEN IT IS REALLY COLD OUTSIDE AND THE TEMPERATURES ARE 20 BELOW OR SO, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN I START THE CAR UP. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS REALLY COLD OUTSIDE. DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IT ONLY LAST ABOUT A SECOND OR TWO.

Mileage: 3,200

ON 3 OR 4 OCCASIONS, WHEN IT IS COLD, THAT WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST STARTED, THE ENGINE MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. IT ONLY LASTS FOR A SECOND OR TWO AND WHEN I RESTART THE CAR, IT DOESN'T REOCCUR. IT ALSO DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME THAT IT IS COLD. I WAS GOING TO MENTION IT THE NEXT TIME WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. I'VE READ THAT OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND I SHARE THEIR CONCERN THAT THIS COULD BE DAMAGING THE ENGINE SO I WANTED TO ADD MY REPORT. *JS

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ON COLD DAYS, SOMETIMES A GRINDING SOUND OCCURS WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE THAT LASTS ABOUT A SECOND. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY COLD MORNING, BUT IT HAPPENS FAIRLY REGULARLY ON COLD MORNINGS. I SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HONDA HAS NOT DEVELOPED A SOLUTION. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED TO ENSURE NO DAMAGE IS OCCURRING TO THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 9,000

I LIVE IN MINNESOTA WHERE THE TEMPERATURE GETS EXTREMELY COLD. I NOTICED MY ENGINE WAS MAKING A LOUD AUDIBLE GRINDING NOISE FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS DURING COLD WEATHER START UPS. I SEE MORE THAN ONE WRITE UP ON THIS CONCERNING THIS EXACT NOISE. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A HONDA DEALER WHO TOLD ME THE NOISE IS: "NORMAL BUT NOT NORMAL". HE SAID HONDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VTC ACTUATOR WHEN IT GETS COLD. HE SHOWED ME AN EMAIL FROM HONDA THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS TO QUIT REPLACING VTC ACTUATORS BECAUSE IT IS NOT HELPING FIX THE PROBLEM. IT'S AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM WITH THE VTC ACTUATOR SO REPLACING IT WITH AN IDENTICAL UNIT WILL NOT HELP.. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT IT IS NOT HURTING MY CAR IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. AFTER SEVERAL MORE DAYS OF LOUD GRINDING NOISES EACH MORNING; I SPOKE WITH HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE OVER TWITTER. HONDA REPEATED WHAT THE SERVICE TECH TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE VTC ACTUATOR BUT ARE CURRENTLY DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. THEY SAID, "WE ARE AWARE OF THE CONCERN AND ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO REDUCE IT". I THEN ASKED THEM TO EXPLAIN WHAT EXACTLY IN THE VTC ACTUATOR IS MAKING THE NOISE. I WAS TOLD, "I APOLOGIZE BUT INFORMATION ON WHAT IS MAKING THE NOISE IS NOT AVAILABLE"... NOT KIDDING. THEY ALSO SAID, "THE NOISE DOESN'T AFFECT THE DRIVEABILITY OR RELIABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. WE APOLOGIZE BUT CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO REPAIRS FOR THIS." I AM SUPPOSE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT HURTING MY VEHICLE, BUT THEY REFUSE TO TELL ME WHAT IS CAUSING THE NOISE IN THE VTC ACTUATOR? IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS TO SEE IF A RECALL WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE THEN REPAIRING THE CARS OF US COLD WEATHER DRIVERS WHEN THE TIME COMES AND OUR ENGINES FAIL. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT METAL SHAVINGS GETTING INTO THE OIL/ENGINE CAUSING FAILURE. *JS

Mileage: 1,508

DURING COLD WINTER MONTHS THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE, EVEN IN GARAGE. TAKING TO HONDA DEALER THIS WEEK. LOOKING AT ALL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE, I AM NOT EXPECTING MUCH TO BE DONE. SEEMS HONDA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM ON CRVS BUT CAN'T DIAGNOSE???????!!!! *TR

DURING COLD WINTER MONTHS IN MICHIGAN, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE. TOOK IT TO HONDA DEALER AND THEY CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA WHO TOLD THEM THAT THIS WAS A "NORMAL PROBLEM" WITH CR-VS APPARENTLY DUE TO THE OIL PUMP NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. AMERICAN HONDA WAS CONTACTED AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT INDICATED ANY SOLUTION. *TR

