2nd Generation CR-V News and Notes

Honda would like a do-over on a previous CR-V recall that was supposed to prevent the power window switches from melting and starting fires.
Reports of fires and thermal events, such as melted switches, have actually surged since the vehicles were "fixed" following a 2012 recall. Honda now admits the repairs were probably insuffcient. 😳…
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Posted on
December 22, 2020
Source
carcomplaints.com
Tagged
#recall
Those replacement PSDI-5D Takata inflators that were supposedly safe? Now they're exploding too.
The desiccated replacements were exposed to excess moisture during assembly. This rapidly degrades the propellant and allows pressure to build up over time, turning the inflator into a mini-grenade that explodes during airbag deployment.…
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Posted on
March 13, 2019
Source
carcomplaints.com
Tagged
#recall
2001-2002 Accord. 2001-2002 Civic. 2002 CR-V. 2002 Odyssey. 2003 Pilot. If you own one of these vehicles and you haven't replaced their Takata inflators, the next knock on your door could be from a Honda representitive.
And you should answer ... it might just save your life.
In addition to going door-to-door with about 550 teams of representatives, Honda says it has made more than 35 million phone calls to customers and sent more than 1 million text messages, trying to convince owners to get the vehicles repaired.
Desperate times. Desperate measures.
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Posted on
May 1, 2018
Source
carcomplaints.com
Tagged
#recall

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Honda would like a do-over on a previous CR-V recall that was supposed to prevent the power window switches from melting and starting fires.

Those replacement PSDI-5D Takata inflators that were supposedly safe? Now they're exploding too.

2001-2002 Accord. 2001-2002 Civic. 2002 CR-V. 2002 Odyssey. 2003 Pilot. If you own one of these vehicles and you haven't replaced their Takata inflators, the next knock on your door could be from a Honda representitive.