NHTSA Complaint #10284957 — 2008 HONDA CR-V

INVOLVING A 2008 HONDA CRV, NEW; PURCHASED IN TEXAS/REG. IN TEXAS. 8/19/09 DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR THE VSA LIGHT AND SYMBOL CAME ON, I FELT THE BRAKES OR TIRES GRABBING WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE; IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE HONDA DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE WHILE I WAITED, "CAUSE: M99, CODES P0102, P0141 P0340, CLEARED LIGHT AND TEST DROVE. 9/14/09,ONE MONTH LATER THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN AS I WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY; THE TIRES OR BRAKES GRABBED AGAIN RESULTING IN MY HAVING TO PULL OFF TO ALLOW THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC TO PASS UNTIL IT WAS SAFE TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY SLOWLY. I WENT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT MORNING 9/15/09. "CAUSE: F, M99 SEE NOTES 16 W93, 9814 HAD SAME CODES AS BEFORE; PERFORMED AVAILABLE SOFTWARE UPDATE AND TEST DROVE. IF CODES COME BACK AGAIN WILL NEED NEW ECU." THAT EVENING, STARTED THE CAR UP TO GO TO WORK, THE LIGHTS CAME ON, VSA, VSA SYMBOL AND ENGINE LIGHT; I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD ORDER THE ECU. WHEN I CAME OUT FROM WORK AND STARTED THE CAR THE SAME LIGHTS WERE ON PLUS THE BATTERY LIGHT. ON 9/16/09 I WENT TO THE DEALER, "CAUSE: E M99 REPLACED ECU AND TEST DROVE 16 W93, 1 913931 ECU. CODES P0141, P0340, P16BC, 83-1. I WAS ASSURED NOT GUARANTEED, IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. 9/21/09 AFTER A STOP LIGHT, STARTING TO ACCELERATE, AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AN HOUR MAKING A LEFT TURN THE LIGHTS RETURNED AND STAYED ON UNTIL I REACHED HOME. I CALLED TO SPEAK WITH THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ON 9/22/09 WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. IT IS BEING KEPT OVERNIGHT SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A FULL DAY TO WORK ON IT. *TR