2016 Honda HR-V

SMART START WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, CAR HESITATED, BUT DID EVENTUALLY START. THREE TIMES IN THE NEXT FOUR DAYS, OVER A WEEKEND (OF COURSE), THE VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE STARTING AGAIN AND AGAIN, TWICE AT NIGHT IN A DARK PARKING LOT! TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND HAS HAD ALL MAINTENANCE WORK PERFORMED. THEY REPLICATED THE PROBLEM, "INSPECTED AND FOUND CODE B12C5 STORED IN THE PCM. DIAGNOSED AND FOUND A *DEFECTIVE* ENGINE START/STOP SWITCH." IN EVERY INSTANCE, THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IN PARK, ON A LEVEL, DRY SURFACE. SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY ONE YEAR AND 10,000 MILES, I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE PART!

WHILE DRIVING 40-45 MPH, THE CVT TRANSMISSION CEASED ALL FUNCTIONS. THERE WAS NOTHING LEADING UP TO THIS. THE ENGINE WAS FINE, BUT THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED MOVING THE CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS JUST ABOUT TO MERGE INTO THE HIGHWAY! THE DEALERSHIP FOUND "METAL PIECES" IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID (WHICH HAS BEEN CHANGED WITH OEM FLUID AT EVERY RECOMMEND INTERVAL).

WHEN PRESSING THE PUSH START/STOP IGNITION SWITCH IN MY CAR , THE CAR WILL NOT START NOR STOP THE ENGINE. REPEATED PRESSING ON THE SWITCH AND THE BRAKE IS REQUIRED FOR THE VEHICLE TO START AND STOP.THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH SIGN HAS BEEN COMING ON AND OFF ON MY DASHBOARD FOR THE PAST 5-6 MONTHS. I HAVE CHANGED THE CAR BATTERY AND THE BATTERY IN MY KEY FOB IN THE LAST MONTH HOPING THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE HONDA DEALER ON 09/12/20 THAT THE PROBLEM LIES WITH THE PUSH BUTTON IGNITION SWITCH. DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR THIS SWITCH THIS PART IS ON BACK ORDER, WHICH POINTS TO THE FACT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

MY VEHICLE IS PARKED WHEN THIS OCCURS: I HAVE CLOTH INTERIOR AND THE UPHOLSTERY MATERIAL AND FOAM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE GETS PUSHED DOWN INTO THE SEAT AND COLLAPSES, I HAVE TO HAVE A DEALER PULL IT OUT AND ONE TIME THE SEAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT IS OFF WARRANTY AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT NEXT TIME, I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE. IT HAS ALSO HAD TWO STOP START SWITCHES REPLACED. I AM SO SORRY I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE!

MY SUNROOF ON MY HONDA SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. MY CAR HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR MONTHS DUE TO COVID19 UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN I DECIDED TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ON 69N TO 435 E ON THE OVERPASS NO TRUCKS, CARS OR ANYTHING IN FRONT ON ME AND I HEAR AND EXPLOSION THEN AIR, WHEN I LOOKED AROUND I SAY NOTHING BUT HEARD AIR LIKE MY WINDOWS WERE DOWN BUT I WAS RUNNING MY AIR, I OPENED THE SUNROOF COVER AND A BIG HOLE WAS IN THE MIDDLE WITH GLASS SHATTER BUT IN TACT LIKE A METEOR HIT IT FROM ABOVE BUT IT HAS BEEN IN THE 90'S LOWE 100'S HERE IN KS CLEAR WEATHER. THERE WAS NO GLASS ON THE COVER AND THE GLASS SEEMS TO HAVE EXPLODED UPWARDS.

8/1/2020: AT 65 MPH THE ENGINE STARTED VIBRATING, WHEN ACCELERATED TO 75MPH ENGINE STALLS, RPM RAPIDLY INCREASED TO ~5000 AND COLLAPSED. LOST FORWARD MOMENTUM AND OUTPUT FROM THE ENGINE. MULTIPLE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON (POWER STEERING, TIRE PRESSURE WARNING, BREAK SYSTEM LIGHTS, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ETC. CAME ON). VEHICLE WAS ON THE ACTIVE LANE, PUT IN NEUTRAL AND STEERED TO THE SHOULDER. UNABLE TO GET THE CAR MOVING AGAIN AFTER TURNING OFF AND ON. AFRAID THAT I WAS GOING TO LOSE AC IN THE 108F HEAT IF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT TURN ON AGAIN SO I LEFT IT AT THAT UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVES.THE CAR HAD TO BE LEFT OVERNIGHT BECAUSE DEALERSHIP CLOSE SUNDAY. 8/2/2020: THE NEXT DAY I RECEIVED A VOICEMAIL FROM SUPERSTITION HONDA REGARDING THE VEHICLE'S DIAGNOSIS. WAS INFORMED THAT THE DIAGNOSIS CODE OBSERVED WAS RELATED TO THE IGNITION START PUSH BUTTON THAT NEEDED REPLACING. I GAVE CONSENT TO THE SERVICE TO REPLACE THE IGNITION BUTTON. 8/3/2020: AFTER I WENT TO SUPERSTITION HONDA TO PICK UP THE CAR. I THEN PROCEEDED TO TAKE THE CAR ONTO HIGHWAY 60 AND GOT UP TO THE STATED SPEED LIMIT OF 65 MPH WHEN THE SAME SYMPTOMS APPEARED. VEHICLE STALLED AT SPEED, RPM RAPIDLY INCREASED TO ~5000 BEFORE COLLAPSING. I WAS IN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SHOULDER AT THE AREA WHERE I CAME TO A STOP ON THE HIGHWAY, THEREFORE I WAS STATIONARY PARTIALLY IN THE ACTIVE LANE.THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT GAVE ANY INDICATION THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE HAPPENED OUT OF NO WHERE. AFTER RETURNING TO SUPERSTITION HONDA, I LEFT THE VEHICLE ON AND HAD IT DIAGNOSE BEFORE TURNING THE CAR OFF. WAS EVENTUALLY INFORMED THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE METAL FRAGMENTS IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND THAT THE METAL FRAGMENTS ALSO DAMAGED A PRESSURE SENSOR IN THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON A BUSY NEIGHBORHOOD STREET WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STOPPED AND DIDN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE ANYMORE. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OR LIGHTS . SO WITH THE MOMENTUM LEFT IN THE CAR I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THIS WAS A VERY STRESSFUL AND DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE CAR JUST STOPPED AND CARS WERE COMING FULL SPEED BEHIND ME. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH NO MAJOR INJURIES. I HAD TO TOW MY CAR HOME AND THEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY MADE ME PAY FOR LOOKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID . THEY FOUND METAL SHAVINGS AND DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION WAS NO LONGER GOOD. IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THAT ALL MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN DONE AND MULTIPOINT INSPECTIONS UP TO DATE. I HAVE NOW DONE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION . VARIOUS HR-V FORUMS ARE REPORTING THIS ISSUE AND HONDA IS NOT OWNING UP TO IT. MY CAR HAS $78K MILES AND ONLY OWNED IT FOR 3.5 YEARS. THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME UP TO $8000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE FOR SAFETY REASONS AND MAKE RIGHT TO THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS.