2002 HONDA CR-V Seats Problems

Driver seat rocks like a rocking chair. Cannot be repaired without replacing rails and seat.

A STATE SAFETY INSPECTOR ADVISED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT IS COMING LOOSE AND COULD COMPLETELY BREAK LOOSE IN AN ACCIDENT. HE SAID IF IT GETS ANY LOOSER IT WILL NOT PASS A SAFETY INSPECTION (VIRGINIA). I HAVE OWNED CARS FOR OVER FORTY YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A CAR SEAT THAT WASN'T SECURED TO THE BODY OF THE CAR FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. THIS SPECIFIC DEFECT, RELATING TO HONDA CRV'S IS BROADLY REPORTED ON THE INTERNET. SHOULD A CAR SEAT POTENTIALLY BREAKING LOOSE IN AN ACCIDENT NOT BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL?

THE DRIVERS SEAT IS LOOSE. IT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN STILL. IT IS NOT SOLIDLY INSTALLED AND CAN BE SHAKEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THE SEAT CAN ACTUALLY DETACH FROM ITS MOUNTING. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECT BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THESE SAME SYMPTOMS IN THEIR 2002 HONDA CR-VS.

MY 2002 HONDA CRV'S FRONT DRIVERS SEAT HAS BEEN ROCKING OR MOVING SLIGHTLY AS I DRIVE AROUND. I WENT TO GET MY CRV INSPECTED IN VIRGINIA AS IS REQUIRED EVERY YEAR, BUT WAS REJECTED. HE SAID THE SEAT HAS TO BE FIXED, IT ROCKS. IT SEEMS TO ME IF IT FAILED TO PASS THE VIRGINIA STATE INSPECTION, THEN IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I WENT ON THE HONDA OWNERS CLUB FORUM AND SAW THAT OTHER OWNERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED THE HONDA RECALL CENTER, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALLS NOR CAMPAIGNS REGARDING LOOSE/ROCKING DRIVER SEATS. IT MUST BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF IT FAILED THE STATE INSPECTION. I'D LIKE FOR HONDA TO FIX MY SEAT SO IT DOES NOT ROCK WITH OUT CHARGE. I HAVE OWNED HONDAS FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS, NOW.

EVER SINCE I HAVE HAD MY CAR THE HEADLIGHTS BURN OUT WITHIN 3-4 MONTHS. CHANGE ONE, THE OTHER GOES OUT. AVERAGING 2000.00 OVER THE LIFETIME OF OWNING MY CAR. THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT'S BOLT BROKE...THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS BC OF WEIGHT...I WEIGH 135# I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE MY SEAT FIXED. NOT MY FAULT!! MY SEAT BELT WILL NOT BUCKLE UNTIL THE 4-5 TRY..IT KEEPS ON BOUNCING OUT OF THE CLICKER.

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT ALWAYS CLICK INTO LOCK. DRIVERS SIDE SEAT IS VERY LOOSE. MALFUNCTION LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF.

DRIVER SEAT BUSHING, SEAT ROCKS SINCE NEW, WITH IN FIRST MONTH OF OWNING DEALER NOTIFIED, THEY SAID THE ROCKING WAS NORMAL. FOUND NHTSA CMOAIN #02V251000, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BECAME UNSTABLE AND ROCKED BACK AND FORTH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

SHORTLY AFTER WE PURCHASED OUR HONDA 2002 CR-V IN OCTOBER 2014 WE NOTICED THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS LOOSE: IT ACTUALLY ROCKS A BIT: AND UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE BOLTS SECURING IT TO THE FLOOR COULD NOT BE TIGHTENED WITHOUT REMOVING THE ENTIRE SEAT. THE SEAT IS STILL LOOSE. MORE RECENTLY WE LEARNED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V251000. THE DEFECT CAN LEAD TO THE SEAT FAILING TO REMAIN ANCHORED TO THE FLOOR IN A CRASH. THE INFORMATION ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE SAYS THAT ONLY TWO [SIC] VEHICLES WERE AFFECTED BY THE DEFECT, AND THAT THE OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THE RECALL APPLIES TO OUR VEHICLE. HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED?

[XXX] [XXX] CALHOUN GA 30701 MY A/C COMPRESSOR HAS WENT OUT AGAIN FOR THE 3RD TIME. WE HAVE PAID HONDA HENNESSY OF WOODSTOCK A TOTAL OF $6000.00 IN THE PAST 5 YEARS FOR THIS. WE BOUGHT THIS HONDA CR-V WITH ONLY 3 MILES. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALSO MY DRIVER SIDE SEAT RECLINES BACK AND FORTH WITH OUT EVEN USING THE LATCH. MY DOOR LOCKS DO NOT EVEN WORK THEY HAVE HAD TO BE PRIED OPEN AND I HAVE TO LEAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH OR IT WON'T START. INVALID VIN INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT ANCHOR BOLT FRACTURED AND MOVED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FEW MONTHS AGO. NOTICED AS SOON AS I SAT IN THE DRIVER SEAT, IT WAS VERY LOOSE AND WOBBLY. THE SALESMAN INFORMED ME IT HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED PROPERLY AT THE FACTORY, AND THE BOLTS HAD CAME LOOSE OR BROKE, BUT THE BOLTS DO NOT LINE UP WITH THE HOLES IN THE SEAT TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. I READ IN THE RECALLS, THAT THIS ISSUE WAS ONLY IN 2 VEHICLES AND THEY HAD BEEN FIXED. THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE THAN 2 AFFECTED, INCLUDING MINE. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH DURING NORMAL DRIVING WHEN STOPPING OR STARTING. ADDITIONALLY, I FOUND A SCREW LOOSEN UNDER THE SEAT AREA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WOULD INDEPENDENTLY SHIFT FORWARD AND BACKWARD WHENEVER OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

