2008 Honda CR-V

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS A 2008 DOREL EDDIE BAUER CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT, MODEL NUMBER 22-865 -CHL. THE INFANT WAS PROPERLY SECURED IN A FORWARD FACING "CONVERTIBLE" CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT. HOWEVER, THE CHILD WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE LOWER PORTION OF THE HARNESS WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT WAS INSTALLED USING THE LATCH SYSTEM. SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I PURCHASED MY HONDA CR-V IN JUNE OF 2008. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 27,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THE TIRES SHOULD NOT HAVE WORN SO FAST AND THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TIRE. THE VEHICLE NOW PLUS STRONGLY TO THE LEFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT DUE TO THE TIRE WEAR. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL HONDA'S AND CAN SAY I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS ONE AND WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER. *TR

AFTER THREE SERVICE ATTEMPTS BY THE HONDA DEALER TO CORRECT THE CAR NOT TRACKING STRAIGHT, I HAD A LOCAL ALIGNMENT SHOP INSTALL REAR CAMBER ADJUSTING KITS. CAR DID NOT TRACK STRAIGHT, PRIOR TO INSTALLING THE AFTER-MARKET KITS, THE CAR WOULD CONTINUALLY DRIFT LEFT. THE DEALER NOW STATES THE WARRANTY IS VOID BECAUSE I PUT NON-HONDA PARTS ON THE CAR. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER PARTS DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE THE SAME AFTER MARKET REAR CAMBER KIT. SEARCHING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS ON SITES SUCH AS EDMOUND'S, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN ABOUT TIRE WEAR. MY TIRES WERE WEARING EXCESSIVELY AND ABNORMAL PRIOR TO CORRECTING ALIGNMENT ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. IT APPEARS THAT THE 2008 HONDA CR-V HAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND LATER YEAR CARS DO NOT WHEN A SEARCH OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS IS DONE. *TR

HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, BOTH DOING AT LEAST 50 MPH. AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. VEHICLES INVOLVED WERE MY 08 HONDA CRV AND A 95 CHEVROLET CAMARO. CAR WAS TAKEN TO BODY SHOP WITH $9,000 IN DAMAGES. ONCE REPAIRED, AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON. I WAS TOLD BY BODY SHOP IT NEEDED A NEW SENSOR, NEW ABS VALVE AND SEAT BELT BUCKLE. HONDA DEALER IS TRYING TO SAY I WAS HIT TOO HIGH FOR THE SENSORS BUT I WAS HIT HARD ENOUGH TO BEND THE FLANGES ON THE SIDE FRAME RAIL 4 BOLT MOUNT. HONDA DEALER DOESN'T WANT TO DISCUSS WITH ME. *TR

INVOLVING A 2008 HONDA CRV, NEW; PURCHASED IN TEXAS/REG. IN TEXAS. 8/19/09 DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR THE VSA LIGHT AND SYMBOL CAME ON, I FELT THE BRAKES OR TIRES GRABBING WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE; IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE HONDA DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE WHILE I WAITED, "CAUSE: M99, CODES P0102, P0141 P0340, CLEARED LIGHT AND TEST DROVE. 9/14/09,ONE MONTH LATER THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN AS I WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY; THE TIRES OR BRAKES GRABBED AGAIN RESULTING IN MY HAVING TO PULL OFF TO ALLOW THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC TO PASS UNTIL IT WAS SAFE TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY SLOWLY. I WENT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT MORNING 9/15/09. "CAUSE: F, M99 SEE NOTES 16 W93, 9814 HAD SAME CODES AS BEFORE; PERFORMED AVAILABLE SOFTWARE UPDATE AND TEST DROVE. IF CODES COME BACK AGAIN WILL NEED NEW ECU." THAT EVENING, STARTED THE CAR UP TO GO TO WORK, THE LIGHTS CAME ON, VSA, VSA SYMBOL AND ENGINE LIGHT; I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD ORDER THE ECU. WHEN I CAME OUT FROM WORK AND STARTED THE CAR THE SAME LIGHTS WERE ON PLUS THE BATTERY LIGHT. ON 9/16/09 I WENT TO THE DEALER, "CAUSE: E M99 REPLACED ECU AND TEST DROVE 16 W93, 1 913931 ECU. CODES P0141, P0340, P16BC, 83-1. I WAS ASSURED NOT GUARANTEED, IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. 9/21/09 AFTER A STOP LIGHT, STARTING TO ACCELERATE, AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AN HOUR MAKING A LEFT TURN THE LIGHTS RETURNED AND STAYED ON UNTIL I REACHED HOME. I CALLED TO SPEAK WITH THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ON 9/22/09 WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. IT IS BEING KEPT OVERNIGHT SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A FULL DAY TO WORK ON IT. *TR

