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 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.
Car spontaneously braked, hard, on an empty road after I got a BRAKE warning. Nothing in front of me, no obstruction, no car anywhere, no animal crossing the road.
When I really think about the fact that I could have been hit in the rear or even killed, I really get angry. It's amazing to me that because there's no code registered Honda won't take responsibility for a failed product that they won't do anything about it. I told the Lord and my husband that I don't want to die like this, that's just how upsetting it was and is. I don't plan to let this go and Honda is going to correct this problem one way or the other.
I have a brand new 2 mo old 2018 Cr-V EX and just had a very unexpected incident with the CMBS (collision mitigation braking system)... Honda's idea of a "safety feature"... lol. A clear day, level road, and with no cars in sight, I was traveling about 45 mph when the "BRAKE" light came on without any "early warning" alert sounds, throwing myself and passenger forward and locking the seatbelts. Thankfully there was no one behind us. I can't imagine this happening at 70 MPH with cars behind me.
A service call to the dealer resulted in no resolution, since there was no 'error code' stored at the time of the incident. Evidently, there is a TSB 18-006 concerning the multipurpose camera which involves as software update when a certain error code is stored. They could not perform this update since the designated code had not been stored. Needless to say, I no longer trust the ability of the Honda Sensing to ensure my safety, and in fact, I am seriously considering returning to the dealer and downgrading to an LX just to get rid of it!!
The CMBS can not even be permanently turned off... it defaults to 'ON" every time the car is started!!!
A call to Honda directly resulted in a very disappointing conversation with a representative that stated "there are no TSBs for 2018 CR-Vs"... really???
Call me old school, but I don't NEED a car to "drive" for me... these "safety" features were not available on the 2005 Pilot that I just got rid of for the 2018 CR-V, and apparently this Honda Sensing might put me in my grave.
I'd love to hear from others having a similar experience, whether a code was stored, and what the dealer did to remedy the problem.
While driving home, my crv brake warning flashed and my cry braked on its own... I'm thankful no one was behind me or I would have been hit. I've always have a problem with my phone connecting to car since the day I bought it...
I'm thankful for all the safety features if they worked correctly but not when they almost cause me to wreck.
As I was driving at about 55mph south on rt.28 just before 4:30pm my car just came to a abrupt stop. If there had been a car behind me I would be in the hospital. No cars were in front of me.
THIS IS AVERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.
I made an appointment to the my car into the shop.
- betzy,
Epsom, US
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I was driving home on the major street closest to my house, traveling about 45 mph and had just gone through the last major intersection when the BRAKE alert flashed, which has been occurring more frequently, but for no apparent reason. The traffic was very light, there were no pedestrians close by, nor were there any obstacles in the road. Then out of the blue the car JUST BRAKED and scared the heck out of me!
Some items I had on back seat came flying off. I stepped on the brake & it disengaged and started moving again. Thank God the car behind me was a safe distance away and we were not traveling at a high speed or it could have rear-ended me. Needless to say I was very upset by this frightening experience. I came home and contacted the Honda dealership closest to me who responded with "The Radar wave unit can misread if it's raining or roads are wet. It sense something that is not there because of moisture on road. Turning car off and then back on should reset it."
The answer is not reassuring because the entire incident should not have happened. This feature is not well designed and should be removed.
I transport my granddaughter to & from school and I feel very uncomfortable having her ride in this car.
I am taking the car in to have a complete diagnostics test run to find and correct this problem.
I've owned 5 Hondas and have always been happy with them until now.
Several times the CR-V would slam on the brakes with no warning. One time I was approaching a pothole and the vehicle stopped so violently I thought I was going to get killed by the seatbelt! It happened several times to my wife as well. I lost confidence in that car (and sadly Honda to some point) and could not wait to get rid of it.
While driving around 40 mph my car suddenly applied the brakes throwing me forward. Luckily there was no other cars around me. Scared the heck out of me. Called Honda and they say there's no problem with the system that they are aware of. But now I don't trust my car. What if it decides to do this on the expressway when I'm doing 70?
