Cruise Control problems of the 2017 Honda CR-V

14 problems related to cruise control have been reported for the 2017 Honda CR-V. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Honda CR-V based on all problems reported for the 2017 CR-V.

1 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 08/09/2023

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated while driving 75 mph with the cruise control activated, the cruise control deactivated independently. The contact stated that the vehicle started decelerating with the accelerator pedal depressed. There were several unknown warning lights was illuminated. The contact was able to pull over to the side of the roadway. The vehicle was towed back to the contact’s brother’s residence. The vehicle was diagnosed by the contact’s brother, and it was determined that the turbo charger was not working as needed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 72,000.

2 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 06/21/2020

I own a 2017 Honda crv exl model. Recently, the sensing device in the front of the car (below the Honda logo) got stolen from my car. This safety sensor assists the driver with features such as lane keeping assistance, land departure warning, automatic cruise control, etc. I know at least 5 more owners from my apartment community whose car's sensor was stolen. All of us have filed a police complain for theft. The problem why I am asking for assistance is that the sensor can be so easily stolen that even if I get it fixed, there is a high probability that the sensor can get stolen again. One does not need any tool is steal the sensor. Anyone can open that panel in a minute and walk away with with an important safety feature. It's that easy. None of us heard any anti theft alarm buzzing when the sensor was stolen. This is a serious design flaw and Honda should take complete responsibility of this debacle and that a permanent solution should be worked out by Honda so that the owners do not face the issue in the future.

3 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 01/28/2020

While driving normally with no traffic or obstacles in front, all Honda sensing suite features randomly fail and trigger a series of warning messages flashing sequentially on the hud indicating a problem with the following: lkas, collision mitigation, braking, adaptive cruise control, and road departure mitigation systems. The brake pedal becomes stiff and brakes feel unresponsive but sometimes engage to stop the car even if stopping is unsafe, such as driving on a highway with no cars in front. This happens randomly in different environments at different speeds. Rain, sun, hills, traffic, no traffic, but it is difficult to replicate the issue. The sensors trigger a false positive thinking there is an imminent collision even if driving 35 mph on an empty road. It also triggers when following a car with warning tones and automatic braking. The car feels like it is rebooting itself in the middle of a false but self-induced crisis. I have narrowly avoided collisions because the car took over control when not needed, only to turn off all safety features and warn that there is a problem with the braking system. The dealership service department claimed it was a low battery, but replacing with a new battery does not resolve the issues. The service department then tried to claim driver error after deleting trouble codes, with no explanation how "driver error" can cause the same error messages to display on the hud as all of the plaintiffs of a class-action lawsuit say the same thing.

4 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 01/25/2020

Cruise control, stopped working while on a(interstate) road trip. Despite stopping and restarting the car. Later I stopped at a gas station and it worked for a mile or so after restarting then stopped working again.

5 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 09/22/2019

2x in 3 months while driving we have had the following error messages: 1) adaptive cruise control (acc) problem. 2) road departure mitigation system problem 3) collision mitigation system problem 4) brake system problem.

6 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 08/14/2019

Collision avoidance system stopped car from 25 mph on straight level road with nothing in front of vehicle. Occurred one time. Amber brake warning light illuminated on a few occasions while riding on straight level road with nothing in front of vehicle. All these occurrences happened during good, dry weather. Adaptive cruise control intermittently keeps speed at 1-2 mph below set speed on interstate with nothing in front of vehicle on straight level road in good weather. Vehicle taken to dealer and was told the systems are normal. Dealer also told me that these systems are connected and if one component fails, all will fail.

7 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 08/03/2019

Driving on highway at 70 miles per hour in beautiful 80 degree weather day on an August afternoon - no rain, no obstructions - when all of a sudden the dashboard lights up with warnings on the adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation system, brake failure, lane assist system - everything flashing and beeping. I immediately turn all the assist systems off but things still lite up and warning. When I am safely able to get off the highway to stop and turn car off and turn it back on all the warnings go away and appear to be fine. Sensors are clean and clear of obstructions. This is not the first time this has happened. Very scary! I keep the car clean and the sensors clean and unobstructed. Less than 25,000 miles on this car and it has had issues of not starting and dashboard flashing numerous times. Dealership actually toured it in on one occasion when it wouldn't start. Couldn't find anything and had us pick it up. Next morning would not start again. They finally replaced the battery. This was supposed to be a safe, reliable car and now I am afraid to drive it any distance with fear of failures.

