general problems of the 2012 Honda CR-V - part 1

2 weeks ago I was coming to a stop on a hill and the car stalled like it was about to shut off, but it kept running. A week ago. I was turning into a parking lot and the car stalled. The steering wheel got hard, so I turned off the car and then I turned it back on again. It stalled a little bit, but then it turned on. And finally yesterday November 16, 2024 as I was turning into a supermarket parking lot. The car stalled and shut off completely and didn’t want to restart. Two men. One was a mechanic pushed the car out of the way, and the mechanic one told me that it’s the timing chain.

Window glass on passenger rear door suddenly and without warning violently imploded while driving. Glass fragments blown into rear seat and interior of vehicle. No evidence of foreign object causing glass to fail. No prior evidence of damage or defect to glass was observed. Vehicle traveling about 45 miles per hour on sunny, clear day with no other vehicles next to or in front. Driver was able to maintain control and get safely off roadway immediately after incident. Vehicle still operable. No one in back seat at the time of incident, but if a passenger had been there they likely would have been injured by glass fragments. Honda dealership service manager and Honda customer service reports no other similar incidents on record. Vehicle owner has photos and will have window glass replaced by qualified installer using owner's insurance. Insurance was provided photos and did not request inspection of damage before scheduling repair.

Eduardo magana in chicago IL has tampered with the odometer of this vehicle and is trying to sell it. He also had a Ford f-150 for sale I believe he’s running a scam and doing this to multiple vehicles.

Went to put bike rack on car and installer said frame rusted and advised that Honda crv in northeast up until 2011 were recalled for frame rusting. I believe my vehicle falls into this category as well. Installer wouldn’t install bike rack.

While going over speed bump, left rear trailing arm broke off. Large amount of rust was noted to frame. Our crv had to be towed to our local Honda dealer. There is a current recall for this same issue on vehicle years 2007-2011 but none to cover our 2012 crv.

The car doors keep clicking locking and the light shows a door open. Can be turning or just driving highway and clicks. My mechanic says it’s an actuator and looked it up and seems that there was a safety recall, 2 service bulletins and a safety class action suit on this. I never received a thing on this. I called my Honda dealer and they show nothing. They just have an air bag recall which never received a letter on either.

The vtc actuator needed to be replaced at 85,522. It cost me 1169. 17 to replace it. In doing my research, several people have had issues with this part yet Honda has not had it recalled. You can find the evidence on you tube. The warranty is 70,000 for a 1200. 00 dollar fix? shame on Honda for selling an inferior product, leaving their customers with a hefty repair bill. I want to be reimbursed for my repair and the vtc actuator to be recalled.

The 2012 crv has one driver's side door key lock for the entire vehicle located on the drivers door. The 3 original keys for the crv all fit in the key hole and turn easily, but none of the keys opened the door. The keys work to start the emission but not the doors, the fobs all work on all the doors, as well. This issue was identified when the battery died, the key fobs were rendered useless and none of the original keys worked to open the vehicle. This was very dangerous to have no way to enter our car if we were stranded due to a battery malfunction or other electrical issue. The car was brought to the Honda dealership and evaluated and it was found that the door/key actuator is not working. There are many complaints identical to mine found on the internet. A class action lawsuit was filed against Honda corp for this exact issue and the plantiffs won. I have missed this deadline for this class action lawsuit. Service bulletins service 14-083, 14-084 these service bulletins allowed Honda Cr-v owners to get their door actuators repaired free of charge until November 2015. The bulletins applied to the driver’s side and passenger door lock actuators, but stated they were only to be repaired if they were faulty, instead of a blanket replacement for all actuators. This is still an issue that is dangerous and needs to be fixed, especially as we do not know when a battery may die and not being able to get into your crv. Honda corp was also notified of this issue and to date nothing is being done.

The heater on my 2012 Honda crv has cold air on driver side and hot air on passenger side. The driver side defrost, side vent and heat all cold. I purchase the car new and has never really needed to use the heater. The few times I turned the heater on I thought that it was just taking a long time to get warm and just turned it off because the cold air blowing was worst than turning it off, and most times was only going a short distance. I didn't realize until much later that it was getting hot on the passenger side and not the driver side. I live where it warm most of the year and rarely need to use the heater, not until recently when I turned it on and realized it wasn't working properly. There are many complaints on line about this issue with the Honda crv from 2012 on to newer models. Why is there not a recall on the Honda crv? this is not fair to the consumers because when you take the car in to the Honda dealer for repairs, they want to charge you a few hundred dollars to fix an issue that they know is a problem. If a consumer drive across country from a warm area to a cold area not knowing the heater is not working properly, they are going to be in danger, especially if small children or an elderly person or persons are in the car. The dealer or service department at Honda is not going to tell customers that this has been an ongoing issue for years. They are going to continue to charge customers to have this expensive repair done until NHTSA does it job to contact owners of this particular model or require Honda service departments report all the repairs they have done on the heater because of the exact same problem starting with Honda crv 2012 through Honda 2020. This is the least that NHTSA should do. Consumers that purchase these vehicles and trusted Honda to do the right thing needs your help now, not 10 years from now.

