2002 Honda CR-V Electrical System

THERE ARE THREE NHTSA RECALLS FOR 2002 HONDA CRV - 12V486000, 20V76800 AND 03V422000. HONDA SAYS MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE RECALLS, BUT I HAVING ALL THESE ISSUES. I'VE CALLED HONDA AND SPOKEN TO A CSR, AND I'M AT THE DEALERS RIGHT NOW. THEY WON'T HONOR THESE RECALLS, AND ARE CHARGING ME FOR DIAGNOSTICS.

I WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE AS NORMAL. PARKED IN A PARKING SPOT WAITING FOR MY PARTNER WITH THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF. WHILE LEAVING I TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND WHEN I WENT TO ROLL DOWN THE RIGHT REAR WINDOW USING THE DRIVERS PWMS THE WINDOW WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE SWITCH BEGAN TO SMOKE. I CUT THE POWER AND REMOVED THE FUSES FOR THE POWER WINDOW CIRCUIT TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. DID NOT TAKE ANY PHOTOS OF THE SMOKE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE PWMS CATCHING FIRE IN 2002-2006 HONDA CR-VS, WHEN I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM THEY REFUSED WARRANTY SERVICE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE AND A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURN ODOR EMITTED FROM THE DRIVER'S DOOR MAIN SWITCHES AREA. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE ONTO THE ROAD SHOULDER. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE MASTER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. DRIVER DOOR SWITCH ARCING AND MELTING. THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND ONLY ONE WINDOW ISNT WORKING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V486000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 254,000. *BF *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW SWITCH SMOKED AND STOPPED WORKING. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE REPAIR WOULD BE COVERED. THE PASSENGER WINDOW SIDE IS THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED.

DRIVER'S WINDOW WORKS, BUT PASSENGER AND BACK SEAT WINDOWS WONT WORK. I'M SEEING MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH HONDAS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM! ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WASHER WON'T WORK.

I HAD PARKED MY CAR OUTSIDE GROCERY STORE AND WENT SHOPPING. WHEN CAME BACK I CAN SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. BY LOOKING AROUND, I FOUND SMOKE COMING OUT FROM POWER WINDOW SWITCH PANEL ON DRIVER SIDE. I HAVEN'T EVEN INSERTED MY KEYS. AFTER THAT I LOST THE ABILITY TO TURN UP DOWN PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. SEARCHING ONLINE SHOWS 2002CR-V HAD THE RECALL FOR SAME PROBLEM BUT MY CAR WASN'T INCLUDED. CONTACTING HONDA AND DEALER SAYS MY CAR DOESN'T CARRY THE FAULTY PART BUT YET SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY CAR. I AM SCARED IF IT'S PARKED IN GARAGE AND FIRE MAY START. VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING AND NO KEYS WERE IN IGNITION. IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION.

I WAS WONDERING MY 2002 HONDA CRV ISN'T UP FOR A RECALL FOR THE POWER MASTER WINDOW SWITCH LIKE THE OTHER 2002 HONDA CRVS? WHILE I WAS DRIVING I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND IT WAS COMING FROM THE WINDOW SWITCH AND AFTER LOOKING UP THE RECALLS I FOUND OUT MY CAR COULD SET ON FIRE WITHOUT IT EVEN BEING ON! BUT WHEN I TYPE IN MY VIN THAT SPECIFIC RECALL DOESN'T COME UP BUT YET IT IS THE SAME MALFUNCTION AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY DANGEROUS AND I HAVE BEEN DRIVING WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO ROLL DOWN ANY WINDOWS FOR GOING ON NEARLY FOUR YEARS NOW IT IS RIDICULOUS. I HAD TO UNPLUG THE WINDOW SWITCH HARNESS FOR FEAR OF FIRE AND MY LIFE

THIS IS FOR MY HONDA CRV 2002, WE HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE FOR THIS CAR FROM AIRBAG TO POWER WINDOWS AND NOW IS THE IGNITION KEY THATS LOSING CONTACT, THE CAR WONT START AFTER 5 OR 6 TIMES OF TRYING TO TURN THE KEY TO START MODE. I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR. I CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. IM WRITING THIS EMAIL TO GET SOME HELP FROM YOU TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. I DONT KNOW WHY HONDA ALWAYS PLAY THIS GAME OF NOT HELPING OUT THE CONSUMERS RIGHT AWAY, THEY ALWAYS WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS HURT OR DIE BEFORE THEY ACT ON THIS KIND OF ISSUE. THIS IGNITION SWITCH IS VERY DANGEROUS, WHAT IF MY CAR STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY? THIS IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY... THANKS FOR YOUR HELP

