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.

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
11 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
9 / 0
Average Mileage:
10,806 miles

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2018 Honda CR-V Owner Comments (Page 4 of 8)

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problem #96

Jan 232022

CR-V

  • 40,000 miles

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

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while driving on a local street at approximately 40 MPH, her vehicle had intermittently slammed on the brakes. The contact stated that the brake light had illuminated for about 3 seconds, and the brakes had released themselves. The contact stated that there was not a crash and no one was hurt because there was no other vehicle behind or in front of her when the failure occurred. The contact stated that she then drove her vehicle to the dealer who performed a terminal reset on her vehicle, and advised her that there was nothing wrong with her vehicle. The contact stated that in the past the brake light would illuminate, however it never caused her vehicle to slam on the brakes. The contact stated that she contacted the manufacturer, and they were not able to assist. The contact stated that upon doing her own research, she found many complaints concerning the same year, make, and model experiencing the same failure as she experienced with her vehicle. The mileage failure was 40,000.

- Mount Sinai, NY, USA

problem #95

Dec 232021

CR-V

  • miles
My CRV TOURING 2018 has a little over 23,000 miles. I started the car and all of the safety lights come on as malfunctioning. I could not get the vehicle to back up out of the garage. I never put the brakes on. I finally was able to get it out of the garage and to the dealership. Two of the personnel at the dealership said they had never seen that many lights on the dash come on and some they had never seen. This is the second battery that has been put into the car and the charge was good. The car was looked at for several hours. They did not know what was wrong and reset the system some how and I went home. The paperwork said I told them the car was hard to start which I never said. Three days later upon starting the car all of the same lights and warnings came on. This time I was able to back up with no issues. I went straight to the dealer and asked them to do an ECU check. They said it could be the fuel injectors; however could not guarantee that would solve the problem with all the lights coming on. Had the car all day and came back with about 7 codes. I had to ask what the codes were as they had not been written down on my statement. I wrote them down and looked them up that night. Two of them were under warranty. The mechanic did not know the two codes were under warranty and did not look into it further. I took the car in for the third time and had the codes updated and checked. One was for the injectors which they said failed. The other was a check for spark plugs, etc. to help eliminate the source of problem. Again, they said the problem was the injectors and the cost to repair would be $2,200. I have requested a Good Will Repair which was over three weeks ago. Honda North America said the District Manager would be handling it and then I was told that the District Manager would let the Service Manager at Honda dealership handle it. That person has not returned my calls. I am not driving my car much and really need it badly.

- Saint Petersburg, FL, USA

problem #94

Nov 292021

CR-V

  • miles
All the alerts are going off on the car. Brakes, safety, transmission you name it.

- Haymarket, VA, USA

problem #93

Jul 082021

CR-V

  • 50,000 miles

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

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the contact heard a beeping sound coming from the vehicle. A message appeared on the instrument panel to apply the brake and the brake was applied independently of driver input. After several seconds, the vehicle started operating normally. The contact stated that the failure recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

- Goldsboro, NC, USA

problem #92

May 042021

CR-V

  • 22,600 miles
While driving at 5-10 mph in a grocery store parking lot the vehicle suddenly flashed a brake warning light and came to a jarring stop. There were no obstacles in the path of travel. It was taken to schlossman Honda and no problems could be found. American Honda has since asked us to sign a consent form to collect the radar and camera for study.

- Milwaukee, WI, USA

problem #91

Mar 232021

CR-V

  • 20,000 miles
Driving on highway car brakes for no reason car in back almost hit me happens more than once

- Kew Gardens, NY, USA

problem #90

Mar 192021

CR-V

  • 37,900 miles

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

I was driving straight in an open street, no obstacles at all. However, my vehicle started beeping and slammed the brakes to a complete stop. I was almost thrown out of my seat but thank god I had my seatbelt on. I checked my dash camera footage aswell no sign of obstacle, nothing at all. I believe its the collision mitigation braking system that got activated for no reason. I have my dash cam footage to support my claim.

- Everett, MA, USA

problem #89

Mar 162021

CR-V

  • 39,271 miles
When I star the car and drive the yellow warning light stay on and the red light blink and not go off. All warning light. (tps, collision mitigation problem, emisin syst. Problem, electric brake problem, etc.). aslo this happen already 4 times before. Couple times I use my brakes when I was drive and I felt that the car no stop righ at time and almost hit the other car. Also I change my motor oil and the old one is mix with gasoline and is more volume that I put in. Also some time when I drive the car star to stalling.

- Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA

problem #88

Mar 092021

CR-V

  • 31,200 miles
I was driving 40mph up beach blvd. No traffic immediately near me. The forward collision avoidance system beeped and flashed brake brake brake. Without cause the car stopped suddenly. This is the second reported incident with this same car in less than a year. I immediately called Honda dealership. No recalls or probable cause. After last incident, there were some new updates installed on the car. Told I would never have any more issues - a freak occurrence. My fear is that it will happen again with a semi behind me. This safety feature may very well be deadly.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #87

Feb 102021

CR-V

  • 15,124 miles
This is the 3D time multiple sensor warnings have appeared: TPMS/acc/brake/downhill assist/lane departure/etc.. warnings. The dealer (brandon hinda) just resets codes with no reason for recurring problem. Reserach shows many have similar problems reported to hinda and there is a class action lawsuit pending alleging 2016-2019 Honda CR-V safety systems are defective; filed in us district court for the central district of California; ward, et al., vs. American Honda motor co., Inc. Et al. Vehicle was stationary when problem noticed.

- Lithia, FL, USA

problem #86

Dec 242020

CR-V

  • 32,000 miles

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

Loss of steering control while making a left turn at low speeed < 20 mph.

- Livonia, MI, USA

problem #85

Nov 062020

CR-V

  • 19,700 miles
I was driving on a city street under repairing with steel plates putting on street. While my car just about 15 feet from a big steel a plate (1 inch above ground), speeding 30 miles. Suddenly, it braked so hard, left skids on street and stop right on the street and then it released brake. Luckily the car behind was far away; therefore no collision from the back

- Saint Louis, MO, USA

problem #84

Sep 052020

CR-V

  • 42,000 miles
I was driving the car in town on a clear day approximately 25-30 mph when the collision mitigation braking system engaged and stopped the car. There were no cars in front of me or behind me (luckily escaping being rear ended). There was nothing in the road in front of me that warranted this system engaging.

- Knoxville, TN, USA

problem #83

Aug 302020

CR-V

  • 38,000 miles
Driving 35mph on main road brakes automatically functioned. No traffic around me. Passengers lurched forward.

- Shrewsbury, MA, USA

problem #82

Aug 232020

CR-V

  • 21,000 miles
I was driving 40mph on a city street it was a sunny 83 degree day with no one in front of me when my CRV slammed on the brakes by itself. The speedometer turned orange and said "brake". the collision mitigation braking system falsely detected something in front of me when there was nothing. We jerked to a stop, the vehicle behind almost hitting us. My son, dog, and I were extremely scared. I brought my vehicle into my Honda dealership and they said the sensor was a little off but they could not find any other reason that the cmbs would malfunction? I've read online that this has been a huge issue with 2017 and 2018 Honda CRV's equipped with this feature and Honda has not done a recall but there is a class action lawsuit out of California.

- Great Falls, MT, USA

problem #81

Aug 012020

CR-V

  • 22,000 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. the contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the brakes suddenly activated causing the vehicle to abruptly stop. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not yet notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,000.

- Draper, UT, USA

problem #80

Nov 192019

CR-V

  • 50,000 miles
I had just turned on highway and was accelerating to speed - at about 45 mph the auto braking engaged fairly sharply and something flashed on dash and beeped (too fast for me to read) and then it stopped. Acc & lkas were on but not engaged at the time. Sunny day and no vehicles around anywhere

- Batesville, MS, USA

problem #79

Jun 182020

CR-V

  • 50,000 miles
The safety system (Honda sensing) that detects a car or pedestrian in your path and engages the brake warning light and automatic braking mechanism will sometimes engage at highway speeds when there is no object any where near the car. If this engages that could cause the car to stop on the highway causing a collision. I have had this happen 6 times and 2 of those 6 times the warning light came on and and braking occurred. The other 4 times the warning light with the brake indicator came on which was distracting.

- Port Washington, WI, USA

problem #78

Aug 122019

CR-V

  • 23,000 miles
On two occasions, the car has unexpectedly and without any reason, braked to a virtual stop, as though there were a vehicle directly in front of me, while driving in the city on a road going about 40mph. However, there were no cars anywhere near my vehicle. In addition, my car will also unexpectedly beep and signal to me that I must brake, again, without a car being in front of me, again, while in motion at approximately 35mph. The Honda dealer claims they have looked into my complaints, which I see as potentially life threatening, particularly if the car brakes on a fast moving interstate, and they are "unable to replicate the issue or find any sensor issues." The fact that this vehicle is operating correctly is patently untrue and the occurances regarding the sensor "brake" messaging is becoming more and more frequent.

- Fort Collins, CO, USA

problem #77

Mar 152020

CR-V

  • 28,000 miles
I was driving on route 80 in New Jersey at 70 mph. No traffic around me or in front of me the car applied automatic braking system. Car came almost to a complete stop causing me neck and back pain. There was no warning there was absolutely no reasoni was using cruise control. Dealer find nothing wrong with the car. Very nervous about driving this car now. It was a clear sunny day.

- Kunkletown, PA, USA

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