NHTSA Complaint #10810673 — 2012 HONDA CR-V

MY 7 MONTHS PREGNANT WIFE GOT STRANDED 200 MILES FROM HOME WHEN HER ALTERNATOR DECIDED TO DIE ON HER RESULTING IN A DEAD BATTERY. WE ONLY HAVE 50,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND AN ALTERNATOR SHOULDN'T DIE ON A VEHICLE THIS YOUNG IN ITS LIFE SPAN. LUCKILY A GOOD SEMINARIAN DECIDED TO GIVE HER CAR A JUMP START WHICH GOT HER TO HER DESTINATION SAFELY. SO SINCE WE ARE OUT OF WARRANTY AND NEEDED TO HAVE THIS FIXED QUICKLY, WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL TRUSTED SHOP IN THE AREA AND THE ALTERNATOR HAD A FAULTY PART WHICH ENDED UP COSTING US OVER $600 DOLLARS TO GET FIXED. WE ALSO HAVE HAD A LOUD ENGINE RATTLE NOISE THAT OCCURS ON COLD STARTUPS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND HONDA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS ISSUE SINCE 2008 AND HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL AND HAS NOT COME UP WITH A PERMANENT FIX. I BELIEVE THE QUALITY OF HONDA CARS HAS BEEN DRASTICALLY DECLINING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I HAVE LOST FAITH IN THE HONDA BRAND AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER HONDA AGAIN.