Mileage: 6,000

THE ENGINE DOES NOT RESPOND (INTERMITTENTLY) TO THE THROTTLE. THIS MAKES FOR A VERY DICEY SITUATION WHEN TURNING ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP, E.G., A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEM, YOU HAVE TO QUICKLY LET UP ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND JUST AS QUICKLY APPLY PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL TO GET THE ENGINE TO RESPOND. DURING THESE EPISODES THE ENGINE IS JUST IDLING. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP WHICH PERFORMED DIAGNOSTICS. THE ANSWER WAS THE TYPICAL ONE THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM A DEALERSHIP: 'WE COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM". FROM POSTINGS ON THE INTERNET, THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR YEARS WITH HONDA VEHICLES. IN FACT A DEALERSHIP SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME THAT HIS BROTHER HAS A HONDA WHICH HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ALMOST FROM THE DAY HE PURCHASED IT. I'M NOT JUST IMAGINING THIS. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY RELAY OR THE THROTTLE BODY ITSELF WHICH WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. THIS ISN'T JUST MY IMAGINATION AT WORK. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A DEADLY SITUATION. THANKS. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

ON COLD DAYS I HEAR GRINDING NOISE WHEN I START MY CAR, FEW SECOND NOISE THEN ITS FINE. I NOTICED IT STARTED IN DECEMBER WHEN THE COLD WEATHER HITS TEXAS. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN DAILY ONLY ON COLD DAYS AS CAR SITS IN DRIVEWAY. SOME DAYS IT WILL BE COLD AND IT WILL BE FINE AND OTHER DAYS ANOTHER COLD DAY AND IT WILL HAPPEN FOR A FEW SECONDS. MY CAR HAS SLIGHTLY OVER 8000 MILES. I FIND THIS TOO SOON TO HAVE ANY ISSUES. I TOOK IT TO LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP JANUARY 16 WHERE CAR SAT OVER NIGHT TO DUPLICATE THE SOUND AND THE CAR DID NOT MAKE THAT NOISE. THE WEATHER WAS IN THE 40'S AND NOISE COULD NOT BE HEARD. MY CAR WAS STILL AT DEALERSHIP ON JANUARY 19 AND AGAIN NO SOUND WAS HEARD FROM CERTIFIED HONDA TECH. I OPENED UP HONDA CARE TICKET FOR A SOLUTION AND A PUSH FROM THEM TO REPLACE THE VTC ACTUATOR. THE TECH PLAYED DUMB AND SAID I WAS THE FIRST OWNER TO HAVE THIS COMPLIANT AND THEREFORE COULD NOT PIN POINT THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIX SOMETHING HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE. I TOOK MY CAR FROM THEM AFTER SITTING THERE SINCE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY JAN 19. HONDA CARE DID NOT PUSH THE ISSUE TO THE DEALERSHIP SO I AM CONSIDERING TRADING IN MY CAR. I CANNOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A FAULTY HONDA PROBLEM. NOW I THE CONSUMER HAVE BEEN DUPED BY THIS IGNORANCE AND LETTING THIS KNOWN ISSUE JUST SIT AROUND AND GET BIGGER WITH CONSUMERS. *TR

