1998 Honda CR-V

NIGHT TIME DRIVING HAZARD THIS IS A DEFINITE ELECTRICAL SAFETY PROBLEM: I EXPERIENCE A COMPLETE LOSS OF LIGHTS WHEN I SWITCH TO HIGH BEAM: >(1) MY HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF >(2) THE HI-BEAM NEVER TURNS ON A COMPLETE BLACK-OUT I WAS ON A SHARP CURVE IN MY FIRST INCIDENT WHEN I FLICKED TO HI-BEAM. FORTUNATELY MY DRIVING EXPERIENCE KEPT ME OUT OF AN ACCIDENT. *JS

1.-3. HAVE BEEN HAPPENING SLIGHTLY FOR YEARS...WHEN I ASKED, IT SEEMED I WOULD GET THE SAME OLD ANSWER, OLDER CARS HAVE QUIRKS, DON'T USE A BIG KEY CHAIN(I NEVER HAVE)... 1. HAS HAPPENED ON & OFF FOR YEARS...MY WILL GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION, NOT GOING LEFT OR RIGHT 2. DRIVING & THE GAUGES( SPEEDOMETER...)JUMP, DROP THAN GO BACK TO NORMAL. 3. WILL START UP FOR A SEC, THEN TURNS OFF. OCCURRED ON SATURDAY EVENING 12/10/2011. HAD CAR TOWED AFTER TRYING TO HAVE IT JUMPED TO NO AVAIL 4. ENGINE WONT TURN ON/OVER. ON SUNDAY, 12/11/2011 IN THE MORNING, I TRIED MY CRV TO SEE IF WOULD TURN OVER, & IT STARTED RIGHT-UP. WHILE DRIVING BACK TO AN AUTO SHOP BY MY HOUSE THE FOLLOWING HAPPENED. 5. STALLS WHEN IDLING...STUCK IN TRAFFIC, THEN GOT IT RUN AGAIN. 6. STALLED WHEN DRIVING! VERY SCARY!...TO BE SAFE GOT ANOTHER TOW. *TR

MY WIFE CALLED AROUND 8:15PM ON WEDNESDAY 12-01-2010. SHE TOLD ME HER CAR JUST STOPPED ON THE ROAD. SHE GAVE ME INFO OF HER WHEREABOUTS. I WAS ONLY ABOUT 5 MINUTES AWAY THANK GOODNESS. AS I APPROACHED HER VEHICLE I SAW IN MY HORRIFIED STATE HER CAR STALLED 30 TO 40 FEET FROM THE NEAREST STOP LIGHT ON THE FAR LEFT LANE. SHE WAS ABLE TO STAY ON AN ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY STREET WITH MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER!. I PARKED MY CAR TO THEIR RIGHT AND RAN ACROSS THE STREET WHEN IT WAS CLEARED. MY BROTHER WAS BEHIND HER WITH HIS CAR WITH EMERG. LAMPS ON. MY WIFE ALSO HAD HER EMERG. LAMPS ON AND I TRIED STARTING THE CAR. YOU COULD HEAR IT START UP BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT KICK ON. WITH THE HELP OF MY BROTHER IN LAW I FINALLY PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL THROUGH THAT BYPASS SWITCH AND WE PUSHED IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LANE TO THE RIGHT WHERE WE COULD BE OUT OF HARMS WAY OF THE VIOLENT ON COMING TRAFFIC. I HAD A CLOSE CALL ON THE LAST LANE ON THE RIGHT WHEN A ON COMING CAR NEARLY HIT THE CAR AND MY BROTHER IN LAW WHO WAS PUSHING IN THE BACK. I CALLED A MECHANIC I KNEW A HE SHOWED UP ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES. HE ASKED FOR WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED AND MY WIFE TOLD HIM THE CAR JUST STOPPED AND STALLED OUT OF NO WHERE. SHE SAID THE ENGINE AND BATTERY INDICATOR LIGHTS WENT ON AS WELL. SHE TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND TRIED TO START THE CRV AGAIN AND SHE SAYS ALOT MORT INDICATING LIGHTS TURNED ON BUT CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONES. MY MECHANIC LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND TOLD ME TO START UP THE CAR. I STARTED IT AND LOW AND BEHOLD IT STARTED UP! FROM THE STORY MY WIFE TOLD HIM HE INSTANTLY BLAMED THE IGNITION WIRE>>?>?. I TOLD HIM TO COME WITH ME TO KRAGENS BUT HE SAID "NO, YOU CAN ONLY GET IT AT THE DEALERS. I HAD TALKED TO CO-WORKERS AND CLASSMATES AND ONE SAID TO LOOK FOR SAFETY ISSUES ONLINE WHILE I HAD ONE CLASSMATE SAY HE HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH HIS ACURA, THE LUXURY BRAND FOR HONDA! MY WIFE'S RIDE IS A HONDA CRV 98. VERY UNSAFE SITUATION THAT MY WIFE AND MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SURVIVED! }: [[ *TR

WITHOUT WARNING OUR 1998 HONDA CRV (112K MILES) DIED ONE AFTERNOON WHILE WIFE WAS TAKING KIDS TO THE POOL. THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGNS OR DASH LIGHTS TO WARN OF A PROBLEM. THE ENGINE STOPPED. FORTUNATELY SHE WAS WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE AT AN INTERSECTION WITH NO TRAFFIC BEHIND HER. VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AFTER A MINUTE AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE POOL LOT. AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS, ENGINE WOULD START, BUT JUST CAUGHT OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO FIRST ASSUMED IT WAS A BAD DISTRIBUTOR. AFTER REVIEWING POSSIBLE CAUSES ON INTERNET, OUR MECHANIC FOUND COMPLAINTS ABOUT FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES. FORTUNATELY THIS WAS THE PROBLEM AND COULD BE REPLACED. HONDA DEALER SAID THEY HAD REPLACED 4 OF THESE SWITCHES IN THE LAST 4 WEEKS. PRIOR TO THIS CAR RAN FINE, EXCEPT ONE MORNING MY WIFE DISCOVERED WHEN SHE TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE DASH LIGHTS FLICKERED AND THERE WAS A SERIES OF RAPID CLICKS BEFORE ENGINE STARTED. THIS WAS SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. MECHANIC HAS REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE SWITCH AND CAR STARTS AND RUNS FINE. HONDA SHOULD WARN OWNERS OF OLDER MODEL CRV'S THAT THIS SWITCH SHOULD BE REPLACED AFTER 100K MILES. WE WERE LUCKY CAR WAS NOT MOVING IN TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AS YOU HAVE LITTLE CONTROL WHEN ENGINE SHUTS OFF AND STEERING IS DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA CRV. THE CONTACT WAS REVERSING OUT OF HER DRIVEWAY AND WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. DURING THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT'S FOOT REMAINED FIRM ON THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO A MAILBOX AND THEN A NEARBY TREE, KNOCKING IT DOWN BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE OWNER SUSTAINED LACERATIONS AND BRUISES TO THE MOUTH. THE AMBULANCE AND POLICE RESPONDED TO THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATELY FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 135,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA CRV LX. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 62 MPH, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE.THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE VEHICLE RE-STARTED AFTER THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED FOUR TIMES. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR A SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,461. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,922.

1998 HONDA CRV STALLS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND AT CITY SPEEDS... HIGHWAY SPEEDS ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN THAT SHOULD I HAVE BEEN OVERTAKING A VEHICLE WHEN MINE STALLED IT COULD HAVE CREATED A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT AND FATALITIES STARTED AT ABOUT 130,000 KM HAPPENED 4 TIMES WITHOUT NOTICE. IGNITION SWITCH WAS FAILING... REPLACED AT A COST OF $65 FOR THE PART PLUS 1 HOUR LABOR @ !00. PLUS SHOP SUPPLIES AND TAXES. THE OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. *TR

THE LATCH ON THE GATE THAT LOCKS THE GLASS BACK WINDOW INTO PLACE IS COVERED IN A WHITE PLASTIC THAT FALLS APART FROM SUN EXPOSURE. THIS CAUSES THE METAL PART MOUNTED IN THE GLASS WINDOW THAT YOU PUSH INTO THE LATCH ON THE GATE TO RATTLE . THE GLASS WINDOW CLOSES BUT THE WHOLE GLASS IS LOSE, NOT TIGHT. ON THE INTERSTATE THIS STARTS THE GLASS TO RATTLE AND I AM AFRAID OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I HAVE TO SLAM MY BRAKES ON AT HIGHER SPEEDS SINCE THE GLASS IS NOT SECURE. I TALKED WITH A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THIS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT FORD HAD WITH THE EXPLORERS THAT CAUSED THEM TO BE RECALLED. I THOUGH I SHOULD BRING IT YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THAT RECALL TALKED ABOUT HOW THE GLASS SHATTERED AND COVERED THE PEOPLE IN THE CAR WITH GLASS FRAGMENTS WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS. UNLESS YOU REALLY PAY ATTENTION, YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE THE PLASTIC FALLING OFF THE LOCKING DEVICE AND THAT THE WINDOW IS NOT SECURE. *TR