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Fuel In Oil With Overfilled Oil Level, Gas Smell In Cabin
2018 Honda CR-V (Page 1 of 4)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Honda dealer.
CarComplaints.com Notes: It's rare when a newer vehicle has defect trends. Judging from the identical 2017 model year, the 2018 Honda CR-V is likely to have at least two — overfilled oil levels with a gas smell, & heat not working.
Both problems affecting the Honda CR-V's 1.5L "Earth Dreams" engine appear to be related to cold-climate regions.
CR-V owners report overfilled oil levels due to fuel in the oil, & sometimes a gas smell in the cabin. That problem appears to be related to fuel injection which Honda hopes to fix via a software update. Honda so far has only conducted a recall in China & a "product update" in Canada.
CR-V owners also report no heat even after warming up their CR-Vs for 30 minutes — not even enough to defrost the windshield. So far, there has been no fix from Honda for this issue.
7.9
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 8,450 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 63 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (53 reports)
- campaign n61 software update (5 reports)
- going from bad to worse! (3 reports)
- no (1 reports)
- premature failure/ replacement of fuel injectors (1 reports)
engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Had all warning lights come on like a Christmas tree. This time issue was diagnosed as faulty fuel injectors which needed to be replaced. Thankfully, we had an extended warranty with a $100 deductible. The total invoice cost for the cost of repairs of fuel injectors was approx. $1,450.00. And of course, there is still the looming recall which was announced recently in Dec. 2023 for faulty fuel pumps which will ultimately need to be replaced. These 1.5L Turbo engines with the known fuel dilution issue seems to be plagued with a faulty design. This problems could all be very related: fuel dilution issue, fuel pump recall, premature fuel injector failures requiring expensive repairs. If you Google "fuel injector" and these 1.5L Turbo CR-Vs, you'll see many others have also encountered the same issue. Knowing what I know now, I would stay clear away from these CRV-S with the 1.5L Turbo engine.
- Ronnie L., Falls Church, US