Spare tire wheel well fills with water during heavy rain. Today I sucked out at least 2-3 gallons. Water goes 1/2 to 3/4 up the spare tire. Due to moisture jack has rusted, headliner coming down and tire is slimy. 2020 Honda said problem was fixed but every time we have a hard rain it fills with water. Research has shown many people have same issue and have been unable to find source of leaks. If I get a flat don’t know if jack will work or in spare is ok. Headliner is going to cause issues too.

When driving from 30 to 40 mph the vehicle start vibrating and shaking. After 40 mph the vibration disappear. It seems many drivers for the 2012 Honda crv are experience the same issue. It seems Honda corporation has not provided any solution.

Driver's side does not heat nor defrost driver's side window due to heater core problem. It's getting worse each winter. I now need to drive with a blanket! also, extremely loud grinding noise upon cold start. Started about 8 months ago and is really concerning.

Heat on left side of vehicle does not blow out hot. This appears to be a common diagnosed problem with the 2012-2014 Honda Cr-v. Very disappointed in this issue and no recall. Expect more out of a Honda with 65,000 miles! this is a big safety issue when the defroster will not defrost the window. . . .

1) water leaking in the trunk from the tether compartment and getting back trunk wet 2) water leaks in the trunk area when the car is driven through the car wash unsure if this would be a workmanship issue.

Driver's side heat was blowing slightly warm while passenger side was hot had to pay over300 to get the heater core flushed when this is a common problem on these models was sold this way from a Honda dealer this is a safety hazard when the window is unable to clearly defrost this needs to be recalled.

Vtc actuator: loud rattling noise upon cold start-up started at approx 75k miles. Car is stationary. Took car to dealership for regular maintenance and given a clean bill of health each time. In fact dealer told me it may have been my imagination because they could not duplicate the sound in shop. The extended warranty expires 2 months ago. Because the sound persisted and seems louder in fact, I left my Cr-v at dealer's overnight, sound was heard and duplicated first thing in the am. Then I get a diagnosis of the vtc actuator failure at a replacement cost of $849. In addition, my timing chain cover is now mysteriously leaking oil, costing $748 for repair. I wonder if the constant rattling of the variable valve timing control actuator aided in this issue. According to published TSB and online complaints, Honda has known of vtc actuator problem/safety issue since 2012 which means the Honda technicians were aware prior to my constant complaining about it, my warranty expiring, and an enormous cost for repairs. Anything less than an official recall forcing Honda to replace part for working one at no cost to vehicle owner is a lack of integrity, deceitful dealings and unfair to Honda loyal consumers.

Honda 2012. . . Black death. 78000 miles. Total failure of ac system. Must have ac in summer. Why has Honda not fixed this issue over past number of year. S and Honda says nothing is being paid by them. Yes, nothing covered. Consumer must pay over $3,000 to repair.

When driving the vehicle and I depress the ex the car vibrates , and feels life if it will cut of no one can fine the problem and no check engine lights , and no codes come up when scan.

The drivers's side heating vents produce little to no heat. The passenger side heat vents function normally. It seems that there is some kind of blockage in the heater core where the heat should be originating from. This happens at all times, even after car is warmed up to normal operating temperature.

Low heat on driver's side of car compared to passenger side caused by clog in the heater core. I found many complaints online and it seems to be a known problem/defect. It causes significantly slower defrosting on the driver's side that decreases visibility if someone does not have over 30 minutes to let the car idle long enough to defrost in cold weather. Not only does it waste gas but it is now a fineable offense to leave a car idling outside your home or work where I live.

Defected airbags.

Exploding sun roof _ read article in consumer report. This incident took place on sept. 30 - oct. 1. I was driving on the expressway a loud noise occured and at the time I thought something flew up from the road and hit the windshield. I thought nothing of it until driving home the next day on the expressway, I was hearing a whistling noise and then as I was passing a semi a very loud noise took place. I couldn't believe it happened twice and the whistling noise disappeared. When I arrived at my destination my friend and I started looking the car all over. We finally discovered that the sunroof had been hit and that the loud noise was the glass giving away and coming off the car. I do do not know if this will be considered a spontaneous shattering sunroof, but I thought I would pass this along.

Transmission is not good too bad.

