Honda Crx 2002

Model Crx made in 2002 by Honda got 15 consumer complains as well as 1 service bulletin. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to air bags and engine and engine cooling. Technical service bulletines regarding equipment.

Model 2002

Bulletins


BulletinBulletin dateReplacement BulletinItem no.SummaryAdded
EQUIPMENT - OTHER - LABELS
08-04005/31/200810025523Load carrying capacity reduced label for all honda vehicles. *pe08/15/2008

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
AIR BAGS
05/01/200576000110/02/2001
 Honda civic ex, srs light stays on . *jb
12/02/20046
 I am reporting a dangerous problem in 2002 honda odeysseys. it relates to the srs system. honda has designed their car with a ods sensor device under the front passenger seat. my dashboard srs light has come on approx 5 or 6 times. the dealer tells me that no electrical device can be placed on the front passnger seat...this includes cell phones, radios, laptops. they all could trigger the the sensor inoperable....making the airbags non-functional. how can a car be designed with such a defect. any passenger with a cell phone in their pocket can set this off. i have written honda motors and they say ...see the dealer. this should be investigated and honda must issue a recall and a fix for this. the dealer tells me its quite common...how many people are are riding around without functional airbags?
AIR BAGS - FRONTAL
05/28/20051
 I own a 2002 honda civic lx 4dr vehicle, i was in a rear and front in collision in this car. the front bumber fell off, and the raiditior got bent in and the brake fluid container broke off. the passenger air bag went off, but the diver air bag did not. is there any other cases of this , that happened to thid year and make model, also i can email you pictures of the vehicle
AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
07/28/20053
 I have had my srs light come on 3 times. the first time the dealer said all they could find was soft codes and reset it, costing me $87.50 for the diagnostic check. a day later the srs light came on again, this time they said the battery showed low voltage and needed to be replaced. i asked if i could pickup the vehicle and replace the battery myself, the answer was yes, but there would be another $87.50 diagnostic charge and after i replaced the battery, they would have to reset the code and run another diagnostic, once again another $87.50 for a total of $187.00. they said they would replace the battery and reset the srs to the tune of $160.81. i felt screwed either way, so i opted to have them change the battery. when i picked up my 2002 honda crv, the service advisor said if the srs light comes back on, let them know. the following day, it as back on again. how did they know it would be back. when i called about the srs light, i was told that the control unit had probably failed and would need to be replaced, but that they could not do that until the battery had been changed. this sounds like a rip off to me. why didn't they replace the srs control unit to start with since they obviously knew that was the problem. the crv goes back in this friday to be checked again. i do not feel that honda is admitting that there is a failure of the srs control unit and instead charges the customer needlessly. *jb
03/25/200544450502/11/2002
 We believe our 2002 honda crv has an electrical malfunction. the first year after we bought the car the malfunction light would turn on and stay on. we took it to the dealer at least 3 or 4 times, but they said there was nothing wrong with it and just turned the light off. well a couple of weeks ago the srs light turned on. the car only has 44,000 miles. fairfax honda said that their diagnostic test didn't show anything wrong, that the light must have turned on by electrical interferance. they just turned the light off. well it is know a week later and the light is back on. this time the dealer said that they got a diagnostic code that the left side passenger sensor was not working properly. if this is true, why didn't they get the diagnostic code the first time. if the airbag sensor was really not working we could have had an accident and had no airbag. of course, they also informed us that the extended warranty we bought does not cover this and that it would cost us $700 to fix. they said that this was one of the few things that was not covered under the extended warranty. what a coincidence!! needless to say we are very dissatisfied with the car, the extended warranty and the service department. i believe the car is to new to be having all this problems. i contacted the honda care department, but they were rude and basically told me to read the fine print. not much customer service. we would not buy another honda again and would encourage anyone against doing so.*ak
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE
06/14/200416000105/13/2004
 I bought a 2002 civic si brand new. the shift linkage was grinding at 3000 mi. i went to the dealer but never had it fixed. at about 16000 miles it was running funny so i took it to burne honda and they said it was over-revved. the 2002-2005 honda civic si and 2002-2005 acura rsx k series engine is seriously defected. the rsx was 6th on the lemon law list. honda has thus far refused to repair the damage. there are cases of the connecting rods blowing through the motor and spilling oil on the exhaust resulting in fires. this is a serious issue this is happening to a lot of the owners of k-series powered vehicles and is dangerous if a rod bends on the highway and there is no place to pull over. honda is covering up a defective engine design. *jb
POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
04/06/2005108000112/23/2002
