[Zooks64]

Honda Extends Warranty on Troubled Turbo Engines

Consumer Reports shares details of the Honda warranty extended for owners of CR-V SUVs and Civic cars with troubled turbo engines where the gas can mix with the engine oil.

www.consumerreports.org

We own a Civic with the oil solution issue. This makes me feel only a smidge better.

I haven't bought a CR-V, which I really like, because of this issue. I'm not ready to buy for a while yet so maybe they'll have this completely resolved by then.

 

[jwpear]

I think that, in time, we'll find this is not as big of an issue as it appears. My '18 with just over 18k miles has a faint fuel odor on the dipstick, but I've never seen the oil level rise. I've been monitoring it since I purchased last summer. I've done two oil changes to date based on the maintenance minder. I do them myself and haven't noticed an excessive fuel odor in the oil.

My dealer offered a lifetime powertrain warranty at the sale. I had that before Honda extended their warranty.

I'll be sure to stay on top of the maintenance just as I do with all of our vehicles.

I still enjoy the CRV as much now as I did when I purchased. It's comfortable and I'm getting fantastic gas mileage--32 MPG.

 

[rd082298]

“We’re glad there’s a free fix available nationwide,” says William Wallace, a safety policy advocate for CR. “But if the vehicles are stalling, as some owners have reported, this is a safety issue and Honda should conduct an official recall, which doesn’t expire.” Yes what they said! I have the "so called Fix" it did not work.

 

[captainbeandip]

What kind of fancy dip stick is that? What's the deal Honda? Are you too embarrassed of the actual one that you include in these engines so you have to photo-shop in a normal looking type?

Also, gee, thanks for all of the extra piece of mind of knowing that you might take care of my warranty for 6 years instead of 5. Thanks for really stepping up to the plate here. I feel way better now.

For the record, I do have the oil rising issue in my CR-V (even after "the fix"), so I have been following this issue closly.

 

[Cliff's CRV]

I have 14,600 miles. No problems so far. Extended warranty. Yeah.

 

[rocky]

See OD for discussion.
Thanks