I’m Selling My Unreliable Honda CR-V and Buying A Toyota, My CR-V With Only 68K Miles Already Needs New Injectors at a Cost of $2,000

The 2018 rav4 has a reliability rating of 64 for the same year.

Take it to a Independent Shop and see what they come up with. Of course replacing the cabin air filter at that criminal price WILL fix everything. Spark Plugs made of Gold? Walk, no run away from Dealer. Let's say you do pay these criminals, it's still cheaper by miles than buying a new car.

Try once in a while giving your Honda an "Italian Tune up". It's fun too!

Dunno about the really expensive stuff but paying $145 to replace filters you can buy off Amazon for $12 each is not exactly savvy.

Beyond that I’m irked at Honda as well. I used to have a 2004 accord 2dr which I sold in 2023. Now I have an 11th gen civic hatch. It’s more practical yet seems fragile, disposable, and gratuitously complex by comparison. I regret not milking a few more years out of the Accord.

Next car will be Toyota or Lexus, or anything else which promises top reliability. I’ve grown too suspicious of Honda.

Pay the dealer and replace the injectors. Do the rest of the stuff that's easy enough and call it a day

The dealership is ripping you off at that cost. I replaced 2 injectors in a CR-V a few weeks ago at my shop and tbh it's a rather simple task for any decent mechanic and way cheaper than having done at a dealer where the price markup on parts is probably 30%+

Get rid of it! Head gasket is next
Those models are money pits. Get a non turbo older crv non cvt also

AI must have known I just bought a used 2019 CR-V and sent me this unfortunate article. Just purchased it May of 2025 with 66,000mi and now has 67,000. It’s running and driving great so far. No dash lights. No codes. Sounds like I can only enjoy it worry-free for a thousand more miles. Bought this one to replace our 2006 CR-V that I bought new. This article is a real bummer:(

Unreliable. Hmmmm. Its 6 years old with 70k miles. I guess any maint more than oil change is too much. .......its his wifes car

My first Honda was a bright yellow 1976 Honda Civic hatchback. My last "good" Honda was a 1996 Honda Accord DX. I drove it for 16 years and over 250,000 miles. I replaced it with a new 2012 CR-V. It had some kind of electrical gremlins. I say that because the car would often give me a shock when I touched the driver's side door handle. It ate batteries. If I turned the vehicle off, there was no guarantee it would restart for me. But, the dealerships could never figure out what was wrong. They'd replace the battery, or do an update, and claim it was fixed. My husband finally insisted I replace it after it left me stranded for the third time. I tested drove a bunch of different cars, but none felt as good, or offered as much as the 2018 CR-V that I finally gave in and test drove. I really enjoyed it for the first couple of years! It handled great, was comfortable, and got good mileage. But then the problems started. The driver's visor wouldn't go back up. The car braked hard on me a couple of times for no reason. Random dash lights would go off. The body seemed very flimsy, and had many dents and pings over time. The final blow was when I started hearing creaking noises on curves and the steering wheel would make little jerks towards the opposite direction. I took it to my mechanic, and he was dumbfounded when he called to tell me what it would take to fix the car. A component that would cost just under $5,000! Just for that one part! He contacted Honda on my behalf to see if anything could be done. He got a resounding NO. The car was five years old and had just hit 80,000 miles. He understood when I decided not to do the repair. I traded it in on a new Mazda CX-50. I was a devoted Honda fan from a family of dedicated Honda owners. I never imagined that I would have TWO Hondas that I would get rid of with less than 100,000 miles on them! Now I tell people to avoid the Honda CR-V like the plague!

Return it to the dealer for a full refund under the lemon law.

Well don’t take it to the dealership. Injectors , Plugs and oil change are cheap. Honda does not make injectors. Most likely Bosh. This is not a high level skill set to do.

Spoken like a Toyota salesman. The only thing you’re on the forefront of is being a clown. If you’ve spent 30 years in automotive journalism then I’d find another hobby. You’re uninformed, and obviously haven’t worked on new cars in any capacity to realize that almost all of the Japanese manufacturers get fuel injectors from the same couple of companies, and all have basically the same issue. It’s a supplier problem not a Honda problem.

Seriously considering a CRV. Now am not sure looking at all those costly maintenance jobs. Yep, Jarod. Go for Toyota. I'm driving one now. I may opt for a new Toyota SUV.

