[Antedil]

I'd give our CRV an 8/10. The truth is it is all the car I need for my purposes. My other car is a Grand Cherokee SRT. It's 6.4 liters of V8 silliness because cars to me have always been a somewhat irrational choice.

 

[ChrisTJ]

I rate mine a 10! I absolutely love it. The auto assist features are fab. It’s comfy and roomy. Rides great. Mine was recalled. Took 2 hours to fix it. This happens to most cars. I had an ‘04 CRV which I also loved.

 

[Coldhonda]

Now.... compared to our 2015 MB GLK350 the CRV loses in all areas accept for two:
1) The CRV has much more room for rear passengers and cargo
2) Overall cost of ownership is better on the CRV. We do have an extended warrantee and service plan on the MB which helps but the overall cost could be high without them. This is our third MB and I would never own one that did not have a solid warrentee as things can get expensive very quickly

Huh.. so your saying your glk350 gets better mpg than the CRV?
.

 

[ronno3346]

After 20 years of driving only BMW's, but not wanting to pay that price any more, I have to say I am impressed. I am retired and don't drive much- 2500 miles since 8/12/18 (so 5 months). I seem to be one of the lucky ones as far as the oil and heat issues are concerned. Have no issue with the power or the CVT, which surprised me, but I don't. But I really really wish they had parking sensors in front. Honda dealers offer them as a dealer option in the back for what reason I don't know. Maybe in case the camera lens fogs up. The front is where you need them. But a BMW X3 equipped like a CRV Touring would be 55K, and an X1 is smaller and doesn't even offer much of the stuff from what I saw.

 

[Zmonster8u]

Hello all, Just curious on how people would rate their CR-V to other cars they have personally owned. Lets say a score from 0 as a POS and 10 being GODLY and nothing else can come close to it.

My 2018 CR-V ex that I got for $28.5k OTD is a 7/10. It looks okay and drives fine. It does plenty for the price point. My only gripe I have over the 11k miles I have driven her is the rear seat belt and the weak no pep engine. I understand that it's not meant to be a fast car or a truck, but dang it's slow. I'm comparing it to my Boosted 370z nismo (Which I give a 8.5/10). I know it's a big difference in price, class, ect.

What do you all rate your CR-V vs your other car as?

Thangbom

We bought a 2017 Touring and I gotta score it a 6. We have had non stop TPMS issues, the shifter button just broke the other day and now I'm hearing about the oil dilution issue. WTF. At this point, I can't recommend it to people. I'd still buy it over the best ****olet any day.

 

[mcmurphy510]

This is my first Honda, and I really, really wanted to like Honda. Perhaps, I'm just a harsh critic.

I have a FWD CR-V Touring with backup sensors and nav, sensing and running boards (I think that's pretty much everything).

Overall I'd give my CR-V a 5, maybe even a 4. But alot of that may be due my expectations of Honda being so great (from all the other Honda owners I know) compared to reality.

I'm coming from a 2014 Ford Fusion Titanium, so roughly the same trim level and slightly higher price point for the Honda (29k vs 32k), but sedan vs SUV.

Power wise the Honda is ok. I can usually get up to speed fine, in a reasonable amount of time. 0-60 is about 7.6 or so seconds... not bad for an SUV. On a side note, I took it to Bonniville and got it up to 122mph Compared to my Ford (0-60 in 5.9) the Honda feels sluggish, but this is to be expected.

The Ford handled and braked much better too. When I had to stop my Ford, even in wet or slick conditions, I always felt confident. On my Honda, the breaks (I guess) heat up pretty easily and start to feel sloppy. In the same conditions, the Ford was fine. I definitely expected the Ford to perform better here too, but the Honda is pretty poor, like my old Ford Focus (06).

One area I fully expected the Honda to perform better was driving in rain and light snow. I didn't get the AWD, so I don't expect to go to Tahoe with no chains, but even in light snow the Honda has no traction. I was *much* more confident driving my Ford Fusion in light snow than my CRV. I even have minor traction problems in light rain as well.

Other issues:
Remote Start: worked from 100 -200 feet away on my ford. I'm lucky to get 50 feet on the honda. The ford also had a green light on the fob that indicated the remote start worked. No such indicator on the honda, I just have to trust that it worked.
Remote Window Up: Both honda and ford have auto window down. But only ford has auto window up. Honda says it's a safety concern, but ford addressed this by putting a pressure or bump sensor in their windows. If it detects too much pressure when going up, it simply stops.
Keyless Entry: On my ford I could touch any door handle to lock / unlock the doors. On the honda, this only works with the front doors.
Auto dimming / Auto headlights / Auto wipers / Auto everything: Ford in general seems to have just put more thought into how these systems should work, and how humans interact with them. As an example. Auto dimming dash. On my ford the sensor would have to be in darkness for about 5 seconds before the dash lights would come on. On the honda it's immediate. The creates a situation, where if I'm going under a series of underpasses, the dash will go dark / light / dark / light in rapid succession. Not so on the Ford.

