2014 Honda CR-V Engine

Upon cold start-up, loud noise comes @ initial start for a second or two when turning the key. The car then starts up and the noise goes away. It won't happen after the car is initially started. It will occur again when the car sits for a couple of hours. My mechanic said that it's somewhere in one of the cylinders.

Cold Start: CVT actuator problems

VTC actuator is faulty and HONDA will not replace and now I'm being told that I need a new TIMING CHAIN also from the VTC actuator not functioning properly. A TIMING CHAIN that should last the life of the engine has FAILED at 90K miles. Why don't you make HONDA issue a recall instead of sticking the owners with large expensive repair bills when HONDA has issued a service bulletin that the actuator is flawed. This is out of their service bulletin 16-012..... "The variable valve timing control (VTC) actuator is defective. CORRECTIVE ACTION Replace the VTC actuator. "

TIMING CHAIN RATTLE UPON COLD START 67,000 MILES, THIS SEEM TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND YOU NOR HONDA IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT!

VEHICLE MAKES GRINDING NOISE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS DURING A COLD START. VEHICLE WAS IN PARK.

VTC ACTUATOR IS NEEDING CONSTANT REPLACING ASAP OR IT WILL STRETCH THE TIMING CHAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE. I AM ON MY 2ND REPLACEMENT OF THE VTC ACTUATOR IN 2 WEEKS. NO MAJOR DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED AS YET BUT I AM TRYING TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING. THE HONDA FIX IS NOT A FIX

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edacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2014 HONDA CRV AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC PART THAT WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES CALLED A VTC ACTUATOR AND ITS A FAULTY DESIGN ALL THE 2012 TO 2014 HONDA CRVS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND I'M AFRAID IT WILL EVENTUALLY RUIN MY ENGINE, EVERYTIME ON START THERE IS GRINDING SOUND AND WHEN I FIRST GOT THE VEHICLE IN 2015 IN WOULD ONLY DO THE IN THE WINTER THEN IN WARMER WEATHER IT WOULDN'T NOW ITS CONSTANT ON EVERY STARTUP.

AFTER MY CAR HAS SAT FOR 5-6 HOURS OR LONGER, AT START UP MY ENGINE GRINDS FOR 1-2 SECONDS. READING SIMILAR PROBLEMS ONLINE THEY SAY IT IS A FAULTY VTC ACTUATOR THAT HONDA KNOWS ABOUT BUT REFUSES TO FIX OR RECALL. IS THERE PLANS TO RECALL THIS FAULTY PART BEFORE MY CAR FAILS AND BREAKS DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD? THIS NOISE HAS HAPPENED EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

LOUD GRINDING NOISE AT STARTUP. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE IN THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL THAT CAN CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING.

MY VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE KNOWN ISSUE OF VTC RATTLE AT STARTUP.

TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONER IS DEFECTIVE MAKING NOISE ON STARTING EVERY MORNING MAILLY ON COLD STARTS,BUT DOES IT WHEN HOT ALSO

ENGINE MAKES A RATTLING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. EVERY SINGLE TIME THE ACCELERATOR IS BEING PUSHED, I HEAR A RATTLE. I AM JUST COMING BACK FROM THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING RELATED TO ENGINE AND IS GOING TO COST 2000 OR MORE AND JUST DID A OIL TREATMENT TO THE ENGINE JUST TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP BEFORE DOING AN OPEN HEART SURGERY(MESSING WITH ENGINE). I HOPE HONDA COMES BACK AND FIXES THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS SO COMMON WITH SO MANY OF THEIR 2014 HONDA CRVS.

AT COLD START UP, THE ENGINE RATTLES LOUDLY FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS. POSSIBLE FIX, VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL, VTC, ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT. STARTED AT 36,000 MILES. KNOWN ISSUE FOR YEARS BY HONDA. SHOULD BE RECALLED AS IT HAS BEEN KNOWN BY THEM AND IS EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. HAVE TRIED WORKING WITH THEM, AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO COVER ANY COST.

KNOWN & VERY DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH COLD START VTC ACTUATOR. ENGINE NOISE AT EVERY COLD START. IF ALL THESE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED.... WHY HASN'T THIS LEAD TO AN INVESTIGATION / RECALL ?

VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A RATTLING NOISE UPON COLD STARTS. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE CAR NEEDED A VTC ACTUATOR FOR A COST IN EXCESS OF $1,000. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH DESCRIBED WIDE SPREAD ISSUES WITH THIS PART AND THAT IT IS A RECURRING ISSUE AND COULD DAMAGE TIMING CHAIN FOR COSTS IN EXCESS OF $5K. HONDA SERV BULLETIN 16-012 DESCRIBES ISSUES BUT HONDA DOES NOT COVER UNDER ENGINE WARRANTY. VERY COSTLY DEFECT FOR A MAKE OF CAR THAT HAS HAD A GOOD REPUTATION.

MY 204 HONDA CRV HAS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE VTC ACTUATOR. I'VE HAD 2 DEFECTIVE ONES, WHICH DAMAGED MY TIMING CHAIN. DEALER SAYS THEY ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THE DAMAGE DONE FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART, AND I HAVE TO PAY $1600 FOR A NEW TIMING CHAIN AT 70K MILES. HONDA ISSUED A TECHNICIAN BULLETIN STATING THE VTC IS DEFECTIVE, BUT OFFERED NO FIXES TO THE PROBLEM OTHER THAN THROWING ANOTHER DEFECTIVE PRODUCT IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VTC ACTUATOR MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, WHICH IS THE SOUND OF THE TIMING CHAIN BEING STRETCHED. MY TIMING CHAIN IS NOW RUINED AND NEEDS A NEW ONE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR. THE NOISE NOW OCCURS ALMOST EVERY MORNING.

PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM MY MOTHER-IN-LAW. SHE HAD NOTICED THE RATTLING SOUND BUT HER MECHANIC SAID HIS DID THE SAME THING AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. WE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT VEHICLE GRINDS ON COLD STARTUP. IS STARTING TO RATTLE A LITTLE ON ACCELERATION. CALLED MY HONDA DEALER, TOLD ME IT WOULD BE $1000 TO REPLACE THE VTC ACTUATOR. HE ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD EVENTUALLY HAPPEN AGAIN, AND THAT IT DOESN'T HARM THE ENGINE SO WE SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT. RESEARCHING ONLINE UNCOVERED A SERVICE BULLETIN (09-010) FOR CRV'S UP THROUGH 2013, BUT NOT COVERING 2014. HONDA IS NOT SOLVING THEIR ENGINEERING PROBLEM AND ARE MAKING THE CONSUMER PAY FOR IT.

MY VEHICLE IS SUFFERING FROM AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM WITHIN THE 4TH GENERATION CRV - THE VTC ACTUATOR IS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE DURING COLD STARTUPS. THERE IS A ACTIVE BULLETIN REGARDING THE ISSUE, TSB 16-012 VER. 2. THE ISSUE IS FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE TIME I TURN THE CAR ON. IT ONLY HAPPENS SOMETIMES. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT WITH THEM OVERNIGHT. THEN IN THE MORNING THEY WILL TEST IT AND TRY TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT, THEN THEY WON'T FIX IT. THIS IS FRUSTRATING.

MY CAR "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD THE CAR NEED AN UPDATED PGMFI. I WAS TOLD A LOT OF CRV'S ARE INCURRING THE SAME ERROR INDICATORS. BUT BECAUSE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY I ENDED UP PAYING FOR THE PGMFI UPDATE. I DO NOT AGREE, BUT PAID THE BILL. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.

AFTER RECENTLY PURCHASING A USED 2014 HONDA CR-V, NOTICED A 2 SECOND RATTLE AT COLD START-UP. DOING RESEARCH, THIS ISSUE MIRRORS A VTC ACTUATOR PROBLEM KNOWN BY AMERICAN HONDA (TSB 16-012).

WHILE PARKING ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF A PARKING GARAGE, THE CAR SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD AND JUMPED THE STOP AND CRASHED INTO THE WALL OF THE GARAGE. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BREAK BUT WHEN I LIFTED IT OFF, THE ENGINE REVVED UP WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS. THIS HAS DONE THIS BEFORE AND I HAVE REPORTED IT TO HONDA BUT THEY DID NOTHING TO CORRECT IT.

