Advice from folks in Texas

I have a 2018 Touring. In am in Houston and we had a mild winter but regardless my CR-V was slow to warm up, the slowest warm up car I have had and much slower than my wife's 2010 with the 2.4L engine. It does warm up eventually but I have to drive it on S and I have to make sure the climate control is set to AC OFF so the louvers are shut. If you have to defog the windshield the AC will turn on defeating this setting. This car is not good for short trips, a few miles, you will get there before the engine warms up. Once it warms up it tends to stay warm but this is SE Texas, not much heat needed, at least this past winter.

Regarding OD, the jury is still out. I just returned from a trip to Dallas (about 600 miles, most at 70-75 mph) and I came back with more "oil" than I left, not much more but slightly above than when I left. I have had one oil change and the dealer overfilled it which is typical, my oil is slightly above the orange section. This may be good for OD, I rather have a bit more oil to start with.

Keep in mind that the 2019s are the same as the 2017-18s as far as OD is concerned other than they had the so called "fix". Many here report the fix did not work for them. My advice to you is to consider other vehicles or to wait until Honda updates the engine, the 1.5L is more prone to OD than other turbo DI engines.

Another Texan, living near Austin, 2017 AWD EX-L purchased in Midland, had it about a year and half. So far only 2 of the common issues with ours, at about 15,000 miles the shifter button came off which is a pain, and at about 25,000 I started seeing the Oil dilution issues, just had the fix performed at 40,000. The car makes ~60 mile round trips every day to work and is in a warm climate so the oil issue "supposedly" shouldn't affect it, we literally never go less than 10 miles because that is the closest town to us. We have also had uneven tire wear, and the electronic brakes locked up and refused to release at one point without disconnecting the battery. So far no heat issues but the heated seats may make up for that a little as well.

On the positive side: Round Rock Honda has been great with service and helping out on the oil dilution issue as well as getting the "fix" done now that they have finally been allowed by Honda. We have a hitch on the car and towed about 1100 pounds to Lake Havasu Arizona and back last summer with no issues, towed it great, we had the car loaded down with probably 500 pounds of stuff as well. Navigation and everything has worked stupendously with none of the reported display issues, and the fuel mileage has been in the high 20's (27-29 typically) with mixed driving and around 30 highway driving as long as we aren't in the 80+mph areas of the state.

TEXASCRVs said:

I was not aware that Honda is now allowing the "fix" for Texas or other states besides the 21 originally mentioned. Is that the case? Have they issued a new TSB? If so can you or others give me a web reference? My dealer (North of Houston) said that they could not apply it.

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My understanding is:

....For a vehicle that comes in to the dealership with symptomatic issues (such as misfires, instrument warning lights about the engine, whirring noises at higher RPM, etc) can and will be serviced... both for the actual issues, as well as having the TSB for OD applied. There have been a small number of vehicle owners reporting on the NHTSA website problems with misfires, whirring noises, damaged cams (probably from the misfires). Where Honda is extending the warranty under several different TSBs..... it specifically covers cams and related internally lubricated parts.

....For vehicles without issues, and OD alone is not a sufficient issue it appears, you have to wait for Honda to actually send you a letter notifying you of the TSB requesting that you take it to your nearest dealer for the update.

I have seen some discussion on the internet indicating that Honda is in the process of expanding the TSB to all states and all vehicles (which makes sense for the long term, because Honda cannot control where a vehicle travels, ends up in a new state with cold winters, etc). But again.. I imagine they are doing this in phases across the country....so you have to wait for the letter from Honda before approaching your dealer. If you have ever read a TSB from Honda to dealers.. it is very clear why a dealership will not act on a TSB until it has been tagged to your VIN ---> Honda will not reimburse the dealer for the labor and parts on the TSB unless the VIN is registered as TSB qualified by Honda.

One thing about Honda.. they have a good track record of propagating and managing TSBs for their various vehicles.