CarComplaints.com Notes: It's rare when a newer vehicle has defect trends. Judging from the identical 2017 model year, the 2018 Honda CR-V is likely to have 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.

6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
12,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

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2018 Honda CR-V body / paint problems

body / paint problem

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2018 Honda CR-V Owner Comments

problem #1

Jun 012019

CR-V EX

  • CVT transmission
  • 12,000 miles

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

Paint flaking off car exterior. Dealer will not fix, attributing it to "normal wear and tear" (never had paint flake off my car with only a year on the road before) and states Honda will also classify it as such. Paint mostly coming off back two doors. We only rarely have back seat passengers (no children in our house).

- Hannah K., Aurora, CO, US

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