MY 2014 HONDA CRV JUST CROSSED 87,000 MILES, STARTED WITH ENGINE RATTLING NOISE DURING COLD START, AND NOW GOT THE CHECK ENGINE, STEERING AND TRACTION LIGHTS TURNED ON ON THE DASHBOARD. I TOOK IT MECHANIC AND AFTER PERFORMING DIAGNOSIS THEY TOLD ME THAT THE VTC ACTUATOR AND TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPLACEMENTS. I CAME TO KNOW THAT IT WAS DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT ON THE FAULTY VTC ACTUATOR AS MENTIONED IN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 16-012. THIS VTC ACTUATOR PROBLEM CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION AS MENTIONED IN THIS LINK: HTTPS://WWW.JULIEANNACLINE.COM/ENGINE- RATTLES-ON-COLD-STARTUP-TSB-09-010/ IN THE RECENT OIL SERVICE I WAS INFORMED THAT WAS LOW ENGINE OIL.

VEHICLE MADE GRINDING NOISE UPON START-UP OVER SEVERAL MONTHS. HONDA CLAIMED IT IS NOT DAMAGING THE ENGINE AND THERE IS NO FIX. ENGINE CONTINUED TO GRIND AND MY CAR BEGAN HAVING OIL PROBLEMS. HONDA STILL SAID THERE WAS NO ISSUE AND THEY WERE NOT RELATED. CAR CONTINUED GRINDING UNTIL THIS WEEK WHEN ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP. I TOOK MY HONDA AND WAS TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED AND IT NEEDS ANOTHER VTC ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT (THIS WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY THREE YEARS AGO). THE CAR COULD HAVE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HONDA IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR RECALL IN HONDA CR-V'S. THEY CHARGED ME $1800 TO FIX AN ISSUE KNOWN TO THEM. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN BODILY INJURY TO MYSELF OR OTHERS IF THE CAR HAD STALLED WHILE DRIVING. HONDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FAULTY ENGINES. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE.

WHEN I START MY 2014 HONDA CRV IN THE MORNING IN IDLE AND UNTIL I HIT OVER 15 MPH IT MAKES A RATTLE NOISE, BUT MORE OF A KNOCKING UNDER THE VALVE COVER AREA. WE HAVE DONE THE OIL CHANGES EVERY TIME THE ON-BOARD OIL LIFE REMINDER TELLS ME. DURING THE WINTER, I TAKE IT TO HONDA DURING THE SUMMER MY HUSBAND AND I CHOOSE TO CHANGE IT. THE NOISE HAS BECOME CONSIDERABLY WORSE SO WE WENT ONLINE TO REVIEW. ALL ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE PROBLEM POINT TO THE VTC ACTUATOR AND TIMING CHANGE. AFTER CALLING TO MAKE AN APPT AT THE DEALER AND EXPLAIN MY PROBLEM I HEAR THE COST TO FIX IT REFERRING TO THE SERVICE BULLETIN 16-102. IT WAS WELL OVER $2000. THE ISSUE BEFORE I PAY THAT TO FIX IT IS THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE I READ IN THE ONLINE COMMUNITY STATE IT IS A TEMPORARY FIX AND THE PROBLEM COMES RIGHT BACK. SOME HAVE HAD THE VTC CHANGED FOUR TIMES. THAT WOULD COST ME $8000, A BEAUTIFUL CHUNK OF CHANGE TO PUT DOWN ON A NEW CAR. NOT A HONDA. JUST LIKE THE AIRBAG ISSUE WITH MY 2004 HONDA CRV, THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE REPLACEMENT UNTIL THEY GOT IT RIGHT. I URGE YOU TO PLEASE NOTIFY HONDA OF ALL OUR COMPLAINTS (I UPLOADED A COMMUNITY FORUM) I CAN NOT AFFORD TO KEEP CHASING DOWN THIS DEFECTIVE PART. MY 2007 HONDA PRELUDE HAS OVER 300K AND IS A DAILY DRIVER WITH A NIECE. MY 2014 AND 2016 HONDA CRV ARE HAPPY EVERY DRIVER. SNOW BEATS IF YOU MAY. I WANTED A NEWER CAR WITH NEWER FEATURES, BUT WHAT I GOT WAS AN EXPENSIVE DEFECTIVE HONDA. I PAID $15000 TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT IS NOW JUST UNDER 100,000 MILES. THERE USED TO BE A SAYING, YOU COULD DRIVE A HONDA TO THE POINT OF THE BODY FALLING OFF, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD KEEP GOING. NOT ONLY IS MY VTC A SORE SPOT TO FIX. IT IS NOW USING OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES DUE TO A DEFECTIVE VTC. SO I WILL CHANGE IT ONCE AND IF IT CONTINUES. I WILL BE BACK WITH ANOTHER URGE FOR JUSTICE.