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 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.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
7 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
13,097 miles
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The transmission shifter button fell off when the vehicle was in drive and my spouse could not release the brake in order to collect the button and place the vehicle in park she had to pull off the road, turn off the engine and then find the button on the floor in order to resolve the issue. Honda seems to have a taken a very casual response to this issue which should be treated as a serious concern. From all of the research and press I reviewed regarding this problem, the answer is to use a pair of pliers to change gears or glue the plastic piece in place. I believe this recall should be mandated versus take it to the dealer so he can glue it back in. This vehicle was a considerable amount of money spent not to have a transmission work as intended.
Oil crankcase seems to be over fill after checking the deep stick, and smells like gasoline, possibly gas is leaking inside and gets mix with the engine oil.
Honda CR-V 2017 bought December 23, 2017 from zimbrick auto madison, Wisconsin July 15, 2018 the car was parked in our driveway and would not start. We have a towing company hauled in for repair. Now, on occasion the car cabin smells gassy. The oil filler cap when removed also has a very strong gassy smell.
- Random Lake, WI, USA
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While driving on highway or streets I have several problem lights. Adaptive cruise control problem, collision migration problem, road departure migration system problem, and some drive assist systems cannot operate:radar obstructed. My car has been in for repair 10-12 times for these issues. Dealership has put on a new camera and wiring harness and the lights have come on after. I have been told if it is cloudy, rainy, sunny, lines on the roads aren't dark enough, shadow from another vehicle or bumps may cause this. So if it isn't perfect world, this will happen. The final solution last week was to turn off 2 functions, the lane keep assist and the collision migration. I now have a base line model car because I can't use all the functions I bought the car for. This is very dangerous as I drive I75 each day and 'when' this happens, it kicks off the cruise control. Dealership said a new model would not solve this as the 2017,2018, and 2019 have the same electronics along with several different models of cars. Need a permanent fix as I am at the point of retaining a lawyer. Multiple dates of this happening
It is quite common for the airbags to be turned off for the passenger seat even when my wife is sitting in it. We have not found a way to get them to come on. It seems that this is very unsafe. The issue has existed since the car was brand new.
After starting up the CRV in the garage, I exited it and climbed a short ~100' ramp about the height of 1 story at 10 mph or less. During at least two times in the past 7 months, the engine sputtered while climbing this ramp and neared a stall point. This occurred while in Montana. After applying pressure to accelerator, sputtering stopped. Additionally, there have been numerous times at startup when the central display screen freezes, remains black, denying navigation assistance among other options. It appears the only way to correct this is to restart the vehicle.
Gear shift release button broke into several pieces. Unable to remove the key when vehicle is in park. Cannot leave it in a public lot with key in the ignition. It will still shift, but afraid it won't at any moment since several others on line have had this problem, and include pictures and videos that match mine. I have been transferred several times and left message at dealer. No return call yet.
Gear shift lever on center console has a silver button that must be depressed in order to move gearshift. Button disintegrated from the inside and fell oy, leaving gear shift lever inoperable. Clear a safety hazard not to be able to change from drive to reverse to park, etc. Dealership repaired under warranty, and stated this is a problem they see on a daily basis with this model.
The shifter button on the left that you have to press to change gears broke and popped out. Cannot engage the shifter to change from different gears unless you manually press the mechanism inside down. Huge problem. Happened when we came home and went to put the car in park. Button broke and popped out while still in drive.
Time of incident: Monday, August 14th; 7:30 a.M. when depressing the shift knob to shift to reverse, the button as shown in the picture attached disintegrated into 3 pieces. Once this occurred, I was unable to shift gears so had to activate the emergency brakes while I tried to figure out how to shift without the shift knob. Fortunately, I was able to shift and park the vehicle by inserting my index finger into the shaft portion while depressing the button inside the broken portion. I immediately called my dealer and addressed the issue with paragon Honda and was told to bring the vehicle to the repair shop or have it towed. I bought the vehicle to the repair shop after work in the evening, and the repair shop did not give me an estimate time of repair when request neither did they provide me with a loaner vehicle as stipulated in the contract signed with the dealer when it was purchased in February 2018. This issue needs immediate attention since it could potentially cause accidents in unexpected conditions.
The tires sold on the Honda CRV in 2017 are substandard. At 17,000 they are worn to the point of needing replacement. As someone that is more accustomed to tires lasting 45,000 to 80,000, this quick wear out caught me by surprise. At 17,000, I should have confidence in the tires to drive in the rain -- no so. These are very dangerous.
The apple carplay constantly disconnects making my phone and navigation useless. The iphone will randomly disconnect and sometimes not register as connected.
It was a record hot day, 100 degrees, and my CR-V was parked in my paved driveway, in the sun. I was watering my outdoor plants (not washing my car, our well water would only leave white spots on it) and waved the hose over my car and "pop!"- the front windshield cracked in two different places, both are large cracks, 10 and 18 inches. This was due, I believe, to the cool water on the hot windshield. I believe the car is now unsafe to drive as the cracks are so prominent and I question the windshield's integrity.
The chrome/plastic selector part that allows the vehicle to be shifted to and from park and the other automatic gears is a known flawed Honda design. The shift selector button failed yesterday on our 2017 CRV. Due to the design being spring loaded, the broken part flew out of the shift selector and was lost temporarily. Lacking this broken part and being unable to reinsert it properly into the selector, the vehicle can't be moved into park and thus by Honda design can't be turned off. This is both a fire and safety hazard that is well known to Honda (they used the poor design on earlier Accord and other models). When speaking with Honda service and part department agents, they readily acknowledge the design flaw, are disappointed Honda continued to use the hazardous design (it was a same problem in earlier models). Honda's response seems to be to let the selector buttons fail, keep a plentiful supply of replacements on hand in their parts departments and let the general public absorb the risks. This pattern and practice is both unsafe and unacceptable. Honda needs to design a more robust selector button and replace all current ones via a recall.
Complete vehicle system problem messages. Vehicle stability, adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation, road departure mitigation, electrical parking brake, emissions system, brake system, brake hold, power steering, hill start assist, tire pressure monitor problem, power steering system problem. Every one of these systems is displaying a 'problem' message as well as brake light is flashing on the dashboard engine light is on brake system light is on steering wheel light is on vehicle stability light is on battery light is on and oil lamp is on. This is about the fifth time this has happened. I have also experienced this while driving. The vehicle will suddenly display all these error messages for no apparent reason. Sometimes the error messages will pop up as soon as you turn the car on other times it happens suddenly while driving. It happens on city streets and on the highway straight away or turning
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