2009 Honda CR-V Steering Problems

Steering gear is leaking

NHTSA ID

11647702

Incident

Jan 1, 2025

STEERING RACK REPLACED ABOUT 3-1/2 YEARS AGO PROBABLY AROUND 50,000 MILES (EST) . WAS TOLD TODAY NEEDS SECOND REPLACEMENT AT AROUND 86,000 MILES. THIS MEANS STEERING RACK WILL HAVE FAILED TWICE.

NHTSA ID

11122348

Incident

Aug 25, 2018

Mileage

86,000 mi

POWER STEERING RACK LEAK. THIS IS MY 2ND CRV THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A RACK AND PINION LEAK. UPON RESEARCHING IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVING THE STEERING.

NHTSA ID

11014557

Incident

Aug 10, 2017

Mileage

66,084 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A WHINING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR A TIRE ROTATION, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S BOOT OVER THE STEERING MECHANISM. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FLUID THAT WAS LEAKING OFF THE DRIVER SIDE BOOT WAS POWER STEERING FLUID AND THE RACK AND PINON NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,655.

NHTSA ID

11002353

Incident

Jun 17, 2017

Mileage

89,655 mi

I TOOK MY CAR IN TO CHECK MY AC THAT STOPPED BLOWING COLD. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS THE RELAY AND NOT THE COMPRESSOR. THEN I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW POWER STEERING RACK BECAUSE BOTH OF MY BOOTS ARE LEAKING. I WAS QUOTED $1450. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG PROBLEM, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I AM ONLY AT 79,000 MILES.

NHTSA ID

10967897

Incident

Mar 6, 2017

Mileage

79,000 mi

TOOK CAR INTO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD STEERING RACK IS LEAKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1500.00. TOTALLY RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 34,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS GARAGE KEPT. HONDA WOULD NOT DO A THING. BUYERS OF CR-V BEWARE.

NHTSA ID

10790018

Incident

Nov 11, 2015

Mileage

34,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND MAKING SHARP TURNS, THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWERING STEERING RACK NEEDED TO REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

NHTSA ID

10780632

Incident

Jul 15, 2014

Mileage

61,000 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

RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM REPLACED, LEAKING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10621008

Incident

Aug 5, 2014

Mileage

83,821 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THERE WAS A STRONG BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO MANEUVER AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE BELT HAD SNAPPED AND STARTED TO BURN CAUSING SMOKE TO BILLOW INTO THE VEHICLE, AS WELL AS LOSS OF POWER STEERING ALONG WITH OTHER FUNCTIONS. UPDATED 04/21/14 UPDATED *LJ UPDATED 05/08/14 *JB

NHTSA ID

10575364

Incident

Mar 12, 2014

Mileage

109,000 mi

MY 2009 CRV HAD APPROX 38,000 MILES AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WENT OUT, MY HUSBANDS 2011 CIVIC HAS APPROX 30,000 MILES AND HIS POWER STEERING PUMP JUST WENT OUT ALSO. IS THERE SOME SORT OF PROBLEM WITH HONDA'S AND THIS PART? HAVE OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS? *TR

NHTSA ID

10471928

Incident

Jun 15, 2012

Mileage

38,000 mi

VEHICLE ALWAYS PULLS TO THE RIGHT. HAD A ALIGNMENT DONE AND STILL PULLS. SUSPECTED DEFECTIVE TIRE AND CHANGED IT AND STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10464478

Incident

Jun 15, 2012

Mileage

28,000 mi

I BOUGHT A NEW 2009 HONDA CR-V IN DEC 2008. AFTER AROUND 30K MILES OR SO, I NOTICED THE CAR PULLING TO THE LEFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR AN ALIGNMENT AND TIRE ROTATION BUT NOTHING THEY DID FIXED THE ISSUE. I THEN BROUGHT IT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP SINCE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY CONDUCTED THEIR OWN ALIGNMENT AND TIRE ROTATION (AT MY EXPENSE SINCE ALIGNMENTS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY). THIS STILL DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. MY CAR STILL PULLS TO THE LEFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS ISSUE MAY GET WORSE AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10365555

