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.

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
5 / 0
Average Mileage:
16,596 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

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2017 Honda CR-V body / paint problems

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2017 Honda CR-V Owner Comments (Page 2 of 2)

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problem #4

Jan 252018

CR-V

  • 11,000 miles

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

On January 25, 2018, I went out & got into my 2017 Honda CR-V touring, started it and then got out and ran back into house for a bottle of water. When I came out, my car had traveled across the street (flat surface) and had lodged against my neighbors tree. What caused the car to come out of gear or if I had left it in gear, why wasn't it rolling when I got out" have there been problems of this nature with this make/model Honda" I incurred approximately $4,000 damage and I wasn't even in vehicle!

- Waynesville, IL, USA

problem #3

Jan 272018

CR-V

  • 6,900 miles
The "tailgate cover" detached and flew off while driving on the interstate at 70 mph - not turning, stopping, or decelerating. Thankfully, it hit the road surface and not another driver! upon stopping and closer inspection, there are three (3) broken plastic peg-like things still in their connectors. There are two screws with broken plastic around them. There are three white ports with no pins connected, leaving me to assume those three connecting pins were not adequately engaged leading to the failure.

- Windcrest, TX, USA

problem #2

Jan 172018

CR-V

  • 9,000 miles
On a day with significant winter weather I drove my vehicle and when I arrived at my destination and parked I was unable to open the drivers door. The state of the door lock didn't matter. I called a friend who came over to help. They said that the exterior door handle had failed to retract fully. They pushed it in and the door was subsequently able to open. The failure of the exterior door handle to return to the closed position appeared to be due to a bit of ice. The apparent situation is that if the exterior handle is out of position then the interior handle can fail to open the door.

- Roanoke, VA, USA

problem #1

Nov 052017

CR-V

  • 2,600 miles
Pulling into driveway... foot on brake.... rapid acceleration... brakes failed to stop the vehicle... crashed into brick porch.

- Wilmingon, DE, USA

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