I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR. THE REMOTE KEY FOB QUIT WORKING AND THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK WHILE TRYING TO OPEN IT MANUALLY. I NOTIFIED GARCIA HONDA ON 06/06/12 AND THEY GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $210.00 PLUS TAX. ON 07/10/12 I HAD IT REPAIRED AT ANOTHER SHOP FOR $159.00 PLUS TAX. I KEPT HAVING PROBLEMS AND HAD IT REPAIRED AGAIN ON 07/26/13 FOR $187.50 PLUS TAX. I RECENTLY READ THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE HONDA KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND NEVER ADMITTED IT OR NOTIFIED THE OWNERS. ALSO I NOTICED THAT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF 5 OF THE RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE: 1. SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER 11/26/01 - THIS WAS BEFORE I BOUGHT IT, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. 2. FRONT SEAT ANCHORAGE 09/17/02 - I BOUGHT IT ON 10/24/03 AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVER'S SEAT ROCKING BACK AND FORTH. IT FEELS WOBBLY AND NOT SECURE. 3. METAL PARTICLES IN IGNITION 10/27/03 - I HAD JUST BOUGHT MY CAR 3 DAYS BEFORE AND NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. 4. CURVED TEMPERED GLASS 12/11/07 - NEVER RECEIVED THIS RECALL EITHER. 5. DRIVER POWER WINDOW SWITCH 10/5/12 - I REMEMBER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY WINDOW AT SOME POINT BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN. I NEVER RECEIVED THIS RECALL EITHER. ON 09/27/04 I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 80MPH AND THE GAS PEDAL DISENGAGED AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. I WAITED UNTIL I SAW A REST AREA AND PULLED OVER. MY BOYFRIEND AND SON FIXED A CABLE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET HOME. DEALER SAID IT WASN'T RELATED TO THE SHIFT CABLE RECALL. I ALSO RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR-BAG IN MAY 2011, HAD IT CHECKED ON 7/21/11 AND THEY SAID NO REPLACEMENT WAS NEEDED. APPARENTLY THEY LIED!! I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND FOR 4 YEARS WITH SEVERAL SAFETY HAZARDS. I AM VERY UPSET AND FRUSTRATED AND WOULD LIKE HELP WITH MY COMPLAINTS. THANKS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, I FELT EXCESSIVE SMOKE AND HEAT COMING FROM THE POWER WINDOW MASTER SWITCH. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT FOR SOME REASON EXCESSIVE HEAT WAS GENERATED IN THE SWITCH AND THIS COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY MELTED THE SWITCH OR COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. I DISCOVERED HONDA CRV YEAR 2002-2006 HAVE A "NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V486 , HONDA'S CAMPAIGN ID: S61" FOR RECALL ON POWER WINDOW MASTER SWITCH. BUT MY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER ISN'T COVERED UNDER IT. I CONTACTED HONDA "PRODUCT CONCERNS" DEPARTMENT AS I EXPERIENCED EXACTLY THE SAME WHAT THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V486000 IS COVERING. I WANTED HONDA TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY ISSUE AND INITIATE AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS FOR MY VIN# AND PROVIDE ME WITH THEIR FINDINGS. BUT THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN REGISTER MY COMPLAINT (#N012015-03-1601127) BUT THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING AS MINE ISN'T IDENTIFIED IN AFFECTED VEHICLES UNDER CAMPAIGN ID 12V468. THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF PRODUCT CONCERNS ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW IF ANY PAST WORK WAS DONE ON MY VEHICLE THAT CAUSED THIS. I AM THE OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE SINCE MARCH 2008 AND DID NOT GET ANY WORK DONE ON MASTER SWITCH AND IT WORKED FINE UNTIL SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2016. NOT ONLY THIS, MY COMPLAINT ASKS FOR AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS, A PROPER TECHNICAL DIAGNOSIS TO IDENTIFY WHAT IF THERE IS ANOTHER BATCH MANUFACTURED AT A DIFFERENT PLANT/VENDOR/COUNTRY THAT IS ALSO POTENTIALLY AT RISK AS WHAT CAMPAIGN 12V486 WAS. WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL HONDA DOES THE DIAGNOSIS BUT AS OF NOW, THEY SEEM TO BE LEAST BOTHERED. IN TEXAS,YOU CANT LIVE WITHOUT WINDOWS WHEN A/C ISN'T WORKING. THIS VEHICLE IS ALMOST USELESS WITHOUT WINDOWS. PLEASE INITIATE AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WITH HONDA AND HAVE THEM LOOK INTO IT AS MY EXPERIENCE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME LISTED IN CAMPAIGN 12V486. SMOKE, EXCESSIVE HEAT, RISK OF POTENTIAL MELT/FIRE. NEED YOUR HELP TO ENFORCE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF VEHICLE OWNERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT OPERATE AND FAILED TO CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW SWITCH FAILED AND A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

