2009 Honda CR-V Driver assistance Problems

The contact owns a 2009 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph in a parking lot, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration causing the driver to lose control of the steering and crashed into two vehicles and a building wall. During the incident, the driver sustained a head injury that required medical treatment. A police report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified. The failure mileage was 210,000.

NHTSA ID

11422916

Incident

May 26, 2021

Mileage

210,000 mi

UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION - DRIVER EXPERIENCES SUDDEN ACCELERATION FROM THE ENGINE WITHOUT MOVING THE GAS PEDAL CAUSING AN IMPACT. THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE INCIDENT. SOME ONLINE REPORTS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT A FAILING OR FAILED A/C COMPRESSOR MAY RESTRICT MOVEMENT FROM THE DRIVE BELT SLOWING DOWN THE ENGINE AND REDUCING POWER. THE ENGINE ACCELERATES WHEN THE COMPRESSOR CLUTCH RELEASES. OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ARE DOCUMENTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE. FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW. HTTPS://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/HONDA/CR-V/2009/VEHICLE-SPEED-CONTROL-PROBLEMS.PHP

NHTSA ID

11416090

Incident

Apr 30, 2021

Mileage

117,000 mi

WHEN I'M DRIVING MY HONDA CR-V 2009 AT AROUND 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR I GET A THROBBING NOISE AS IF IT WERE THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT EVERYWHERE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND NO ONE COULD TELL ME WHATS GOING ON. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW IN 2009 TWO YEARS LATTER THEY HAD TO CHANGE MY TRANSMISSION IN 2011 BECAUSE OF A SIMILAR PROBLEM. PLEASE I NEED HELP TO STOP THIS THROBBING I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR. BECAUSE I FEEL I'M GOING TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS HAPPENS EVERYDAY IN THE HIGHWAY AND REGULAR STREETS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

11270688

Incident

Oct 1, 2019

Mileage

11,900 mi

I WAS DRIVING 45 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN MY GAS PEDAL WENT DOWN ON ITS OWN AS IF I WANTED TO SPEED UP. A FEW MINUTES LATER IT DID THE SAME THING, BUT THIS TIME THE GAS PEDAL STUCK. I PUT MY 4-WAY FLASHERS ON, TRIED BRAKING AND PUT MY RIGHT FOOT UNDER THE PEDAL TO TRY AN "LOOSEN IT". IT FINALLY "UNLOCKED" AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. IT WAS NOT MY FLOOR MATS IN THE WAY EITHER, BECAUSE I CHECKED THAT. AFTER RESEARCHING OVER THE WEEKEND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN 295 HONDA COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO INVESTIGATE THIS AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED? A FEW YEARS AGO THE TOYOTA PRIUS HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS. MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK WITH THEM.

NHTSA ID

11078717

Incident

Mar 8, 2018

Mileage

33,800 mi

GOING SPEED AND CAR ALMOST STUTTERS, FEELS LIKE LOOSES POWER, RPM'S RAISE WHEN GIVEN GAS BUT CAR WILL NOT INCREASE SPEED, CONTINUES TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL VSA LIGHT COMES ON. ON OTHER OCCASIONS THE CAR ABRUTLY STOPS, FEELING LIKE THE BRAKES LOCK UP ONCE AGAIN, UNTIL THE VSA LIGHT COMES ON. I HAVE READ MULTI POST FROM CRV OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AS WELL AS A POST ABOUT A CLASS ACT LAW SUIT ALREADY INVOLVING HONDA FOR THE VEHICLE STABILITY ALERT SYSTEM.

NHTSA ID

10864578

Incident

May 10, 2016

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CR-V. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WENT OVER A CURB AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V061000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,950. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10853896

