Three problems related to software have been reported for the 2012 Honda CR-V. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Honda CR-V based on all problems reported for the 2012 CR-V.
3/31/12 Cr-v purchased 2/6//13 defective batter replaced under warrantee 1/12/14 recalled for software for battery management system 12/1/14 recalled for software for battery life 11/24/14 replaced battery not under warrantee $139. 84 5/5/17 replaced defective battery under battery warrantee 4 batteries in 5 years of ownership this car is not dependable! one never knows when it might not start.
Starting problems. Many times the car would not start without jumping the battery. Took car to dealer, ike Honda, marion, IL 62959 many times. First time, no trouble found, second time no trouble found, but when I picked the car up at the dealer Cr-v would not start. Dealer kept car over night for testing and replaced the battery. Said it may have been a floating cell. Trouble continued. Next time dealer replaced the alternator. Still not fixed. After jumping car several more times, took car back to ike Honda and they did a product update 14-071, 12-17-14. Never received a recall notice from Honda. Still not fixed. Had trouble a couple more times, jumped car ok. Last time I took car in,10-10-15 no trouble found again. Battery checked out good, no draws on electrical system. Software up to date. In all cases car was parked overnight in our garage when it would not start. No lights, or anything else left on. Once battery is jumped, car starts without any problems for quite sometime before having problems again. Driving habits, mileage same as previous two SUV's. Never had a problem with either of them starting. I believe that the ike service department has made sincere attempts at resolving this issue and providing me with detailed information on what they have tried to do, what they found/didn't find. However, the starting problem continues.
The contact owns a 2012 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. The battery was jump-started and the contact was able to start the engine. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where a new battery and software was installed. The failure recurred and the vehicle had not been repaired or diagnosed for the most recent failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 5,718.