A few other things I expected on the Honda, considering it's the same trim level / slighter higher price point:
Driver / Passenger front seat. Ford gives far greater control over the seat for both passenger and driver. Also, on the Ford, save seat position also saves the position of the mirrors. Ford included cooled seats, as well as heated.
Ford Included a heated steering wheel.
Ford included more / brighter interior lighting as well as color ambiance lighting.

On the plus side:
The interior of my CR-V is much more roomy and back seat more comfortable.

HondaLink is a better center console system than Ford Sync 2.0 (although it falls behind sync 3). The use of Garmin for maps is great as well.

It's also easier to "work" inside the car. I like to run wires for radar detector and dash cams under the dash. Much easier on Honda than on my Ford.

Honda Sensing is way better than Ford's adaptive cruise and lane keeping on the 2014 fusion. I think ACC is just as good on the 18 Fusion, but lane keeping still ping-pongs.

Walk away lock. Great feature that I don't think ford has.

Don't get me wrong. The CR-V is a good vehicle. I just think really expected much more from Honda, especially at this price point.

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Edit:

I'm also having an intermittent issue saying something to the effect of "intake blocked: power reduced". Scary when it happens on a steep two lane mountain road.

And I also forgot to mention the back up sensors. My Ford Fusion came standard with them front and back. On the Honda, I had to pay 600 extra for rear sensors. Front is not even available. The button to control them is mounted in the trunk area, even though there's room for another button on the front console.

Back up camera: The ability to go ultra-wide or top-down on the Honda is a nice touch. However, the quality of the camera is cr*p. My Ford had much higher resolution and clearer camera with a better dynamic range (It was actually usable with a bright light shining directly into it).

 

[mcmurphy510]

We bought a 2017 Touring and I gotta score it a 6. We have had non stop TPMS issues, the shifter button just broke the other day and now I'm hearing about the oil dilution issue. WTF. At this point, I can't recommend it to people. I'd still buy it over the best ****olet any day.

Ah, yes. Thanks for reminding me (see my post below). I too get the TPMS issues where I have to re-calibrate constantly. I've found different brands of tires have different results (FWIW).

 

[imwato]

This is my first Honda, and I really, really wanted to like Honda. Perhaps, I'm just a harsh critic.

I have a FWD CR-V Touring with backup sensors and nav, sensing and running boards (I think that's pretty much everything).

Overall I'd give my CR-V a 5, maybe even a 4. But alot of that may be due my expectations of Honda being so great (from all the other Honda owners I know) compared to reality.

I'm coming from a 2014 Ford Fusion Titanium, so roughly the same trim level and slightly higher price point for the Honda (29k vs 32k), but sedan vs SUV.

Power wise the Honda is ok. I can usually get up to speed fine, in a reasonable amount of time. 0-60 is about 7.6 or so seconds... not bad for an SUV. On a side note, I took it to Bonniville and got it up to 122mph Compared to my Ford (0-60 in 5.9) the Honda feels sluggish, but this is to be expected.

The Ford handled and braked much better too. When I had to stop my Ford, even in wet or slick conditions, I always felt confident. On my Honda, the breaks (I guess) heat up pretty easily and start to feel sloppy. In the same conditions, the Ford was fine. I definitely expected the Ford to perform better here too, but the Honda is pretty poor, like my old Ford Focus (06).

One area I fully expected the Honda to perform better was driving in rain and light snow. I didn't get the AWD, so I don't expect to go to Tahoe with no chains, but even in light snow the Honda has no traction. I was *much* more confident driving my Ford Fusion in light snow than my CRV. I even have minor traction problems in light rain as well.

Other issues:
Remote Start: worked from 100 -200 feet away on my ford. I'm lucky to get 50 feet on the honda. The ford also had a green light on the fob that indicated the remote start worked. No such indicator on the honda, I just have to trust that it worked.
Remote Window Up: Both honda and ford have auto window down. But only ford has auto window up. Honda says it's a safety concern, but ford addressed this by putting a pressure or bump sensor in their windows. If it detects too much pressure when going up, it simply stops.
Keyless Entry: On my ford I could touch any door handle to lock / unlock the doors. On the honda, this only works with the front doors.
Auto dimming / Auto headlights / Auto wipers / Auto everything: Ford in general seems to have just put more thought into how these systems should work, and how humans interact with them. As an example. Auto dimming dash. On my ford the sensor would have to be in darkness for about 5 seconds before the dash lights would come on. On the honda it's immediate. The creates a situation, where if I'm going under a series of underpasses, the dash will go dark / light / dark / light in rapid succession. Not so on the Ford.

