general problems of the 2007 Honda CR-V - part 1

86 problems related to latches/locks/linkage have been reported for the 2007 Honda CR-V. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Honda CR-V based on all problems reported for the 2007 CR-V.

1 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 08/15/2023

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated the front passenger’s and rear passenger’s side locked automatically immediately after using the key fob or power lock control to unlock the doors. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 187,736.

2 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 07/09/2018

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the rear driver's door did not lock when using the key fob. The contact had to play with the key fob in order for the door to lock. The vehicle was taken to brown Honda (located at 6155 central Ave, toledo, OH 43615, (419) 841-2222), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact also stated that the front passenger door lock actuator was previously replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and advised the contact to call the dealer. The approximate failure mileage was 97,000.

3 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 02/07/2018

2007 Honda Cr-v. Consumer has concerns about being unable to use key to unlock vehicle door. The consumer stated the door can only be opened by remote. The consumer requested the manufacturer cover the expense of having the door repaired.

4 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 07/06/2017

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. While the vehicle was being serviced at Honda cars of aiken (550 jefferson davis hwy, warrenville, SC 29851) for a recall repair, the technician noticed that the front passenger side locking mechanism failed. The failure prevented the door from opening properly on multiple occasions. The lock needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall for the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.

5 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 10/18/2016

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the front and rear driver's side door locks would not lock. The dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The dealer stated that there was a manufacturer defect with the door locks. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. The contact stated that the vehicle was involved in a door look recall, but the NHTSA campaign number was not found. The manufacturer was notified. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 43,000.

6 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 06/13/2014

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. When the brakes were applied to stop the vehicle, the door locks would lock or unlock automatically without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 70,000.

7 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 04/20/2014

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the doors independently locked. The contact also mentioned that the door failed to unlock without the use of the key fob. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 85,000.

8 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 01/24/2014

Passenger front door does not stay locked. When I reach 9 mph doors lock and front passenger lock slowly unlocks. Then every time I slow down and then go over 9 mph it locks and unlocks. I can not leave anything in car as I am afraid someone can just open the door and steal the car or whatever may be in it. Honda dealer says this happens and I can pay them $350 and that may help but no guarantees. I can't even sell the car this way. This is irresponsible on the part of Honda. This is my first and last Honda.

9 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 12/28/2013

On our 2007 Honda Cr-v the passenger side door unlocks almost immediately after being locked, no matter how it is locked. This happens with the car in motion, stopped, with the key fob or manually locked. The door will also lock while driving but then immediately unlock itself. This is only part of the problem. The unlocking of the door also disengages the alarm. I can lock the door and set the alarm and within a second, can open with door with no alarm sounding at all. So with the door unlocking, my wife and children are in harms way when they're stopped as there is nothing to stop someone from entering that front passenger door into the only empty seat in the car and doing bodily harm to them or stealing the car and leaving them where ever they are. This also makes it impossible to secure the car when away from home as both the lock and alarm are disengaged making it too easy for any criminal looking for a target of opportunity. This means in a 24 hour day, my car, while parked and empty or filled with the most important people in my life, is only secured for literally a few seconds. By proxy, that means my wife and children are only secure for less than that.

10 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 12/24/2013

Passenger door locks less than a second after being unlocked, making it difficult to exit the vehicle.

11 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 12/01/2013

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the front passenger's side door independently unlocked. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000. Updated 1/14/cn.

12 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 12/01/2013

My front passenger side door will not stay locked. Each time I lock it, all the other doors stay locked except this door. I can not manually lock it, therefore my car is now subject to vandalism or theft. I am a single female and this terrifies me that when I am sitting at a traffic light at light someone could easily attack me or try to steal my car. I contacted Honda and they said that there is absolutely nothing they can do.

13 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 11/27/2013

We have a 2007 Honda crv and have been having issues with our locks. They will click numerous times when they are not supposed to. . . Everytime a stop is made while driving the car they reclick. It can be a stop sign, stop light, or just a brief stop and we will hear a clicking sound like they are relocking. We have often noticed that when someone tries to enter the driver door or front passenger door the unlock mechanism on the key or driver door has to be hit at the exact same time for a person to be able to open the door. Although it is very frustrating to hear these clicks over and over and to have to deal with trying to get into the car like this, there is an even bigger issue of safety. The rear passenger door (behind the driver's seat) will unlock itself after the car is in motion. You can hear the rear door click to unlock and it will show orange. What is even more alarming is that the rear door can be opened while the car is in motion even after the doors have been manually locked by the driver pushing the lock button! this is a serious safety hazard as my children ages 7 and 9 ride in the backseat of our crv.

14 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 11/20/2013

The front passenger door lock does not remain locked, it unlocks itself immediately after locking.

15 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 11/20/2013

My Honda Cr-v 2007 just started to have problem with the door lock/unlock system. I started to notice the problem probably in November 2013. The car locking default set-up was at 15mph (meaning even if I forget to lock the doors, they will be locked when the car reach 15mph). However, one of the door just unlock all by itself right-after it get locked. This is a huge safety concern if you have kids in your car. I realized many Cr-v owners have the same problem, but Honda decided not to do anything about it.

16 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 11/06/2013

The driver side door locks have faulty actuator pumps. The doors will lock and unlock at inappropriate times and the passenger side door lock will initially lock and then unlock while the car is in motion. We're getting the door locks fixed out of pocket, but this level of failure seems unreasonable for the age and condition of this car. Honda needs to assist with repairs and/or help owners pay for the fix.

