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10 February 2012
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2008 HONDA CR-V reviews
HONDA CR-V reviews by year of make: 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Read all reviews
Michael Gower, Bedfordshire
Honda CR-V EX 2.2 manual Diesel 2008
This could be a superb car for the family and in particular for towing a Caravan. I purchased My 2.2 manual Diesel 2nd hand from an employee at the main dealers here with 16K on the clock, full service history and 2 years left on the warranty. The engine knocks like a bag of nails first thing in the morning and is also noisy during low gear work in the town. The MPG is a joke... they claim 50+ for extra urban. All I get is 35 if I’m lucky and less than 20mpg when towing our small van! The Dealer will not do anything to help and I’m going to have another go today. The knocking sounds very mechanical to me as it does reduce as the engine warms up. I’ve been in engineering long enough to know when something doesn’t fit. But the dealer says it is a "characteristic" of the engine. I’ve yet to come across anyone else with the same problem. Anyone out there got the same problem?? The rest of the car is good particularly the satnav which navigated us around France this year with no problems. But I agree with others, the voice recognition system for the phone is real pain. There are quite a few pages of commands to remember to operate the thing.... you would need a photographic memory to remember them all. As I said at the beginning... It COULD be a good car!!
Submitted: 07/12/2010 19:15:37
Peter Smith, Worcestershire
Honda CR-V Honda CR-V 2.2 iCTDi 140 EX 2008
Car registered in June 2008, now covered 91’000 miles! In my view the CR-V is best suited as a typical family car doing 10-15K per anum max, not a high mileage sales reps car like the Accord. I’m very disapointed as my 05 plate Accord traveled 158’000 in 3yrs with nothing more that a replacment turbo at just short of 100’000 miles. I’m on first name terms with the Service team at Avondale Honda (Solihull) as the CR-V has been back and forth that many times excluding sevices, current replacments components are as follows : - 1) Radio (CD Rotation Motor Burt Out) 2) Front Subframe Bushes (Worn out at 40K again at 83K!) 3) N/S/F CV Joint (Knocking when turning Left) 4) Altenator Failure 5) Air Conditioning Relay (Burnt Out, causing flat battery) 6) O/S/R Wheel Bearing (whining) 7) Turbo Failure (Internals Exploded) 8) Drivers Seat Chassis (Runners Failed) 9) Top Coolant Hose Burst (Core Chamber Blockage) 10) O/S/F Headlight Failure (Seal Failed letting in Water) 11) Rear Wash Wipe Failer (filled Boot With Water!!!!) I can’t wait to get rid of this car in another 12 months, however I’m hoping the gearbox or engine blows up so the lease company are forced to take it back prematurely as the warranty has now expired, saying that the only thing I will miss when I change the car is the coffee machine at my local dealer!!! All in all, my view of Honda has changed, if you want a reliable Honda Rep car, buy / lease an Accord or go back to the BMW / VAG or Mercedes dealership. Try again Honda, perhaps send some of your engineers from Swindon to Solihull, this way they can find out how to build a real 4X4!
Submitted: 08/06/2010 21:47:52
Peter Smith, Worcestershire
Honda CR-V 2.2 iCTDi 140 EX 2008
The car was registered in June 2008 and has now covered 91,000 miles! In my view the CR-V is best suited as a typical family car doing 10-15K per anum max, not a high mileage sales reps car like the Accord. I’m very disappointed as my 05 plate Accord travel’ed 158,000 in 3yrs with nothing more that a replacment turbo at just short of 100,000 miles. I’m on first name terms with the Service team at Avondale Honda (Solihull) as the CR-V has been back and forth that many times excluding sevices. Current replacement components are as follows : - 1) Radio (CD Rotation Motor Burt Out) 2) Front Subframe Bushes (worn out at 40K again at 83K!) 3) N/S/F CV Joint (Knocking when turning Left) 4) Altenator Failure 5) Air Conditioning Relay (Burnt Out, causing flat battery) 6) O/S/R Wheel Bearing (whining) 7) Turbo Failure (Internals Exploded) 8) Drivers Seat Chassis (Runners Failed) 9) Top Coolant Hose Burst (Core Chamber Blockage) 10) O/S/F Headlight Failure (Seal Failed letting in Water) 11) Rear Wash Wipe Failer (filled Boot With Water!!!!) I cant wait to get rid of this car in another 12 months, however I’m hoping the gearbox or engine blows up so the lease company are forced to take it back prematurely as the warranty has now expired. Saying that, the only thing I will miss when I change the car is the coffee machine at my local dealer!!! All in all, my view of Honda has changed, if you want a reliable Honda Rep car, buy / lease an Accord or go back to the BMW / VAG or Mercedes dealership. Try again Honda, perhaps send some of your engineers from Swindon to Solihull, this way they can find out how to build a real 4X4!
