general problems of the 2008 Honda CR-V - part 1

*(#1)2024 completely turnd off dead stopef in the middle freeway highway patrol had to tow it away lasy year cost me $900+ **** again now almost passed out no air bag to safe **** (#2) 3/6/2025 car completly crashed ,injured ,I was taken by 911 to hospital. ** bad air bag did not came out or never worked to protected **, I got hit my chest so bad , thoght I was going to die thst moment. Currently I rented a car to pay it dayly $$$$ go to doctor from my own pocket. [I can afford] since I lost do not know how long will take to be replaced my 2008 hona crv ,with safer vehicle. I need to have transportation I sholdn't charged for renting a car and get help with free rent transportation sooner untill someone resolve this dadly issue. Thank godi'm alive.

Door actuators ( front passenger side and back driver side) does not work. It bothers me by locking and unlocking.

The contact owns a 2008 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the rear passenger's side door was making locking sounds unintendedly and had failed to unlock as needed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the door actuator was replaced, and the door was repaired. Additionally, the contact stated that front passenger's side door and the tailgate had failed to unlock as needed. The dealer was contacted; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not covered under an unknown recall because the recall had expired. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

Vehicle door locks acting up off & on for several years. Sometimes not unlocking needing to insert key to unlock, other times passenger door not locking when using fob and doors locking & unlocking while driving. Now most recently cannot open drivers door from inside. It can be opened from the outside. This is very dangerous if you needed to get out of car quickly, not to mention the inconvenience of crawling over the center console to get out of passenger door. I am 71 years old and will never buy another Honda as I’ve read about the problems with this. Too bad because I really like my crv.

Door locks began opening and closing on their own while I was driving. I have replaced battery twice since this began. The auto repair place and aaa were unable to locate a cause for the electrical problem. The car will not stay locked. I was robbed of my personal property while it was parked. It is not really safe to drive since I cannot secure myself in it.

When locking the door, there is a loud noise. I was told the lock actuator is bad and needs to be replaced (driver rear). I purchased this vehicle in October 2022 and the warranty is no longer valid. Prior to, the passenger front lock actuator had to be replaced. The vehicle is available to be inspected upon request.

Auto door locking system attempts to lock all four doors every time the vehicle drops below 10 miles per hour and then goes above 10 mph. All four doors can be manually locked and show they are locked when the motion auto lock system thinks one or more are not locked and attempts to lock after 10 miles per hour. This continues for every trip.

Driver door actuator started jamming late July. Door would only look after pressing the lock button from the passenger side. It eventually stopped locking that way and would only lock after hitting the lock button 8+ times on the driver side. Yes it is available for inspection upon request. My own safety is put at risk due to this issue because my doors are unable to lock. As a young woman, who doesn't have access to a garage and sometimes doesn't get home till late, having doors that are completely unable to lock due to a known system issue from Honda makes me uneasy. Yes, the problem has been confirmed by an independent service center. No the vehicle has not been inspected by the manufacturer, etc. . . No, the car provided no warning lamps, messages or any other symptoms of the issue. Issues first appeared in late July and have drastically gotten worse since then.

My vehicle had the recall of the door locks completed but it has started the same problems again. Doors locking and unlocking at random while driving. Door unlocking once I have got out of the vehicle at a store and I have no idea for how long. Front and back doors on the driver side is now making a grinding and loud popping noise when locking/unlocking the doors. The back gate tells me it is ajar but is not. The doors may or may not let you out of the car once you have arrived at your destination and placed the vehicle in park. The unlock button does not seem to help this problem. You must move the gear shifter back and forth and finally you can exit the vehicle. Safety issue. Another recall needs to done for this issue.

The door lock actuators are failing, causing the doors to lock or unlock almost every time I speed up from a stop. The passenger door defaults to lock almost at all times, when unlocked it will relock within 3 seconds.

Honda body shop switched and stripped components/ parts of my vehicle when state farm adjustor wrote the repair assessment like it was in a high speed head on collision when it was actually a left side fender bender. That’s fraud… but nonetheless, state farm agreed to fix the car. It’s a Honda cr/v that has had the engine replaced now but it’s having drivetrain issues. It rattles and violently vibrates upon takeoff (automatic transmission) and when going uphill. It has electrical problems due to rodent chewing soy based electrical wires. I’ve replaced myself many components such as axle cv, electrical, fans, air conditioner, starters (3 in past two years) and basically had to rebuild the entire front end because the Honda body shop was using my car for a parts car. Curry Honda in chamblee GA. Honda has refused to acknowledge any issues. 2008 Honda Cr-v has drivetrain issues probably related to the software which Honda charges $150-200 every time just to clear a code. They don’t work with 3rd party parts providers and like apple, are monopolizing their car company making it unsafe to take your car anywhere but to a Honda dealer for things as simple as an oil change. They want you to get your battery and fluids there, refusing to share specs with anyone else. This should be illegal as apple recently has had lawsuits for trying to monopolize their screen replacement and repairs. Trying to get customers to only go to apple for repair, rendering your phone useless unless you pay apple again for repairs. Honda company is not customer focused, the dealers are out to make money off every single thing the car needs and their system is designed for no diyers to fix much at all.

