Three problems related to engine have been reported for the 1999 Honda CR-V. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Hello I have a 1999 Honda crv. . I have 102k on my car. I have had taken my car to a repair shop (hondapro) and they told me that particular engine has had problems specifically with the valves overtightening and causing the head to need to be replaced. No symptoms accrue then the cel comes on with codes of misfire, by that time its too late. Burnt and cracked valves are a common problem with this car. I have read several forums that has other owners of the Honda crv that has had the same problem and had to replace the head that costs the consumer at least between 3-5k to fix the problem. I have already replaced the valves on mine once at about 87,327 miles. I don't think that the engine head is a good one when its only been less that 15k miles and the problems come back. I hope something can get done about this head problem. Thank you.
I began experiencing a misfire during idle in my 99 Honda crv about a year ago. I took the car to the dealer and he said my fuel injectors were bad and charged me approx. $750 to replace. I continued to have the problem so I did a tune up on the vehicle. This still did not solve the problem. I brought the car back to the dealer and he said he could not find anything wrong with the car and it was missing because I did not use Honda spark plugs. I replace the bosch plugs with Honda plugs and still experienced the problem. I lived with the problem for a few more months and final brought it back to the dealer for the third time. Now he says that I need a new head and new fuel injectors nd wants $4800 for the repairs. I have been researching the subject on the internet and there are hundreds of complaints of the same problem. The Honda valves need to be adjusted every 15,000 to 30,000 miles or they can get too tight and cause burned valves or a damaged head. The Honda owners manual only recommends adjusting the valves at a much greater interval. This is definitely a design defect and Honda should be held liable for their incompetent engineering ability. By the way the dealer I went to is napletons autowerks Honda in rockford illinois.
My mom's 1999 Honda crv had to undergo several valve jobs from different dealers when it had under 75,000 miles because there were so many problems with the engine. Numerous costs totaled over $2000. Contacted Honda, but there weren't any recalls, or known problems at the time. Seems like a lot of other crv's are having the same problem though. Shouldn't Honda fix this problem by sending out a recall as it is not the fault of the owners of the car?.