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1373 messages, Last post on Nov 30, 2009 at 9:46 AM
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| Thought I had read about this problem before, but can now speak from personal experience. Wife's '02 CR-V EX has been meticulously maintained, but went from excellent cooling yesterday to not functioning at all this morning. Unfortunately we were on vacation in Panama City, FL, and had a 5+ hour trip home today, with temps upwards of 98 degrees F. We have ~72K miles on the car. Will be calling our dealer tomorrow morning, looking for assistance. Daughter has a new '09 CR-V, and we've bought a couple of Accords, so we're going to play the loyalty card. Will post dealer response and estimated costs when available. | |
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Replying to: unknown (Jun 21, 2006 9:29 am)
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Replying to: sailnman (Jun 21, 2009 2:12 pm) |
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Replying to: dee99 (May 31, 2009 5:33 am) This is really a common issue with CRV, the dealer diagnosed my car said they see this happen very often. In fact they just negotiated a deal for a customer the day before, and there's another case on the same day I took my car in. My family owns 3 Honda (civic, accord and my CRV). Very bad experience this time, guess I'll go with Toyota next time.
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Replying to: s_c (Jun 22, 2009 11:41 am) And they have engine sludge issue... I guess, that leaves you with Buick then... |
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I took my car to a Honda dealership to have my oil changed and the service professional told me that it was time to have my AC and Transmission serviced.  I did not have the time or the money so I said that I would bring it back. Well a week later the AC stopped blowing cold air.  I took my car to my mechanic today and found out that the compressor (and something else) needs to be replaced and it would cost about $1400.00  I guess I should have had the AC serviced when Honda suggested it in order to avoid this expensive hicup 
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Replying to: pamyb (Jun 23, 2009 1:52 pm) |
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Replying to: tombs31 (Jun 18, 2009 6:59 pm) |
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I bought my 2003 CR-V EX new in May 2003 and my VIN begins with S. I just moved to central Florida and my A/C stopped working without warning in February. I think I had about 65,000 miles on it at the time. I didn't know about this problem and apparently Honda has not issued any TSB about it either. I took it to my son who is a mechanic with his own shop, but he is about 1.5 hours away. He replaced the compressor, which took about 5 hours because of having to disassemble much of the engine to get to it. It lasted about 2 months and it stopped working again. I took it back to my son and found the compressor had a hole blown in it. He installed another new one, but it immediately got hot and nothing was going through the system, so he disconnected it and told me I have to replace the entire system, which I have not been able to do. I bought a Honda because it was supposed to be a reliable vehicle. I am very angry that a company like Honda would put a junk part like this in one of their vehicles and not recall it. What makes it so bad is not just the compressor failure, but that the compressor fails in such a way that it destroys the entire A/C system. There's no excuse for Honda's refusal to care for their customers.
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I have 2 Hondas, a 2004 Pilot and 2002 crv. Both are dealer maintained and in great condition. Last week the crv ac went 'pop' and the engine stalled. Took car (110,000 miles) to dealer and was qoted $3400 to 'replace the entire system, except the electrical.' I told them this was rediculous. They said because I was a regular and good customer they would contact Honda America to get some help on the price. Honda America wanted to reduce price by $1000. I said goodbye. Will be taking car to an ac shop where I was quoted $1400 to replace some components and flush out others (hoses, etc). I've owned many, many cars in my lifetime and never had a compressor explode like a "grenade" which is the way Honda service rep explained it. Will probably go Korean next time to get the 10yr, 100,000 mile warranty.
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