While driving my front passenger door lock will start unlocking and relocking on my 2008 Honda crv. I have been told the door locking actuator has failed. While at a stop light my doors became unlocked and I did not know it, and someone opened my passenger door. I was able to drive off but this is a huge safety issue. Also I can lock my doors after exiting vehicle and randomly they will unlock. My car is now left vulnerable to theft. I contacted my local dealership and was told my driver door actuator was replaced under a recall, but not the others. I was told if I want the other defective ones replaced I must pay hundreds of dollars for each. I am an older woman and am afraid to drive my car without working door locks. I do not feel safe and anyone/anything in my car is not safe.

Door lock actuators failing, makes a loud buzzing noise when locking and sometimes locks and unlocks on its own when I’m driving. There are no recalls coming up, however I was informed of a class action lawsuit against Honda regarding the door lock issues with 2007-2011 Honda crv’s.

This did not happen due to an accident. When I park my car and lock the car the passenger door in the front does not stay locked. I have manually locked it and the latch is moving over I believe this is called the aactuator. I believe there has been a recall and now I see no recalls. This is unsafe for me and it does need to be fixed as it is a issue with how they made the vehicle.

Approximately six months to one year ago, a screeching sound was audible anytime I would lock or unlock the doors in my 2008 Honda Cr-v. I researched the issue and found out that this vehicle has a known problem with its actuators, and that Honda was successfully sued in 2015 resulting in an extension of the warranty on the part. I inherited this vehicle from my grandmother, and I found out from Honda that she did in fact have the part replaced in 2015, yet it has started to fail again, and Honda is refusing to fix it. The problem is that this failure causes the doors to automatically relock themselves after being unlocked. Obviously, this creates a serious safety concern should it become necessary to exit the vehicle in the event of an emergency. I don't believe it should be the owners responsibility to pay to have this part replaced again after Honda replaced their defective part with an equally defective one.

A lot smog come out from the wood the a/c stop working.

When attempting to lock the doors with either the key fob or from inside the vehicle, the back door locks stay open. The front passenger door also makes a loud buzzing noise but stays locked. This is an issue when the auto lock function kicks in after every stop sign or red traffic light. I don’t want to leave the car in public spaces for fear of someone entering my vehicle unbeknownst to me. The original vehicle owner had no recollection of any correspondence, by mail or otherwise, related to the 2007-2011 Honda c-RV recalls for this issue.

My door lock actuator have been malfunctioning in right rear passenger,left passenger and driver sides. It makes a buzzing and gun shooting sound. Recently my door ajar alert has been coming on if I slightly touch driver door. My alarm is also starting go go off by itself due to the door lock actuators malfunctioning.

Front passenger door unlock while driving and makes a weird noise while driving I feel unsafe driving with the noise and the door being unlock, first it started unlocking and locking then it get worse within a few days, I feel unsafe driving with my child in the vehicle while its like this.

Hello sir/madam, I own 2008 Honda cr v. Yesterday when I tried to start my car, I head loud abnormal loud noise and the malfunction indicator light lit on the dash board. Since the noise was very abnormal and very loud, I decided not to drive the car. Next, I searched on internet to see if other Honda owners have same issue. I went to https://owners. Honda. Com/servicemaintenance/recalls?id= website and found the following. Honda is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 accord, 2007-2010 Cr-v, and 2005-2008 element passenger cars manufactured from July 1, 2004, through September 3, 2010. The outer race of the secondary shaft bearing may be broken during certain driving styles. A broken outer race may cause abnormal noise, the malfunction indicator light to turn on, and allow contact between the transmission idle gear and an electronic sensor housing within the transmission. Safety risk: this could result in a short circuit causing the engine to stall. Additionally, broken pieces of the outer race or ball bearing from the secondary shaft may become lodged in the parking pawl resulting in the vehicle rolling after the driver has placed the gear selector in the park position. Engine stall and unexpected vehicle movement increases therisk of a crash or personal injury to persons within the path of arol ling vehicle. Then I called autonation Honda o'hare dealer in des plaines , IL and explained my issue. I was told by the dealership that my VIN number is not covered in spite of me having exactly the same issue as described in Honda's recall campaign number r89 and that I will have to pay for the diagnosis and repair. Next I called american Honda corporation and explained my issue. I was told that my VIN number is not covered in spite of me having exactly the same issue as described in Honda's recall campaign number r89 and that I will have to pay for the diagnosis. This is serious safety issue and american Honda corporation is putting my safety as risk.

