2008 Honda CR-V Other / unspecified Problems

Hello I’m [XXX] and own a 2008 Honda CRV that runs fine. VIN [XXX] , but previous owner never went to the recall and I bought the car in 2014 and recently, during a brake job, I first became aware of the problem when my mechanic alerted me to the recall situation and the rusting out that was putting drivers in a very dangerous situation. My car failed the recall because of the rust causing the degradation of the rear suspension trailing arm, and now I'm left with a car not fit to drive? and I would be liable for whatever happens but I was never offered a solution to buy the car back something to help and I cannot be without one to get to Dr’s or buy food live rural I have no choice living alone at [XXX] need a car. So a question, why am I the problem? when, in the first place, the car was dangerous from the manufacturer to the rusting out situation which was actually life threatening, lose steering, the wheel could collapse or the frame itself, and again, never offered any help at all some compensation, nothing? Just drive it home with the burden of the liability etc. I’m on a Fixed income of only $800 a month how am I to survive living rural without a car at my age? Please, I need some help. Why am I being punished when the design itself, as I said, created the dangerous problem and just that's it? Appreciate help from someone. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

11558050

Incident

Dec 1, 2023

This vehicle had a wheel separation while traveling at low speed. The right rear wheel separated from the car. The cause is excessive rust to the trailing arm and specifically to the subframe to which the trailing arm is attached. The car is available for inspection. I also have photographs that show the problem. The safety issue is clear. After separation the car cannot be controlled if in motion. This particular vehicle has not been inspected. The wheel separation was reported by me to Honda in North America, to "Chris" in "client relations." A case number was issued for my complaint, #00499145. An insurance claim was made, but the insurer denied the claim. My research shows that this model CRV has been recalled in Canada for this precise problem. In Canada, Honda states that this model CRV has "excessive" rust, leading to failure. Further, that the problem is not readily apparent on inspection, and in fact this car is inspected annually as part of North Carolina licensure, and no inspection ever revealed the excessive rust threat. Here is the Honda press release: " January 23, 2019 Honda has voluntarily recalled approximately 83,953 2007-2011 CR-V vehicles in Canada to address potential excessive corrosion to the rear frame stiffener(s). On affected vehicles, one or both rear frame stiffener(s) may become excessively corroded over time. Such excessive corrosion may be more prevalent where a vehicle is regularly operated in regions where road de-icing salt is frequently used during the winter season. Although a certain amount of corrosion is expected to occur from everyday operation of the vehicle, excessive corrosion to the rear frame may result in frame stiffener perforation and, in extreme cases, cause the rear-trailing arm to separate from the vehicle’s frame structure. A separated rear-trailing arm may cause the vehicle to be difficult to control, increasing the risk of a crash."

NHTSA ID

11454417

Incident

Mar 18, 2021

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO VEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND CALLED THE POLICE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE POLICE TOWED THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED HIS INSURANCE COMPANY AND WAS INFORMED THAT AN INVESTIGATION WOULD NEED TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH A CASE NUMBER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 190,000.

NHTSA ID

11230704

Incident

Jul 9, 2019

Mileage

190,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING MY PASSENGER REAR WHEEL COLLAPSED. GOT IT TOWED TO RIVERSIDE HONDA IN MARQUETTE MI. WAS TOLD THE WHEEL RUSTED THROUGH THE FRAME. WE WERE LUCKY WE WEREN'T KILLED. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND CANADA HAS RECALLED 83,000 OF THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. THEY WERE OFFERING TO BUY BACK OR FIX VEHICLES IF POSSIBLE. I WAS TOLD IT CAN'T BE FIXED. HONDA USA CORPORATION SAYS WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SUCH ISSUE. I DONT BELIEVE IT. WHAT ACTION DO I TAKE AS THEY SAID ITS MY PROBLEM ?

