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:
6 / 0
Average Mileage:
15,099 miles

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2017 Honda CR-V Owner Comments (Page 13 of 17)

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problem #95

Feb 112019

CR-V

  • 24,100 miles

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

The contact owns a 2017 Honda CR-V. while driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle stalled and the brake, power pressure, cruise control, and lane assist warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was turned off, restarted, and taken to vann york auto mall (422 eastchester dr, high point, nc 27262, 336-841-6200) for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred to contact to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The diagnosis information was not available. The failure mileage was 24,100. The VIN was not provided.

- Thomasville, NC, USA

problem #94

Feb 122019

CR-V

  • 23,219 miles
Display flickers and you can't do anything on the display

- Pooler, GA, USA

problem #93

Feb 062019

CR-V

  • 0 miles
2017 Honda CRV parked in garage, when attempting to start engine, dash lights up warnings and sounds alarms on braking system, cruise control, lane assist system, battery, and many other areas. Car would not start and goes dead with second attempt to start. Dealership had car towed in to diagnose. Dealership state that toll tag too close to sensors (even though tag has been on windshield for 18 months with no problem). Toll tag scraped off windshield. Six weeks later, car in garage and dash lights up with alarms and sounds with same alerts. Car goes dead. Dealership had car towed in to diagnose.

- Arlington, TX, USA

problem #92

Jan 302019

CR-V

  • miles

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

While driving on the highway, the vehicle started to stall and shake. The instrument panel went black, then the audio screen went black. The gas gauge light came on, then turned off on its own. The instrument panel lights came on, all of the warning indicators were on. The dealership stated that the fuel injectors needed replacing and that it would be covered under warranty. They also stated that the whole audio system would need to be replaced but that the part is on back order and would not be able to order until March 1, 2019.

- La Feria, TX, USA

problem #91

Feb 062019

CR-V

  • 33,500 miles
These problems have been going on for the past year. Multimedia information display occassionally changes brightness on its own. It also sometimes activates on screen buttons by itself. Today (2/6/2019), while playing audio through the car's bluetooth system and using the gps, the display blanked out for 3 - 5 minutes. Also, the bottom half of the tachometer display, viewed through the steering wheel, blanked out and showed a spinning wait cursor. After that wait time, the multimedia display turned black. Then about 30 seconds later, it showed the Honda symbol. Indicating that is was booting. I had brought the vehicle to my dealer last Friday for maintenance work and they had reset the multimedia display. It seems too soon for problems to occur yet again. All of these problems occurred while driving. The random brightness changes are quite dangerous at night time, when max brightness occurs suddenly. The random on screen button activations become dangerous distractions during driving. I have been bringing these problems to my dealer's attention for the past year, who said they only just received information from Honda (in janurary 2019), saying that Honda received information on display issues and are looking into it.

- Knoxville, TN, USA

problem #90

Jan 152019

CR-V

  • miles
One day as I was driving, all problem lights on my dashboard began to turn on, chime, and and giving messages such as "tire pressure monitoring poblem", brake system, break hold system, power steering, etc..." and my features such as cruise control and break hold became disabled. We had the spark plugs changed and the problem continued. We did an oil change and discovered that there was over 5 quarts of oil collected when only 3.5 had been pured in, also the oil was smelling like gasoline. We started researching and it seems that this is a problem with this car/model. Mechanic diagnosed lower compression on cylinder #4 and kept getting a cylinder #4 error.

- Palmdale, CA, USA

problem #89

Jan 202019

CR-V

  • 10,000 miles

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

January 20 2019 car was completely dead. Took to dealership January 21. They replaced the battery, A/C unit, did a program update, changed the oil and drain plug. Told us it was fixed. However, the car immediately gave me problems --more than before. I was actually trapped in my car and couldn't open the doors 3 times. While driving the car, the safety system continuously alerts blindspot activity, the message "some driver assist systems cannot operate", theres a message that says "collision mitigation system disabled" that appears, the hazard lights go on intermittently at will. Today, we took the car in for a tire problem and mentioned all these other message faults, the dealer checked the oil and it was too high (the "fix" was done just 10 days ago) and the dealer told us, "yes, but there's nothing more we can do, call Honda." So, I have a $37,000 piece of junk I can't trust to take across town. Ps we were coerced into purchasing the extended warranty -- what good is a warranty if the dealer admits he can't fix the problem?