Mileage: 7,915

SEPTEMBER 2014, 2014 HONDA CRV WITH ~6K MILES STARTED MAKING A LOUD RATTLING NOISE UPON FIRST TURNING IGNITION SWITCH OVER. IT CONTINUED RANDOMLY UPON STARTING FOR ONLY 1-2 SECONDS & STOPS. AS THE WEATHER GOT COLDER, IT HAPPENED MORE OFTEN. TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER ON 10/15/14 & MADE THEM KEEP THE CAR OVERNIGHT TO REPLICATE PROBLEM. PROBLEM WAS DUPLICATED & DETERMINED TO BE VARIABLE TIMING CONTROL (VTC) ACTUATOR; CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY & FIXED. DECEMBER 2014 W/ ~13K MILES SAME ISSUE RESURFACED. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP 01/14/15, HAD THEM PULL UP 10/15/14 REPAIR WORK TO REFERENCE STATED SAME ISSUE IS GOING ON. I WAS TOLD, "... YOU WILL NEED TO SPEAK W/ OUR SERVICE MANAGER XXXX AS THE MFG'R IS AWARE THIS IS A PROBLEM W/ THOUSANDS OF CARS LIKE YOURS & THEY ARE CHOOSING TO NOT DO ANY FURTHER REPAIR WORK FOR THIS PROBLEM BC IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IF REPAIRED & THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT...". I WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO SERVICE MGR & LEFT VOICEMAIL. 01/14/15 NO RESPONSE FROM SVC MGR, TO SPEAK W/ HIM AGAIN; THIS TIME I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE A VOICEMAIL & SVC TECH TOOK MY INFO & SAID SHE WOULD PUT IT ON A POST-IT NOTE ON XXXX'S COMPUTER TO HAVE HIM GIVE ME A CALL BACK. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM W/ HONDA'S GOING BACK TO 2008 INCLUSIVE OF TSB PUBLISHED DOC'S WHICH DEALERS DISMISS UNLESS CONSUMERS BRINGS THEM UP, OF WHICH DEALERS PLAY DUMB TO NOT KNOWING WHAT THE CAR OWNERS ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXABLE, ONLY TEMPORARILY DERAILED UNTIL REPAIR BECOMES NECESSARY AGAIN. THE MFG'R IS FORBIDDEN TO FIX THE CAR UNTIL THEY WORK ON A SUITABLE 'COUNTER' MEASURE. FAULTY VTC ACTUATOR AFFECTS ENGINE TIMING, FUEL EFFICIENCY, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND BATTER LIFE OF VEHICLE, POTENTIAL CAUSING ELECTRICAL FIRES WHICH CAN BE DEADLY.. *TR

Mileage: 6,000

WHEN STARTING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ON VERY COLD DAYS, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE FOR A SECOND OR TWO. HAPPENS ALSO IF IT IS SITTING OUTSIDE FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN COLD WEATHER. I SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND AM TAKING IT TO DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHETHER IT CAN BE FIXED. MY CAR ONLY HAS 6,500 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT BE HAVING ISSUES LIKE THIS. THIS IS HAPPENING ON MY SECOND CR-V AS WELL WHICH HAS ABOUT 9,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

1. 2014 POWER TRAIN -REAR PASSENGER WHEEL JUMPING/SKIPPING ON ACCELERATION. DEALER BROUGHT A LOANER,TOOK CAR AND REPLACED REAR DIFFERENTIAL..SEEMS OK SINCE....HAD 2013 CRV W/FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AXLE JUMPING ..TRADED BACK AFTER 9 MONTHS 2. 2014 ENGINE- GRINDING SOUND ON START UP. RECORDED SOUND ON VIDEO AND MECHANIC IDENTIFIED AS VTC ACTUATOR BUT SAID HONDA HAS NO FIX. SAID NO HARM WILL OCCUR W/REPETITION...HAD 2013 CRV W/SAME PROBLEM IN ADDITION TO FRONT AXLE ISSUES..AS NOTED ABOVE TRADED BACK AFTER 9 MONTHS. *TR

Mileage: 14,000

CAR HESITATES RANDOMLY FROM DEAD STOP. STARTS OFF AT ABOUT 2 MPH AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL 5 TO 10 SECONDS EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE PRESSING ON GAS PEDAL. HONDA HAS NO EXPLANATION FOR THE RANDOM OCCURRENCE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 20 TIMES. DOES NOT SHOW UP ON COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS. REPLACED 2014 CR-V AFTER 10 WEEKS WITH 2015 CR-V. 2015 MODEL HAS DIFFERENT ISSUES. NO MORE HONDAS!!! TOOK A BIG FINANCIAL HIT ON REPLACING A 2014 CR-V AFTER 10 WEEKS WITH A 2015 CR-V. CAR TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 100

