NHTSA Complaint #10457730 — 2002 HONDA CR-V

MY FUEL GAUGE IS NOT ACCURATE: IF THE TANK DROPS TO HALF FULL, THE GAUGE IS UNRELIABLE AND OFTEN REGISTERS MORE OR LESS GAS THAN THERE IS. USUALLY THERE IS LESS GAS THAN THE GAUGE REGISTERS, BUT I'VE FILLED UP THE TANK UNTIL THE TANK CLICKED, AND THE GAUGE STILL READ 3/4 FULL. I'VE BEEN BROWSING ON SOME ONLINE FORUMS, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2002 CRV. ON THIS SITE, IT LOOKS LIKE 8 DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH 2002 HONDA CRVS HAVE POSTED THE SAME COMPLAINT: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/HONDA-CR-V/TPHIOAURAC0I3T5O3 THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME BECAUSE I LIVE IN WI, WHERE TEMPERATURES COMMONLY REACH BELOW ZERO IN THE WINTER! I COMMUTE 50 MINUTES USING A COUNTRY ROAD, AND I COULD LITERALLY FREEZE IF MY GAS GAUGE IS UNRELIABLE, AND I THINK THAT I HAVE MORE GAS THAN I HAVE. (THERE ARE NO PUBLIC PAY PHONES ON MY ROUTE, AND THERE AREN'T ALWAYS HOUSES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.) THIS COULD, OF COURSE, ALSO BE A PROBLEM FOR ANYONE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHO RUNS OUT OF FUEL DUE TO A FAULT GAUGE/SENDING UNIT. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER IN MADISON, WI, AND THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ESTIMATED COST WAS $450+ FOR PARTS AND LABOR. HELP! DO THE RIGHT THING, HONDA, AND ISSUE A RECALL IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. IT DOES SEEM TO BE A FLAW IN THE MASS-PRODUCED COMPONENT, NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL QUIRK OF ONE CAR/DRIVER. *TR