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Concern on Honda lock actuator: All doors on this 2012 car have been replaced 1X in the last 18 mos., and now we are on round two of replacing the actuators. As the car became about 3-years old, our doors began to fail to lock, fail to open and doors cycle between unlocked and locked. The auto-locks just keep cycling and trying to lock - making it a terrible, distracting sound while driving. There is no control when the driver tries to unlock the car, and there is just one key slot for the car. (nothing even for the trunk). This has cost us over $1200. This is unsafe.
Vehicle continues to have electrical problem after several batteries have been replaced. In interval of 4 years of purchasing the car (brand new), we have insulted 4 batteries. The continues to leave my wife and kids stranded many times. Have contacted both the manufacturer and my local Honda dealer, but have had no luck.
The bluetooth component has a horrible background noise. The person you're speaking with is unable to hear you. This totally defeats the purpose of hands free driving. This complaint has been reported numerous times and can be found with a basic google search. The dealership has even confirmed to me directly that this is an ongoing complaint and problem, which they don't have a solution to. They stated it is just part the technology problems with bluetooth. I have had bluetooth earbuds in the past and have never had this problem so I find that reasoning unacceptable.
Ref: NHTSA id #10084343 surge, vibration or judder may be felt while driving under light acceleration. (Honda service bulletin 15-086 and A15086).Honda claims my VIN number is not on recall list.vehicle still under drive train warranty. Dealer will evaluate condition on Jan 9 2017 to see if warranty will cover sb 15.086.
- Vero Beach, FL, USA
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The contact owns a 2012 Honda CR-V. while operating the vehicle, it experienced unintended acceleration. Also, the doors would randomly lock and unlock and the instrument panel gauges displayed false readings. The cause of the failures was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 73,000. The consumer stated the vehicle was compromised by a cyber-stalker/hacker for over 2 years. The radio station randomly changes, the compass display was incorrect, the climate controls would not operate, and the clock switched to military time.
Vehicle failed to start once in first year gradually increased to 1 weekly. Dealer check could find 0 twice-can't find, can't fix. Now w/60400 mi must jump for any start since dealer tested it this week. Dlr wants to do full diagnostic 2nd time at my expense. Waste of time going nowhere. Honda Inc says work w/ dealer which says can't find problem and it's your problem. I can't trade it like it is. Have had 9 new Accord since 1978 w/ no major problems. Established loyalty to Honda not considered.in my case. Disappointed!
I have a 2012 Honda CRV. I recently had my battery changed when the car would not turn over. Luckily this happened while parked in front of my home. I didn't think anything of it because the battery just turned 4 years old. The mechanic also tested the charging system just to be sure everything was alright. The mechanic found low readings for both the starter and alternator. The car is 4 years old with only 30,000 miles on it. I was concerned when first told about this. However, now I am reading multiple complaints regarding this same issue. With so many complaints on the electrical system, why isn't Honda forced to do something such as a mandatory recall??
My 7 months pregnant wife got stranded 200 miles from home when her alternator decided to die on her resulting in a dead battery. We only have 50,000 miles on this vehicle and an alternator shouldn't die on a vehicle this young in its life span. Luckily a good seminarian decided to give her car a jump start which got her to her destination safely. So since we are out of warranty and needed to have this fixed quickly, we took it to a local trusted shop in the area and the alternator had a faulty part which ended up costing us over $600 dollars to get fixed. We also have had a loud engine rattle noise that occurs on cold startups for the past year and Honda has been aware of this issue since 2008 and has not issued a recall and has not come up with a permanent fix. I believe the quality of Honda cars has been drastically declining over the past couple of years and I have lost faith in the Honda brand and will never buy another Honda again.
2012 Honda CRV. Consumer requests reimbursement for a defective battery. The consumer stated on December 14, 2014, while driving, the vehicle suddenly stopped due to the battery not charging. The consumer purchased a new battery from autozone. On December 18, 2014, the consumer received a letter concerning the battery charging defect. The consumer contacted customer service and was instructed to contact the dealer and present the receipt of payment for reimbursement. The dealer denied the consumer's request for reimbursement, due to the fact the consumer did not take the vehicle to the dealer when he experienced the battery issue.
Starting problems. Many times the car would not start without jumping the battery. Took car to dealer, ike Honda, marion, il 62959 many times. First time, no trouble found, second time no trouble found, but when I picked the car up at the dealer CR-V would not start. Dealer kept car over night for testing and replaced the battery. Said it may have been a floating cell. Trouble continued. Next time dealer replaced the alternator. Still not fixed. After jumping car several more times, took car back to ike Honda and they did a product update 14-071, 12-17-14. Never received a recall notice from Honda. Still not fixed. Had trouble a couple more times, jumped car ok. Last time I took car in,10-10-15 no trouble found again. Battery checked out good, no draws on electrical system. Software up to date. In all cases car was parked overnight in our garage when it would not start. No lights, or anything else left on. Once battery is jumped, car starts without any problems for quite sometime before having problems again. Driving habits, mileage same as previous two SUV's. never had a problem with either of them starting. I believe that the ike service department has made sincere attempts at resolving this issue and providing me with detailed information on what they have tried to do, what they found/didn't find. However, the starting problem continues.
Shortly after purchasing vehicle brand-new the car would not start. No lights had been on. Had vehicle towed to the dealership for a "fix." Now this has happened again- battery completely dead without warning leaving me and my young children stranded for hours. I just had the vehicle serviced at the end of may (about 5 weeks ago) and everything passed inspection then. Also like other reports I see, my engine sometimes makes a loud grinding sound when starting. My dealership said that "this just sometimes happens." I'm not convinced- I've driven some very old cars that don't even do this! this was my first brand new car and I'm not pleased.
Loud metallic rattle noise on cold start-up. Honda dealer found Honda service bulletin 09-010 issued, but no fix for this problem has been issued to date.
The contact owns a 2012 Honda CR-V. the contact stated after jumpstarting the vehicle, it resumed normal operation. The failure recurred numerous times. The manufacturer issued a voluntary recall related to the battery management system. The vehicle was serviced under the recall; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was not repaired for the most recent failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The recall number was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 3,666.
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- Fremont, CA, USA