Very accurate video! I had 3 of the mentioned issues! VTC gear does not need to be replaced, only the spring inside it can be changed. I have done that on my CR-V '14, pretty simple fix. I also had belt tensioner worn out, as well as the shuddering of transmission (fixed by drain n refill) Fortunately no oil consumption for me since I change oil 3-5k always. This car needs maintenance, needs attention twice a year.
These are a typical honda. Simple and reliable, but usually fail due to neglect. Not a super nice or sporty car but it gets the job done if you just want an A to B car.
👍🏻👍🏻Any and all information is not only helpful, it is appreciated. I had to replace the trans in my 94 Civic. I guess a lot of people did. Other than that it was a fantastic little car. Decades & cars later I'm back in a new Civic always looking for any advantage to stave off costly future issues. So, I guess I'm a subscriber for at least the life of the car😅.
Something to add to your list are the back seat fold down catches, there’s a nylon piece in the seat catch which snaps easily and you can’t fold them down, cheap and easy to replace.. otherwise a fantastic car with the issues you have mentioned
@@BCautosolutions your welcome, just remember to keep up with your oil changes every 5k miles and trans fluid and differential fluid every 30k and it’ll last a long time
We have a 2013 EX-L navi just turned 200,000 no major issues so far just brakes ,tires ,oil changes and trans service . No oil consumption issues or rattles on start up I have a 2018 also and have already changed injectors and a high side A/C hose
My 08 i had oil consumtion issue i changed the pcv and change the oil to 5w30 and it solved that issue changing oil at every 3k .at 2000k mark it was down 1/2 a quart so image waiting 5k ,its just to long for intervals .k24 ran better sounded better with 5w30.the slight ping went away and start up sounded better on cold starts .i did this to my friends 2010 crv and same results problem was solved. I also changed my battery to a group 35 650cca .got away from the gocart battery .battery was to small for the car .helped a lot in dead winter in Massachusetts. The struggle wasnt there anymore at start up
I'm owning 2012 crv 100,000 kms, the shifter seal on the trans was change causing leak.. Other than that i didn't face any issues i still didn't change any parts of the engine only regular servicing.
I own a 2014 Honda CRV it's been good to me but of course the actuator has been replaced two times by Honda. Make a design again which is ridiculous. I have 172471 miles On my truck. Oil on reserve to fill up our every two weeks. The new thing now that just started recently is that when I step in the gas the left front wheel vibrates. I rotated my tires I checked them as I'm driving out of the garage it's still vibrant. Any idea what it could be?
The starter motors sometimes die on the 2.4L engines. Apparently, it's quite common for the starter motors to intermittently "click" but not spin. If using an aftermarket starter, apparently, some engines then get an intermittent code for the crank angle sensor. I don't know if it's because some aftermarket starters are cheap and nasty or because aftermarket starters are often fitted by non-Honda mechanics without Honda's instructions, and they end up damaging the wiring loom. In any case, my wife's car is about to get a genuine Honda starter motor fitted at a Honda dealer because the current one is on its last legs, intermittently throwing the bendix but not spinning (yes, it has been properly diagnosed, no it isn't the battery, key, immobiliser, etc). Hers is an Australian spec 2016 VTi-L 2.4L 5sp auto AWD. Australia didn't get the 1.5L turbo/CVT powertrain until model year 2018 (gen 5), and for the gen 4, VTi-L is the top spec version, whatever that equates to in the USA.