17 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 10/29/2013

The power switches on doors are easy to fail. The actuator failed and the door is getting 'locked' itself which could be an issue if child is left in the car with key. I got the first incident of this issue on my passenger - right door about 6 months ago and now got the same issue on door in driver seat.

18 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 10/24/2013

Issues involving door locks unlocking and locking while driving. Cannot open back hatch most of the time. Wife has witnessed doors unresponsive to opening at times, both inside and outside.

19 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 10/23/2013

While driving the rear door locks will continuously unlock themselves. The locks will continue to engage (make a noise as if someone were pressing the lock switch) even if I do not re-lock the doors.

20 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 10/16/2013

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that both rear driver and passenger side doors failed to lock remotely. The contact mentioned that the rear passenger's side door could only be locked manually however, the rear driver's side door was unable to lock manually or remotely. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for a diagnostic test or repairs. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure and current mileage was 150,000.

21 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 10/15/2013

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the locks on the vehicle would engage independently. The vehicle was not taken for inspection, diagnosis or repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 57,000.

22 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 10/07/2013

Front passenger door lock actuator bad. The door would not stay in locked position.

23 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 10/03/2013

My grandson went to get out of the passenger front side of car. It would not unlock. He had to climb over to the driver seat to get out. The next day I went to open the trunk and it was lock. I do a lot of picking up of my grandchildren and I'm afraid that they will get stuck in the event of an accident. What a shame to have to worry about this and the cost I will have to incur.

24 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 09/26/2013

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the front passenger¿s side door could not be locked manually and when using the remote key. A loud noise was heard from the rear passenger¿s side locking mechanism when attempting to lock the doors. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and repaired. The failure mileage was 90,000.

25 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 09/26/2013

Power door locks failure on two doors - one door will unlock by itself all the time. After 2 months the door lock on another door malfunctioned with the opposite problem - the door locks by itself all the time.

26 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 09/23/2013

In the last two weeks, suddenly the door locks won't remain open after opening with key fob. The door locks will open for a second or two, but then automatically return to the locked position. Appears to be an electro-mechanical malfunction with the electronics and locking actuators. This occurs on all doors (front and rear, including tailgate door), in all scenarios (engine running; engine not running; door open; door shut; key in ignition; key out of ignition). In addition, the door lock/unlock buttons on the door panel will not unlock manually. . . . It's like the door lock button is stuck in the locked position. It takes a great amount of force to unlock the button, but then it automatically returns to the locked position. Have been unable to locate source of problem. This is a real safety issue!.

27 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 08/15/2013

The contact owns a 2007 Honda crv. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 mph, the front passenger's side power door lock actuator caused the door to independently unlock. In addition, the lift gate would not release upon engagement. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.

28 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 08/09/2013

On 08/09/2013 I parked my Honda crv in my driveway and locked my car with my keyless remote. One hour later our family decided to go out to dinner. We went out to our car and it wouldn't open. Tired the key in the door and tried the keyless remote also tried the spare keyless remote, would not open. At 9:30 p. M. We call aaa to open the car, at 10 p. M. Aaa showed up and opened the front passenger door. He got the door open, we decided to take the car to the Honda dealer in the morning. During the night, the doors automatically locked. I needed to go to work, had to get a ride with someone else. My husband waited 3 hours for a tow-truck to show up to take it to a Honda dealership. We were very surprised to find out this was not covered by a recall, this is a safety issue. Where we live the temperature during the day in August runs from 95 degrees to 110 degrees, if this happened during the day and children were in the car, this could cause death.

29 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 07/23/2013

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the driver's side door failed to remain locked. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 53,000.

30 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 07/13/2013

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the power locks would engage independently while the contact was driving various speeds. The contact did not take the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The failure mileage was 129,000. . . . Updated 08-08-13 the consumer stated the rear passenger door lock will not stay locked. Within one second of engaging locks, the door unlocked and remained unlocked. The actuator was replaced under warranty.

31 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 07/11/2013

Passenger door will unlocked after locking manually, with remote, when its to auto lock after you start driving over 15 mph. Cannot lock passenger door at all.

32 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 07/10/2013

The lock on my right passenger and rear/trunk doors locked and were unable to unlock (could not open manually either). The car was parked in my garage when this occurred. The dealership wanted to charge me $860. 00 to repair both locks. After contacting America Honda, the price was dropped to $401. 00. Apparently the problems were the fuse box problem and the door latch actuator. I feel this to be a safety concern especially since I have a toddler who could have been or may be trapped in the car when the doors lock. This is a defect of the vehicle and not a maintenance that I neglected to service or upkeep therefore I feel that I should not have to pay anything and the car should be recalled since I've read enough complaints regarding the crv door locks. I am the original owner of this car and have only taken my car to Honda dealership for services.

33 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 07/04/2013

From August 2013, right front door started to lock by itself right after I unlock it. Several weeks later, the right rear door started to keep locking itself with very loud noise when the speed of car reaches 20~30 miles/hour. It was very annoying and I fixed the car, which cost me over $300. However, now the left rear door started to keep locking whenever the car reaches to the speed of 20~30 miles/hour.

34 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 06/21/2013

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the rear passenger's door unlocked independently. In addition, the rear lift gate failed to open. The vehicle was not taken vehicle to dealer for diagnostic testing. The dealer was contacted and stated that the failure could possibly have been caused by the door lock actuator. The failure was reported to the manufacturer. The failure and current mileage was 112, 626.

35 Latches/locks/linkage problem

Failure Date: 06/18/2013

The actuators that normally lock all door when the speed reaches approximately 15 mph are malfunctioning. Currently, after every stop and start the door actuator seems to lock and unlock the doors multiple times.


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