 Dt: the automatic transmission is not operating properly. at times it is hard to change gears from first to second gear. this happens in any road condition. the speed when this problem happened was 10-20 mph. the car was taken to the dealer may 4, 2005. the problem has not been fixed. when the car was taken to the dealer, they were able to reproduce the problem.*ak
12/26/20042
 When we purchased our 2002 honda odyssey new, it started smoking like it was going to catch on fire. i pulled it out of the garage, because there was so much smoke. it was leaking transmission fluid all over. it was also making a clunking sound coming from the transmission when we drove it. this happened during the first week. richfield/bloomington honda had it towed at no expense. they finally replaced a head gasket and did some other repairs. we also told them that it was having trouble starting. we now have 43,000 miles, and have brought the car in for the recall, and they installed the oil kit. shortly after they put in the oil kit, we noticed a sweet smell coming from the engine. while in chicago over christmas, we were on a busy interstate, and we switched lanes and i tried to accelerate. the rpms shot up four times, and the car acted like it was in neutral. we had 5 young children in the car and almost were in a bad accident. cars were honking at us and one car just missed us. it was a very dangerous situation. since then, this slippage at around 30-45 miles per hours has happened around 5 more times. after researching this on the internet and your complaint site, i have found that this problem is happening way too much to just be an isolated incident. we are contacting honda, and then will contact our local dealership. i am wondering if honda has done anything to fix the problem? with 43,000 miles on the vehicle, will honda take care of this problem? please notify me if you have any addition information that would help us. thanks in advance, brent bovitz. *jb
12/10/20045600012/20/2001
 We have a honda odyessey 2002, it was subject to a recall for possible transmission problem, the dealer determined there was no wear to the gears and installed a oil kit. this was done at 52000 miles(mainly highway miles). soon after we noticed some revving of engine when we try to accelarate off and on. on 12/10/04 while driving my wife suddenly could not go beyond 20-30 miles after stopping at a traffic light. we have had it towed to the dealer who now says the transmission needs to be replaced. he is not attributing it to the reason for the initial recall. we have contacted honda customer service who will get back to us in 1-2 days after talking to our dealer if they would cover the cost of rreplacing the transmission. there are 100's of reports which sound identical on the internet. honda has extended warranty on honda odyessey vans for 2000 and 2001 to 100000miles. we were lucky that this did not happen onthe highway, my wife could have got seriously hurt.
POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION
03/08/2003220001011/21/2002
 At around 22,000 miles my transmission was feeling very erratic. many problem happened since, shifting into 2nd gear grind sometimes, and 4th was hard to
10/05/2004151003209/12/2002
 (1) the transmission has always been notchy, and more recently, i have had a lot of problems getting the car into third gear. (2) on a number of occasions on the freeway i was unable to get the car into third gear, and as a consequence have had many near misses from people behind me always rear ending me.*ak
SUSPENSION - FRONT
07/04/200204/01/2002
 While i rode the motorcycle's front end (steering & tire/wheel) vibrated with extreme vigor, pulled me down to the side, and forced me to lose control of the bike which resulted in a crash.*ak
TIRES
05/26/20051
 I had 4 new bridgestone potenza re 92 tires mounted on my honda odyssey on july 29, 2004. one tire would not hold air. i returned to to honda service center and had tire remounted. tire held air after remounting. in recent months, vehicle developed unexplained vibration at highway speed. tire rotation and alignment did not correct vibration. on may 26th, 2005, the tire in question fell apart (tread seperated from sidewall) leaving me driving on the rim at about 65 mph. the tire had less than 11,000 miles on it. i was able to keep the vehicle under control and pull off into the breakdown lane. on may 27th, 2005, i had a local service center mount a used tire on the existing rim (the rim appears to have not been damaged). i've since driven the vehicle on the highway and noted that the vibration is gone. that is, the vehicle drive better on the used tire that it had been on the tire that failed. to date, bridgestone is unwilling to replace the tire under warranty because i can't provide the tire to them for inspection (it ws left on the highway in pieces.
TIRES - TREAD/BELT
10/17/20021
 The honda dealer repaired my firestone tire with a plug. later the repair did not hold. i took it to the firestone store and he said a plug was an incorrect and unsafe way to repair the tire. i then took it to a goodyear store and he told me the same thing. i returned to the honda dealer and told him my situation; whereupon he said the tire people were trying to sell more tires and everyone knows plug repairs are the most efficeint way to repair a puncture by a nail. can you comment on the honda dealer's remarks? are there any regulations by the nhtsa about repairs to a tire with a plug? your attention to this question is greatly appreciated. harold v.webb
WHEELS - CENTER SECTION
07/15/20053700107/11/2004
 Heard and felt noise and roughness in rear wheel during turns and deceleration. found inner flange bearing to be the cause.

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