Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - COLUMN LOCKING - ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | ||||||
| PE03013 | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | 04/15/2003 | 09/09/2003 | IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK SYSTEM | ||
| All odi complaints and crashes are duplicative of honda complaints.the warranty claim count shown for other represents incidents where honda's analysis of claim detail indicates the interlock system malfunctioned.the cr-v interlock system utilizes an ecu to control a solenoid driven blocking device that prevents key removal when the shifter is not in park.honda documents identified a condition where metallic debris interferes with the operation of the blocking solenoid and causes the interlock system to malfunction.honda determined that a manufacturing process was the source of the debris and implemented a countermeasure in march 2002.approximately 62,000 vehicles were produced prior to this date.odi recognizes 63 incidents of interlock failure, which include 7 rollaway crashes, two of which resulted in three injuries and a multi vehicle accident.all 63 failures occurred on vehicles produced prior to the march countermeasure.noting the population of potentially affected vehicles, both the failure and crash rates are of significant concern to odi. | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 09/07/2010 | 75500 | ||
| Noticed humming sound when i released the gas pedal going 40 or more miles an hour after being serviced at honda for 75,000 mile check up. | |||
| 04/26/2004 | 51000 | 1 | 05/24/2002 |
| I was driving on the hutchinson river parkway in new york at moderate speed, everything was fine, and suddenly and completely lost steering. every ounce of my being was directed at trying to steer, to no avail. the car was like a bad carnival ride conducted by demons. i smashed into the guard rail on the right side of the highway, caromed off it, veered to the left and smashed into the concrete median jersey barrier on the left. i was absolutely certain i was about to die. thanks to the barrier and my seatbelt and airbags (i have side-impact airbags which did not deploy, only the front ones did - there was no passenger in my car), i did not go into oncoming traffic as i believed i was about to, walked away from my car and am sitting here writing to you now, quite banged up and bruised and with a fractured vertebra but miraculously alive. miraculously also, no other cars were involved. *** something failed in my car to cause this and i want to know what. there was either a tire or mechanical failure of some kind. (the tires still had decent tread on them.) my insurance company says the car and tires are so damaged from the impact that they can't tell what caused it and they show no interest in pursuing it. (it does not appear to have been a blowout.) i'm sure someone who knew how could investigate the car and find out what failed. it seems to me it should be of interest to honda and everyone else what went wrong here. i have notified american honda about the accident and was assigned a case number, but they have not gotten back to me. (p.s. the car has cruise control but i was not using it.) *la | |||
| 07/15/2002 | 1 | ||
| While driving over 60 mph steering whee pulled towards the right, making it difficult to control vehicle. *ak | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | |||
| 04/03/2004 | 1 | 12/08/2001 | |
| Dear nhtsa i don't know how to approach you with this because i have never done anything like this before. i am leasing a 2002 crv honda and have been very happy with it until today. while i was coming through my apartment complex a loud crack came from under the vehicle on the passenger side. the vehicle jolted to a stop and i got out of the car to look around the area of where the noise came from. the passenger side wheel appeared to look like it had separated from the axel or something. then i looked further under the vehicle and saw that and arm or rod to the wheel had broke in half. there was an additional piece that broke as well that appears to take part in the securing of the arm or rod. i am reporting this because i fee there is a huge safety hazard regarding lives who presently own vehicle to as well as myself i am fortunate that i was only going between ten to fifteen miles per hour and was not on the freeway at a faster speed which would have resulted in a fatality or even more fatalities depending on the traffic at the time. *nm | |||
| STEERING - WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR | |||
| 12/05/2002 | |||
| While driving the vehicle at any speed, th steering wheel will pull right or left. dealer has inspected the vehicle and could not duplicate or correct the problem. please provide further information. ts | |||