Curious what you'd say about these. A 2013 EX (2WD) was my wife's previous ride until she upgraded earlier this year to a 2023 Ody. Only notable issue not self inflicted was the VTC actuator, did it's rattle but living in the desert where it rarely gets near freezing (never mind see anything resembling snow or slush) reproducing the issue is kind of a pain. Got it changed at the dealership but the noise returned after a while, though it does happen even more infrequently. Saw a rear door seal come loose shortly after we got the car but some 3M adhesive for the specific purpose fixed that and it never came unstuck. Backup camera mount broke and it was a pain to make it right. Serviced at the dealership for all of it's time with us, either every 6 months or every year (never exceeding a 6K mile interval in either case). No oil consumption nor any other notable issues. A few dead batteries mostly due to bad quality of the batteries themselves, the Honda thing of killing all interior lights when alarm is activated was a life saver for a car that saw 2 kids go from newborn to at least 5 y.o. Self inflicted issues where a broken wiper fluid reservoir that then damaged the corresponding pump after driver hit something. Had both taken care of at a service visit. From a few scuffs had a few panels of the car repainted, but the plastic trim was just sanded to not look as offensive. When we where looking at buying the 2023 Odyssey, we had the CRV appraised by the dealership to see if it made sense to trade in. They quoted that it needed: new tires (where starting to show sings of dry rot but still not close to the wear bars, I did forsee that one), re-doing the driver side seat bolster's foam, as it was sagging a bit (true, but nickpicking to drive the price down), new shocks (not sure about the truthfulness on that one since it hasn't been brought up in other maintenance visits to that same dealership afterwards) and getting a few new pieces of plastic trim since they "couldn't sell it with the restored plastic trim pieces" (nitpicking for bargaining). They lowballed us, but ended up selling the car to my dad at the lowballed price since his low slung Mazdaspeed 3 was now a bit inconvenient for his 80 y.o. parkinson's addled body, but I still oversee it's maintenance. We'll get it some new tires within the next 6 months as dry rotting has, obviously, not gotten better but wear has increased a bit more. No other issues currently. It's a great car and my wife does miss it, she's happy with the Ody but misses the more "chuckable" feel of the, always reliable CRV.
Thanks for sharing and yes they can be great vehicles. Things will happen over time either by defective or self inflected. I think they were definitely trying to low ball you for the trade in. Best of luck with your odyssey.
im going to be getting one of these soon (LX trim), how often would you recommend changing all the fluids (oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, etc.) and other regular maintenance stuff?
Got both the start up and acceleration problems and haven't really bothered with them. It's a minor annoyance people throw money at just to have it go out again in 2 months, why bother?
There is a TSB for the transmission shudder. Honda reprograms the transmission and replaces the fluid. 60k miles when we had ours done and it’s been great ever since.
I have an engine shudder and power loss on highways when accelerating but not when maintaining speed. From what Ive read it could be a bad spark plug? they have 100K km on them. Maybe?
My 08 crv had the tensioner issue I heard very slight on slight load .car was at 75 k .when I change my serp belt I change the tensioner anyways part of my preventative maintenance .so I changed them both even though belt was still fine and looked like it was replaced at one point.peace of mind and knowing my maintenance
@Hondamobilemechanic a lot think it's overkill what I do but yet all my hondas have had 300k plus and my 91 accord has 990k my friend has it and my 99 and 2000 accord both have 450k and 490k.so I'm doing something right
I got a question. How many miles or years are you seeing the newer LED headlights and tail lights last? Not talking about the DRL's but the actual headlights. From what I understand, the entire unit needs to be replaced unlike the older halogen lights where you would just replace the bulb. So a set of new LED headlights would run around $ 1,500 to $ 2,000 for parts and labor, maybe even more. And thats for Honda's. Acura is way way more
My parents have a '14 CRV (overseas not in USA) that would intermittently shut-off while driving. Typically, when the road is a little inclined uphill and driving slowly. Its a rare occurrence, but is annoying and often dangerous at times. Do you know what the issue could be, is that a common thing with this generation? TIA
@@BCautosolutions Didn't check that yet. But the dealership there was not able to solve it, they can't replicate the issue while they are testing it. It just happens randomly. When it happens, we observed it during slow traffic on inclined road. Its like the fuel getting cut off.