NHTSA ID

11196859

Incident

Apr 5, 2019

Mileage

160,000 mi

I HAVE 4 COOPER DISCOVERER SRX SIZE P225-65-14 TIRES AND NOTICED A RECALL ON COOPER TIRES..I HAVE BEEN NOTICING THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT IS ON IN MY CAR BUT THE TIRES HAVE "PROPER PRESSURE" AND I NOTICED IT'S SEEMINGLY HARDER TO STEER WHILE MY CAR IS IN MOTION.MORE SO STARTING AND STOPPING.OR LOWER SPEEDS.THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS WITH SHORTER DISTANCES OF ABOUT 30 MILES OR LESS

NHTSA ID

11083805

Incident

Apr 7, 2018

Mileage

250,000 mi

AFTER BALANCING ROTATING TIRES AND 2 ALIGNMENTS CAR CONTINUES TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. CLAIM ALIGNMENT IS CORRECT BUT CONTINUES TO PULL RIGHT ON ALL ROADS AT ALL SPEEDS

NHTSA ID

10981003

Incident

Aug 25, 2015

Mileage

96,800 mi

ZORIGINAL WHEEL SARE SO CORRODED AROUND STEMS AND RIM THAT THEY LOOS AIR WEEKLY, ONE 10-12 LBS EACH WEEK. HONDA SEEMS DISINTERESTED AND SAYS IT IS NEWS TO THEM. MY MECHANIC WAS AWARE IOF AN ISSUE AND WE ALMOST LOST A WHEEL FROM THE CAR ON THE HIWAY AFTER HAVING A WHEEL REPLACED ON THE CAR AFTER SOME WORK. MECHANIC SAYS HOLES FOR THE LUG BOLTS CORRODE MAKING THE IMPACT WRENCH THINK THE WHEEL IS SECURE.

NHTSA ID

10927294

Incident

Nov 21, 2016

Mileage

165,000 mi

STILL NO RESOLUTION TO OUR AIR BAGS. ALSO, I DRIVE MY CAR A LOT. I DRIVE 100 MILES A DAY. 5 DAYS A WEEK. I HAVE OVER 160,000 MILES. I HAVE TO BUY TIRES ALL THE TIME, MY LAST SET OF 4 HAS 80,000 MILE WARRANTY AND I HAVE RIGHT AT 28,000 MILES ON THIS SET. I AM HAVING TO PURCHASE ANOTHER SET OF 4 THIS WEEK. I HAVE PAID ABOUT 7 OR 8,000 DOLLARS ON TIRES I HAVE PURCHASED A LEAST 10 SET OF TIRES BECAUSE THEY DON'T WEAR EVENLY. I HAVE PURCHASED ALIMENTS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. I HAVE PURCHASED EXPENSIVE TIRES 1000.00' TO COOPER TIRES 600.00! AND EVERY SET HAS WORN UNEVENLY. I EVEN ROTATE MY TIRES EVERY 5000 MILES I WAS READING MANY COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS SO UNSAFE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AND ROAD WAYS. WILL YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THESE PROBLEMS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP SINCERELY [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10923949

Incident

Oct 25, 2016

Mileage

160,000 mi

DRIVERS DOOR AND TRUNK WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I HAD TO CLIMB ACROSS THE CAR AND GET OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. KEY WOULD NOT UNLOCK THE DOOR AND I COULDN'T MANUALLY PUSH THE LOCK TO THE UNLOCK POSITION. IT WAS COMPLETELY STUCK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10595358

Incident

May 31, 2014

Mileage

145,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE TIRE PRESSURE, VSA AND ABS WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL SENSORS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE STILL RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

NHTSA ID

10559944

Incident

May 21, 2009

Mileage

33,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,000. .... UPDATED 10-17-13 *BF

NHTSA ID

10536135

Incident

Aug 11, 2013

Mileage

27,000 mi

THE AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN TO BLOW AIR THAT WAS NOT COLD WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED ON. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED AN ENTIRE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR UNIT. *JS

NHTSA ID

10455596

Incident

Apr 17, 2012

Mileage

104,000 mi

HONDA 2008 CRV HAS VIBRATIONS IN THE TIRES AND IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT (LEFT WHEN TIRES ARE ROTATED). IT APPEARS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF HONDA 2008 CRV WITH MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. THE MAINTENANCE CENTER BLAMES THE TIRES, THE TIRE SHOP BLAMES THE WHEELS. BOTTOM LINE IS HONDA KNOWS THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. THE SAME RESPONSE IS NOT THE WHEELS IS THE TIRES! REALITY IT IS THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE WHICH HAS NO FIX. NEVER EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER HONDA AGAIN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10429263

