Power Train Related Problems of the 1998 Honda CR-V

Table 1 shows five common power train related problems of the 1998 Honda CR-V. The number one most common problem is related to the automatic transmission (four problems). The second most common problem is related to the transmission slip out of gear (one problem).

Table 1. Power Train related problems of Honda CR-V


Recently reported Power Train problems of the 1998 Honda CR-V

The Automatic Transmission problem

When trying to accelerate transmission would start to slip, and consumer would have trouble moving the vehicle. Contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything.   Read details...

The Transmission Slip Out Of Gear problem

Transmission slips violently out of gear once the engine is warm up, and the rpm's go over 2700 occurs during acceleration ( from a stop or when merging/passing on the highway) and when trying to maintain speed up incline.   Read details...

The Power Train problem

The transmission goes into neutral by itself and no gears work at all until you turn it off and restart it then it will move a short distance and do it again it happened on the freeway and I almost had an accident.   Read details...


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