8 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 06/17/2019

Driving on highway straight ahead, day time, good weather. Failure warning lights for, cruise control lane departure,collision mitigation, braking system, pass seat air bag brakes, all came on. This is 6th time this has occurred. Most lights reset after car was restarted pass seat air bag light only reset after another hour and another restart of vehicle.

9 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 04/19/2019

I was driving my Honda Cr-v (2017 model ex awd) on a highway at 40 to 50 mph speed. It was raining at that time. I experienced big jerks couple of times and lost the control on the vehicle. Saw error message on the dash board saying 'lost traction and cancelling cruise control'. It was horrific experience.

10 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 03/28/2019

On multiple occasions, while the vehicle is in motion, the system has made an alert sound and the instrument panel has provided the following notifications: "break system" indicator is lit; collision mitigation system problem; road departure mitigation system problem; and today (3/28/2019) while the cruise control was engaged, it also displayed adaptive cruise control problem. It shuts down these systems and the car drives with a slight "drag" to its movement. The only way to correct this issue is to pull over, turn the car off, wait, and then restart. The system checks itself and resets. This is unpredictable, cannot be specifically initiated, and therefore is difficult to take for repair when there is no indication at the time of the vehicle being in need of repair. There is clearly something wrong with the software, the computer, or an electrical connection. I am the original owner, vehicle was purchased in October 2017.

11 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 03/16/2019

Driving on a highway, 65 mph, with acc cruise control on. Suddenly it deactivated. Warning light for acc/ road departure mitigation/ collision mitigation and brake system problems warning indicators came on. Brake system warning was particularly stressful. I tried brakes and they seemed normal but acc definitely did not work. Tried multiple times to turn off system and turn it back on to no avail. Windshield was clean as was front sensor area. As I was on a highway I couldn't stop. An hour latter, while still on the road warning lights went off and all systems were available. Dealer was unable to determine what had happened. Now a month later same happened again and system recovered in about an hour while still driving. Lane keeping assist system was still working while the other systems went out so the camera was still functioning. Car seemed to function normally while these systems were out. As a former mechanic,police driving instructor and crash reconstructionist I know that this can not be caused by "low gas" or "gas in the oil". This is an electronics problem. I have also had the tire monitoring system malfunction three times.

12 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 10/26/2018

A situation in which the dashboard lights show multiple system failures including failures of the rdm, cruise control, brakes and cmbs. This has happened twice, including a second time immediately after the dealer "fixed" the problem. The car has beed stopped but idling in both situation. I drove immediately to the dealership the first time and did not even leave the dealership the second time. An indication of a "brake system failure" is disconcerting even though there seems to be no affect on vehicle performance, other than these safety features being rendered inoperable.

13 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 10/24/2018

I was driving north on hwy 86 from the city of imperial CA. When I set my cruise control at 65 mph suddenly start going up and down with the speed ( going up to 67 and down to 64) with no vehicles in front of me. I arrive to my house and after hearing problems with the stalling on the Cr-v models , my husband check the oil and it smell a lot to gasoline.

14 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 08/16/2017

Driving down any road with tar strips sometimes causes the vehicle to give a warning (wheel shake) of lane departure. This is easily overridden by the driver, but is very irritating. It must think the tar strips are lane markers! when the cruise control (adaptive cruise control) is engaged, the acc can sometimes jam on the brakes with no obstacle in the path. It happens when cars ahead are pulling off to the left or right but are clearly out of the lane of travel. This happened on a two lane undivided suburban road. I have had two near misses with following cars having to brake, and two other times with no cars following. One event happened on a curve of a two lane divided road with a car completely in the left hand turn lane ahead with my vehicle in the lane of travel. Acc jammed my brakes on causing me to have to hit the brake pedal and then accelerator to avoid cars behind. There is no defeat for the acc function so just regular cruise control can be used. This cruise control is not ready for prime time! Honda just says their is nothing wrong with it and the software is up to date. It is so scary I'm considering trading this vehicle for one that won't get me into an accident. The Subaru eyesight system is remarkably better than this disaster.


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