NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
Engine complaints
101 reportsClear category filter18,900 miles · May 10, 2021
Air BagsEngineService BrakesCrash
STARTED THE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT. THE ENGINE WAS IDLING A BIT ROUGH. PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE ROARED AND ACCELERATED. TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKE. IT DID NOT WORK. FORTUNATELY DID NOT HIT ANY OTHER CARS IN THE PARKING LOT. THE CAR JUMPED OVER THE CURB AT THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT, WENT INTO A…
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STARTED THE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT. THE ENGINE WAS IDLING A BIT ROUGH. PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE ROARED AND ACCELERATED. TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKE. IT DID NOT WORK. FORTUNATELY DID NOT HIT ANY OTHER CARS IN THE PARKING LOT. THE CAR JUMPED OVER THE CURB AT THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT, WENT INTO A DITCH AND HIT A TREE. CAME TO A STOP. THE AIRBAG WAS ACTIVATED. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT HIGH RPM. FORTUNATELY THIS MALFUNCTION HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT AND NOT ON A BUSY CITY ROAD !!!!! THIS BIZARRE INCIDENT POINTS TO POTENTIAL MALFUNCTION OF THE COMPUTER CONTROLS. FORENSIC INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED TO RULE OUT THIS POSSIBILITY.
NHTSA ODI #11415996
18,900 miles · May 2, 2021
Air BagsEngineService BrakesCrash
PULLED THE CAR OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND SHIFTED THE GEAR TO DRIVE. EVEN BEFORE I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, THE ENGINE ROARED AND THE CAR SPED OUT OF CONTROL. THE BRAKE FAILED. FORTUNATELY WAS ABLE TO AVOID OTHER PARKED CARS AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP IN A DITCH AT THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT. THE CAR MAY HAVE TRAVELED ABOUT 1…
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PULLED THE CAR OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND SHIFTED THE GEAR TO DRIVE. EVEN BEFORE I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, THE ENGINE ROARED AND THE CAR SPED OUT OF CONTROL. THE BRAKE FAILED. FORTUNATELY WAS ABLE TO AVOID OTHER PARKED CARS AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP IN A DITCH AT THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT. THE CAR MAY HAVE TRAVELED ABOUT 100 YDS BEFORE COMING TO STOP. THE AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED AND THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR MAY BE EXTENSIVE. REPORTING THIS FAILURE TO THE NHTSA IN CASE THERE ARE OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS HAPPENING WITH THE 2016 HONDA CR-V MODEL.
NHTSA ODI #11414808
21,000 miles · Apr 6, 2021
EnginePower TrainSteering
ENGINE VIBRATION AT IDLE AND ENGINE NOISE WHEN STARTING IN THE COLD. WHEN HOT, WHINING NOISE INSIDE BY TIMING CHAIN AREA. SENT 5 TIMES FOR REPAIR AT PARAGON HONDA AND THE SITUATION WAS NEVER FIXED AND EVERY TIME SENT, THEY KEEP THE CAR IN THE DEALER FOR ONE WEEK AND AN EXTRA WEEK IN HILLSIDE HONDA. MY CAR HAS 23,700 MILES AND …
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ENGINE VIBRATION AT IDLE AND ENGINE NOISE WHEN STARTING IN THE COLD. WHEN HOT, WHINING NOISE INSIDE BY TIMING CHAIN AREA. SENT 5 TIMES FOR REPAIR AT PARAGON HONDA AND THE SITUATION WAS NEVER FIXED AND EVERY TIME SENT, THEY KEEP THE CAR IN THE DEALER FOR ONE WEEK AND AN EXTRA WEEK IN HILLSIDE HONDA. MY CAR HAS 23,700 MILES AND HAVE ALL SERVICES DONE AT PARAGON HONDA AND AT HILLSIDE HONDA AND THE NOISES CONTINUE. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA AND THE SITUATION IS NEVER RESOLVED YET THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE.
