NHTSA Complaint #10557645 — 2014 HONDA CR-V

2014 HONDA CRV WAS DELIVERED WITH 233 MILES ON ODOMETER. WITHIN 6 MILES OF LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING (TPM) LIGHT HAD COME ON INDICATING ONE OR MORE OF THE TIRES WAS LOW ON AIR. OUR SALESPERSON HAD ALREADY WARNED US ABOUT THIS DURING THE WALK THROUGH AT THE DEALERSHIP TELLING US THERE IS NO NEED FOR US TO PULL OVER BECAUSE MORE THAN LIKELY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. BEING AN INFORMED CONSUMER WE WERE ALREADY AWARE THAT HONDA HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THEIR TPM SYSTEM ON THE 2014 MODEL. IT SIMPLE DOES NOT WORK. IT CRIES WOLF AND CAN NOT BE TRUSTED. AFTER RESETTING THE LIGHT IT WILL CONTINUALLY RETURN AND HAVE TO BE RESET WITHIN 50 MILES OR LESS OF IN TOWN DRIVING. ALTERNATELY WE RESET IT BEFORE A 240 MILES ROUND TRIP HWY DRIVE AND THE TPM LIGHT DID NOT COME ON DURING THE ENTIRE HWY TRIP. THE PURPOSE OF THE GOVERNMENT MANDATING TPM IN ALL NEW CARS WAS TWO FOLD. FIRST FOR FUEL ECONOMY, SECOND FOR SAFETY. SINCE THE TPM LIGHT PROVIDES FALSE ALARMS EVERY WEEK, IT DOES NOT ACCOMPLISH EITHER GOAL. WE HAVE HAD NO FORMAL RESPONSE FROM HONDA ACKNOWLEDGING THERE IS A PROBLEM OR THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON A FIX. THERE IS A FORUM WITH 200 POSTS ON THE 2014 PROBLEMS AT THIS DIRECT ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.CRVOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS/14-PROBLEMS-ISSUES/27802-2014-TPM-PROBLEMS.HTML. *TR