Submitted: 08/06/2010 16:01:03
Peter Hartingdon, Yorkshire
Honda CR-V ES 2008
Hi. Done 33,000 in mine. Turbo is noisy, can sound like a passing police car with its siren on! Dealer says it is acceptable. Had issues with no electric, flat battery. AA had to lift car and deliver to the dealer (Stratstone) The AA man said a recall had been initiated as the battery was not up to the job and needed replacing. But he did not think that this was the problem. Before he lifted onto the flatbed, he did get it restarted, but the belt ceased with much screaching and smoke, obviously NOT the battery then, but something more serious. I had some issues previously with the aircon, all this information was provided to the dealer, and the car was left with them for 2 days. On collection they had replaced the battery and nothing else, this despite my and the AA man strongly suggesting that this was NOT the issue. After a week the same thing happened again, AA called out, CRV lifted onto flatbed and taken to the same unfortunate dealer, who still did not beleive either me ot the AA man as to the trouble. After nearly a week they evetually conceded that the Aircon was the culprit, and they apologised to me! Out of interest, I was looking to obtain one for my wife, and emailed 3 seperate Stratstone dealers for details of used vehicles I had seen on the Honda/Dealer web site, none of them returned my emails, address not known, and this was via their own email enquiry card! I still love the CRV and would/will get another, but the Dealers, oh dear, they do not do themselves any favours.
Submitted: 23/01/2010 19:35:39
Henry, Ayrshire
Honda CR-V 2008
Is it me??? This would be a great car which ticks a lot of boxes. It is a very comfortable ride, with tight suspension and low engine noise, well laid out with lots of bells and whistles (2009 ES model). A 6th gear and cruise control with good torque. However, the car I test drove had quite audible wind noise on driver’s side, some of the plasticky bits were very plasticky looking, road noise was greater than my 2003 RAV4 and amazingly the gear change was clunky. Help, I really wanted to but this one.
Submitted: 09/03/2009 09:10:03
Paul Cooke, Warwickshire
Honda CR-V 2.2CDi 2008
Something was lost in my review... For 80000 read 8000 What a difference a 0 makes!! Still a good car though. I will write again when it reaches 80000 (2018 I reckon).
Submitted: 28/11/2008 08:42:04
George Lyon, Yorkshire
Honda CR-V good 2008
Noise, turbo. my new Honda CR-V diesel has only done 4100 miles and is on its third turbo and this one is even noisier than the last one but I can not fault my CR-V apart from the turbo. Is this a one off?
Submitted: 20/10/2008 10:52:18
Keith New, Yorkshire
Honda CR-V EX 2008
Was really looking forward to test-driving this vehicle after reading the brochures and what was said about it in reviews. What a great let-down. Tested the EX automatic petrol. Ride was very shuddery on small bumps, more than anything else I have tested - the Tiguan, X-Trail and the Rav4. Build quality is very good. The automatic gearbox was smooth but coupled to the petrol engine made the car utterly pedantic. With 3 passengers on board it struggled to accellerate at all. Honda need to do a big rethink on this engine/gearbox combination, it is not up to the job. The boot annoyed me because there is nowhere to stow the removable upper deck inside the boot, access to the lower deck is impossible with the tonneau cover in place and the upper deck installed. If you want to remove the tonneau cover, it is quite aukward to get out of the car; if you want to stow it away in the car, it’s too long to be put anywhere without getting in the way. The dashboard is easy on the eye and a plus point. In the cabin, rear passengers were not very complimentary about the back seats. The sunroof does not open but consists of two large windows with an electric blind which winds into the central roof bulk head, so retracting the blind opens both front and back blinds equally. This should be independent. Overall, I was not impressed.
Submitted: 20/05/2008 10:04:57
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