Less than 30 K miles, OR Carfax showing fluids were changed when they should have been. That adds many more, but you have to either subscribe to Carfax or use a site like Autotrader that shows free Carfax reports on about half of it's vehicles.
2017 Honda CR-V
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Honda dealer tecks do a lot of those ac R1234YF compressor seals and system recharge.
BTW, 2016 EX and above trims have 2 usb ports that you can put a flashdrive with MP3 songs on it. I have about 2,000 songs on my flash drive in my 2016.
BTW, 2016 EX and above trims have 2 usb ports that you can put a flashdrive with MP3 songs on it. I have about 2,000 songs on my flash drive in my 2016.
Well regardless we will just keep going on our 2017. Not saying I’m laughing at all this stuff but…
Too many chicken littles...
The 1.5T engine is great. Fantastic mix of outstanding fuel economy, and power, particularly low end torque.
Fuel dilution is mostly an issue with people living in cold climates, and driving short trips. If this describes your usage, change the oil at 5k intervals, which many of us do regardless, and rest easy.
Honda's CVT's are excellent. Bonus points for changing the fluid at 30k intervals, but it's not necessary.
A/C problems are real on the Civic, but I'm not clear on the CRV. I believe the compressor seal is the same, so be aware.
The 1.5T engine is great. Fantastic mix of outstanding fuel economy, and power, particularly low end torque.
Fuel dilution is mostly an issue with people living in cold climates, and driving short trips. If this describes your usage, change the oil at 5k intervals, which many of us do regardless, and rest easy.
Honda's CVT's are excellent. Bonus points for changing the fluid at 30k intervals, but it's not necessary.
A/C problems are real on the Civic, but I'm not clear on the CRV. I believe the compressor seal is the same, so be aware.
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Failure rates seem to get exaggerated on automobiles.
What is an acceptable failure rate for a car part - 2%, 5%? Most will say 0%.
When a model shows a common problem there are often hundreds of thousands of cars that never experience that problem.
There are so many factors that can vary from one vehicle to another.
Geographical location is a big one.
The owner's buying, and driving habits are another.
I'm glad to have found this discussion on the CR-V. My daughter has found a 2018 CR-V EX, with only 13k miles on it. It looks pretty clean, and with the low miles, is it safe to say that many of the concerns that others have mentioned here, can be avoided by me changing fluids on it for her, to protect the CVT and diffs. We are in a cold weather climate, so I'll encourage my daughter to check with the local Honda dealership, to see if the software update has been done, to correct the fuel dilution issue.
Does anyone know if Honda addressed some of the issues found in the 2017, when they got to the 2018 model year? I have very limited experience with Hondas, so I'm looking for experience that others can share here.
Does anyone know if Honda addressed some of the issues found in the 2017, when they got to the 2018 model year? I have very limited experience with Hondas, so I'm looking for experience that others can share here.
The issues were never addressed, but at the same time, they are not really issues.
On a 17-18, I would make sure it has all of the flashes done. They were a lot of gremlins that were resolved by flashes outlined in various TSBs. Some of those also had some annoying oil leaks but they were fairly easily resolved.
Thanks. This is helpful. Reading through all the posts on this thread, I saw where some have said similar to what you are saying.
In looking at a Carfax, it shows no service history for the first 4 years of ownership. But that was only 11k miles, so while not ideal, it doesn't seem terrible either. After that, it had oil changes about every 6 months, with only 400 - 700 miles between changes. I'm wondering what the circumstances were to make the change. A family member or friend advised the owner to start doing regular maintenance?
Carfax only lists data that is reported to them. Not all shop management software has the backend sync to Carfax.
I hadn't considered that possibility. Considering that all the service shown on Carfax was done by the same shop, they could have been servicing the car all along, but changed software at some point.
That generation is a problem child. Stay away.
Not necessarily. 1.5T may eventually need a HG and/or fuel injectors, but that's way down the road.
Could you be more specific?
Wife’s has had a few issues but nothing major. Other grandma has one that is neglected majorly. Runs fine. Fear overblown
Like most automotive components in the now time we are in, it suffers from some bad engineering. Like mentioned in other posts, the unnecessary grooving, that not only added manufacturing costs but also added warranty costs to fix it when needed. Just go to a forum for CRV's and you see plenty of folks having issues with it.
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