My dad got his first new car since we came to America in 89..in 2012 he bought a 2012 CRV LX (BASIC BASIC) for $24K out the door his 79 so now in almost in 2025 it has just 80,000 miles never had a one issue in 12 yrs! Just chea cheap crappy paint all these hondas have thats #1 and #2 cheap cheap crappy seats very uncomfortable stiff cant drive more than 2 3 hrs without needing to pull over and get out just pain every where and my cousin has 4 of them 2009 2015 2018 and 2020 same awful seats with same crappy paint .. mostly the pain since crappy because it's very very thin under the door opener just unlimited scratches from your nails especially if it's a black car like my dads it looks horrendous it looks like a grizzly bear tried to open the door and my nana doesn't even have nails and the rear door is hardly anyone ever gets in there and it's the same thing other than that no issues again just keeps going and going changes the oil every 3k miles changed tires, breaks thats all he does in the 12 yrs owning it and that's going to be last car he said he's going to drive with all the doors full of or until he can't operate a vehicle no point from buying a new one at his age and he's actually right.. and drives nice it looks all right its safe and for him and mom they really dont need anything else. Honda Toyota really reliable and always dependable no BS cars.. oh I forgot one other crappy thing horrendous 1970s '80s super duper cheapo plastic everywhere!! Not just cheap plastic but super cheap plastic even Toys r Us would of used it for toys lol
I have the 13’ CRV the car vibrates pretty badly while on idle on D gear (for example red light/stop sign) although only years I see are 2015-2016 but older version of the 4th gen crvs seem to have the issue like mines too, don’t know the fix for it
@@BCautosolutions nope never, and its 57k miles, and its still in new condition and even looks as new when it was first released. But what I can say is its RPMS drop sorta low 800 or lower but vibrates pretty bad on that certain gear at idle though.
I own a 2014 Honda CRV it's been good to me but of course the actuator has been replaced two times by Honda. Make a design again which is ridiculous. I have 172471 miles On my truck. Oil on reserve to fill up our every two weeks. The new thing now that just started recently is that when I step in the gas the left front wheel vibrates. I rotated my tires I checked them as I'm driving out of the garage it's still vibrant. Any idea what it could be?
I own a 2014 Honda CRV it's been good to me but of course the actuator has been replaced two times by Honda. Make a design again which is ridiculous. I have 172471 miles On my truck. Oil on reserve to fill up our every two weeks. The new thing now that just started recently is that when I step in the gas the left front wheel vibrates. I rotated my tires I checked them as I'm driving out of the garage it's still vibrant. Any idea what it could be?
I own a 2014 Honda CRV it's been good to me but of course the actuator has been replaced two times by Honda. Make a design again which is ridiculous. I have 172471 miles On my truck. Oil on reserve to fill up our every two weeks. The new thing now that just started recently is that when I step in the gas the left front wheel vibrates. I rotated my tires I checked them as I'm driving out of the garage it's still vibrant. Any idea what it could be?
Very accurate video! I had 3 of the mentioned issues!
VTC gear does not need to be replaced, only the spring inside it can be changed. I have done that on my CR-V '14, pretty simple fix. I also had belt tensioner worn out, as well as the shuddering of transmission (fixed by drain n refill)
Fortunately no oil consumption for me since I change oil 3-5k always. This car needs maintenance, needs attention twice a year.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
These are a typical honda. Simple and reliable, but usually fail due to neglect. Not a super nice or sporty car but it gets the job done if you just want an A to B car.
Hit the nail on the head 👏
EXCELLENT! I've had transmission shudder, cold start rattle, acceleration rattle, tight turn shudder...I'll be waiting for the rest of them...
Thanks for sharing
These have timing chains not timing belts great video man
Yes, im aware. You can have a timing chain tensioner issue along with drive belt tensioner issue. If I said anything else, my apologies.
@@BCautosolutionsI'm pretty sure you said drive belt, not timing belt.
👍🏻👍🏻Any and all information is not only helpful, it is appreciated.
I had to replace the trans in my 94 Civic. I guess a lot of people did. Other than that it was a fantastic little car. Decades & cars later I'm back in a new Civic always looking for any advantage to stave off costly future issues. So, I guess I'm a subscriber for at least the life of the car😅.
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Something to add to your list are the back seat fold down catches, there’s a nylon piece in the seat catch which snaps easily and you can’t fold them down, cheap and easy to replace.. otherwise a fantastic car with the issues you have mentioned
@@iansummers6945 thanks for sharing
I have a well maintained 2013 CRV with 95,000 miles and have not had any of the issues you mentioned in the video, especially, no oil consumption.
