Sounds like a poor OE design/ fitment-location issue?
CRV's, are they that good?
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Unlike some other brands, Honda isn't really into harness repair. More often than not, you have to replace complete harnesses. But Honda harnesses are very inexpensive compared to most brands.
Which comes first, egg or chicken? maybe they had a bad run years ago, so they got into having spare harnesses. which drove price down and thus made cheaper to replace rather debug? seems odd, by comparison, then again debugging wire harness issues… probably makes that the cheaper option.
I have a 2003 crv that has been in like 4 accidents (deer/ moron magnet), I’ve had to replace the a/c compressor x2 the power steering pump, the vvt valve on the back of the engine leaked, fixed it now it’s leaking again. The drive shaft u-joints failed and the cat converter failed. Oh and the brake master cylinder and a brake caliper failed. The radio died and the glove compartment handle broke. All before 80k miles but it had been in several accidents so who knows. Taught my final kid to drive on it and he’s currently driving it until he has the skill to drive something better. Poor car taught 4 kids to drive, that’s a tough life lol. The car is approaching 110k. It’s actually really good in the snow. Then I had a 2008 crv bought new, it was pretty good but there was a rash of transmission issues( mine threw codes that they supposedly fixed) with that year and a friend of mine who worked at a Honda dealership warned me and said I should trade it as they weren’t lasting much longer than 100k, so I bought a Toyota 4 runner which was an awesome truck with zero issues.
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Aside from an A/C compressor that went out at 90K (while driving through the San Joaquin Valley in the height of summer...), my 2008 CR-V has served me flawlessly. Engine - perfect. Transmission - perfect. Suspension - perfect. Steering and braking gear - perfect. The interior is spacious, wear-resistant, and versatile, and I find the seats comfortable. Nothing of import has broken other than that darned compressor. Yes, it's a noisy highway car. I rarely notice the noise anyway since it's on urban commuting duty and rarely leaves the SF Bay Area. It's at 109K now and should reach 113K by its 15th birthday this December. I plan to retire it in year 25 of operation.
I have a 05 CRV. My father in law purchased it new and has all the maintenance records. Looking back at them it was mostly oil changes, rear diff fluid/transmission fluid changes, brakes and rotors. 2 sets of tires changed. FIL says AC compressor is original.
When he gifted it to us 3 years ago, it had a small oil leak. Brought it to my mechanic and it was the crankshaft seal. I changed the outer tie rods, rear endlinks, f/r sway bar bushings
2nd biggest repair I had to do was a leaking radiator. Might as well change the tstat too while it's out.
3rd repair was changing the small 51r battery. It was a 3 year old battery, new when we got the CRV. It wouldnt start twice in the -40c winter we had. Charged it with a battery charger, and still died the 3rd time. I decided to do the battery upgrade from the CRV forums. Buying an oddessy tray and using a spare 35 AGM battery I had. No issues in the -40c winters for 2 years.
4th issues was the Ac condenser fan. Just changed it 2 months ago.
I'm pretty happy with this little crv.
When he gifted it to us 3 years ago, it had a small oil leak. Brought it to my mechanic and it was the crankshaft seal. I changed the outer tie rods, rear endlinks, f/r sway bar bushings
2nd biggest repair I had to do was a leaking radiator. Might as well change the tstat too while it's out.
3rd repair was changing the small 51r battery. It was a 3 year old battery, new when we got the CRV. It wouldnt start twice in the -40c winter we had. Charged it with a battery charger, and still died the 3rd time. I decided to do the battery upgrade from the CRV forums. Buying an oddessy tray and using a spare 35 AGM battery I had. No issues in the -40c winters for 2 years.
4th issues was the Ac condenser fan. Just changed it 2 months ago.
I'm pretty happy with this little crv.
I also have a 2019 Honda CRV 1.5 l turbo and all I did to it was using AEM dry flow filter and a PRL silicone intake hose. I have enjoyed ours. Although I did take a similar route as Pablo and run 0w30 M1.
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Would like to change out to high flow resonator from mbrp again and replace factory mufflers with Borla.
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Would like to change out to high flow resonator from mbrp again and replace factory mufflers with Borla.
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Exactly my routine on my 21 CRV with extraction as well, on my last oil change in the spring with 5k on the oil the level was about1/8 over the initial fill and didn't smell of gas. That's with temps often below -10f and lots of short trips of under 10 miles.
Funny you mentioned old people my 93 old mother can get into the front passenger seat my 21 CRV unaided she cant get into my sister new Venza without help.
I have to say a couple things
Klein Honda in Everett WA is terrible. Never patronize the place - they don't support the products they sell. They are slimy and avoid any and all correspondence. They did some very questionable and WRONG things to my wife's 2017 CR-V while under and after warranty. We asked them even to pay a portion (below) and crickets.
Bellingham Honda is small obviously but they are a complete stand up organization.
To keep it brief Klein, not Honda design or manufacturing screwed up a left side wire harness. We think they maybe worked on the wrong car when my wife had it in, unsure, or they somehow tried to install some aftermarket alarm system. Complete butchers. Things wouldn't work - electrical - or not work as expecxted. I know for a fact I did not do this and no other dealer or service place saw the car in that interval.
Bellingham Honda did charge us their cost for the harness and installed it for a very nominal fee (of course something that should have cost me nothing or even have been an issue)
So after all that, the car runs PERFECTLY. It's been over a week now and zero gremlins and ALL functions behave as expected. Funny, make me like the car again!
Klein Honda in Everett WA is terrible. Never patronize the place - they don't support the products they sell. They are slimy and avoid any and all correspondence. They did some very questionable and WRONG things to my wife's 2017 CR-V while under and after warranty. We asked them even to pay a portion (below) and crickets.
Bellingham Honda is small obviously but they are a complete stand up organization.
To keep it brief Klein, not Honda design or manufacturing screwed up a left side wire harness. We think they maybe worked on the wrong car when my wife had it in, unsure, or they somehow tried to install some aftermarket alarm system. Complete butchers. Things wouldn't work - electrical - or not work as expecxted. I know for a fact I did not do this and no other dealer or service place saw the car in that interval.
Bellingham Honda did charge us their cost for the harness and installed it for a very nominal fee (of course something that should have cost me nothing or even have been an issue)
So after all that, the car runs PERFECTLY. It's been over a week now and zero gremlins and ALL functions behave as expected. Funny, make me like the car again!
Was this related to the A/C pressure switch harness issue?
No. Not at all. Direct Cause unknown, (rat, vibration, debris struck) but those wires are very small and unprotected given the location. That's on Honda. Now I have it re-rigged bullet proof.
