Five problems related to manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe have been reported for the 2004 Honda CR-V. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Honda CR-V based on all problems reported for the 2004 CR-V.
While the vehicle was positioned at the stop sign consumer noticed black smoke coming from under the hood, and smelled something burning. Passing by driver came to get the consumer out of the vehicle. Consumer turned the vehicle off and stepped out of the vehicle. Within a 2-3 minutes the fire went out on its own. Vehicle was towed to the dealer, who informed consumer that the fire was due to oil leaking from the oil filter seal onto the manifold.
In morning daylight, 50 degree temperature in columbus ohio, I was astonished to see a Honda crv traveling at 65 mph beside me on the freeway with it's exhaust system glowing so brightly, I first mistook it for an orange neon lighting system. The first thing that came to mind was "this poor guy's car is going to catch on fire". Imagine my surprise when I did a search on the internet and found that Honda crvs are being investigated by the NHTSA for mysterious fires. Ttp://motortrend. Com/features/news/112_news18/. The reason why Honda suvs catch on fire is because of incredibly high exhaust gas temperatures that cause in the manifold collector and exhaust pipe of the vehicle to glow cherry red at highway speeds. Something in the engine management system is amiss causing either incredibly lean mixtures that raise exhaust gas temperatures, or overly retarded timing that is letting excess fuel burn in exhaust system instead of the engine. Either way, it is a disasterous problem based on what I saw. Please feel free to contact me if you would like any additional information on what I witnessed. Btw: I called the direct trouble reporting number for NHTSA, and was told I could not file any report on safety issues unless I could supply a VIN number. . . Pretty lame.
The vehicle leaked oil onto the engine manifold. The consumer noticed a pool of oil under the vehicle. In taking the vehicle in to get serviced the mechanic found that when getting the previous oil change the technician never removed the old oil filter gasket and placed a new gasket over the old one. When the engine got hot the oil leaked between the two gaskets. See odi 10092496 also.
Knowing that there is a potential hazard in getting the oil changed in my 2004 Honda Cr-v, I have been researching a solution. In that process, I have been told by several auto service places that they will not service my car due to the liabilities involved. They told me that other vehicles do not catch on fire when a gasket is left on or some oil leaks out, so something was changed in the Cr-v engine that is allowing the oil to now reach the manifold. I will not feel safe when the time comes to deal with this. Honda must take ownership of this problem.
The consumer's vehicle leaked oil onto the engine manifold. The vehicle was taken to another dealer where it was determined that during a previous oil change the technician failed to remove the original rubber gasket before installing the new one. See odi 10095399 also.