Nice job with the maintenance in that case 🙌
I had a 2014 exl, and I traded it in when it reached around 250k miles, never had any issues except for a condenser, just basic maintenance
@@happyplanet6711 thanks for sharing that.
@@BCautosolutions your welcome, just remember to keep up with your oil changes every 5k miles and trans fluid and differential fluid every 30k and it’ll last a long time
@@happyplanet6711 exactly
We have a 2013 EX-L navi just turned 200,000 no major issues so far just brakes ,tires ,oil changes and trans service . No oil consumption issues or rattles on start up I have a 2018 also and have already changed injectors and a high side A/C hose
Thanks for sharing. Good maintenance goes a long way and it shows. 👏
Looking forward to the 2015-2022 Honda CRV review. Weak points vs. strong points. Thanks in advance.
I have a review on both. 2 separate videos.
2014 crv, no direct injection, cvt, turbo
Did the vtc gear and solenoid on my 08 Accord and fixed the rattle! Was so embarrassed when it rattled
Thanks for sharing
My 08 i had oil consumtion issue i changed the pcv and change the oil to 5w30 and it solved that issue changing oil at every 3k .at 2000k mark it was down 1/2 a quart so image waiting 5k ,its just to long for intervals .k24 ran better sounded better with 5w30.the slight ping went away and start up sounded better on cold starts .i did this to my friends 2010 crv and same results problem was solved.
I also changed my battery to a group 35 650cca .got away from the gocart battery .battery was to small for the car .helped a lot in dead winter in Massachusetts. The struggle wasnt there anymore at start up
💯 great tips and info
I'm owning 2012 crv 100,000 kms, the shifter seal on the trans was change causing leak.. Other than that i didn't face any issues i still didn't change any parts of the engine only regular servicing.
Awesome, thanks for sharing
I own a 2014 Honda CRV it's been good to me but of course the actuator has been replaced two times by Honda. Make a design again which is ridiculous. I have 172471 miles On my truck. Oil on reserve to fill up our every two weeks. The new thing now that just started recently is that when I step in the gas the left front wheel vibrates. I rotated my tires I checked them as I'm driving out of the garage it's still vibrant. Any idea what it could be?
The starter motors sometimes die on the 2.4L engines. Apparently, it's quite common for the starter motors to intermittently "click" but not spin. If using an aftermarket starter, apparently, some engines then get an intermittent code for the crank angle sensor. I don't know if it's because some aftermarket starters are cheap and nasty or because aftermarket starters are often fitted by non-Honda mechanics without Honda's instructions, and they end up damaging the wiring loom. In any case, my wife's car is about to get a genuine Honda starter motor fitted at a Honda dealer because the current one is on its last legs, intermittently throwing the bendix but not spinning (yes, it has been properly diagnosed, no it isn't the battery, key, immobiliser, etc). Hers is an Australian spec 2016 VTi-L 2.4L 5sp auto AWD. Australia didn't get the 1.5L turbo/CVT powertrain until model year 2018 (gen 5), and for the gen 4, VTi-L is the top spec version, whatever that equates to in the USA.
Yes the starters do fail. Stay away from aftermarket starters. Nothing but headaches and fail prone even more then oem.
Curious what you'd say about these. A 2013 EX (2WD) was my wife's previous ride until she upgraded earlier this year to a 2023 Ody.
Only notable issue not self inflicted was the VTC actuator, did it's rattle but living in the desert where it rarely gets near freezing (never mind see anything resembling snow or slush) reproducing the issue is kind of a pain. Got it changed at the dealership but the noise returned after a while, though it does happen even more infrequently. Saw a rear door seal come loose shortly after we got the car but some 3M adhesive for the specific purpose fixed that and it never came unstuck. Backup camera mount broke and it was a pain to make it right. Serviced at the dealership for all of it's time with us, either every 6 months or every year (never exceeding a 6K mile interval in either case). No oil consumption nor any other notable issues. A few dead batteries mostly due to bad quality of the batteries themselves, the Honda thing of killing all interior lights when alarm is activated was a life saver for a car that saw 2 kids go from newborn to at least 5 y.o.
