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:
3 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
5,921 miles

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2018 Honda CR-V Owner Comments (Page 5 of 8)

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problem #78

May 312020

CR-V 4-cyl

  • 8,000 miles

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

I was traveling approximately 45 mph and approached a green light. The light was green and there were no cars traveling in front of me. There was a car sitting in the turning lane facing me waiting to turn. The car was not moving. All of a sudden an alarm went off in the CRV and the brakes were applied hard for no reason. The CRV almost came to a complete stop throwing me forward. I quickly evaluated the situation. The light was green, no vehicles in front of me except the car facing me in the turning lane. I am afraid the car will do it again for no reason to me or my partner. No damage occured.05

- Martinsburg, PA, USA

problem #77

Mar 142020

CR-V

  • 28,500 miles
This is the third time in past three weeks. Car starts and and all lights come on blinking on dashboard including brake, brake system, and continue blinking. Blinking lights continue when car is stationary or moving and on gravel road and paved roads. The first trip to local Honda and report was bad battery. Second trip and I was told connector box. This is third time and its weekend and local Honda closed. This is a huge safety concern. The date below is third time date.

- Lavalette, WV, USA

problem #76

Mar 022020

CR-V

  • 14,500 miles
Twice at the same 4 stop intersection, I have come to a complete stop and when clear attempted proceed through the intersection and the collision mitigation braking system (cmbs) has engaged unexpectedly. Both times I entered the intersection and when a third of the way through dash board warning lights came on and the brakes engaged, halting me in the intersection.

- Richmond, VA, USA

problem #75

Feb 052020

CR-V

  • 24,000 miles

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

Intermittently the "safety system" items stop working- adaptive cruise, lane assist, etc. This happens even when there is no rain/ fog/ physical obstruction, etc. After few hours it starts working. Happens every few weeks.

- Sugar Land, TX, USA

problem #74

Jun 152018

CR-V

  • 500 miles
While either driving vehicle or the vehicle is stationary, infotainment system while using navigation, music, etcetera from infotainment screen, will either reboot or go blank. This has happened intermittently since we have taken possession of the car in April 2018.

- Plainview, NY, USA

problem #73

Jul 312018

CR-V

  • 100 miles
Happens shortly after starting the car and commonly when the vehicle is in motion. If you use a usb stick to play audio through the car stereo will temporarily freeze and requires you to press the screen again to resume the music playing. This isn't much of a safety concern except if this happens when you are using the rear camera to back up. The screen will stop showing a live feed and just show what is showing when it froze. People may not notice that the picture isn't live and continue thinking that everything is clear behind them. Thanks to gov't rear cameras are being required. This issue I've been experiencing sadly lessens the safety of a car rated as a top safety pick by your organization (not blaming you for not noticing it) 7/26/19 I made an appointment with Honda of princeton who wasn't able to resolve the issue nor did they instill confidence that they'd be able to fix the problem. This explains the delay in reporting to you. I spoke with Honda 12/26/19 (case 10111741) and they said that this is a known issue and didn't have a fix at the time. This has been a problem ever since we got the car. We have tried different usb drives without success. I would like your help in applying pressure for a fix to be issued. Thank you for your time!

- Pennington, NJ, USA

problem #72

Dec 102019

CR-V

  • 13,000 miles

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

I own a 2018 CRV purchased new in August 2018. While sitting at a stop light on a slightly drizzly, approximately 45-ish degree morning this week, I heard a loud bang/explosion followed by a slight crackling noise right over my head. I immediately pulled my sunroof shade shut and when I arrived at work (about a 1/2 mile down the road), I discovered that my sunroof had completely shattered. Because I pulled the shade closed, the glass did not fall in to the vehicle so there was no injury sustained. My route is one I do daily and does not include an overpass or overhangs. There was no indication that anything had been thrown/fallen on my roof. There is no other damage to the body/roof. I believe the sunroof spontaneously shattered. When I spoke with my Honda dealer's service department, they transferred me to an outside body shop to repair out of pocket. When I spoke to the dealer's finance office about my warranty, they informed me that no glass repair is covered under my warranty or extended warranty and that I needed to submit under my comprehensive car insurance. My insurance did ultimately cover the damage although they were reluctant as they felt it was a manufacturers defect.

- Dillsburg, PA, USA

problem #71

Nov 162019

CR-V

  • 12,800 miles
Our sunroof glass exploded outwards while driving on a clear expressway. We had been traveling for about 4 hrs, and the sunroof glass bubbled outwards and exploded in many many small fragments. There was no impact with an outside object and the glass was clearly blown outward. We suspect the heat buildup between the glass and the moon pressurized the air and the glass failed, exploding.

- New Hill, NC, USA

problem #70

Nov 012019

CR-V

  • 240,000 miles
I was driving on the highway, approximately 65 mph, travelling straight East with no turns. Traffic was moderate, time was 5:40 pm. For no apparent reason, my moonroof exploded, I was very startled and swerved barely missing the car beside me. The sunscreen was closed, and I was not injured, but shattered glass would have rained on the car behind me. Incident occurred on 11/01/2019

- Brownsville, TX, USA

problem #69

Mar 012019

CR-V

  • 7,500 miles
On many occasions my CRV auto brakes hard and lane keep follows the wrong lines. 2 examples of braking: 1 - a pickup truck was making a right hand turn in front on me. As a human I started to go around him to the left as he turned but my auto brakes locked up and the person behind me came within inches from rear ending me then got road rage and chased me for something I did not do! could have been killed! 2nd was on a bend in the road - a white moving truck coming the other way on the bend made my auto brakes lock up hard / near a full stop! this happens often but not usually to these extremes. Lane keep - while on a major highway with cruise and lk on I went thru a recent construction area and my Honda started to follow old lines and painted over w/ black paint lines - not the new lines from after the repairs! it was scary - almost drove me into a barrier! on 1200 mile trip to Florida my car often would hit the brakes for reasons I could not tell or go out of the normal road lines or the acc would slow the car to a crawl for trucks in the other lane. Took it to the dealer - they say npf. One guy did say to adjust the sensitivity which I did but it still brakes when it should not. My wifes car does not react this way.

