[Hey Hoser]

HI folks.

My CC was sawed out on Sunday. We had a great 2006 Honda CRV with just about 100K on it. The insurance totaled the care out and now we are thinking of a new CRV but I wanted to know if the car design is still vulnerable to having the CC sawed out. Can anybody help me? Cause I really don't want to go through this again.
Thank you!

Hi, sorry to hear about that, also sorry I don't know about vulnerability of current design, hopefully someone else can tell you.

Which country are you in? And did you mean your insurance company wrote off your CR-V because of the CC theft? If yes, I hope they gave you a good settlement.

 

[larryr]

Every vehicle made is easy to cut out the Catalytic Converter. It is under the car and is valuable.

When gas prices are high enough - thieves punch holes in the gas tank to get your gasoline. That is expensive too.

 

[williamsji]

Man.... people can and will steal anything it seems. Most likely for the precious metals inside. I saw this article for a spike last year in thefts in Alberta Canada.... targeting older CRVs (2003-2009)

I seem to recall that Honda is locating the catlytic converters on their newer vehicles much closer to the engine now days. For the 1.5T I believe the converter is in the downpipe assembly. It is located inside the engine compartment so I don't think you can just go in and cut them out anymore. But the idiots may mistake one of the downstream resonators for a converter and cut that out instead (much cheaper to replace though).

 

[Cordelia]

Man.... people can and will steal anything it seems. Most likely for the precious metals inside. I saw this article for a spike last year in thefts in Alberta Canada.... targeting older CRVs (2003-2009)

I seem to recall that Honda is locating the catlytic converters on their newer vehicles much closer to the engine now days. For the 1.5T I believe the converter is in the downpipe assembly. It is located inside the engine compartment so I don't think you can just go in and cut them out anymore. But the idiots may mistake one of the downstream resonators for a converter and cut that out instead (much cheaper to replace though).

 

[Cordelia]

I am in New Orleans! I want to thank all of you for your help! I freaking loved that ?!!! My Hope is that Honda has redesigned the CC or alarm system so this wont happen again. Do y’all still like the 2019 CRV?

 

[RockyMtnCRV]

1) Welcome to the CR-V forum
2) Sorry about your CC...
3) Armed with a cordless grinder equipped with a cut-off blade most anything can be cut through quickly and easily...
4) "Do y’all still like the 2019 CRV?" - We have a '18 CR-V and we enjoy it very much!

 

[Cordelia]

Thanks. New Orleans is having a Automobile crime spike. Generally auto makers have some kind of response to that. I just wondered if anybody knew. Thank you!