NHTSA ODI #11406790
43,000 miles · Mar 28, 2021
EngineFuel/propulsion System
I SMELL GASOLINE WHILE SITTING IN THE CABIN DRIVING. MY CAR HAS SAT ALL NIGHT AND I'M PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE CAR RUNNING AND I SMELL GASOLINE. IT SMELLS LIKE WHEN THERE IS A SMALL CAN OF GAS IN THE CAR A LAWN MOWER. SPEAKING OF WHICH, THE SMELL IS NOT UNLIKE THE SMELL YOU GET WHEN YOU SPILL GAS ON YOUR LAWNMOWER AND STA…
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I SMELL GASOLINE WHILE SITTING IN THE CABIN DRIVING. MY CAR HAS SAT ALL NIGHT AND I'M PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE CAR RUNNING AND I SMELL GASOLINE. IT SMELLS LIKE WHEN THERE IS A SMALL CAN OF GAS IN THE CAR A LAWN MOWER. SPEAKING OF WHICH, THE SMELL IS NOT UNLIKE THE SMELL YOU GET WHEN YOU SPILL GAS ON YOUR LAWNMOWER AND START MOWING THE LAWN. HONDA REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. I WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP BUT THEN THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME. I CAN'T AFFORD IT. MY SON READ OF THIS PROBLEM IN HONDA CR-V FORUM WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THE OIL PAN BEING AN ISSUE. BUT THE CAR MODEL WAS NOT A 2016 AND IS IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM FOE THIS ISSUE BUT IT IS COMING. I CAN'T LIVE WITH THIS SMELL.
NHTSA ODI #11405245
49,100 miles · Feb 6, 2021
EngineUnknown Or Other
THE CABIN IS FILLING WITH ENGINE/FUEL FUMES. I PURCHASED 11/2016 AND BEGAN HAVING DEBILITATING HEADACHES, NAUSEA AND CHEST PAINS OFF AND ON IN 06/2017. I HAVE INCURRED A LOT OF EXPENSE GOING TO NEUROLOGISTS, CARDIOLOGISTS, OPTHAMOLOGISTS TO TRY AND DIAGNOSE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEMS. I WAS FINALLY TOLD IT WAS MIGRAINES. I H…
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THE CABIN IS FILLING WITH ENGINE/FUEL FUMES. I PURCHASED 11/2016 AND BEGAN HAVING DEBILITATING HEADACHES, NAUSEA AND CHEST PAINS OFF AND ON IN 06/2017. I HAVE INCURRED A LOT OF EXPENSE GOING TO NEUROLOGISTS, CARDIOLOGISTS, OPTHAMOLOGISTS TO TRY AND DIAGNOSE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEMS. I WAS FINALLY TOLD IT WAS MIGRAINES. I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED THIS, AND THINK THEY JUST SETTLED ON THAT BECAUSE ALL OF THE MRI'S AND CT SCANS CAME UP CLEAN OR INCONCLUSIVE. AND THEY COULDN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING ELSE. 2 DAYS AGO ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS OVERCOME BY A WIERD SMELL AND SUDDENLY FELT VERY ILL. I MADE IT TO WORK AND STARTED LOOKING FOR ANY OTHER REPORTS OF PROBLEMS. ITS BEEN YEARS OF MISERY THAT HAD A SUDDEN ONSET AND DRASTICALLY AFFECTED MY QUALITY OF LIFE. I CAN'T FLY OR GO FOR A LONG CARE RIDE BECAUSE OF THE HEADACHES.
