Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 03/01/2013 | 73000 | ||
| Left passager door lock when lock or unlocked makes a loud grinding noise. front drivers door will not unlock with manual key. i have seen many reports of same on this website. i believe this is a major issue that needs addressed by honda. honda has no sevice recalls , but it looks like they did in 2006 ? | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 107000 | ||
| My left back door doesn't lock anymore. when i lock it slowly unlocks itself on its own. so a while it would remain locked if i locked by key fogger but now it doesn't lock at all. it appears to lock but eventually unlocks itself. i have 2 small kids sitting in backseat. i have set my car to lock once i drive 15mph. it would appear to lock but while driving unlocks itself. i have had no wrecks in this vehicle. this is supposed to be a family vehicle and the door eventually unlocks itself while driving. very dangerous for small kids in back. my son realized his door wasn't locked and tried to manually lock it which eventually it unlocked itself again. i took to honda and it is $400 to get fixed. plus they have to order parts so i have to pay for a rental until parts come in. if i could manually lock door that is different issue but it unlocks itself even manually. honda needs to recall this to be fixed for a small child gets hurt! | |||
| 03/01/2013 | 73000 | ||
| Left passager door lock when lock or unlocked makes a loud grinding noise. front drivers door will not unlock with manual key. i have seen many reports of same on this website. i believe this is a major issue that needs addressed by honda. honda has no sevice recalls , but it looks like they did in 2006 ? | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 107000 | ||
| My left back door doesn't lock anymore. when i lock it slowly unlocks itself on its own. so a while it would remain locked if i locked by key fogger but now it doesn't lock at all. it appears to lock but eventually unlocks itself. i have 2 small kids sitting in backseat. i have set my car to lock once i drive 15mph. it would appear to lock but while driving unlocks itself. i have had no wrecks in this vehicle. this is supposed to be a family vehicle and the door eventually unlocks itself while driving. very dangerous for small kids in back. my son realized his door wasn't locked and tried to manually lock it which eventually it unlocked itself again. i took to honda and it is $400 to get fixed. plus they have to order parts so i have to pay for a rental until parts come in. if i could manually lock door that is different issue but it unlocks itself even manually. honda needs to recall this to be fixed for a small child gets hurt! | |||
| 02/28/2013 | 72000 | ||
| The power locks on the doors keep unlocking themselves while driving . it has potentially unlocked while driving even though the lock has been placed. manually unlocking or locking doors is not an option as the lock seems to unlock by itself. very dangerous to use with children even if the safety lock is placed the doors continue to unlock by themselves. | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 107000 | ||
| My left back door doesn't lock anymore. when i lock it slowly unlocks itself on its own. so a while it would remain locked if i locked by key fogger but now it doesn't lock at all. it appears to lock but eventually unlocks itself. i have 2 small kids sitting in backseat. i have set my car to lock once i drive 15mph. it would appear to lock but while driving unlocks itself. i have had no wrecks in this vehicle. this is supposed to be a family vehicle and the door eventually unlocks itself while driving. very dangerous for small kids in back. my son realized his door wasn't locked and tried to manually lock it which eventually it unlocked itself again. i took to honda and it is $400 to get fixed. plus they have to order parts so i have to pay for a rental until parts come in. if i could manually lock door that is different issue but it unlocks itself even manually. honda needs to recall this to be fixed for a small child gets hurt! | |||
| 02/28/2013 | 72000 | ||
| The power locks on the doors keep unlocking themselves while driving . it has potentially unlocked while driving even though the lock has been placed. manually unlocking or locking doors is not an option as the lock seems to unlock by itself. very dangerous to use with children even if the safety lock is placed the doors continue to unlock by themselves. | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 107000 | ||
