Five problems related to front suspension have been reported for the 2005 Honda CR-V. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Honda CR-V based on all problems reported for the 2005 CR-V.
2005 Honda Cr-v two problems since new: 1) camber wear on both rear tires (wears outside treads), but Cr-v has no camber adjustment--caused by lashing the rear axle down when new on car transporter truck. 2) car pulls to the right when accelerating from a stop.
My Honda 2005 Cr-v ex has a problem with pull to the right (pttr) from day one (may 31, 2005). The faster I drive, the harder it pulls. It doesn't matter of I accelerate or drive at a steady speed, the pttr is there. For example, when I drove at 70 mph on I-10, which is a 4-lane road, 2 lanes on each direction (north of tallahassee), I was on the left lane, then took my hands off the steering wheel. It started to drift to the right after two seconds. And then between 2 to 3 seconds later, my v was on the right lane. I had to grab the wheel and pulled it straight back to the road otherwise it would go into a ditch or hit a tree. Did the same test as above, except I took my foot off the gas pedal (let the v cruise on its inertia) at the same time I took my hands off the steering wheel. The pttr reduced significantly, after 7-8 seconds it started to drift to the right. This is should be considered normal. 3 trips to Honda dealer in tallahassee but they could not fix it. On the fourth trip, they said there is no pttr. I insisted the problem did not go away, and they said they tried everything (swap front tires, alignment, TSB, sub frame) within alignment and nothing they can do any more. They admitted there was pttr the first time I brought it in, but now they said it is normal. I checked in Cr-v forums of edmunds. Com (and some other site) and I found that some people have the same problem, and other people don't have. One vehicle even had 2 front suspension replaced from an unaffected Cr-v to get the problem solved. Honda did issued a TSB for this problem, but it did not fix it, or just temporally fixed for a few months (according to some people in the forums). I think this is a defect and it has a dangerous potential to lead to a crash. It should be investigated thoroughly to come up with a real fix. Nick nguyen.
2005 Honda crv pulls to the right under normal driving and acceleration conditions. Noticed within first couple of days of leasing the vehicle. I was told this was normal.
2005 Honda crv VIN # jhlrd78805c027478 pulls to right, excessive torque steer. 5 service reports out of aligment. Struts relocated in front end.
I bought a 2005 Honda crv 2-lx at the beginning of this year. From day one, it pulled to the right. I have had the vehicle at the dealer 3 times for realignment, tire rotation and other adjustments with no improvement at all. The alignment read-outs are fine. On a flat surface going 35-40 mph, not holding the steering wheel, the vehicle changes lanes within 4 seconds. Honda says 6 seconds is allowable. They don't seem to be able to fix the problem and I feel I'm driving an unsafe vehicle.