A few other things I expected on the Honda, considering it's the same trim level / slighter higher price point:
Driver / Passenger front seat. Ford gives far greater control over the seat for both passenger and driver. Also, on the Ford, save seat position also saves the position of the mirrors. Ford included cooled seats, as well as heated.
Ford Included a heated steering wheel.
Ford included more / brighter interior lighting as well as color ambiance lighting.

On the plus side:
The interior of my CR-V is much more roomy and back seat more comfortable.

HondaLink is a better center console system than Ford Sync 2.0 (although it falls behind sync 3). The use of Garmin for maps is great as well.

It's also easier to "work" inside the car. I like to run wires for radar detector and dash cams under the dash. Much easier on Honda than on my Ford.

Honda Sensing is way better than Ford's adaptive cruise and lane keeping on the 2014 fusion. I think ACC is just as good on the 18 Fusion, but lane keeping still ping-pongs.

Walk away lock. Great feature that I don't think ford has.

Don't get me wrong. The CR-V is a good vehicle. I just think really expected much more from Honda, especially at this price point.

____________________________

Edit:

I'm also having an intermittent issue saying something to the effect of "intake blocked: power reduced". Scary when it happens on a steep two lane mountain road.

And I also forgot to mention the back up sensors. My Ford Fusion came standard with them front and back. On the Honda, I had to pay 600 extra for rear sensors. Front is not even available. The button to control them is mounted in the trunk area, even though there's room for another button on the front console.

Back up camera: The ability to go ultra-wide or top-down on the Honda is a nice touch. However, the quality of the camera is cr*p. My Ford had much higher resolution and clearer camera with a better dynamic range (It was actually usable with a bright light shining directly into it).

Perhaps your traction issues are due to tyres? Just saying

On the other hand, I was not aware of the lack of parking sensors for American CRVs. They should be standard in all trims.


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[Bxman]

Next month will be our first year owning our 2018 CRV EX L 1.5T We had a Honda Civic which we only traded because we needed something bigger due to our newborn daughters arrival. The CRV seemed to be a logical fit as it was a Honda and it boasted the highest MPG of any vehicle it's size and man does it impress me at the gas pump. It rides well looks nice inside & out and so far no issues. I change the oil myself every 5000 miles which I completed the 2nd oil change & filter in Dec. No issues. It heats up pretty quick when I turn on the defrost so no complaint there. As for pep I'm a light foot as I love gas mileage but when needed I can outrun most anything in a short run from dead stop. Don't do that often though as I'm in no hurry. All things considered for the first year I'd rate it 10 stars. I was an avid Corvette owner but would never attempt to equate it with a Honda CRV! ha ha ha that's just nuts

 

[FASTFJR]

2018 CR-V compared to 2015 RAV4 & 2019 Pilot. I also drive a 2008 Saab Convertible, no comparison there Lol.

Fit and finish of the CR-V and RAV4 are basically the same. The RAV4 with a 2.0 liter is much quicker and a little noisier. The RAV4 fuel milage is not as good, 25-26 around the city and 30mpg on the Highway.

Compared to the Pilot is night and day. Comfort level in the Pilot is worlds apart from the CR-V. I'm 6'3 and 220lbs so that might be the difference. Fuel economy as expected is not as good. Pilot get 23-23 around town however on the highway it gets 31-32mpg. And as expected the CR-V is more sporty to drive compared to the Pilot

I've noticed a few things about Honda's in my last 20 years of owning them and that includes a Ridgeline and Element. Along with a Ford P/U and a Volvo. The glass (windshield) is the thinnest and softest I've seen. Overall Honda paint is the thinnest I've dealt with. And its not getting better, I'm glad I was able to Ceramic Coat the new Pilot. At least this add's a another layer of protection

 

[ronzino]

Rating 9...I've had my 2017 CR-V EX-L for 1.5 years and about 9,500 miles. Although it did have the oil volume overfill issue I did not experience any noticeable effect on the performance or HVAC temperature problems. Got the Honda "fix" with no delay and good dealer service, in December '18. Oil level seems to be holding at upper level on dipstick. So far so good.
When I first got the SUV I had a few minor glitches with sensors. I did a reset of the electronics and all is now in order. Great vehicle, solid performance, good ride, comfortable, and reliable. It's the vehicle I want and enjoy driving. Owned a 2014 CR-V EX-L and loved that one too! I should say I'm a loyal Honda owner for more than 20 years and have always had mostly positive experiences.

 

[scoobers]

2nd Generation 2005 Honda CR-V. It's past 150,000 miles. Rating of 8.5.