DURING COLD WEATHER (WINTER) WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED FIRST TIME IN THE MORNING THERE IS A ONE TIME GRINDING NOISE. THIS IS THE 2ND HONDA CRV THAT WE OWN THAT MAKES THIS SAME NOISE. WHEN I PERFORM A GOOGLE SEARCH I FIND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM MANY HONDA CRV OWNERS FROM MULTIPLE YEARS OF MANUFACTURE OF THE HONDA CRV. THE DEALER HAS INDICATED THAT THIS NOISE ISSUE IS CAUSED BY THE VARIABLE TIMING CONTROL VALVE (VTC) AND THAT HONDA IS WORKING ON A PERMANENT SOLUTION. HONDA HAS BEEN AWARE OF NOISE ISSUE AND SUPPOSEDLY WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR AT LEAST 2 MODEL YEARS YET NO PERMANENT SOLUTION TO ISSUE HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. HONDA IS CURRENTLY MANUFACTURING AND SELLING CRV'S TO CONSUMERS WITH A KNOWN ENGINE DEFECT AND SHOULD BE MADE TO EXTEND THE ENGINE WARRANTY UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS CORRECTED. *TR

Mileage: 6,500

APPLY BRAKES FOR NORMAL STOP, EASE OFF THROTTLE PEDAL. WHEN ROAD IS CLEAR, RELEASE BRAKES, APPLY PRESSURE TO THROTTLE PEDAL. NO RESPONSE. ADD PRESSURE - NO RESPONSE. ADD MORE PRESSURE AND FULL SPEED AHEAD. *TR THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION PUTS YOU HARD AGAINST THE SEAT, WITH SUDDEN REACTION NEEDED TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH THE CAR AHEAD OF YOU GOING THE SAME WAY. ENTERING A FREEWAY COULD BE FUN!!! THIS IS A FREQUENT OCCURANCE, AT ALMOST EVERY STOP AND PROCEED. FROM WHAT I HEAR ABOUT AIR BAGS IN SOME CARS, THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION MAY BE A CAUSE OF AIR BAG RELEASE WHICH WOULD COMPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 9,500

VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN PULLING INTO OR ACROSS TRAFFIC. THE HESITATION IS MOMENTARY BUT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 250

I BOUGHT AT 2014 CRV END OF SEPT/OCT OF 2013. UPON THE FIRST SNOW FALL I DROVE THE VEHICLE AND HAD IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS. THE CAR WAS NOT GETTING ANY TRACTION, IT WAS SLIDING AROUND GOING DOWN HILLS AND UPON TRYING TO DRIVE UP HILLS IT WOULD STOP WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO GO UP. IT WOULD STOP AND WHEELS WOULD SPIN, THE REAR END SPUN TO THE SIDE AND I COULD NOT GET ANYWHERE. THE AMBER AWD LIGHTS CAME ON AND FLASHED, COMBINATION OF BOTH SCENARIOS. I FINALLY GOT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AS THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAS BEEN DEEMED DEFECTIVE (OVERHEATING ISSUE TO POINT OF ALMOST GLOWING AND FLUID OVERHEATED). THE OTHER PROBLEM I HAVE HAD IS THAT IF THE CAR WAS PUT INTO 1ST OR 2ND GEAR TO AID SLOWING DOWN ON A HILL, EVEN FROM A STOPPED POSITION, IT WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CAR SPED UP GOING DOWN THE HILL IN FIRST GEAR TO APPROXIMATELY 40MPH EVEN WITH THE BRAKE ON, WHICH WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE ENGAGING AND NOT EVEN TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CAR BEHAVED THE SAME EVEN IF ON FLAT GROUND THAT HAD EVEN A DUSTING OF SNOW OR EVEN A LITTLE GRAVEL. THE DEALERSHIP GAVE ME A COURTESY 2014 SAME YEAR AS MINE, IT DROVE MUCH BETTER AND MUCH SAFER THAN MINE PERFORMED AFTER THE FIRST 2 DAYS. I FEEL THE CAR HAS MORE ISSUES THAN JUST THE DIFFERENTIAL AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AS THE LAST 1-2 WEEKS THE CAR HAS HAD NO CONTROL IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN DRY ROADS. IT HAS ALMOST WRECKED MORE THAN ONCE DUE TO THESE ISSUES. THIS VEHICLE IS 3.5 MONTHS OLD AND HAD UNDER 10,000 MILES ON IT AND ALL OF THIS HAS GONE WRONG SINCE THE BEGINNING. *TR

Mileage: 7,500