| My left back door doesn't lock anymore. when i lock it slowly unlocks itself on its own. so a while it would remain locked if i locked by key fogger but now it doesn't lock at all. it appears to lock but eventually unlocks itself. i have 2 small kids sitting in backseat. i have set my car to lock once i drive 15mph. it would appear to lock but while driving unlocks itself. i have had no wrecks in this vehicle. this is supposed to be a family vehicle and the door eventually unlocks itself while driving. very dangerous for small kids in back. my son realized his door wasn't locked and tried to manually lock it which eventually it unlocked itself again. i took to honda and it is $400 to get fixed. plus they have to order parts so i have to pay for a rental until parts come in. if i could manually lock door that is different issue but it unlocks itself even manually. honda needs to recall this to be fixed for a small child gets hurt! | |||
| 02/28/2013 | 72000 | ||
| The power locks on the doors keep unlocking themselves while driving . it has potentially unlocked while driving even though the lock has been placed. manually unlocking or locking doors is not an option as the lock seems to unlock by itself. very dangerous to use with children even if the safety lock is placed the doors continue to unlock by themselves. | |||
| 01/28/2013 | 66536 | ||
| My door lock acuator is broken on the driver door. this is a definite security problem. when i went to lock my car, the lock on the driver door kept unlocking. there were popping noises when i tried to unlock & lock my door. all other doors worked, but i had to leave my car unlocked over night because it would not stay locked. when i got to work the next day, it locked after a few tries but made a loud grinding noise. | |||
| 10/17/2012 | 44500 | ||
| As soon as you would unlock the automatic doors locks - the front driver door, it would quickly lock back up, you had to force it to unlock once it locked on its own, you can use the clicker or the unlock button, but you had to be very quick to be able to unlock it - you had to have your one hand on the door handle and the other hand on the unlock button - or else you can't get out that door. once you get to speeds of 5 mph the doors will automatically lock, the back driver door started to slowly unlock while driving, while the car was stopped, it would lock once you got to the 5 mph but then start unlocking again. i replaced the actuators for the driver side doors and now the passenger back door lock started making noises and is starting to unlock on its own. called honda and they said it must happen often because they have the parts for it. i asked if there was a recall and they said no, so i had to purchase the parts. | |||
| 09/01/2012 | 55000 | ||
| Front passanger door lock will briefly unlock then on its own lock itself. you have to force the door lock open just to get out and once the lock opens it slowly locks itself. the key fob and lock switch will briefly unlock the latch. (we do have factory installed alarm). my wife also noticed dome light no longer coming on (might just be dead bulb). this could be a huge issue in an accident if passenger or emergency personal are unable to open door due to lock always locking itself. a lot of force is needed to unlock the door. it seems like the door actuator is getting a lock signal and staying in the locked position. again you can momentarily manually force the door lock open and with the switch/keyfob. recent repairs: we did recently replace the car battery because the car lost electrical power (car would not start). we also just replaced the ac/heater blower motor because when the hvac was powered on we heard very loud whirling/clicking noise. we also just changed all four struts because they were leaking but no electrical was touched during this repair. | |||
| 10/10/2012 | 80000 | ||
| The locks on the honda cr-v 2008 are defective and can pose a serious saftey issue. the locks on the door lock at will, won't unloc when i try to unlock them, and lock while i'm driving and/or putting the reverse. passangers cannot get out of the car, even after i press the unlock button on both the door and the key. i fear that my toddler is going to get locked into the vehicle and/or trapped in if we are in an accident. this is a reoccuring problem that started just a few months after i bought the vehicle and many other honda cr-v owners are reporting the same issue, yet honda has not issued a recall for these defective locks. please address this issue as a safety issue and urge them to recall these locks. | |||
| 11/10/2012 | 57548 | ||
| Locking actuator does not engaged. when trying to lock the door manually the actuator will automatic unlock the doors. this is a safety issue. after some research this is an ongoing issue with honda, and honda will not see this as a safety issue. | |||
| 08/31/2012 | 74000 | ||