2008 HONDA CR-V CONTINUES TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. I HAD TO REPLACE MY TIRES TWICE EACH TIME AROUND 20K MILES - THE TIRES WERE WORN UNEVENLY EVEN THOUGH I HAD THEM ROTATED 3 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. BROUGHT INTO MILE HIGH HONDA IN DENVER TO CHECK ALIGNMENT, EACH TIME THEY CLAIM NOTHING IS WRONG AND IT IS NORMAL TO HAVE TO REPLACE TIRES EVERY 20K MILES. I ALSO COMPLAINED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOT STRAIGHT WHEN DRIVING. I FIRST REPORTED THIS ISSUE WHEN THE CAR HAD 9K MILES ON IT.. IT HAS BEEN A YEAR AND 1/2 AND ISSUE REMAINS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT FOR SOME REASON THEY CAN NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX. THE CAR DOES NOT DRIVE STRAIGHT. PERIOD. I GUESS THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR DIE BEFORE THEY WILL ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. *TR

WHERE TO START. I BOUGHT MY NEW 2008 HONDA CRV IN JANUARY OF 2008. IN FEBRUARY I HAS A LOW TIRE INDICATOR LIGHT AND BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL GARAGE FOR A TIRE CHECK. NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES, BUT THEY PUT AIR IN THEM. I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITHOUT FAIL ABOUT 6 TIMES IN ADDITION TO MY REGULAR MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENTS. I HAVE HAD MY SERVICES AT EACH SERVICE INDICATOR AND PERFORMED ALL OF THE INDICATED CODES. TIRE ROTATIONS AT EACH SERVICE BY A HONDA DEALER. AT MY SECOND SERVICE ON 1/30/09, 16,000MILES MY TIRES WERE MARKED AS 6/32 WEAR TREAD REMAINING. AT MY THIRD AND MOST RECENT SERVICE 9/5/09 THE TIRES WERE MARKED AS 4/32 REMAINING, AND I WAS ADVISED THAT I WOULD NEED TO BUY NEW TIRES AT LESS, THIS IS WITH 26,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED BRIDGSTONE/FIRESTONE REGARDING THE SHORT LIFE OF THE TIRES AND THEY SAID THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT THAT IT IS HONDA THAT IS BUYING POORLY MADE "CHEAP" TIRES AND PUTTING THEM ON THEIR NEW VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WARRANTY THEM FOR MILEAGE. THEN HONDA MAKES OUT LIKE BANDITS FOR SELLING YOU NEW TIRES IN 18,000 TO 32,000 MILES WITH AN ADDED COST FOR MOUNTING AND 4-WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT JUST ABOUT $800.00. THE HONDA SERVICE TECH SEEMED TO GET SOME HUMOR IN TELLING ME THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRES AT 26,000 MILES AND WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING AS FAR AS PROVIDING ME A PRICE FOR THE SAME EXACT PIECES OF CRAP THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE, PLUS MOUNTING AND BALANCING FEE, PLUS A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT FEE. IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS BEFORE I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT FROM HONDA. I TOO WAS LOOKING FOR A VEHICLE THAT WAS GOOD IN THE SNOW WE SEE IN NEW ENGLAND WINTERS AND HAD GOOD GAS MILEAGE. WHAT A SCAM HONDA HAS GOING! *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE APRIL 2008 THAT I'VE STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE REVVED AT A HIGH IDLE SPEED LIKE I WAS FLOORING THE ACCELERATOR EXCEPT MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN WHEN I'M COASTING WITHOUT MY FOOT ON ANY PEDALS AND THE CAR MAY ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED, I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE HIGH REVVING STOPPED. I TOOK IT TO A HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID SOMETIMES THE ACCELERATOR VALVE STICKS AND THEY SPRAYED LUBRICANT ON IT. *TR