Driving vehicle and it started to sway. Loud bang and car stopped. I got out and the rear trailing arm had broken free from the frame due to rust. Car was no longer drive able. I had it towed to Darling's Honda in Bangor, Maine. They were not able to look at the vehicle because Honda has not finalized the recall. NHTSA RECALL NUMBER:23V-228 I am without a car and need a solution. I was told by the dealership that Honda may buy it back due to the extent of the rust because it is most likely not repairable. I have called and chatted several times with Honda and have been told it may be months before a solution.

- Charleston, ME, USA

The rear wheel on the left driver side detached from the frame while driving on the hwy and lost control. Luckily I could pull off and drive into the ditch. The frame is rusted enough that auto shop says that the repairs aren't worth it because the entire back frame is rusted and will just happen on the other side. No sounds beforehand to indicate their would be a malfunction. The control arm was detached from the rusting but other components broke from the frame rusting and wheel coming loose on the hwy. It will be inspected further.

- Saint Peter, MN, USA

The entire rear frame is rotted and broken off of the body. This happened as I was going slowly up my driveway. Body Shops have told me the car is not repairable. The car cannot be driven as the wheels are no longer connected to the main frame.

- Albright, WV, USA

Date of incident was 8/3/22. The parts involved in the failure are the passenger side suspension control arm that is in front of the rear wheel and attached to the unibody chassis stiffener panel that it is attached to. The panel rusted out and control arm tore loose from it. My wife had just left home and was traveling approximately 20 MPH when the passenger side rear wheel suddenly rotated sideways. Fortunately, due to the slow speed, she was able to pull to the side of the road safely. I had the car transported to my local body shop about a mile away from the incident where they put it on a lift to get a good look at the problem and it proved to be just as I previously described. While we had it on the lift we examined the driver's side chassis stiffener panel and it has a baseball sized hole in it just in front of its' control arm. The body shop manager went online to see if there were any recalls for the problem and found that there was no history of recalls for it in the U.S. but Canada recalled over 83,000 Honda CRVs for exactly the same problem in the model years from 2007 to 2011. When they detected the problem Honda Canada either fixed the problem or bought the vehicles back at the calculated used car value determined by year, mileage, and condition. On 8/4/22 at 1:47 PM I called Honda Customer Service and talked to Marlene and was assigned complaint No. 13188392. Later on I was contacted by Honda's Regional Claims Manager, Monica. Her contact phone No. is 800-999-1009 and extension No. is 87783. She told me I needed to have the car transported to the Victory Honda dealership at 2920 GH Drive, Austinburg, Ohio where it could be inspected and photographed by Honda employees and I did so. Marlene told me that Honda would would review Victory's report and photos and then contact me soon. On 8/16/22 Monica called back to say sorry, there will be no help for me. I'm afraid for others out there who might not be as lucky as my wife.

- Conneaut, OH, USA

The contact owns a 2009 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while driving at 8 MPH, the driver-€™s side rear wheel assembly detached from the vehicle without warning. Due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to his home. Upon inspection, the contact discovered severe corrosion on the frame of the vehicle which he linked to the failure. The dealer and the manufacturer were both notified of the failure and both informed him that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 188,000.

- Kinderhook, NY, USA

The driver's side rear frame stiffener is extremely corroded and looks to becoming loose! In CANADA, there is a recall for my year CR-V for this very defect!!! Why doesn't NHTSA do the same thing? I live less than 2 hours from Canada, yet my car there would have been recalled! This could potentially be devastating if the assembly becomes loose from the vehicle. Please address this problem! Thank you.

- Midland, MI, USA

I recently brought my 10 year old car in for its yearly state safety inspection and I was informed that corrosion on the left rear underside of the car was irreparable. This included corrosion between the uni body and undercarriage, compromising the integrity of the control arms. After doing research online, I noted that Honda has an active recall in Canada for a similar defect, but not in the us. I contacted Honda of North America and asked if they could provide any assistance or compensation for this issue, which essentially renders the car unusable, and they told me they could not.

- Moretown, VT, USA

While being driven at 55-60 mph on a 4 lane highway the driver side rear suspension control arm broke free from the unibody causing the rear tire to twist sideways and lodge in the wheel well. The driver side rear axle pulled free from the rear differential due to detachment. The driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle, but used both lanes and the vehicle width shoulder of the road to due so. Had another vehicle been close by an accident would have resulted. The CRV had been nys inspected 2 months prior with no signs of an impending problem. Pictures are attached showing the detached driver side and also the intact passenger side. After taking pics showing an intact mount on the passenger side a hammer was used to check the structure and it was possible to open up a hole on that side as well. The vehicle was driven in NY during the winter, thus road salt was encountered. The only part of the CRV affected by rust was the mounting location of both rear control arms due to an area where moisture and salt can enter, but not escape. The rest of the undercarriage and exterior body were rust free. Honda was contacted, but unwilling to take any action due to age and miles on vehicle. The case# and last correspondence with Honda is included--no response from Honda.

- Jasper, NY, USA

I bought a new 2009 Honda CR-V in Dec 2008. After around 30K miles or so, I noticed the car pulling to the left at highway speeds. I took the car in to a local mechanic for an alignment and tire rotation but nothing they did fixed the issue. I then brought it to the Honda dealership since it was still under warranty and they conducted their own alignment and tire rotation (at my expense since alignments are not covered under warranty). This still did not fix the issue and the dealership told me there was nothing else they could do. My car still pulls to the left at highway speeds. I am concerned that this issue may get worse and cause an accident.

- Bridgewater, NJ, USA