NHTSA ODI #11394932
Mileage unknown · Feb 4, 2021
Engine
THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND IN Q1 OF 2020. A TECH STATED THAT THE SOUND HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE LOW OIL LEVEL IN THE ENGINE. I HAD NOTICED THE KNOCKING SOUND ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING UP OR DOWN AT AN ANGLE AND ALSO ON TURNS. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED SEVERAL OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS AND THE KNOCKING PERSISTED. IN Q…
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THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND IN Q1 OF 2020. A TECH STATED THAT THE SOUND HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE LOW OIL LEVEL IN THE ENGINE. I HAD NOTICED THE KNOCKING SOUND ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING UP OR DOWN AT AN ANGLE AND ALSO ON TURNS. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED SEVERAL OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS AND THE KNOCKING PERSISTED. IN Q3 OF 2020, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE VTEC THINKING THIS WOULD BE THE FIX. THEN IN JANUARY 2021, WHEN THE OIL INDICATOR WAS AT 35%, THE KNOCKING BEGAN AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP OPENED UP THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT THE SPARK PLUGS, PISTONS AND PISTON RINGS ARE ALL FOULED, AND THAT OIL HAS SEEPED INTO THESE ENGINE PARTS. HONDA CORPORATE HAS OFFERED TO PAY FOR A PORTION BUT NOT ALL OF THE REPAIR COST WHICH IS $5400. THEY HAVE NOT OFFERED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 8 YEARS AND 125,000 MILES WHICH IS WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO CARS IN THE OFFER FOR 2010-2011 CRVS AND 2011 ACCORDS WERE GIVEN BY HONDA ACCORDING TO A MAY 15, 2015 ARTICLE FOR THIS SAME DEFECT. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT - SIMILARLY A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT CONCERNING THIS SAME DEFECT WAS SETTLED IN 2013 COVERING SEVERAL HONDA MODELS. PLAINTIFFS WERE [XXX] AND [XXX] WITH U.S DISTRICT JUDGE [XXX] IN SAN FRANCISCO. HONDA AGREED IN THE SETTLEMENT TO EXTEND THE POWERTRAIN LIMITED WARRANTY FOR UP TO 8 YEARS. FROM; [XXX] IN DALLAS, TEXAS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
NHTSA ODI #11394667
Mileage unknown · Dec 11, 2020
Engine
HONDA CRV HAS THIS VIBRATION WHEN I STOP FOR A RED LIGHT.
NHTSA ODI #11383015
38,000 miles · Aug 3, 2020
EngineFuel/propulsion SystemPower Train
2016 HONDA CR-V DRIVING HIGHWAY WITH ONLY 38,000 MILES AND CUT OFF. GOT TOW HOME SCAN OBD2 COMPUTER SAY FUEL PRESSURE I SAW THERE WAS A DENSO FUEL PUMP RECALL FOR HONDA TRYING SEE IF CRV ARE EFFECT PLEASE CALL CONTACT ME BACK I PICTURES OF MILEAGE TOW TRUCK PICTURES
NHTSA ODI #11342883
119,000 miles · Jul 12, 2020
EngineFuel/propulsion System
RECENTLY MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING EVERY TIME I TRY TO ACCELERATE AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE STOP.MY CAR WILL SPUTTER THEN IT WILL START MOVING AGAIN. SOMETIMES IN THE MORNING AFTER I START MY CAR IT WILL STALL AFTER A FEW SECONDS
NHTSA ODI #11338938
21,000 miles · Jul 9, 2020
Engine
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ENGINE OIL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE HONDA OF MILFORD LOCATED AT 767 BRIDGEPORT AVE, MILFORD, CT 06460, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. …
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ENGINE OIL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE HONDA OF MILFORD LOCATED AT 767 BRIDGEPORT AVE, MILFORD, CT 06460, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,000.
NHTSA ODI #11338390
Official recalls
3Dec 18, 2023
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 Honda Clarity PHEV, Fit, and 2015-2020 Honda Accord Hybrid, Pilot, Acura NSX vehicles. The fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed September 6, 2024. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KGC and KGD. This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21V-215 and 20V-314.
May 4, 2017
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Honda CR-V vehicles that recently received a replacement engine. The replacement engine may have been built with the wrong pistons, potentially affecting the engine's performance.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: The reduced performance may result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engines and replace the incorrect components, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began June 20, 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is KF6.