I AM ONE OF THREE OWNERS WHO PURCHASED HONDA CR-V EX (AND LX) IN 2002. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT FOR ME I WAS ABLE TO PAY FOR BY MYSELF. I WAS AT THE DEALERS AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE IT UNWRAPPED WITH ONLY 6 MILES ON IT AS I SINGED THE FORM TO GET IT THAT DAY. I HAD IT INSURANCE THE DAY I PICKED IT UP, WITH THAT BEING SAID I LOVE THIS CAR! BUT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE NOTICE A GROWING NUMBER OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE SEAT BELTS IN THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE AT TIMES FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO SECURELY FASTEN THE SEAT BELTS AT ALL. MY ATTEMPT TO GET THE SEAT BELT SECURED CAN BE LABORING; MY MOTHER WITH HER FAILING HEALTH CANNOT DO IT VERY WELL AT ALL. IF I WAS ONLY ONE OF THE THREE OF US I WOULD ASSUME...

I PURCHASED MY 2002 HONDA CR-V USED FROM A LOCAL HONDA DEALER. THE DRIVER SEAT ROCKED BACK AND FORTH FROM THE DATE OF MY PURCHASE IN 2003. A MECHANIC AT THE HONDA DEALER ON A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE SAID THAT IT WAS BROKEN, AND THAT IT WOULD BE A $300 PLUS REPAIR. I HAVEN'T DONE IT, BECAUSE I FIGURED FOR A CAR ONLY HAVING 20,000 MILES ON IT SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT WHEN IT WENT THROUGH THE "CERTIFIED" WARRANTY PROGRAM. MY SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER SEAT WON'T LOCK, UNLESS I REPEATEDLY PUT THE CLIP IN AND OUT, AND THEN IT WILL FINALLY ENGAGE AFTER 8 TO 10 TRIES. AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED IT, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IN THE "CERTIFIED" WARRANTY PROGRAM. OF COURSE, NOW IT IS 10 YEARS LATER, AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD SHAKE ABNORMALLY AND THE SRS AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SPORADICALLY. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROCHING A STOP, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT ROCKED FORWARD SLIGHTLY. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED, THE SEAT ROCKED BACKWARD SLIGHTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO KNOWN DEFECTS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

I PURCHASED A USED CRV IN 2006 AND NOTICE THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I RE-MENTIONED IT EVERY TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR FOR SERVICE TO NO AVAIL. I FINALLY SEARCHED ONLINE AND SAW THEY OFFERED A FIX UNDER A TSB BUT WHEN I JUST BROUGHT IT IN THEY SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR..WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD TO DO. I GET WHIPLASH EVERY DAY AS THE SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH AND FEEL THAT IN AN ACCIDENT THAT THE SEAT MAY NOT HOLD. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS LOOSE, DUE TO DEFECTIVE SEAT-TRACK PARTS. THIS CAUSES THE SEAT TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH. IN AN ACCIDENT, THIS COULD CAUSE AN EXAGGERATED MOVEMENT THAT THE OCCUPANT WOULD ENCOUNTER, IN MY OPINION. THE SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH APPROXIMATELY 1/2 OF AN INCH (ESTIMATE). I HAVE REMOVED THE SEAT AND DISCOVERED THAT METAL BUSHINGS THAT ARE PART OF LINKS THAT CONNECT THE UPPER SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY TO THE LOWER SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY ARE BROKEN AND WORN, THUS ALLOWING TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE PIVOT BOLTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON THE CAR IS APPROX. 162000. THIS PROBLEM FIRST STARTED OCCURRING AROUND 50000 MILES. WHEN I WENT TO GET A STATE INSPECTION LAST YEAR, THE INSPECTOR NOTICED IT AND SAID IT SHOULD BE FIXED. THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING NOW. *TR

REPEATED MECHANICAL FAILURES OF THE 2002 HONDA CRV THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW HAVE BEEN OCCURRING SINCE AUGUST OF 2002. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT IN JULY OF 2002. THE ODOR FROM THE INSIDE CABIN FILTER FIRST OCCURRED IN AUGUST. THE FUSE TO THE WARNING DEVISE THAT WOULD ALERT THE DRIVER TO LIGHTS BEING LEFT ON, ETC. WENT OUT WITHIN 3-4 MONTHS. THEN MAJOR ITEMS WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED: DIFFERENTIAL, 2004(THOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY, HONDA REFUSED TO REPLACE IT FOR 2 YEARS), NECK OF FUEL TANK BROKE, 2006, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, 2007, DRIVER-SIDE WINDOW FELL OFF TRACK BECAUSE THE PLASTIC CLAMP CRACKED, 2008, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, 2009, O2 SENSOR, 2009, DRIVER'S SEAT UNSTABLE SINCE 2003, SRS SLOWLY WENT OUT BEGINNING WITH INTERMITTENT WARNINGS ABOUT SIDE DOOR AIR BAG BEING TURNED OFF BEGINNING IN 2003 WHICH DEALERSHIPS IGNORED AS JUST AN OCCURENCE FROM SOMETHING OR SOMEONE BUMPING AGAINST THE CLOSED DOOR FROM...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT DISPENSES HOT AIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CLUTCH ON THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS BURNED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS WOBBLY AND NOT ATTACHED TIGHTLY AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT AUTOMATICALLY ILLUMINATES WHEN IT IS BUMPED AGAINST. THE DEALER STATED THAT A SWITCH MAY BE NEEDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE REMOVES THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE. SHE STATED THAT NONE OF THE FAILURES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 71,825.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS LOOSE AT THE BASE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 02V251000, REGARDING THE SEATS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR OF THE SEAT ANCHOR.