I JUST DISCOVERED THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD A RECALL FOR THE MASTER SWITCH. I DELIVER MAIL WITH THIS VEHICLE. AS I WAS DRIVING FROM ONE MAILBOX TO ANOTHER THE SMELL OF SOMETHING MELTING WAS OVERWHELMING. THE WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT ROLLING UP ANYMORE AND I THEN REALIZED SOMETHING HAD GONE WRONG. AS I NEVER OWNED THIS VEHICLE DURING THIS RECALL I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE. I ENDED UP DISCOVERING WHAT WAS WRONG MYSELF AND REPLACING THE SWITCH. THIS VEHICLE NO LONGER HAD A WARRANTY. *TR

AS, I WAS BACKING OUR CAR OUT OF OUR GARAGE ON THE MORNING OF 4/1/2014, I NOTICED A FOUL ODOR, LOOKED DOWN AND SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE MASTER WINDOW SWITCH (MWS). MY HUSBAND SAID HE SAW SMOKE ALSO COMING OUT OF THE SPEAKER AS WELL. I STOPPED THE CAR AND WE ALL JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR THINKING IT MIGHT CATCH ON FIRE! THE SMOKE EVENTUALLY SUBSIDED, ALTHOUGH A TERRIBLE, TOXIC-LIKE SMELL REMAINED. WE FEEL FORTUNATE THAT AT LEAST THAT I WAS ONLY BACKING OUR CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE SWITCH STARTED SMOKING. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THEY FREEWAY, I COULD HAVE CRASHED. FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, THE MWS HADN'T BEEN WORKING CORRECTLY: THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER WINDOW COULD BE UNROLLED FROM THE MWS BUT WOULD NOT ALWAYS ROLL BACK UP FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE SWITCH. THIS HAD HAPPENED BEFORE AND I HAD TO PAY TO GET A NEW MWS INSTALLED ON 3/4/2010. I AM AWARE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PART AND THAT OUR VIN NUMBER WASN'T INCLUDED, HOWEVER IT OBVIOUSLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN! I WAS TOLD BY A SERVICE ADVISOR AT HONDA OF ESCONDIDO THAT IF THE MWS GETS WET, THE MOISTURE CAN CAUSE THE PART TO SHORT OUT, OVERHEAT, AND THE GREASE GETS REALLY HOT AND SMOKES, SMELLING TERRIBLY. OUR SWITCH DID GET WET FROM RAIN BOTH TIMES BEFORE THE SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED BECAUSE THE SWITCH IS IN A CAR DOOR, AND WHEN IT RAINS, IT'S GOING TO GET WET! BOTH THE ORIGINAL MWS THAT CAME WITH THE CAR WAS FAULTY AND THE MWS THAT I PAID TO REPLACE IT IN 2010 WAS FAULTY AS WELL. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE WITH THE NEW MWS I'VE JUST HAD TO BUY TO GET INSTALLED AGAIN, BECAUSE I FEAR THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS PART SHOULD OBVIOUSLY NOT BE USED IN CARS AS IT IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. THE PART SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED WITH A MWS THAT WILL WITHSTAND MOISTURE FROM RAIN AND/OR SNOW WITHOUT MALFUNCTIONING. *JS

UPON EXITING PARKING GARAGE, NEEDED TO LOWER FRONT LH WINDOW WITH POWER WINDOW SWITCH IN ORDER TO SWIPE GATE KEY PAD. UPON PUSHING THE FRONT DRIVERS SWITCH TO LOWER FRONT LH WINDOW A VERY STRONG SMELL (LIKE SOMETHING BURNING) WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTICED. WINDOW DID LOWER, OCCUPANT WAS ABLE TO ACCESS KEYPAD, PASSED THRU GATE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO RAISE DRIVERS WINDOW. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE, RAISED ENGINE HOOD TO INSPECT IF A FLUID LEAK WAS VISIBLE AND NONE NOTICED. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME AND INSTRUCTED MY HUSBAND THAT I HAD A BAD SMELL/ODOR EMITTING IN THE CABIN. WE NEXT FOUND THAT THE FRONT RH PASSENGER WINDOW WAS NOT OPERATIVE. AFTER EXTENSIVE INTERNET SEARCHES, WE PULLED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SWITCH, POPPED THE DOOR BEZEL FIRST, THEN TOOK THE 3 SCREWS THAT HOLDS SWITCH TO BEZEL. MY WIFE WALKED UP WHILE I WAS DISASSEMBLING AND SHE SAID "THAT'S IT, THAT'S THE SMELL" !!!!!!!!!! I THEN PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF THE WINDOW LOCK BUTTON AND THEN THE 3 SCREWS HOLDING BACK PLATE ONTO SWITCH, AND FURTHER DISASSEMBLED. ONCE I HAD THE CONTROL BOARD IN HAND I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE "MELTING" OF THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SWITCH. IT APPEARS THE FRONT LH AND FRONT RH ELECTRONIC MECHANISMS ARCED AND MELTED. I HAVE PHOTOS IF INTERESTED. I ORDERED A NEW SWITCH FROM HONDA DEALER AT A COST OF $200. I ALSO CONTACTED HONDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND THEY RECORDED MY COMPLAINT BUT WOULD NOT HELP US IN TERMS OF COMPENSATING US (FULL OR PARTIAL) FOR NEW SWITCH. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL 2002-2006 FOR MELTING DOOR SWITCHES, MAYBE IT SHOULD OF BEEN. I WOULD ASK NHTSA TO RE-EVALUATE THE INITIAL RECALL AND WIDEN THE SCOPE OF VEHICLES AFFECTED. CLEARLY OUR SITUATION SHOWS THAT THERE ARE VEHICLES OUTSIDE OF THE RECALL THAT ARE SUSPECT. THE RISK OF FIRE OF A COMPONENT THAT HAS BEEN CLEARLY DESCRIBED AS "HIGH RISK" IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, TO ME, MY FAMILY OR OTHERS THAT OWN SIMILAR VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE CONTROL MODULE FAILED WHILE TRYING TO OPERATE THE WINDOWS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DOOR BECAME HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V486000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BUTTONS WERE MELTED AND ALL FOUR WINDOWS FAILED TO OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON THE VEHICLE JUST AS THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE COMPRESSOR HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, SHE NOTICED SMOKE AND A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL AND VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE MASTER SWITCH WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V486000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , VISIBILITY). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,962. UPDATED 5/9/13 *CN

