NHTSA Complaint #10725370 — 2004 HONDA CR-V

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 10725370
Vehicle 2004 HONDA CR-V
Component ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 45,000 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State KY

Consumer Description

AFFECTED PARTS SECTION WILL NOT LET ME LIST PARTS OR CHOOSE FROM DROP DOWN. TRIPOMETER QUIT WORKING AT 45,000 / ON PCH 1 FROM MONTEREY TO SAN DEIGO, CA AT DUSK, HEAD LIGTHS WENT OUT 2005. DID NOT LEARN OF RECALL TIL SRS LIGHT CAME ON IN 2012 AND SWITCH WIRE WAS REPLACED. ALSO LEARNED OF AIRBAG ISSUE AT THIS TIME, SERIAL CK'D, WAS TOLD DID NOT FALL WITHIN RECALL # MAINTENANCE LIGHT CAME ON 3 DYS LATER AND HAS REMAINED ON / FROM THE 1ST YEAR I OWNED IT, BATTERIES WERE REPLACED EVERY 11 TO 16 MOS. FROM 2004 UNTILL HEADLITE ISSUE SOLVED. / AT 51,882 MI CONDENSER AND COMPRESSOR WENT OUT, AT 63,985 AC OUT AGAIN THIS TIME COMDENSER OUT AND COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP LEAVING ME STRANDED ON A MTN ROAD YARDS FROM A BLIND CURVE, AC OUT AGAIN AT 84,948 FOR THE 3RD TIME FORCING ME TO DRIVE IN 90 TO 102 TEMP FROM HAMPSTEAD, NC FOR 14 HRS TO LUMBERTON, MS, LEAVING MYSELF AND MY DOG SUFFERING FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION / WINTER 2012, PRIOR TO LAST AC ISSUES, PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS RAISING. HAD TO USE POWER BUTTON AND HAVE MANUAL ASSISTANCE ON WINDOWS TO GET UP. IN SPRING, I ACCIDENTALLY PUT WINDOW DOWN, HOWEVER IT RAISED WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. / I DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL ON ANY ISSUES WITH THIS HONDA UNTIL THE END OF MACH 2015. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN APRIL 2004 AND I NOTICED THE FIRST AIRBAG RECALL BEING JUNE 2004. / OTHER ISSUES: VENT SWIVERAL BROKE OFF, HOOD RELEASE LEVER BROKE OFF, MILEAGE LITE OUT, IN CABIN AIR LITE STAYS ON, GLOVE BOX LITE STAYS ON./ THIS VECHICLE HAS ALMOST GOT ME KILLED ON TWO OCCASIONS-1) WHEN THE LITES WENT OFF ON PCH 1 AT DUSK, HAD IT BEEN DARK AND THERE WAS NO PULL OVER I COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 2) WHEN THE CONDENSER WENT OUT AND THE COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP ON A MTN ROAD IN MT I WAS YARDS FROM A BLIND CURVE WITH NO SHOULDER OR WAY TO MOVE CAR FOR 2 1/2 HRS WAITING FOR TOW TRUCK IN HAIL STORM. ONE ON COMING CAR WAS FORCE OFF ROAD.

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