| While driving the car on the interstate 635 in dallas tx area , the door suddenly unlocked automatically (driver side and driver side rear) and i felt the doors opened a bit as i can feel some vibration noise and the air noise thro the small gap , this is so risky , but the reason iam complaining this was looks like a very generic issue in the crv's and honda really refuses to address it , i would like them to have a look at it before its too late | |||
| 12/02/2011 | 45263 | ||
| Every time the right front passenger door is unlocked either by the switch or manually, it immediately re-locks itself making it almost impossible to open the door. to open the door, you must know to be holding on the handle and pull it in the split second after you activate the un-lock button. this could be extremely dangerous in a situation where the passenger had to get out of the car immediately as in case of a fire, submersion in water or after a wreck. i am frightened to think what would happen in one of these cases and a child or unsuspecting adult were in the vehicle and could not get out. of course, there are many other scenarios where the passenger would have to get out in a hurry and this defective locking mechanism would prevent their escape. | |||
| 06/22/2012 | 60000 | ||
| After several days of intermittent air-conditioning (cooling) function, the ac compressor failed. dealer mechanic reports the compressor coil failed (melted?). conditions at the time were high ambient temperatures (ca. 90-100 degrees f). i'm filing this report to corroborate numerous online accounts of similar failures in newer model honda cr-vs with 50,000-60,000 miles of use. | |||
| 05/27/2012 | 39240 | ||
| 5-27-12, my husband was driving our cr-v 2008 within the city limits of jax. bch, fl. he slowed from 15 to 2 mph, turning a corner, and the rear hatch window exploded. a large basket-ball shaped circle hole appeared in the rear window. the glass from the hole exploded outside the vehicle. immediately 3/4 of the remaining window glass dropped from inside the rear window frame onto the vehicle floor. he checked for outside car glass debris, then drove the car to our condo less than a mile away. we covered the hole with a garbage bag and duct tape for the drive to our covered garage at home in orange park, fl. since it was memorial day wk-end, we knew that no repairs could be made until the holiday was over. also, a tropical storm was headed towards jax. today, i called steve lucas honda in orange park, fl where previous oil changes were made, and have been waiting three hours for a return call from their service manager re: this occurrence, also for their recommendation for a window replacement co. this is most alarming, for this very same thing happened to me while i was driving when the car was less than 2 months old, in a heavy rainstorm on the interstate headed to amelia island, fl. i pulled over to the side of the road, and my friend met me, bringing a garbage bag and duct tape, and we taped it for my return to jax. fl. we'd purchased the vehicle at atlantic honda, jax, fl. i called and reported it to them. the service ma. said he'd never heard of this happening, and recommended a glass replacement company for repairs. since this 2nd occurrence, we are very alarmed and do not now feel safe in our vehicle. the window replacement the 1st time was right at $500. after reading on line of similar incidences occurring, we feel that there is definitely a safely issue defect. honda needs to look into this matter quickly. | |||
| 09/06/2011 | 44000 | ||
| I drove into the rear end of a truck when i glanced away. the car crumbled and the airbags never deployed. shockingly, the car was repaired. i have the car back and the keys will not remove from the ignition. each time it is more difficult to remove them. | |||
| 04/06/2010 | 40000 | ||
| Vehicle began experiencing steering wheel shimmy/vibration at highway speeds (65-80ish) and slight pull to the right. rotated tires. had tires balanced. purchased new tires. all actions did nothing to reduce the vibration/pulling issues. | |||
| 11/22/2008 | 26000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2008 honda cr-v. page 307 of the contact's vehicle owners manual, entitled tire chain, states that in inclement weather conditions, the tire chains can be placed on the front driver's side tires to assist with driving. after the contact placed the chains on the vehicle, the electronic monitoring system activates braking and traction. the failure sporadically causes a loss of control that frequently results in 180 degree turns. the failure occurred during relatively low speeds and was noticed while driving 10 mph. the dealer stated that if something was wrong, a warning indicator should illuminate on the instrument control panel. the contact stated that there were no warning indicators illuminated prior to or during the failures. the manufacturer did not assist. the vin was unknown. the failure and current mileages were 26,000. | |||