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:
6,321 miles

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

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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

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

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

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

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

problem #58

Jun 262019

CR-V

  • miles

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

Raw fuel smell inside cabin and outside of vehicle. Engine oil diluted and oil level increased. Fuel mixed in with oil.

- Ocala, FL, USA

problem #57

Jun 212019

CR-V

  • miles
I was driving from Virginia beach, va to midlothian, va on state 288 North (wwii veterans memorial highway traveling at approximately 50-60 mph far left lane. I was using cruise control. Suddenly smoke started to appear from what I thought was another vehicle however, I quickly realized it was from my vehicle what appeared from under my hood. I immediately slowed down, put on my hazards and moved to the far-right shoulder just short of mile marker 10. I was traveling with a coworker and we both existed the vehicle and white smoke immediately started to fill the interior from the smoke under the hood. We closed both door and started to move away from the front of the vehicle along the shoulder. We both knelt down to see what appeared to be fire dripping from the underside to the asphalt. At this point in time we started to see flames come out from under the hood and begin to engulf the care in less than 10 min. I immediately called 911 from my coworkers' phone because left mine in the vehicle and dared not to reenter it. A passerby who happened to be a volunteer fireman stopped and attempted to use his vehicles fire extinguisher to put out the flame but it was too large a fire. The state troopers arrived in about 10 min then the fire trucks arrived about 10 min after. By then the entire care was in dark black smoke with flames all around it. We heard several explosions which the firefighters said were my tires and air bag deployment canisters. The firefighters put out the fire with a foam agent and proceeded to check for remaining heat. No indicators were illuminated prior to us stopping due to seeing the smoke. This vehicle is serviced at the normal intervals by priority Honda in chesapeake, va where it was purchased and I've no issues prior to this incident.

- Virginia Beach, VA, USA

problem #56

May 242019

CR-V

  • 8,000 miles
At random times while driving the infotainment screen randomly starts flashing and beeping. With the brightness control bar popping up at the bottom of the screen. This is very distracting to the driver while operating the vehicle. This has happened three time while the vehicle was in motion on at highway speeds and while driving in traffic. The only way to stop this is to turn the car off. This is a big saftey issue for safe operation of the vehicle and it will cause an accident for someone. It seems to happen randomly I belive it may happen when the navigation system is activated and the car has an android phone attached however I am unable to replicate it. It has happened 4 times. My vehicle has 8000 miles on it. Additionally there are report on the internet that this has happend to other drivers as well. I reported this by telephone to customer service at Honda as well 0N 05/30/2019. I also had an issue that onetime this winter I started the car and the sunroof automatically opened and could not be closed for about 1 hour. Luckily it was not raining or snowing that day. There seems to be a number of issues with the electronic control system on this vehicle.

- New York, NY, USA

problem #55

May 102019

CR-V

  • 9,200 miles
Rear passenger side door window glass shattered while driving on the highway. I heard a loud pop before the glass shattered. There were no vehicles to the right of or in front of my car when it happened, since I was in the right-most lane of traffic. Therefore, the glass could not have been shattered by debris.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

problem #54

May 082019

CR-V

  • 10,000 miles
Honda sensing auto braking did an emergency stop for no reason. It happen twice on the same location. The car miss interpreted rectangular concrete patch on black asphalt as a hazard. It happen twice in the same location one month apart, each time I came from a different direction. Speed was low, about 15 miles/H. it was in a very big parking lot driving straight.

- Cupertino, CA, USA

problem #53

May 052019

CR-V

  • 3,710 miles
Accident avoidance system engaged for no reason, locking the brakes momentarily while driving at 40 mph. May 5, 2019, clear day, 4:30P, heading East (sun behind), nothing in front of the vehicle and traffic far behind. Five lane road - two lanes each direction and a middle turn lane -- and straight in this area. Turned right onto the road from an intersection and got up to speed. The warning sound from the accident avoidance system beeped three times while the brakes were harshly applied causing light skidding in dry conditions. Then the brakes were just as suddenly released. Happened very quickly and would have caused an accident if I was in traffic. My foot was still on the gas pedal and the braking force made me push the pedal more. Extremely unsafe incident. Vehicle had about 3,710 miles, 2018 CR-V ex 1.5 turbo AWD with cvt.

- Fair Oaks, CA, USA

problem #52

Dec 012018

CR-V

  • 4,500 miles
In cold weather - below ~15 degrees, the engine fully warms up at highway speeds but temp drops to below the bottom of the gauge if you exit the highway or get into traffic jam. At less than highway speed/bumper to bumper traffic, heat/defroster not warm enough to keep windshield clear. Glass/wipers ice up.

- Blaine, MN, USA

problem #51

Mar 302019

CR-V

  • 6,953 miles
My car has the oil dilution issue. Have had the oil changed 2 times with less than 7000 miles on car. Dealer cannot fix yet because they are not authorized.

- Lexington, VA, USA

problem #50

Mar 292019

CR-V

  • 1,200 miles
Lane departure and collision control often engage without cause. Twice I have been driving and the lane departure sensors go off and vehicle automatically brakes for no obvious reason. It appears that it may be falsely reading shadows or wet roadways. One incident was on a city street at about 40 mph. The other was on the interstate at around 70 mph.

- Wildwood, MO, USA

problem #49

Mar 202019

CR-V

  • miles
The rear center and rear left passenger seatbelt latch requires for the two seatbelts to be entangled together to be latched. It is clearly a safety issue as they cannot be used in tandem, which means that only two occupants can be safely transported in the rear.

- Brooklyn, NY, USA

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