Self inflicted issues where a broken wiper fluid reservoir that then damaged the corresponding pump after driver hit something. Had both taken care of at a service visit. From a few scuffs had a few panels of the car repainted, but the plastic trim was just sanded to not look as offensive.
When we where looking at buying the 2023 Odyssey, we had the CRV appraised by the dealership to see if it made sense to trade in. They quoted that it needed: new tires (where starting to show sings of dry rot but still not close to the wear bars, I did forsee that one), re-doing the driver side seat bolster's foam, as it was sagging a bit (true, but nickpicking to drive the price down), new shocks (not sure about the truthfulness on that one since it hasn't been brought up in other maintenance visits to that same dealership afterwards) and getting a few new pieces of plastic trim since they "couldn't sell it with the restored plastic trim pieces" (nitpicking for bargaining). They lowballed us, but ended up selling the car to my dad at the lowballed price since his low slung Mazdaspeed 3 was now a bit inconvenient for his 80 y.o. parkinson's addled body, but I still oversee it's maintenance. We'll get it some new tires within the next 6 months as dry rotting has, obviously, not gotten better but wear has increased a bit more. No other issues currently.
It's a great car and my wife does miss it, she's happy with the Ody but misses the more "chuckable" feel of the, always reliable CRV.
Thanks for sharing and yes they can be great vehicles. Things will happen over time either by defective or self inflected. I think they were definitely trying to low ball you for the trade in. Best of luck with your odyssey.
Very informative. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
im going to be getting one of these soon (LX trim), how often would you recommend changing all the fluids (oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, etc.) and other regular maintenance stuff?
Nice choice! I have a full maintenance video here that will answer all your questions: ruclips.net/video/8rG6lYyUfdc/видео.htmlsi=oS1EaZc177QBHGHm
Got both the start up and acceleration problems and haven't really bothered with them. It's a minor annoyance people throw money at just to have it go out again in 2 months, why bother?
There is a TSB for the transmission shudder. Honda reprograms the transmission and replaces the fluid. 60k miles when we had ours done and it’s been great ever since.
Yes works great while covered.
I have an engine shudder and power loss on highways when accelerating but not when maintaining speed. From what Ive read it could be a bad spark plug? they have 100K km on them. Maybe?
@@CanadianHGHLNDR possibly axles or drivetrain.
My 08 crv had the tensioner issue I heard very slight on slight load .car was at 75 k .when I change my serp belt I change the tensioner anyways part of my preventative maintenance .so I changed them both even though belt was still fine and looked like it was replaced at one point.peace of mind and knowing my maintenance
💯 the best approach. I’m sure some with think it’s overkill but I would agree with you.
@Hondamobilemechanic a lot think it's overkill what I do but yet all my hondas have had 300k plus and my 91 accord has 990k my friend has it and my 99 and 2000 accord both have 450k and 490k.so I'm doing something right
@@pilot2020 uff, if more people had your mindset I’d be out of a job 😅. Your obviously doing it right; proof is in the pudding 👏👏
I got a question. How many miles or years are you seeing the newer LED headlights and tail lights last? Not talking about the DRL's but the actual headlights. From what I understand, the entire unit needs to be replaced unlike the older halogen lights where you would just replace the bulb. So a set of new LED headlights would run around $ 1,500 to $ 2,000 for parts and labor, maybe even more. And thats for Honda's. Acura is way way more
Haven’t seen any fail besides the 16-17 accords. I wouldn’t worry about that.
@@BCautosolutions Okay cool, thank you
@@Aaron-eb2cd anytime
Awesome stuff
My parents have a '14 CRV (overseas not in USA) that would intermittently shut-off while driving. Typically, when the road is a little inclined uphill and driving slowly. Its a rare occurrence, but is annoying and often dangerous at times. Do you know what the issue could be, is that a common thing with this generation? TIA
That seems concerning for sure. Haven’t ran across that scenario. Have they checked loose battery terminals and such?