My wife was driving the vehicle at about 35 MPH on a straight section of road when the Collision Mitigation Braking System activated bringing the car to a sudden and complete stop. Cargo in the rear compartment crashed into the back of the driver seat. There were no other cars ahead of or behind her. There was nothing in the road or on the side of the road to cause the system to activate. Our concern is that this will happen when traveling at higher speeds on a highway with truck traffic and cause a rear end collision. We have had this vehicle for 8 months. The braking system had activated one other time but only slowed the vehicle rather than causing a complete stop that time.
I echo some other comments on this issue of Honda collision avoidance system engaging the brakes. Car is going on 10 months old and with no apparent reason lays on the brakes when not needed. Have nearly been rear-ended on several occasions. Seems to happen more often at one intersection while heading out of town. Some times its not so violent, but other times the brakes really grab and nearly bring me to a stop in the intersection. Thought maybe it was weather related, or some type of RFI in the area, but can't nail it down. Happens at other locations, mostly intersections, around town. Seems to have let off a bit as weather improves, but then out of the blue will startle me again when not expected. I have a front/rear dashcam always going, so episodes are recorded. If there's a rear-end collision, it'll all be on video. I would say I've had at least 50 occurrences to date, one as recently as yesterday.
Three times in the last year my front end collision mitigation has braked without anything being in front of me. None of them have been at high speed so I have been trying to remember to turn it off each time I start the car. It's a pain.
The collision avoidance system or whatever it is called suddenly slammed on the brakes when I approached a slight left curve in the road at 35 miles per hour. The system has activated at least 3 times before at the same place in the road and same speed, for no apparent reason other than possibly a sign or tree that close to the edge of the road. However this time the braking was so severe it could have caused an accident if a car had been following me. I pass this place multiple times every week, for over a year, but the sudden braking occurred only 4 or 5 times.
Update from Feb 25, 2022: This same problem has continued, with the mileage currently at around 52000 miles. I happens several times a year.
While driving back home from work the CRV abruptly stopped without pressing the brakes. There was no objects nearby or a vehicle in front of me. Thank God that there was not car behind me because it would of crashed my vehicle when this occurred. Even though I love my CRV I don't feel safe anymore driving it.
I really started thinking about an incident from two days ago, when I received a "vague" 2018 Honda CRV recall notice on my car for an A/C Control Unit Replacement, etc. today. That notice prompted me to begin searching online for anyone documenting "spontaneous braking." I did find several that would say exactly what I would have said in their place. In other words, braking hard enough to an abrupt stop that if someone had been behind me I would have been rear ended. Things were thrown from the seats to the floor when I was going quite slowly (on this neighborhood side street) coming up on an area where a large steel sheet had been placed by sewer workers over an opening in the lane I was in. I was so shocked that I lowered my passenger window to call out to two of the workers that, "I didn't do it, the car did." Yesterday I went back to that same location to examine exactly how the spot appeared. It definitely looked like the type of road condition that a kid's tricycle is built to easily pass over.
I purchased this car on 9/28/2018. In the recall notice, they referred to: What is the product update issue--following that it says--. . .there are reports of vehicles experiencing drivability concerns. These concerns can result in the malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) turning on. Oh! Really! Just a "concern"? I'm hoping to find out more about this, and have it fixed, before I, or someone like me, become a statistic. I don't think of an A/C issue as having anything to do with “drivability.†How about you?
Update from Jan 8, 2019: Looking again on what others had posted, I now notice that their problem (like mine) was listed under "service brakes" instead of what I had named as "spontaneous braking." Why I didn't notice that sooner, I don't know, but that proves that I'm not the only one with this problem if someone is searching..
Update from Jan 8, 2019: Ah ha. . .going back again, it appears that the 2018 Honda Accord has the same problem.
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Car spontaneously braked, hard, on an empty road after I got a BRAKE warning. Nothing in front of me, no obstruction, no car anywhere, no animal crossing the road.
- Hadley B., Excelsior, US