- Allentown, NJ, USA

problem #68

Oct 212019

CR-V

  • 23,000 miles

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

The sunroof exploded on my CR-V due to a tweaked frame out of the factory while I was driving down the highway on Wednesday October 23rd.

- Ellicott City, MD, USA

problem #67

Oct 142019

CR-V

  • 16,000 miles
The gear shift button on my 2018 CRV broke off as I was shifting from drive to park. I was parked at the time, however, once it falls out the only way to shift gears again is to shove it back in place. It dangles and doesn't stay situated in the gear shift and sometimes doesn't go back in easily. This is unsafe and needs to be recalled with a better solution than replacing the button with the same button.

- Virginia Beach, VA, USA

problem #66

Jul 092019

CR-V

  • 20,000 miles
When driving, the collision mitigation system (auto braking) will slam on the brakes when there is no threat. I may be cruising down the highway with no vehicles around and suddenly the car is braking hard.

- Kernersville, NC, USA

problem #65

Oct 022019

CR-V

  • 20,000 miles
On 9/23/19 parked the vehicle. Shut off vehicle while still in drive. The vehicle did not alert me that the car was not in park. Got out of car and door locked like everything was okay - no other beeps or notifications. Vehicle rolled out of driveway and hit a tree causing significant rear damage (thankfully did not hit any other vehicle or pedestrian). Brought to Honda dealership and they could not find anything although I explained that the warning indicators work intermittently. Finally on 10/2/19 I videotaped an incident where it did not alert me in anyway when I shut the car off and left in the drive gear (images from video attached). Honda states emergency parking brake should always be engaged; however, this does not fix the fact that the safety notifications are not working as expected. Definitely a vehicle safety issue.

- Auburndale, MA, USA

problem #64

Sep 302019

CR-V

  • 6,420 miles
I was travelling approximately 50 mph on local highway. No cars directly in front of me for a 1/4 mile. It had rained overnight and the road conditions were slightly damp but no puddles. I was crossing through an intersection and the car's 'brake' alarm (forward collision system) falsely triggered on the dashboard and instantly slammed on my brakes and brought my 2018 CRV to a dead stop. My cargo went flying forward and my head jerked forward hard. I was wearing my seat belt. No car was immediately behind me otherwise they would have for sure crashed into my car. I contacted my local Honda dealer and brought the vehicle in that afternoon. They said they would run diagnostics on it. They called me back the next day and said that there "were no trouble codes stored in the vehicle". they said they "contacted Honda and there were 'no known issues' and there was nothing else they could do for me". they suggested I turn off the forward collision system if I was concerned. This is crazy and hazardous. The vehicle should not put me (and others) in danger like this. Thank god my wife and kids were not in the vehicle when this happened. Thank god no one was behind me. I pray they aren't when this happens again. There needs to be some sort of recall or warning regarding this.

- Farmington, MN, USA

problem #63

Jan 032019

CR-V

  • 1,700 miles
No heat when outside temperature is below 20 degrees

- Mineral Ridge, OH, USA

problem #62

Jul 272019

CR-V

  • 6,900 miles
I was driving Saturday 27, 2019 about 9:00 am in the pulaski skyway in New Jersey then all of the sudden all the display warning lights went on and off until the car stall and the engine just stop working but the warning lights( every single one) just kept going on and off. I couldn't do anything as you may know the pulaski skyway has not place to pull over, you can imagine the traffic jam that my broke down car cause. The weekend of the 07/21/2019 I had a strong smell of gasoline in the cabin and when I check the oil dipstick it was overfill and had the strong smell of gasoline I called the dealer planet Honda and they told me to bring my car to check on 07/25/2019, the same day the dealer called me and said that is nothing wrong with the car and the smell of gasoline and the overfill engine oil was normal. I have no confidence on driving my Honda CRV anymore. I bought the car on 06/15/2019 with 5,300 miles on it.

- Roselle, NJ, USA

problem #61

Oct 012018

CR-V

  • 10,000 miles
Central console malfunctioning (brightness setting) affecting safety while driving or using gps, audio, navigation systems

- Miami, FL, USA

problem #60

Jul 112019

CR-V

  • miles
During interstate driving using the adaptive cruise control, the vehicle warning lights for the adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist system, braking warning indicators illuminated and the adaptive cruise control stopped working causing the vehicle to decelerate.

- Bloomington, IN, USA

problem #59

Jul 032019

CR-V

  • miles
Warning lights flashing then had software update ac control all that was on the bulletin, lights flashing again warning lights so at 38,000 had to have fuel injectors, one warning light came on since then after cutting car off hasn't come back on yet both stationary, and in motion.

- Charlotte, NC, USA

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