- Rockton, IL, USA

problem #88

Jan 242019

CR-V

  • 32,000 miles
My car came to a complete stop once while I was driving in the middle of an intersection and once just on a straight road. This happened twice, and I went flying forward and all my stuff on the seat went flying. There was not a car in front of me. They said it must have been reading something to do this, and it's to protect a possible pedestrian. This is an accident waiting to happen. I called Honda of joliet to put it in my record. Another issue is the vehicle stability lights, the adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation, road departure mitigation, and a brake lights all flash stating there is a problem. These lights just come on while driving. This has happened three times. Once it was snowing. The second and third time the weather was clear. The first time I cleared some of the 'driving aides' and the lights went off. I took it to Honda of joliet on 1/25 and they aligned the radar. The lights came back on 1/28 /19 and they said they realigned it again. They had the car for 2 days. The original reason was the sensors are dirty, and in bad weather this can happen. They said a clump of snow could have caused this too. So this car is only good in good weather? the service person said they have had a lot of cars in for this same reason. Another problem was I came out to find my windows down, my sunroof open and my back door open. Car was stationary. Didn't take it in for this and forgot to tell them when I dropped it off on 1/28/19.

- Joliet, IL, USA

problem #87

Mar 012018

CR-V

  • 6,000 miles
The contact owns a 2017 Honda CR-V. the contact stated that the instrument panel failed to operate as intended on several occasions while the vehicle was being driven. The contact stated that various warning indicators illuminated on and off. The contact also stated that the touch screen for the vehicle controls and the cruise control were inoperable. The vehicle was taken to umansky Honda (located at 960 hilton heights rd, charlottesville, va 22901, (888) 686-9143) to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 6,000.

- Charlottesville, VA, USA

problem #86

May 192017

CR-V

  • miles
The contact owns a 2017 Honda CR-V. the contact stated that the instrument panel cluster failed to operate properly and various warning indicators illuminated. Also, the shift knob fractured while the vehicle was in operation. The vehicle was taken to Honda of slidell (510 E howze beach rd, slidell, la 70461, 888-296-2638) and the instrument panel was replaced and the shift knob was repaired. The dealer was unable to remedy the failures during two previous visits. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was not available.

- Pearl, LA, USA

problem #85

Sep 062018

CR-V

  • 3,500 miles

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

While driving for over 3 hours on the interstate at 70mph all the idiot lights come on blinking and showing that all systems are off. Stopping the car and shutting off the car and restarting all is restored to normal. This has happen 4 times. The dealer has not been able to duplicate this. I am to take a movie if it happens again. I won't be going that far until August returning in September. This has happened on this trip only.

- Jensen Beach, FL, USA

problem #84

Jun 112017

CR-V

  • 0 miles
Vehicle frequently runs out of battery and need to jump start.

- Westminster, CA, USA

problem #83

Jan 032019

CR-V

  • miles
My car is less than 39,000 miles and I had to change all four tires which were giving me issues since I purchased less than 2 years ago. January 3rd my car would not start. Jan 4th and 5th again my car would not stop without a jump. I have had nothing but electrical problem, radio blinking and not coming on or brake system engaging without braking etc. Since I have purchased. I have only taken to Honda dealers only to be told issues not covered by warranty and no explanation why I need new tires and new batter with a car less than twp years and under 39,000 miles. There are many complaints regarding batteries and electrical problems and my 2017 car is among them.

- Powell, OH, USA

problem #82

Jan 012019

CR-V

  • 15,120 miles
My Honda 2017 CRV was parked all night.when I went out this morning all the windows and the sun roof were open.wy key fob was on a table by itself and my wife's. was in her purse.I was outside at midnight and all was ok.on the internet I found that I was not alone and Honda will not acknowledge the problem.my seats and consul were very wet.this could lead to theft and a lot of damage.please contact Honda as consumers complaints go unanswered. Thank you.