Only major issues were transmission. First went bad right after trans warranty ran out. Oi. Second transmission seems to slip a little or shudder. Replacing VTEC solenoid got rid of car's auto-throttling issue with that one.

Only VERY slight shudder showing up, now. Gonna drain and fill soon, mebbe swapping out a quart for Lucas will help.

Previous vehicle was a 2004 Chevy Astro. Behemoth was OK. Too big for my taste and use.

CRV is roomy but a nice size. I like the size. No bigger, please. Hah.

 

[scoobers]

Forgot to add -- mebbe the transmission was a lemon. Who knows.

 

[Wings42]

Previous car was a 2002 Toyota Highlander 4 cyl. That sweet car was a 9/10 to me. I'd give the CR-V a 5/10. Pluses: much better performance and handling, better gas milage, better climate control. Minuses: can't play my choice of music when I want, poor visibility, harder to enter and exit, hate the key fob, too much road noise, hate that the car decides when to lock the doors, why do I have to pay $500 for roof rails that should come with every SUV ?, paint is easily marred, very complex controls on steering column and dash, hate the touch screen radio that requires looking off the road to adjust while driving.

 

[rcainalbq]

rcainalbq

I traded a 370Z Roadster (rating 7) for the 2018 Touring. 370Z was a lot of fun but invariably needed to go home and get my Murano (rating 9.5) to haul something that would not fit. I also had a couple if major issues over the 6 years that I owned it. Also the garage in the new place in Albuquerque was 1' narrower than old garage in Florida and getting in and out of the Z was difficult.
Now on to the CR-V (rating 8). I've had it since March of 2018 and have a little over 5K miles. No issues yet. It's comfortable, has good acceleration, excellent gas mileage, and overall very good design. My only complaint is with the lag when starting from a dead stop when in D mode. S mode is fun but gas mileage takes a noticeable drop. I agree with previous comment about remote start. Have to get way to close. Not worth the effort.
For trips I would rather take the Murano as it has better ride and comfort. Gas mileage is ok, about 24.

 

[gtmarine]

Hummm, I'm having a hard time comparing my '18 CR-V EX AWD to my '03 Element EX AWD. Any vehicle would have to excel to beat the Element...only time will tell. The Element endured severe ice and snow when we lived in the WV mountains and never failed to take us any where we needed to go. I'm counting on the new CR-V to keep that trend going.

 

[gtmarine]

Do others a favor and post a review of this dealer on Google maps...if you don't know how, just pull up Google Maps, drill down till you can click on this dealership, click on "Reviews", and select "Write a Review."

 

[gtmarine]

Opps, that last post was supposed to be on a different thread...sorry, I'm a newbie and still learning how to get around.

 

[KCGL1800]

Our current CR-V is a 2016 EX-L that we purchased in February of 2018. Thus far I would have to rate it a 9.5 as it has been reliable and meets all of our current needs. Good mileage, easy to manage in city traffic and decent hauling capabilities are high on the current list of desirable features.

The 2006 Passat that it replaced was okay but it the single biggest plus was that it was paid for. My wife bought it new and it was passed over to me as I sold my full size Chevrolet pick-up when we bought a new Lexus ES350 a few years ago. The down sides to the Passat is that it had a failing turbo, used quite a bit of oil and that it cost a small fortune each time it had to go to the shop. I would rate the Passat at 7.0 due to the lack of a car payment.

Looking to the future (say 3 to 5 years) I plan to have more "free" time and would like to have a boat for some fishing but even the smallest of fishing crafts will tax the tow rating of the CR-V. Based upon this we will be looking for something with a little more towing capacity such as a Passport or the like.

 

[Thangbom]

Our current CR-V is a 2016 EX-L that we purchased in February of 2018. Thus far I would have to rate it a 9.5 as it has been reliable and meets all of our current needs. Good mileage, easy to manage in city traffic and decent hauling capabilities are high on the current list of desirable features.

The 2006 Passat that it replaced was okay but it the single biggest plus was that it was paid for. My wife bought it new and it was passed over to me as I sold my full size Chevrolet pick-up when we bought a new Lexus ES350 a few years ago. The down sides to the Passat is that it had a failing turbo, used quite a bit of oil and that it cost a small fortune each time it had to go to the shop. I would rate the Passat at 7.0 due to the lack of a car payment.

Looking to the future (say 3 to 5 years) I plan to have more "free" time and would like to have a boat for some fishing but even the smallest of fishing crafts will tax the tow rating of the CR-V. Based upon this we will be looking for something with a little more towing capacity such as a Passport or the like.

I too have thought of this. I would love to would love to one day have a boat of some kind to fish in the bay or even a big boat to fish off the oil rigs. The CRV can hardly move its occupant and some yards supplies form HD.

Thangbom