REPLACED MY AC COMPRESSOR FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THEN TWO YEARS. *TR

ON MAY 5, 2012, THE WINDOW CONTROL PANEL ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY 2002 CRV SPARKED IN FLAME AND EMITTED SMOKE AND FUME THAT SMELLED LIKE BURNT PLASTIC AND TOXIC CHEMICALS. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE THE FUME STUNK UP THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. MY HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER IN THE BACK PASSENGER SEATS WERE TERRIFIED BY THE INCIDENT. I OBSERVED THE FLAME BURNT THE PLASTIC OF THE CONTROL PANEL AND I WAS UNABLE TO USE THE AUTOMATIC BUTTONS TO OPEN/CLOSE THE WINDOWS. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY CRV EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH THE WINDOW CONTROL PANEL. *TR

THE CONNECTOR TO MY HEADLIGHT DIMMER SWITCH OVER HEATS, MELTS AND CAUSES MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS TO NOT TURN ON. HIGH BEAMS STILL WORK. SWITCH IS DAMAGED AS A RESULTS. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

2002 HONDA CR-V. CONSUMER STATES HIS VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AFTER TAKING THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, BECAUSE HE DID NOT PROPERLY SHIFT IT INTO PARK. HE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF A RECALL AND ON HONDAS WEBSITE THE STATUS OF HIS VEHICLE WAS THAT THIS ISSUE WAS REPAIRED AND IT WAS NOT. *KB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED AND NONE OF THE GAUGES FUNCTIONED OR LIT UP. THE FAILURE BEGAN AS INTERMITTENT BUT THE PANEL NO LONGER FUNCTIONED AT ALL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 84,000.

2002 HONDA CR-V --- FIRE HAZARD IN HONDA CR-V --- LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS STOP FUNCTIONING... HIGH BEAMS AND TURN SIGNALS REMAIN FUNCTIONAL... CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE MELTED WIRES AND BURNED / PARTIALLY MELTED CONNECTOR TO SWITCH IN STEERING COLUMN... 1.5 YEARS EARLIER THE SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR SAME SYMPTOMS... HONDA HAS ISSUED RECALLS ON OTHER MODELS WITH SAME TYPE OF LIGHTS BUT NOT ON THE HONDA CR-V... SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE MUST HAVE OCCURRED TO CAUSE THE MELTING AND BLACK MARKS ON THE CONNECTOR... *TR

I HAD BEEN HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH GETTING MY KEY OUT OF MY IGNITION IN MY 2002 HONDA CRV. SOMETIMES IT WOULD GET STUCK AND NOT TURN ALL THE WAY OFF, I.E., THE POWER WOULD STILL BE ON BUT THE ENGINE WAS OFF. RECENTLY THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION AT ALL. I HAD TO JIGGLE IT AND TRY TO FORCE TURN IT. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO HAD A LOCKSMITH WORK ON THE "TUMBLERS". THIS SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A WEEK. EVEN WITH THE WORK DONE, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO MY MECHANIC AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE IGNITION LOCK SYSTEM. THE LOCKSMITH INSTALLED IT AND DID NOT CHARGE LABOR FOR THE SECOND JOB. AFTER READING SOME OF THE REPORTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH HONDA CRV'S, I AM NOW CONCERNED THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE WITH THE GEAR SHIFT. *TR