Incident

Mar 28, 2016

Mileage

73,950 mi

ON JULY 31, 2015, WHILE EXITING I-95 NORTHBOUND CROSSING FROM THE FLORIDA TO GEORGIA STATE LINE FROM HIGH DENSITY HIGH SPEED VACATION TRAFFIC, MY 2009 HONDA CR-V SERPENTINE (DRIVE) BELT SNAPPED. I IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER STEERING AND OTHER FUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRIVE SERPENTINE BELT. I WAS TRAVELING AT LEAST 45 MPH AS I HAD JUST EXITED THE HIGHWAY; MY KNUCKLES WERE WHITE I WAS GRABBING THE STEERING WHEEL SO HARD TRYING TO ASSESS, AT HIGH SPEED AND WITH VEHICLES IN FRONT AND BEHIND ME GOING THE SAME SPEEDS, HOW TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP. MY WIFE AND TWO YOUNG GIRLS WERE WITH ME AND I FEARED THAT ME AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY WERE BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION CLEARLY IDENTIFIED A FAILED AIR-CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR CLUTCH, THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF HONDA TSB 12-072 (SERVICE BULLETIN SB-10056005-7115), THAT MY VIN IS THE SUBJECT OF HONDA'S EXTENDED WARRANTY ASSOCIATED WITH TSB 12-072. THE COMPRESSOR CLUTCH CAUSED THE COMPRESSOR TO WIND-UP/DAMAGE THE BELT WHEN IT COULD NOT TRAVEL OVER THE DRIVE WHEEL OF THE COMPRESSOR. THE ONLY WARNING WE HAD, IN HINDSIGHT, WAS WE LOST AIR CONDITIONING EARLIER IN OUR TRIP TO FLORIDA AND THE AC WAS BLOWING WARM AIR AND THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE COMPRESSOR AREA. MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS TERRIFIED BY WHAT HAPPENED HERE - THIS SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT THAT PRESENTS AN UNREASONABLE RISK TO SAFETY AND SHOULD BE A RECALL, NOT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY 1 MINUTE EARLIER, I COULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED AT HIGH SPEED BY CAR OR, WORSE, TRUCK. GIVEN THE NUMEROUS BLOG POSTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND THE HONDA DEALER SERVICE TECH WHO SAID HE SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT CAN RESULT IN THE DRIVE BELT GETTING DESTROYED BY A FAILED AC COMPRESSOR CLUTCH, IT SEEMS THAT IT SHOULD BE A RECALL.

NHTSA ID

10749696

Incident

Jul 31, 2015

Mileage

73,000 mi

EXITING THE SMALL TO MODERATE SIZED PARKING LOT I WAS STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT. THIS IS A T INTERSECTION WHERE ONE MUST TURN RIGHT OR LEFT. AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I SLOWLY ACCELERATED TO TURN LEFT WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED IMMEDIATELY TO ABOUT 50 MPH WHILE I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSECTION, I MANAGED TO TURN LEFT. DESPITE VIGOROUSLY BRAKING, THE CAR CONTINUED AT WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN INCREDIBLE SPEED, IT FELT LIKE AN ACCELERATING RACE CAR. I HIT A TRUCK AND ANOTHER CAR SIDESWIPING THEM AS I TRIED TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC AND PARKED CARS. THE CAR TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 1/5 OF A MILE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO STOP BY PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JS

NHTSA ID

10592088

Incident

May 9, 2014

Mileage

24,000 mi

I WAS TRYING TO PARK MY CAR BACKWARDS. MY CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND I COULDN'T CONTROL THE SPEED OF MY CAR. I WAS ALSO UNABLE TO STOP MY CAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10514906

Incident

Jun 2, 2013

Mileage

48,290 mi

AS THE DRIVER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE UNDER 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD A SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE DRIVER HAD JUST REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCELERATION THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH THE BRAKE OR ACCELERATOR. THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CEMENT BARRIER. (THERE IS A POLICE REPORT FILED FOR INSPECTION) THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS $ 2,500. THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES REPORTED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10446889

Incident

Jan 27, 2012

2009 HONDA CRV. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VSA SYSTEM *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE SWITCH AND VSA MODULATOR. HOWEVER, THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE TYPE OF GAS THE CONSUMER WAS PUTTING IN THE VEHICLE. *JB THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER STATED THE VSA LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE POWER AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT RESPOND. ALSO, THERE WAS A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL, AS THE FRONT TIRES. UPDATED 04/09/13 THE CONSUMER STATED THE FIRST REPAIR OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 16, 2009. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE SWITCH, AND THE BRAKE MODULATOR, THE VSA LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. AMERICAN HONDA'S RESPONSE WAS THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE VSA LIGHT ILLUMINATING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. UPDATED 04/15/13