I drove my 2010 CRV for 15 years, 276,000 KM. Never had serious issues or expensive repairs. The suspension failed recently, so I upgraded to a 3rd Gen Rav4. No need to buy new here in Taiwan.

Jarad needs to trade in his 2019 and buy a 2017 model year. The last year of the good honda engine. Before that crapy 1.5 liter turbo engine.

I would buy Honda over Toyota.. the problem lies in the turbocharged engine and Honda isn’t the only reliable automaker to have problems *cough cough Toyota. Go for naturally aspirated engines/hybrids and you will have no problems. $2,000 is chump change it’s a vehicle and it needs repairs just like anything else in life (marriage, house etc.)

2020 CR-V first had Body Control Module problems. Nobody had them. Found one on eBay. Next was injectors. My insurance covered it. When they were contacted they guessed: “Injectors or head gasket?” No thanks. CR-V is now somebody else’s problem. (Have put LOTS of miles on two Accords.)

Honda is not Toyota
I've got 2018 Honda Odyssey
And on 56 000 miles the hydraulic timing tensioner was leaking
The repair cost me 3500$
Always problem with the trunk,paid over 1500$ for some module plus labor
Never ever again,I will buy any honda

I had a 2019 Honda Crv and everytime I would change the oil it smelled like a gasoline refinery. Didn't take me long to trade it in for a Toyota. Guess this oil and gas dilution problem goes way back and Honda's solution is to charge the customer to change injectors instead of recall. No more Hondas for me.

Any car has some problems, but it is the rate and number of occurrence that matters. Even Toyotas also are not 100 percent. Some have problems like Jarod's cr v. I think you even know that Honda is highly rated not by mistake. Let's not magnify one problem as if it's for everyone who got it. Anyway Honda has already fixed this.

Save $800 bucks and do the brakes and filters yourself, you can get them cheaper anyway at an auto parts store. And pay to have the rest done. And if the rotors are not warped you don't have to replace them. Crv is a reliable vehicle. Do you sell your house if it needs an air conditioner.

And people would still say Hyundais are poor quality. I'm here cruising along in my 23 Elantra with 116K miles with only changing the fluids in my car.

Firstly, I would not be lumping in regular maintenance items to highlight reliability. What is the software update? The car is capable of updating it's entertainment system software wirelessly from your driveway or is it something else? If the software has something to do with engine performance, get that done and see if issue goes away. For the actual defect, if required, save 30% by finding a competent mechanic and do not use dealership.

I own a 2019 Honda CR-V I bought new in 2019. I have at this moment 163,437 miles on my CR-V and the only thing I've done to it was basic service. I have my transmission fluid changed every 40,000 miles and that's it. I have replaced my tires twice and my brakes and rotors once. I love my CR-V and looking forward to purchasing another one next year. My advice to anyone having issues is take your vehicle to an independent repair shop. Dealerships are notorious for stacking on non existing problems to make more money.

I had a similar problem with a 2018 touring crv. At ,55k I was told I needed new sparkplugs. I had read should get 200k. Changed plugs and drove 600+ miles to Tennessee with no problems. Once back n town problems came back. This time I had read about a similar problem. At low speeds car oil vapors not burning off. At high speeds oil/,gas vapors burn off. Needs injectors replaced. This was a known defect. Dealer fixed car for free and gVe me back $438 I had paid for spark plugs. At ,88k miles I sold car which had no problems and bought a 2025 pilot from same dealer. The dealer treated me well and will always have my business.

Well, I have a 2004 one from Canada. Look on door, it will tell you either Canada or Illinois or Indiana, can't remember which. mine got almost 300k. It's rough but still goes. So I'm saying something that happens. Did wrong gas or fuel type get mixed or used? Try dropping gas and flushing system. Fill with correct fuel use correct treatment, fill up 50 treatment 30. 80 vrs 3k.

I have a 2015 Honda crv, I gave my mom my 2012 Honda crv. now, the only major issue I have had with the 2015 was the relay switch for the air conditioner. the 2012 cooling coil for the air conditioner just went bad. both vehicles have around 140,000. I have kept the maintenance up on both. now, I will say the Honda dealership has recommended things I absolutely did not need. I have someone I know personally, that works at a different garage and gives me a second opinion. I look up the codes, they think I'm stupid 🧐. lol. anyway, I have owned Honda's for years, different makes and models. I love my Honda, I will stay with Honda. I never buy new, I always wait to hear issues when they change the vehicle.