1998 Honda CR-V Electrical system Problems

“Night time driving hazard this is a definite electrical safety problem: I experience a complete loss of lights when I switch to high beam: >(1) my headlights turn off >(2) the hi-beam never turns on a complete black-out I was on a sharp curve in my first incident when I flicked to hi-beam. Fortunately my driving experience kept me out of an accident.”

“I am filing a formal complain due to I have brought my car onto the dealership aug 7, 2014 due to my car will stall in the middle of the road. I just replace the battery 07/26/2013 I have brought my car onto the dealership and they are claiming that there is nothing wrong. They keep it overnight and when I picked it up after 5 days it will stall again, I am trying to call the service manager in diamond Honda glendale and they said manager is on vacation. I called corporate over Honda in torrance ca. According to the case manager who will handling my case they will do further investigation. …”

“This letter is a follow-up to Honda regarding a letter I had submitted on february 26, 2014. June 10, 2014 I was contacted by a Honda customer service representative regarding the letter outlined below and was told that there was no assistance available from Honda despite safety concerns. I was also told by the local Honda dealership that there have been issues with ignition/igniters with Honda crvs (especially the 98 crv which included a recall in 2002 for this very issue) and that I can go ahead and replace the ignition switch at a cost of approximately $200 plus labor (for a known defect). …”

“My wife called around 8:15pm on wednesday 12-01-2010. She told me her car just stopped on the road. She gave me info of her whereabouts. I was only about 5 minutes away thank goodness. As I approached her vehicle I saw in my horrified state her car stalled 30 to 40 feet from the nearest stop light on the far left lane. She was able to stay on an island in the middle of the busy street with my 5 year old daughter!. I parked my car to their right and ran across the street when it was cleared. My brother was behind her with his car with emerg. Lamps on. My wife also had her emerg. …”

“I am the owner of a 1998 Honda CR-V, which I purchased new. The vehicle had no serious performance issues until september 2008. At this time my daughter, who was driving the vehicle, began to experience isolated occurrences during which the CR-V would stall while in motion. These incidents were at first infrequent. My daughter took the vehicle to a local garage. There, the mechanics replaced the battery, believing that to be the problem. However, these incidents persisted, resulting in the CR-V being taken to two different garages in the statesboro, georgia area. …”