Oct 29, 2015
American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (Honda) is recalling certain model year 2016 CR-V vehicles manufactured October 12, 2015, to October 19, 2015. The metal housing surrounding the driver's air bag inflator in these vehicles may have been manufactured incorrectly.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver side frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began in November 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda'a number for this recall is JV9.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
1EA19001 · Electrical Overstress
Opened Apr 19, 2019 · Closed Sep 19, 2024
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags: Air Bag/restraint Control Module
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect. During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW. The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with manufacturer design specifications. The ECU in the subject vehicles contains a model DS84 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which controls the communication of the crash sensor signal, firing commands (i.e., when to deploy the airbag(s) and/or pretensioners), and fault information (e.g., diagnostic trouble codes). In September 2016, FCA announced recall 16V-668 for certain model year (MY) 2010 to 2014 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep products manufactured with the subject ZF-TRW ACU. In this recall, FCA discussed an EOS condition that resulted in a failure of the subject DS84 ASIC, which caused air bag non-deployment. FCA noted that the defect condition had only been observed in vehicles equipped with sensor harnessing routed across the front of the vehicle. Other FCA vehicles that also used the subject ACU, but were not equipped with cross-car harnessing, had not experienced EOS failures, despite similar time in service. During the course of this investigation, ODI sent two separate Information Request (IR) letters to six vehicle manufactures (including FCA, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Toyota) and one IR letter to ZF-TRW. These IR letters resulted in ODI receiving comprehensive data from these manufacturers and suppliers. Studies of this data found that the DS84 ASIC does not have sufficient protection against negative electrical transients or electrical overstress (“EOS”) that can be generated in certain severe crashes. An electrical transient occurs when the electrical power supplied to a circuit changes momentarily over a short duration of time. In these severe crash cases, the crash sensors and other powered wiring can be damaged and short circuited so as to create a negative electrical transient of sufficient intensity and duration (that are outside the vehicle manufacturer's specification) to damage the ASIC before the restraint device deployment signal is received by the SRS ECU. This damaged signal can lead to incomplete or nondeployment of the air bags and/or pretensioners. Airbag non-deployment and/or lack of pretensioner operation can increase the risk or severity of injury in a crash.A total of 8 fatalities and 14 injuries were associated with known EOS events. The common element in all investigated manufacturers vehicles is the SRS ECU containing a DS84 ASIC manufactured by ZF-TRW. The risk associated with the ASIC is equally shared among all OEMS involved in the investigation. The actual real-world risk can be mitigated by other factors which were assessed by ODI during this investigation. The first mitigating factor involves protections built into the ACU design which protect the DS84 ASIC from damage. There are multiple strategies and levels of protection employed by different OEMs that provide effective EOS mitigation. The two most common strategies at the ACU level are circuit protection diodes on the remote senor signal lines, and current limiting resistors that protect critical components. The second mitigating factor is found at the vehicle level and involves the location and routing of the wires leading from the crash sensors to the SRS ECU. If the wires are well protected in a crash and are not routed with other power wires carrying large currents, the risk for an EOS event is significantly reduced or eliminated. These design specific factors combine to produce a spectrum of risk for the vehicles equipped with ACUs using the DS84 ASIC. Given the many of years of field exposure, it is possible to divide the subject population into two groups; vehicles which have experienced EOS events, and vehicles which have not experienced EOS field events. Four of the six OEMs involved in this investigation have experienced EOS field events on at least one of their models equipped with a DS84 ASIC. All vehicle models (including the Toyota models identified in the Failure Report Summary of the opening resume for this investigation) with field events have been recalled. In an abundance of caution, ODI kept this investigation open five years to monitor field performance and did not identify any field events on vehicles not included in existing safety recalls. Given the spectrum of risk identified in this investigation and that all vehicles with a demonstrated unreasonable risk have been recalled, ODI is closing this investigation. ODI is closing this investigation with the following manufacturer safety recalls: 16V-668, 18E-043, 18V-137, 18V-363, and 20V-024. With the recall actions taken by the subject vehicle and equipment manufacturers, this investigation is closed. The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exists on other model or model year vehicles outside of the recall scopes. The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.