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.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
9,435 miles
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The engine has fuel getting into the oil. This causes the plugs to fowl and the engine to lose power. The car left me stranded along the road the first time. Dealer tried to fix it. It is now at the dealer for the second time.
Fuel is somehow mixing with my vehicles oil. This is causing a fuel smell in the vehicle and results in over full dipstick readings. A recent software update from a Honda service department only made the issue worse. I can start with a fresh oil change today and two days later my oil will be a quart over full and will smell like fuel.
The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. after reading the consumer report, the contact became aware that the 2018 Honda CR-V vehicles experienced fuel intrusion into the engine oil. The contact inspected the engine dipstick himself and noticed a fuel odor and fuel mixed with engine oil. The contact also found that the engine oil level had risen due to the fuel penetration. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 227.
2018 Honda CRV ex 1.5 liter turbo engine problem, diluted oil with gas, 3 month old with 3400 miles oil has been replaced one time and after 300 miles is diluted again
I checked the oil the day it was changed by Honda garage. It was "middle-high" on the dipstick. After 5000 miles (still 50% oil life) I have checked the dipstick again and it is way over the measuring area of the dipstick (at least an inch or more over the "full" mark). The car is stumbling on idle, which I believe is from too much compression. Honda garage states it's the first one they heard about. I say that's because Honda has not told CR-V 1.8L owners to check! if more checked they would see how bad the problem is. Gas in oil no good. This much gas in oil means new engine! what is Honda doing about it? free oil change. I have 12000 miles on car, and probably at least half or more with high levels of gas in oil. Free oil change is not helping my engine. Honda should not have been able to sell me this car if they knew this was happening. They're hiding it by not informing the owners who are not checking before oil changes.
- Conway, SC, USA
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The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. when the contact checked the oil in the vehicle, it smelled like fuel. The vehicle was taken to Honda of danbury (102 federal rd, danbury, ct 06810, 203-951-6600) to be diagnosed, but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and referred the contact to the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 5,020. Consumer stated recall was serviced on 1-4-19 software update with A/C unit replacement.
A couple of months after an oil change I will smell fuel or exchaust and also, when I check the oil, it will be much higher than the full line on the dipstick.
I bought the Honda CRV June 2018, I checked the oil around 3000 miles and found gas in the oil. I called Honda they said it just needed an update. When I questioned them about the for the damage being done to the piston, bearing and valves, they told me with the new synthetic oil there would be no damage. I made an appointment which was 4 weeks out that was the soonest they could get me in.it is now December 2 the gas is in the oil the mileage 4012 I will be calling Honda Dec.3 Monday for another appointment for another oil change and update.
Purchased a new 2018 Honda CR-V ex in Florida 4/18. Worked fine until a recent trip to Indiana where it was subjected to cold temperatures. The vehicle would not heat for 10 minutes and it's performance seemed to suffer compared to how it was operating in warmer Florida. The worst part was the faint smell of gasoline in the car the entire time in Indiana. Wasn't sure what would have caused that until I returned to Florida and started investigating the matter and found out about the oil dilution problem and the small of gasoline in the oil. There is no smell of gasoline in the vehicle now that it's back in Florida, so I have to assume it had something to do with the cold climate it was subjected to. In either case I need to travel to Indiana in the winter frequently and the problem with gasoline fumes in the cabin (whatever it's cause) needs to be fixed. I now read where Honda is going to roll out a fix, but it will only cover CR-V's in northern states. If that's the case then that is not right! what about people like me that travel from warm climate Florida to Indiana in the winter - we shouldn't have to endure gasoline fumes and we shouldn't have to live with potential harm to our vehicles. We should all have the modification done to our CR-V's.
Purchased my 1.5 ltr CRV in August of 2018, during the 2nd week in November of 2018, the temperature dropped below 30 degrees F. I would start the car and let it run idle to heat up but even after 20 min, the engine temp gauge remained at the lowest level but would rise once driving the vehicle. The heat only comes out moderately warm and the temp gauge goes back down when the vehicle is at a stop. During the past few days or so, I started experiencing a smell of gasoline fumes in the cabin of the car. I get headaches, dizziness, nausea, and chest pains and an overall ill feeling after driving the vehicle which remains for about 4 to 5 hours later. I decided to check the oil and it smelled like gasoline and was way over the maximum level. I called the Honda dealership today 11/28, who called Honda corporate to try and get me a loaner car and Honda corporate stated that the car is safe to drive. The car is definitely not safe to drive and is making me feel extremely ill. I hope Honda takes responsibility for this issue.
Oil dilution issue, the oil level of the vehicle is well above the full mark on the dipstick. I have seen other reports of this and have been monitoring the situation for several weeks. Each time upon checking oil level there has been an increase. As of today it appears to be about 1/2 inch above the full mark.
Engine oil dilution - gasoline is leaking into the engine and diluting the engine oil. It causes the engine to stall. It smells like gasoline a lot inside the car in the passenger seat. The engine does not get warmed up fast enough. The engine operates too cold even after driving about a mile distance. Another major issue is that the engine oil is leaking out. Leaked oil is observed under the engine where the transmission and the engine join. The dealers in us would not fix these issues or do not even have a fix for them although it is major issues for many 9th gen Cr-vs.
Smell of gasoline in engine oil, and the oil level is above max level (hasn't been driven in a few days). Hasn't caused problems yet but reporting as a precautionary measure as there seems to be many other such reports. The car is less than 4 months old.
Changed oil at 5000 miles. Oil level was over seven quarts after drained. Is only supposed to have 3.7 quarts. Notified dealer of condition. Fuel is leaking into oil pan
Oil becomes diluted with gasoline. Oil level exceeds measure indicator. Gas smell penetrates the cabin. Gas smell also in oil. Not sure when it began to occur.
Gas is getting into the engine oil causing oil viscosity loss. It is also causing to much fluid in the oil pan and potentially damaging engine internals with to much fluid and loss of lubrication. Engine does not reach operating temperature in cold weather, causing poor performance and not heat from the HVAC system.
Engine oil smells of gasoline and been change twice since purchased new. Current mileage 4,891 miles. First oil change at 2,819 miles, second at 4,620 miles. Within a very short period of time engine oil starts to smell of gasoline. Vehicle used locally and on highway.
Bought new on January 24, 2018. Driving car on freeway and at 312 miles all warning light came on, cruise and all other electronic system were down. When we stopped the car and restarted it the computer came back up and work. On the way back at 572 miles on CRV the system shut down again, requiring shutting down and starting car up to reset computer. Contacted local dealer and they said dust and weather will cause it to fail but there was no dust and clear day. After the dealer work on it said there was nothing wrong, had oil changed at dealer on Oct 18th 2018, Oct 30 2018 on I 90 East bound the radio locked up and would not work had to restart car to reboot the computer, on Nov 5th 2018 at 605pm all warning light came on again had to stop car and restart to get thing running, check oil on Nov 19th found that I have a lot of gas in oil, way over dip stick full line
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- Irene, SD, USA