NHTSA ID

10394922

Incident

Dec 16, 2009

WHILE DRIVING ON THE NYS THRUWAY SOUTHBOUND ON A CLEAR, DRY DAY, WE WERE ABOUT TO EXIT ONTO EXIT 13N WHEN A SPEEDING SEDAN CUT US OFF BEFORE WE COULD EXIT AND WE HAD TO STEER THE VEHICLE BACK ONTO THE THRUWAY. THE 2009 HONDA CR-V WENT OUT-OF-CONTROL AND WE WEAVED OVER 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND HIT THE CEMENT MEDIAN, BOUNCED OFF AND HIT IT AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER FRONT SAFETY BAGS PARTIALLY DEPLOYED AND SIDE BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ALL. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE AMBULANCED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. I SUFFERED NUMEROUS BRUISING AND ABRASIONS TO THE CHEST. HE SUFFERED MASSIVE BRUISING AND 4 BROKEN RIBS. THERE IS DEFINITELY A STEERING ISSUE WITH THE 2009 HONDA CR-V AND SHOULD NOT BE RATED A SAFE VEHICLE. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY LEASED A 2006 AND HAD NO ISSUES WITH THAT MODEL.

NHTSA ID

10378890

Incident

Dec 11, 2010

Mileage

6,000 mi

MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE VSA LIGHT (TRIANGLE WITH EXCLAMATION POINT IN THE MIDDLE) CAME ON. SHE THEN STARTED TO HEAR A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE TIRES. THE LIGHT AND THE NOISE CAUSED HER TO REDUCE HER SPEED TO ABOUT 55. SHE DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES TO THE NEAREST PULL-OFF RAMP. SHE WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN, BUT AS SHE PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT, SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL FURTHER TO STOP THE CAR AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT GO DOWN AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE ROLLED UP ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE AND HIT A LIGHT POLE, WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE. SHE DOES NOT NECESSARILY RECALL THE ENGINE REVVING OR ACCELERATING AS OTHER COMPLAINANTS HAVE REPORTED, BUT THE BRAKES CLEARLY DID NOT WORK AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME UNDETECTED ACCELERATION AS THE CAR CLEARLY NEEDED ENOUGH SPEED TO GO OVER THE CURB. NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 3500 MILES. SHE HAS HAD NO PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH BRAKING. THE VEHICLE REQUIRES BODY WORK DUE TO THE COLLISION. HONDA SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETECTED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. CLEARLY, THERE IS AN ISSUE AS A CURSORY SEARCH OF COMPLAINTS ON THE CR-V SHOW AT LEAST 2-3 COMPLAINTS PER YEAR ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH OTHER HONDA VEHICLES AS WELL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10350404

Incident

Aug 15, 2010

Mileage

3,367 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA C-RV. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK AT SPEEDS OF 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARRANT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ACCELERATION BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AND INSTEAD, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 1,000.

NHTSA ID

10331635

Incident

Apr 27, 2010

Mileage

1,000 mi

WHILE STOPPING OR STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT(S), WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, ENGINE REVVED UP TO 2K RPM WITHOUT ANY ACTION ON MY PART. WHEN LIGHT CHANGED, AND BRAKE WAS RELEASED, ACCELERATION AND CAR PERFORMANCE BECAME NORMAL AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE SEPARATE TIMES IN THE PAST SIX WEEKS. IN ADDITION, TURNING THE A/C OFF OR ON HAD NO EFFECT ON ENGINE RPM. NOTE: DURING THE ANOMALY, IF TRANSMISSION WAS MOVED FROM D TO N, ENGINE WOULD REV UP TO 5K RPM, AND WOULD DROP BACK TO 2K RPM WHEN TRANSMISSION PUT BACK INTO D ALL THIS HAPPENED WITH FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE. FOR THE RECORD: CAR WAS TAKEN TO HONDA DEALER TWICE FOR THIS ANOMALY, THE MEMORY DUMPED, AND NO DATA FOUND. HONDA CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10328415

Incident

Apr 28, 2010

Mileage

6,400 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CAUTION. THE RPMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,335.

NHTSA ID

10324322

Incident

Apr 1, 2010

Mileage

5,000 mi