Honda CRV 2012 - 2018
Discussion
looking to buy a 2012 - 2018 CRV...
It will be a petrol, manual...
which one to buy? 2 or 4 wheel drive?
Which are the higher specification models?
anything goes wrong with them?
Any of you guys point me in the direction of a buyers guide?
any comments welcome
It will be a petrol, manual...
which one to buy? 2 or 4 wheel drive?
Which are the higher specification models?
anything goes wrong with them?
Any of you guys point me in the direction of a buyers guide?
any comments welcome
Edited by buzzer on Friday 9th April 16:19
I don’t know if this applies to the petrol models but here is my post to another thread today:
Maybe the 10 year old ones are better than the newer ones? We have a MK4 from 2016 with the 1.6 iDTEC. It is our first Honda and it will be our last, mainly because of the attitude of Honda/and lack of help from our dealer in pushing Honda for a resolution to an ongoing issue. We bought it used from Honda a couple of years ago and took out an extended warranty and service plan to cover for most eventualities.
First it lost half its coolant a couple of times, our local dealer clearly didn’t find the leak the first time round. My guess is that it was there when it was sold to us and not spotted then either. Secondly it has the worst clutch of any car I’ve driven, including those with multiples of the mileage. Every morning there is clutch judder which makes it impossible to pull away smoothly. The worst case being that the vibration is so severe that you stall, potentially whilst halfway across a junction. This judder continues for the first five to ten minutes or so until it has ‘warmed up’. Honda say this is due to moisture on the clutch plate and are not interested. I’m sure this issue wasn’t there for the first few months of ownership but now occurs every day.
I wish I’d done my homework before buying this car. Honda seem to have lost their way. Perhaps I should have bought the automatic? My homework following experiencing this issue tells me that I’m far from alone and lots of other owners with CRVs and Civics have the same problem. It makes me wince when we experience the judder through the drivetrain as I wonder what other damage it may be causing. I don’t understand how Honda can get other less important things right and a fundamental like this so wrong?
Maybe the 10 year old ones are better than the newer ones? We have a MK4 from 2016 with the 1.6 iDTEC. It is our first Honda and it will be our last, mainly because of the attitude of Honda/and lack of help from our dealer in pushing Honda for a resolution to an ongoing issue. We bought it used from Honda a couple of years ago and took out an extended warranty and service plan to cover for most eventualities.
First it lost half its coolant a couple of times, our local dealer clearly didn’t find the leak the first time round. My guess is that it was there when it was sold to us and not spotted then either. Secondly it has the worst clutch of any car I’ve driven, including those with multiples of the mileage. Every morning there is clutch judder which makes it impossible to pull away smoothly. The worst case being that the vibration is so severe that you stall, potentially whilst halfway across a junction. This judder continues for the first five to ten minutes or so until it has ‘warmed up’. Honda say this is due to moisture on the clutch plate and are not interested. I’m sure this issue wasn’t there for the first few months of ownership but now occurs every day.
I wish I’d done my homework before buying this car. Honda seem to have lost their way. Perhaps I should have bought the automatic? My homework following experiencing this issue tells me that I’m far from alone and lots of other owners with CRVs and Civics have the same problem. It makes me wince when we experience the judder through the drivetrain as I wonder what other damage it may be causing. I don’t understand how Honda can get other less important things right and a fundamental like this so wrong?
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