Wife pulled car into attached garage, has stopped, needed to move up 1-2 feet, with foot on brake the car suddenly overpowered the brakes, smashed a cabinet in garage, hit inside wall, broke studs, and moved others damage both wall in garage and inside home, there were marks on garage floor per insurance adjuster said, not skid marks instead it was from front wheels spinning as it pushed a cabinet into and through 2 walls - took to dealeer, Honda corporate was involved, before Honda people we involved, they could not duplicate the situaltion, (note this is the second time this happened other was parking in outside parking lot, was able to stop but barely) it was swept under the rug, by Honda, corporate, factory rep never even bothered to call us. Wife was accident free 50+ years, she is short about 5 foot, drives with right foot only. There is an engineer or someone back in 2012 already 136,000 reported accidents across all makes and models, SUV and foreign cars were the worst, 92% were at slow speed mostly parking, the one thing in common is everything is electronic, batteries are smaller and at low speeds all the power being used causes a spike to the computer, which controls speed, no cables or rods to be pushed on gas pedal anymore, to make it worse another car same model, year, make in on your site as id 10794564 look at VIN # almost identical. With all this happening it appears the manufactures are not bothering to find a common cause for this, saves them money, but the damages, injuries, and deaths related to this problem has never been found in 10+ years.

The bluetooth component has a horrible background noise. The person you're speaking with is unable to hear you. This totally defeats the purpose of hands free driving. This complaint has been reported numerous times and can be found with a basic google search. The dealership has even confirmed to me directly that this is an ongoing complaint and problem, which they don't have a solution to. They stated it is just part the technology problems with bluetooth. I have had bluetooth earbuds in the past and have never had this problem so I find that reasoning unacceptable.

The vehicle shakes, vibrates or wobbles when accelerating in low gears. It stops when easing up on the gas pedal. It typically occurs when the vehicle shifts (automatic transmission) between the 1st and 2nd gears. The whole car shakes. The only way to stop it is by removing foot from gas pedal or accelerating car quickly to higher speed. The issue affects the ability to safely accelerate to proper speed. Begins when accelerating from a stopped position all the way up until car reaches about 40-45 miles per hour. Occurs on all types of road conditions but is very pronounced when driving on a flat surface.

TSB 14-063 failure or plugging of the heater core. Not allowing the driver side vents to defrost my windshield. It is 5 degrees outside and there is little/no heat coming from the drivers side vents, but the passenger side is warm. Continually happening.

Vehicle has 20,000 miles on it. With heater control set to full heat and engine hot driver side heater vents blow cold air even when passenger vents blow hot air. Results are poor heating and potentially dangerous ineffective defrosting of driver side windshield. Honda recognizes heater core flaw and recommends replacement as the solution. Not an isolated occurrence as many owners report identical problem on relatively new vehicles.

When using the heat; the driver side air vents have cool or cold air while the passenger side has hot air coming from the vents. This was discovered during the below zero temps. I took my vehicle to the dealership and was told the heater core is plugged which I found through research is a complaint among this particular vehicle 2012-2014 models. I feel that Honda should be responsible for repairing this issue through a recall.

Honda crv heat stopped working on driver side at 20000 miles. Took to dealership and they replaced heater core. The car now has 60000 miles and the same problem is happening again. Heater core needs to be replaced again. Did online research and several other people who own crv have had same problem. I live in minnesota and the weather today was -5 degrees. I was unable to heat car which causes safety concerns.

Driver side heating and air is substantially lower than the passenger side on all temperature settings.

I was stopped at a redlight with 4 cars in front of me. My car accelerated with my foot still on the brake & pushed all 4 cars into each other. Lucky no one was seriously injured . This has cost me a lot of money and couldn't be helped. Has anyone else had a problem with this?.

The car is a 2012 Honda Cr-v lx awd. The driver's side heat is significantly lower than the passenger side heat. This is a know issue, Honda TSB 14-063, low driver's side heat. The low driver's side heat makes driving in the snow dangerous as there is not enough heat to adequately defrost the windshield. The driver's side windshield wiper will also start to ice up the passenger side is fine. I measured a 40 - 50 degree f temperature differential between the far passenger and driver side vents using a thermocouple display device. This occurs while the vehicle is in motion or stationary and on city streets and highways.

It is well documented by Honda that there is an issue with heater cores on these cars. Heater will eventually become plugged and not work. Heat is significantly cooler on drivers side vents than passenger side. My complaint is without heat to defrost windshield in winter conditions it will become a visibility issue due to not having the ability to defrost the windshield. And potentially cause a crash. Honda is very much aware of this issue, yet is charging customers that are out of warranty to rectify the issue. I have 46k miles on my car and am having heater core issues? I noticed the issue early on and it has gotten progressively worse. Had I of known what it was I would have had it fixed under warranty. Honda TSB number is 14-063. Temperature differential from passenger side to driver side in my car is 40+ degrees.

Heater core is clogged. Cool air flows out onto driver's side of cabin (legs and air vents) while hot air flows out onto passenger side of cabin. Dealer says the fix is to either replace heater core at a cost of approximately $1,000. 00 to me or to have it flushed at a cost of $500. 00 to me. The flush is not guaranteed to work. Reading online vehicle websites it appears this is a significant problem for 2012 Honda Cr-v's across the united states. There must be a recall so Honda can fix this issue!.