Incident

Oct 1, 2010

Mileage

33,000 mi

I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES IN A SNOWSTORM. THE ROAD WAS SNOWPACKED BUT IT WAS DAYTIME AND VISIBILITY WAS ACCEPTABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS HANDLING JUST FINE AS ONE WOULD EXPECT WHEN TAKING EXTRA CARE DUE TO INCLEMENT CONDITIONS. I FELT SAFE AND IN CONTROL AT ABOUT 45 TO 50 MPH. WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR BEGAN FEELING STRANGE....LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HANDLING HAD GOTTEN LOOSE. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE SWAYING, AND LIKE WE WERE SLIPPING INTO RUTS, BUT THERE WERE NONE. ROAD CONDITIONS HAD NOT CHANGED. MY PASSENGER SAID THAT IT FELT LIKE SHE WAS IN A BOAT. I KEPT FIGHTING THE STEERING SO IT WOULDN'T CROSS INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. I SLOWED TO ABOUT 30. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE SHOULDER TO EXAMINE THE WHEELS, BUT FOUND NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. WE PRESSED ON AT SLOW SPEEDS AS OTHER VEHICLES BEGAN PASSING US. I PULLED OFF AGAIN AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING AAA, BUT WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE-OF-NOWHERE, ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN GUYMON, OK AND TUCUMCARI, NM. WE WERE DETERMINED TO GET TO TUCUMCARI WHERE WE COULD STOP AT A DEALER FOR SERVICE. THE OUT-OF-CONTROL, SWAYING SENSATION PERSISTED UNTIL WE DROVE THROUGH A SECTION OF HIGHWAY THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SALTED, BECAUSE IT WAS SLUSHY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IN THAT SLUSHY CONDITION, THE CAR BEGAN STABILIZING, AND RESUMED NORMAL HANDLING. EVEN THOUGH WE ENCOUNTERED MORE SNOWPACKED STRETCHES, THE MALADY NEVER RETURNED. IT HAD BEEN A TERRIFYING COUPLE HOURS. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER IN MESA. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. RECENTLY THE DEALER HERE IN MINNESOTA FROM WHOM I PURCHASED THE CAR EXAMINED IT AND FOUND NOTHING, ALTHOUGH THEY SUSPECTED AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. THEY SUGGESTED ADVISING YOU. WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM SINCE THAT ONE TIME. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE NOT DRIVEN THROUGH A SNOWSTORM SINCE THEN....AND, FRANKLY, WE WILL BE NERVOUS THE NEXT TIME WE DO ENCOUNTER SIMILAR SNOW CONDITIONS IF NOTHING IS RESOLVED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10327176

Incident

Dec 31, 2009

Mileage

5,000 mi

2009 HONDA CRV VEERS TO THE RIGHT. IF EVEN FOR A SPLIT SECOND ONE LETS GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL, THE CRV VEERS IMMEDIATELY INTO THE RIGHT LANE IN A TOTAL TIME OF 2-3 SECONDS. THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN DEFECT OVER THE YEARS AND HONDA HAS REFUSED TO RECALL AND NHTSA HAS FAILED TO FOLLOW THROUGH. IF YOU JUST GOOGLE THIS ISSUE, YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SKEW THE ALIGNMENT TO OFFSET THIS DEFECT AS A TEMPORARY FIX. CALLS TO HONDA REGIONAL REP SAYS IT IS UP TO THE DEALER TO FIX IT AND REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE SAFETY ISSUE OR RECALL. THE DEALER SAYS "ITS NORMAL". A REPORT TO NHTSA LAST YEAR HAS GONE IGNORED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10313740

Incident

Aug 4, 2009

Mileage

10 mi