CarComplaints.com Notes: It's rare when a newer vehicle has defect trends, & the 2017 Honda CR-V has 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.

9.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
98,600 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (2 reports)
2017 Honda CR-V electrical problems

electrical problem

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2017 Honda CR-V Owner Comments

problem #2

Jun 202024

CR-V Touring 1.5L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 57,166 miles

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

Bought this hunk of crap 3 weeks ago Hondas so called reliable. Well day after I bought it all the light on dash came on rebooted it took it out hit the brakes hard they went out. Now July 8th all lights back on rebooted it took it out they went out going to dealer today. I will never buy another Honda. I was looking for a Mazda cx5 when I got talked into this I should have stuck to my gut instincts. Now there are fuel in oil issues with these I just cant catch a break I spent all my savings buying this piece of sh*t.

- Randy L.,

problem #1

Jun 042023

CR-V

  • Automatic transmission
  • 140,000 miles

I have taken my car in multiple times to get this fixed. The dealer would reset the technology and then everything would be fine. Then, a few months later, it would happen again. Rinse and repeat.

- Patricia L., Bemus Point, US

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