@@BCautosolutions Didn't check that yet. But the dealership there was not able to solve it, they can't replicate the issue while they are testing it. It just happens randomly. When it happens, we observed it during slow traffic on inclined road. Its like the fuel getting cut off.
My dad got his first new car since we came to America in 89..in 2012 he bought a 2012 CRV LX (BASIC BASIC) for $24K out the door his 79 so now in almost in 2025 it has just 80,000 miles never had a one issue in 12 yrs! Just chea cheap crappy paint all these hondas have thats #1 and #2 cheap cheap crappy seats very uncomfortable stiff cant drive more than 2 3 hrs without needing to pull over and get out just pain every where and my cousin has 4 of them 2009 2015 2018 and 2020 same awful seats with same crappy paint .. mostly the pain since crappy because it's very very thin under the door opener just unlimited scratches from your nails especially if it's a black car like my dads it looks horrendous it looks like a grizzly bear tried to open the door and my nana doesn't even have nails and the rear door is hardly anyone ever gets in there and it's the same thing other than that no issues again just keeps going and going changes the oil every 3k miles changed tires, breaks thats all he does in the 12 yrs owning it and that's going to be last car he said he's going to drive with all the doors full of or until he can't operate a vehicle no point from buying a new one at his age and he's actually right.. and drives nice it looks all right its safe and for him and mom they really dont need anything else. Honda Toyota really reliable and always dependable no BS cars.. oh I forgot one other crappy thing horrendous 1970s '80s super duper cheapo plastic everywhere!! Not just cheap plastic but super cheap plastic even Toys r Us would of used it for toys lol
I have this problem. What is a 2-hr flush? Flush once & then again in 2 hours? Run engine with flush fluid for 2 hours? Please clarify, thanks
Run the machine for 2 hours. I have a video I made on the process about 2-3 years ago.
I have the 13’ CRV the car vibrates pretty badly while on idle on D gear (for example red light/stop sign) although only years I see are 2015-2016 but older version of the 4th gen crvs seem to have the issue like mines too, don’t know the fix for it
Has car been in an accident? How many miles?
@@BCautosolutions nope never, and its 57k miles, and its still in new condition and even looks as new when it was first released. But what I can say is its RPMS drop sorta low 800 or lower but vibrates pretty bad on that certain gear at idle though.
@@k.skyl1n3zzIt’s fourth Gen issue also.It has no effect on longevity of engine, it’s just one of its quirks, doesn’t bother me.
how the heck do you "calibrate the compass"? I've done the manual instructions, driven my car in so many circles I am dizzy, but still nothing!!
Sounds like your GPS antenna might be dead.
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I own a 2014 Honda CRV it's been good to me but of course the actuator has been replaced two times by Honda. Make a design again which is ridiculous. I have 172471 miles On my truck. Oil on reserve to fill up our every two weeks. The new thing now that just started recently is that when I step in the gas the left front wheel vibrates. I rotated my tires I checked them as I'm driving out of the garage it's still vibrant. Any idea what it could be?
I own a 2014 Honda CRV it's been good to me but of course the actuator has been replaced two times by Honda. Make a design again which is ridiculous. I have 172471 miles On my truck. Oil on reserve to fill up our every two weeks. The new thing now that just started recently is that when I step in the gas the left front wheel vibrates. I rotated my tires I checked them as I'm driving out of the garage it's still vibrant. Any idea what it could be?
Sounds like you may have some faulty axles. That would be my first check.
Any particular company I should use to get axle? Should I replace both sides?
@@user-rn8zx3bf9b replace both, I’ve had good luck with TRQ off of Amazon.
I own a 2014 Honda CRV it's been good to me but of course the actuator has been replaced two times by Honda. Make a design again which is ridiculous. I have 172471 miles On my truck. Oil on reserve to fill up our every two weeks. The new thing now that just started recently is that when I step in the gas the left front wheel vibrates. I rotated my tires I checked them as I'm driving out of the garage it's still vibrant. Any idea what it could be?