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.

8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
$140
Average Mileage:
17,150 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

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2018 Honda CR-V Owner Comments

problem #1

Aug 112019

CR-V EX 1.5L

  • CVT transmission
  • 17,150 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

After 4000 miles on the dashboard, a signal appeared that the vehicle warning lights for the adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist system, braking warning indicators illuminated and the adaptive cruise control stopped working. After a few days, the warning message itself disappeared.

After 17,150 miles on the dashboard, the vehicle warning lights for the problem with the engine, a problem with the transmission system, a problem with the brake system, a problem with the electric brake system, a problem with the parking brake system, and a problem with the blind spot system. I scheduled an appointment for the dealership on Friday 16 August 2:15 PM. However, when registering the machine for repair, the ADVISOR refused to repair me, referring to the fact that it took me a full day time to find the fault and repair the car and reassigned me the appointment on Tuesday August 20 at 8:15 AM.

In the rental car with the condition that I stop my car at the dealership for several days, I was also refused for an unknown reason. On Monday night, while driving, all warnings themselves disappeared. I refused the appointment, because in this case it would be impossible to find a defect. A few days later, on August 28, the same warnings appeared again on the dashboard. On August 29 in the morning, when the engine started, all warnings about malfunctions disappeared, except for one about engine malfunctions.

- Rafail B., Philadelphia, PA, US

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