NHTSA Complaint #11526815 — 2009 HONDA CR-V

Upon repair, at the authorized dealer, for the rear trailing arm recall in May 2023, the service Advisor noted that antifreeze/ coolant was leaking from a corroded/ rusty heater pipe deep inside the engine compartment. Although they quoted a repair price and a separate coolant flush fee, the part is not currently available from Honda. This heater pipe is backordered and thus unavailable for repair as quoted. Since this antifreeze leak makes this vehicle undriveable, I was forced to research then search for this part availability and buy it myself as an aftermarket non OEM part. It seems that this rust issue related to the rear trailing arm is not the only rust concern on these 2007-2011 Honda CR-Vs.