The door locks are not functioning properly. I had a child in my care when at one time the doors would not open at all. Thankfully one window was down and allowed me to climb through and get to the baby. I had to climb through to the back and manually get the back hatch to open. The doors would not unlock. They will unlock now but the rear driver door will not lock at all. The locks lock and unlock as I am driving and have a horrible buzzing noise. These locks are not safe!.

Rear door lock is malfunctioning. Sometimes it will lock when lock button is depressed. Other times it won't. Sometimes it will lock, but then unlock itself shortly after. This is a safety issue, since we are located in a high-crime area, berkeley, CA, where car thefts, carjackings and car break-ins are common. There were no warning signs, lamps or other symptoms prior to this problem. Just started happening in the past few months. Started as an occasional problem, but has become persistent.

Purchased vehicle in 2020. The rear door behind driver locking actuator went out. Honda repaired for $250 since recall stopped. Last month, both the front passenger and rear passenger locking actuators went out (another $250 each door). Doors lock and unlock on their own. Safety issue.

Power locks, lock and unlock on their own randomly. This happens while driving and while parked. This has happened so fast after parking, that I have not even had time to open the back doors and get my children out. Had I not grabbed my keys, they could have been locked inside the car alone! this is a safety issue! it happens while driving, while parked, with the key in the ignition and with the car completely turned off and the key removed.

All 4 door locks failed. Yes it is available for inspection upon request. The safety of anyone who is inside the vehicle is at risk. Yes the problem has been confirmed by an independent service center. It has been inspected by an ase certified mechanic. There was not any warning lamps, messages, or other symptoms of the problem prior to the first failure. An obd2 scanner didn't show the vehicle as to having any issues with it as well. The day after I bought this car, the locks will lock and unlock while driving the car and when the car is turned off as well. I don't have any of the key fobs that go to the car, only the valet key that doesn't have any buttons on it, and only locks and unlocks vehicle through the keyhole on driver's door. After class dismissal at 10pm, I went to enter the vehicle, but looked inside it just in case, and knowing the locks didn't work properly, and saw a man laying in the back of the car. I walked over to another class member close by and called campus security. The man must have heard us and got out of the car and ran. While running a gun fell to the ground but was reported stolen, he's still out there. I just purchased the vehicle 8 months ago and won't drive it anymore due to the faulty door locks. There isn't a recall on the locks and why should I have to pay Honda to replace them with another set of locks that could have the same issue. I was lucky that I was able to get a ride back and forth to school but lost my job due to lack of transportation. I'm out $5800, a car, a job, facing eviction, and now on psychological medicine due to faulty door locks. This is my 3rd and last Honda I will ever own. Thanks Honda.

The lock on the rear-passenger side of the car won't stay locked; it will constantly unlock itself after trying to lock it.

The rear passenger door won't stay locked. No matter if you try to lock it with the key fob or manually lock it, it will just unlock by itself. This has been happening since 2020 and it has gotten worse.

Im driving down the road all of the sudden my door locks all make a terrable startling noise that has happened since the recall on them and I have had the drivers side replace at merced Honda. But now it does it in route and no one can get out of the back passenger seat . It is just locked.

Vehicle door locks unlock, lock, make loud noise, while driving or parked and lock switch activated. Problem has been going on for more than a year but has gotten steadily worse in recent weeks.

Ii purchased this vehicle in August 2019 when it had about 142,000 miles on odometer. Recently with about 146,000 miles on odometer the right front door started unlocking immediately after locking it. There is no way to lock the door, as it always unlocks itself. It unlocks whether the vehicle is moving or stationary, with or without the ignition on or off or the key is in the ignition or not. . Other doors stay locked, including the rear liftgate.

There is a violent shaking feeling coming from the engine area along with a loud constant rattling sound coming from the same area. This happens when driving and when stationary. The dealership said it was a tensioner (?) arm and charged me $580. The sound persists and is worse when the air conditioner is running. Also the back seat passenger side lock makes a loud buzzing noise when locked or unlocked.

Rear window motors not working properly and making noises randomly.

When car doors lock it makes a loud noise and driver door does not lock. I feel that this is a defect in locks/sensors. It is very unsafe to have a car that does not lock.

The driver side rear door and trunk cannot be unlocked. There is no response when I try to unlock the doors with the remote. The door also does not open when I try to unlock the door manually. This is definitely a life threatening safety issue in case of an emergency escape becoming necessary.

Vehicle shut off while driving on highway. Had it towed for service. The main computer turned out to be defective and had to be replaced. Very expensive. Mileage was about 91,000 miles when this occurred. No computer was in stock so replaced with a used computer that was reprogrammed for my vehicle.