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:
6 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
14,044 miles
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I have purchased 2017 model Honda new CRV ex-L with navigation in October 2017 in Tennessee. From the last 1 year I am having a major problem which is effecting my health and my family health. From almost 10 months, I have this problem. Problem: Whenever I switch on the ac or fan or heat, I have a very bad engine smell/ oil smell. I am unable to breath in the car, I have burning sensation in my eyes. I vomited couple of time because of this smell. My wife and my 5 year old son also feels the same. Its affecting their health as well. I have taken my car to odonell Honda service center located at 21043 three times and they just keep fooling me saying that there is no problem in the car and they cant do anything about it. They were useless, unprofessional people who does not know what to do. They behaved very bad as well. And always gave lame excuses. Then I took my car to Honda service center at owing mills, md. They were nice enough to check my car and they found two issues with the car and fixed it and promised that I will not have any issues. But with in a week I am having the same issues. I am helpless now.I cant drive my car because I cant breathe in that smell. Its affecting my health. I cant go again and again to dealer shop to get my car fixed. I am writing to you so that if you can help me before I take this matter to public and fight legally. If something happens to me or my family - who is responsible for that. Hoping for a response from you. Thanks in advance and appreciate your time looking into this.
I was accelerating onto a highway when the car suddenly lost acceleration and power, made a high pitched squeal with receipt of the following warnings/alarms: Brake system warning, loss of collision avoidance system, electric parking brake problem, road departure mitigation system problem, adaptive cruise control problem, hill assist problem, vehicle stability assist problem, power steering system problem, brake hold problem, emissions system problem to name a few. This is more than troublesome, the guy behind me almost hit me and had to swerve to avoid an accident. More recently I was driving on a highway at night when I lost my headlights and parking lights. In addition the following alarms locked in brake system warning, adaptive cruise control problem, lane keeping assist problem, collision mitigation system problem, road departure system problem, auto high beam system problem. Its one thing to get warnings its another to loose your headlights and parking lights on a busy dark highway. I shudder to think what could have happened. Honda does not know what is happening. How can they sell a $30,000 + vehicle and have safety issues such as these? somebody needs to act quickly before folks are killed.
The touchscreen is horrible. Delayed response often when touching any of the features like audio, changing preset stations on the radio etc... freezes up often and the "brightness" feature would appear on the screen by itself and the only way to get ride of it is to turn the engine off and restart the engine. I have numerous videos of the issue. Complained to dealership even bought it in to have it looked at when the issue is happening so they can see it realtime and troubleshoot. Unfortunately they were not able to diagnose the issue the only resolution was to do a factory reset of the touchscreen. I am still having issues. The dealership recommend me to contact Honda directly to report issue. They can't replace the touch screen without Honda corporate office approving.
Hello, I have 3 concerning issues. 1. my car stall from time to time. It does not seem to accelerate while driving. 2. my side mirror blind spot sometimes does not work and falsely goes off. 3. my console screen has gone black and does not work thanks for hearing my issues. Thanks, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'
Battery failure 2017 27275 miles purchased East coast Honda mrytle beach South Carolina problem occurred in New Jersey car won't start, dashboard lights blinking and flashing, all sorts of error codes brake pedal bounces while trying to start car finally started seemed ok next day same issues and car started had battery test low voltage 10 volts got car to start after above issues garage verified voltage, did alternator test 14.4 volts believes bad cell.... alternator may be working hard to recharge battery that won't recharge found technical service bulletin 17-032 my VIN is is out of this range but the issue may be larger than that purchased a new battery all is good today will go to Honda when we return to South Carolina just wanted to put this out there hopefully we don't have any issues till then.
- Murrells Inlet, SC, USA
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The vehicle's shift knob button came loose and fell out. At the time, I was parking the vehicle in a parking lot and attempting to shift it from drive to park. In addition to the button, a metal spring and many pieces of broken plastic fell out of the shift knob. Fortunately I was able to jam a screwdriver into the shift knob and shift the vehicle into park. The vehicle had just over 12,000 miles when this happened.
We had difficulty shifting our CRV into park on several occasions over a period of a couple of days. Eventually we were totally unable to get it into park, and thus could not get the key to the completely off position and remove it, so the battery would have been drained if we left it that way. Fortunately the final failure was in our own driveway. Quick research on the web pointed us to the problem many have had with the button on the side of the shifter that must be pressed to get in and out of park. Sure enough, we found the button was broken inside and not functional. The button and spring fell out as we inspected it. Though we're grateful it didn't pop off while we were driving, it seems clear this is a frequent failure that can create a dangerous situation. Seems like there should be an official recall.
2017 Honda CR-V ex. The shift knob button (which shifts the car out of park and into drive) broke off from its spring and it would not register the car being in park to shut off the electronics in the vehicle. I was forced to disconnect the negative from battery when the car is in park and reconnect when the it was time to drive somewhere. When I contacted my Honda dealer, they informed me of a recall for this issue. On a side not, my wife also has the same year, make and model which had a recall for the same issue.
**'17 Honda CR-V shift lever button (silver) broke off during drive!!** CR-V w/ around 26K miles had the silver button fall out while in motion on a city street on 7/13/2019. I wasn't accelerating or decelerating at the time, it just popped out. I was able to safely pull over and stop, but had a lot of trouble getting it shifted from drive to park. I had to push the loose spring and plastic button back into the shift lever and after 6 tries, was able to put it into park. Also, the car won't turn off and won't lock because the computer doesn't recognise that it is parked. The engine start/stop button keeps flashing red.
Gasoline smell inside/ outside car. Heater in winter not worked. Car in covered garage when gasoline smell outside and inside. Did not heat up at beginning of winter. Took it to dealership on several occasions due to smell; same with heater.
While trying to put the vehicle in park, the silver button on the left side of the gear shifter flew off. The piece appears to be broken off in the inside. Took it to the dealer the next day. The service rep was not surprised. Says he has heard of this happening in other CR-V's. he tried to tell me it just popped out, but this thing broke off in the inside. He said he said he was surprised there is no recall. They fixed it. No charge. Quite a frightening experience when it happened
In slow moving traffic in front of the local mall, my sunroof exploded there was no collision, no object thrown or dropped into the window. Honda refused to accept responsibility for what I learned from research on line, which is that this is an epidemic involving shattered sun roofs.
Back up camera and navigation system stopped working while on trip to Colorado. Car was outside at subfreezing temps and at high altitude (10,000 feet). Dealer had to reset when returned to Arizona. (occurred while parked overnight).
While diving randomly at high speeds (60+ mph) and while turning in very good weather all warning lights light up (I have a video) and the vehicle loses power. This has happened a number of times on the highways and a major safety concern. I had to pull out of the highway stop and restart for the vehicle to regain power but the warning lights continue to be lit. After a couple of start and stop it disappears. It is a major safety concern and I have been lucky so far. I have approached the dealership thrice about the issue and they have replaced 2 sensors and updated the software but the issue persists.
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- Ellicott City, MD, USA