- Sebastian, FL, USA

problem #81

Dec 242018

CR-V

  • 10,300 miles
The Honda CR-V 2017 touring model has experienced several keyless remote transmitter error messages on the dashboard display. The last time this problem happened was on December 24, 2018 at around 5:00 pm and the engine would not stop running. With the vehicle in park I pushed the start/stop button repeatedly with my foot on and off the brake pedal. The only way I could get tne engine to stop running was to walk away from the vehicle with the keyless remote transmitter and have the passenger push the start/stop button. I took the vehicle into the Honda dealer on December 26, 2018 and they said - "no problem found at this time". the vehicle was stationary the entire time of this incident.

- Crystal Lake, IL, USA

problem #80

Dec 142018

CR-V

  • 25,600 miles
Radio locks up and then indicator lights on dash flash - brake failure, vsa failure, TPMS failure, ldw failure, acc failure, lkas failure, cmbs failure. Had it at Honda service two times and they reinstalled software and did a hard reboot. Issue reared its head again Dec 14, took to Honda service with lights flashing for a computer read. Service scheduled for Dec 19 to look into issues and perform recall repair. Check engine light has been on since I took it in Dec 14. Car seems to run fine even with indicator lights flashing. Issue happened first time while on interstate going 70 mph. Secong time on backroad going 45 mph.

- Milford, NJ, USA

problem #79

Dec 162018

CR-V

  • 15,000 miles
Acc and lkas warning lights illuminated. Took to dealership, they washed the car and said the problem was leaves blocking sensor. Next time I started the car, got steady chime from dash telling me there was an acc problem. Consistent issue. There were no accidents, damages and it was a clear, bright day in both cases.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #78

Apr 152017

CR-V

  • 50 miles
Current miles = 4K. 1= battery went dead several times, was told update was done because issue w/parking brake circuitry. 2= various driver assist warning lights come on intermittently on dash.-issue not identified nor fixed. (ongoing) 3= recently pulled over by police nighttime-no tail lights, though front lights worked- driver of car was not familiar w/car- police fiddled w/ lightswitch got them working told driver to take it to dealer-no ticket issued. 4= noticeable lack of acceleration, fuel odor about vehicle, also sulphur smell after driving, heat does not warm cabin, nor defrost.defog windshield properly, oil black and overfull. Oil changed, issues reoccur within a few driving miles (50-100). One dealer blames the other, Honda says they didn't know of issues, dealer finally confirmed gas in oil. Again-there is only 4K miles on this 'vehicle'. all these issues relate to safety, either to anyone inside the vehicle or others on the road. I have no confidence in driving this (paying more attention to cluster, driving subtleties etc than traffic), and am very upset in paying the payment each month while hearing the 2 dealers blame each other, and while Honda shrugs their shoulders. I am taking it, once again, to the dealer this Saturday for an 'update' to the software-per Honda case mgr naomi xt 87075. Documentation can be provided on request-- I am out of time and patience. There are many more people with these documented issues on this vehicle than are being reported here- (see google and social media). I dread having to drive it Saturday nine miles to the dealer. This is the top selling car in its class-- there is a major problem being driven daily on the highways of the usa. My issues began April 2017 (purchases 3/30/2017) and have been ongoing through Dec 2018. Please help!!

- Maumee, OH, USA

problem #77

Dec 102018

CR-V

  • 8,850 miles
The "infotainment" or navigation screen malfunctions and turns itself off. This results in loss heating and cooling controls as well as other important safety functions.

- Holly Hill, SC, USA

problem #76

Dec 052018

CR-V

  • 69,000 miles
My car is having electrical issues with the Honda sensing. Braking on its own at random times at various rates of speed. The most serious on the highway at speed of about 75 mph. The car shut down and the computer systems had all kinds of codes of system failures. Also now we are having an issue of oil dilution due to gasoline. My oil was changed a few days later still over the full line and fumes of gas evident. Talking with Honda dealership currently where purchased and Honda corporate case was filed. So far they are down playing it in Texas dispite numerous consumer complaints and commonality of issue being reported at the dealership level.

- Comanche, TX, USA

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