Incident

Jul 31, 2008

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE CAR SLID OFF THE ROAD IN A SNOW STORM. WHEN THE CAR HIT THE DITCH I PUSHED ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR KEPT MOVING. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE ABOUT 50 FEET BEFORE STRIKING A TREE. IT NEVER SLOWED DOWN, NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH ALL WHEEL DRIVE (AWD). IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE AWD TOOK OVER AND CONTINUED TO TRY TO GET THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL FROM THE SLIDE ON THE ICE. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH AT THE TIME WHEN I STARTED TO SLIDE ON ICE. THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEELS WENT INTO THE DITCH LINE, WHICH WAS ABOUT 12 INCHES DEEP. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WHEELS HIT THE DITCH THINKING IT WOULD SLOW THE VEHICLE SINCE THE WHEELS WERE NO LONGER ON THE ICY ROAD. AS I SAID EARLIER, AT THAT POINT I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. I SUSPECT THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE AWD WHEN THIS SITUATION OCCURS. IT APPEARS THE AWD SOFTWARE CONTINUES TO GAIN STABILITY, AND PREVENTS THE BRAKES FROM STOPPING THE WHEELS. I ALSO READ A NOTICE FROM HONDA THAT SAYS WHEN A SITUATION LIKE THIS OCCURS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE DISABLED AND REGULAR BRAKING TAKES OVER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10315245

Incident

Feb 5, 2010

Mileage

20,000 mi

AC DOES NOT WORK. DEALER SAYS CONDENSER HAS BEEN HIT BY DEBRIS AND BEEN PUNCTURED. I AM AN AEROSPACE DESIGN ENGINEER. THE CONDENSER IS MOUNTED LOW AND EXPOSED TO ROAD DEBRIS. FLAWED DESIGN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10263682

Incident

Mar 16, 2009

MY STORY BEGINS (2/14/09) WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING OFF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. DURING REMOVAL, USING A MANUAL LUG WRENCH, HE SNAPPED OFF TWO WHEEL STUDS. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, (2/16/09), WE TOOK THE CRV TO THE ORWIGSBURG SERVICE CENTER, OUR LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, TO HAVE A STATE INSPECTION PERFORMED AND REPLACE THE BROKEN WHEEL STUDS. WHILE AT THIS SHOP, OUR MECHANIC PULLED ALL FOUR WHEELS, AND INFORMED US THAT ALL THE WHEELS STUDS, 20 IN TOTAL, WERE BENT OUTWARD, IN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL PATTERN. WE WERE THEN ADVISED TO CONTACT AMERICAN HONDA, AS THIS WAS CERTAINLY DUE TO SOME TYPE OF PRODUCT DEFECT. DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION WE HAD, AT OUR EXPENSE, THE CRV TOWED TO LEHIGH VALLEY HONDA FOR INSPECTION, AND WE ASSUMED, A WARRANTY REPAIR. IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE, WHEN LEHIGH VALLEY HONDAS' SERVICE ADVISOR INSINUATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THAT WE HAD SOMEHOW THROUGH OUR OWN CARELESSNESS, DAMAGED THIS VEHICLE. HE THEN DETERMINED THAT SINCE HE HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH DAMAGE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN OUR MISUSE OF THE CRV THAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE AND THUS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE HONDA WARRANTY. I SHOULD POINT OUT AT THIS POINT, THAT THE INSPECTION WAS THOROUGH ENOUGH TO OBSERVE THAT THERE WERE THREE BROKEN STUDS, & FIFTEEN DAMAGED ONES. REFER TO ATTACHED REPORT. I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHERE THE ADDITIONAL BROKEN STUD WAS, AND WHY ONLY 18 OUT OF A TOTAL 20 STUDS WERE DETERMINED TO BE BENT. WE HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION, THE 18 BENT STUDS, WHICH WERE REPLACED BY OUR REPAIR SHOP. FURTHER, THEY REFUSED TO RELEASE COPIES OF PICTURES THEY ALLEGEDLY TOOK TO MY HUSBAND WHEN HE REQUESTED SAME. MY LOCAL MECHANIC SUGGESTS THAT EITHER THE WHEELS ARE DEFECTIVE, OR PERHAPS THE TIRES. HE HAS, AGAIN AT MY EXPENSE, REPLACED ALL 20 WHEEL STUDS AND BEARINGS WITH GENUINE HONDA PARTS. HE HAS INFORMED ME THAT WE MUST BRING IT IN AT 1,000, 3,000, 6,0000 ETC. INTERVALS, AS HE BELIEVES THAT THERE IS SOMETHING INTRINSICALLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, AND THAT THE BENT STUD SITUATION WILL REOCCUR.*TR UPDATED 04/12/10.*JB

NHTSA ID

10260422

Incident

Feb 17, 2009

Mileage

17,153 mi