2017 Honda CR-V Engine

THE OIL LEVEL HAS CONSISTENTLY INCREASED AFTER EVERY OIL CHANGE, AND HAS HAD THE SMELL OF GASOLINE, EVEN WITHIN 1200 MILES. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF HONDA ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM SINCE I LIVE IN A WARM CLIMATE AREA, AND THEY INSIST, IN THE FACE OF CLEAR EVIDENCE, THAT ONLY COLD CLIMATES HAVE THE PROBLEM. 1,168 MILES AFTER AN OIL AND FILTER CHANGE, I SMELLED GAS FROM THE DIPSTICK, SO I SENT THE OIL IN FOR ANALYSIS. THE REPORT CAME BACK WITH CRITICAL (>5%) DILUTION. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AS MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEIR ENGINES MAY SIEZE, OR JUST STOP RUNNING, DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION.

IT IS THE END OF MARCH 2019. THE OIL LEVEL IN THE 1.5T ENGINE KEEPS GOING UP. THE DIP STICK HAS STRONG GASOLINE ODOR. SERVICE BULLETIN 18-147 HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE TO THE CAR IN EARLY JANUARY OF 2019 AND IS NOT HELPING WITH THE OIL DILUTION. WHY IS SERVICE BULLETIN 18-147 NOT CONSIDERED A RECALL SINCE IT IS MANDATORY FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVED THE NOTICE? WHY IS THE NHTSA NOT INVESTIGATING A VEHICLE THAT HAS 500-1000% MORE POSTED COMPLAINTS THAN THE AVERAGE VEHICLE OF THE SAME CLASS?

ENGINE WAS MAKING A FLUTTERY SOUND. NOTICED FUEL IN OIL, FOUND CAMS WERE BINDING AND TIMING CHAIN WAS STRETCHED AND LOOSE. THEY REPLACED CYLINDER HEAD AND TIMING CHAIN. LEARNED ONLINE THIS IS A KNOWN RESULT OF OIL DILUTED BY FUEL, AND THERE IS A FIX BUT ONLY FOR CARS REGISTERED IN CERTAIN STATES, NOT MY STATE. COMPLAINED TO AMERICAN HONDA, CASE #09409822. WAS TOLD OIL DILUTION IS NORMAL, CAR SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN SHORT DISTANCES - CLAIMED THIS IS IN WARRANTY DOCUMENTS - AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING, AND ALSO CANNOT PROVIDE ME WITH ANYTHING IN WRITING. NO PRESALE MENTION OF "REQUIREMENT" TO NOT DRIVE UNDER SEVERAL MILES. WITH MY 1/2-MILE COMMUTE, WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. BASED ON THIS I AM TERRIFIED THAT SOME TIME WHILE DRIVING IN THE FUTURE THE TIMING CHAIN WILL FAIL WHILE I AM DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL STOP, AND THIS COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH -- EITHER MINE OR YHAT OF STRANGERS.

ENGINE DIED ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER CAR WENT IN FOR OIL DILUTION RECALL AND HAD THE FIX. THIS RESULTED IN A CRASH.

OIL DILUTION PROBLEM IN THE 1.5 TURBO ENGINE. I HAVE CHECKED OIL AND IT IS ABOVE TOP LEVEL LINE AND SMELLS OF GASOLINE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO DEALER THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL BUT IT DIDN'T APPLY TO CARS BOUGHT AND USED IN CALIFORNIA

RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM HONDA ABOUT A RECALL TO UPDATE SOFTWARE AND CHANGE A/C MODULE TO PREVENT MIL FROM COMING ON. WENT TO DEALER AND HAD SERVICE COMPLETED AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE ENGINE OIL PER HONDA DUE TO POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION FROM THE SERVICE ACTION. BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FILTER. TWELVE DOLLARS IS NOT A HUGE AMOUNT, BUT THERE IS NO WAY THE OIL WOULD BE CONTAMINATED BY THIS SERVICE ACTION. NOW THERE IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH HONDA CRVS CONCERNING OIL DILUTION. THIS SERVICE BULLETIN DOES NOT IN ANY MANNER ALLUDE TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT DOES SEEM TO BE AIMED DIRECTLY AT IT. THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGERS EXPRESS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY OIL ISSUES. I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT HONDA REGARDING THIS AND NO REPLY. AS A SIDE NOTE HONDA IS OFFERING CANADIAN OWNERS A FREE EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO THIS ISSUE, AND TO US BUYERS WON'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM.

GAS IN OIL AFTER RECALL. HAD THE RECALL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX THE ISSUE. A FEW WEEKS LATER AND, NOW MY OIL IS DARK, OVERFILLED AND SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND MY CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL AFTER THE RECALL. LESS THAN 15K MILES

OIL LEVEL IS OVERFILLED AND SMELLS OF GAS WHEN CHECKED ON A LEVEL SURFACE ,MY CONCERN IS MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEMS ETC. I BECAME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM FROM AN ARTICLE I READ IN CONSUMERS REPORT

LAST OIL CHANGE FOUND OIL LEVEL 1/2 QUART HIGH WITH A STRONG GAS SMELL. OIL SAMPLE WAS NOT AS VISCOUS AS OIL SHOULD BE. CONTACTED DEALER BUT NO RESPONSE YET.

CRANKCASE OIL DIPSTICK READING WAY OVER FULL 3000 MILES AFTER OIL CHANGE. OIL WITH HEAVY GAS SMELL.APPARENTLY GAS SEEPING INTO CRANKCASE.

FUEL IS LEAKING DOWN INTO THE OIL PAN RAISING THE OIL LEVELS ON THE DIP STICK AS MILEAGE INCREASES, WHICH WILL RESULT IN PREMATURE POTENTIAL ENGINE FAILURE. THIS IS ALSO GOING TO HURT THE RESALE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. FOR EXAMPLE, 2K MILES AFTER LAST OIL CHANGE, OIL LEVELS HAVE INCREASED TO A QUARTER INCH ABOVE RECOMMENDED "FULL LEVEL" DISPLAYED ON THE DIPSTICK.

ENGINE OIL HAS A FLASHPOINT OF 215 DEGREES AND 8.5% FUEL TO OIL RATIO AS MEASURED BY AN INDEPENDENT LABORATORY, BLACKSTONE LABORATORIES. TWO TESTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND SHOW DANGEROUSLY LOW FLASHPOINT LEVELS AND OUT OF SPEC VISCOSITY. THE FLASHPOINT IS WITHIN THE OPERATING RANGE OF THE ENGINE. I AM AFRAID OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEY CAN ONLY CHANGE THE OIL AT THE PRESCRIBED TIME INDICATED BY THE CAR. FLASH POINT IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS.

I AM FINDING MORE OIL IN THE OIL RESERVOIR FROM UNBURNT GAS.

OIL DILUTION PROBLEM. CHECKED OIL LEVEL AFTER SITTING IDLE IN GARAGE FOR HOURS. OIL LEVEL EXCEEDS HIGHEST FULL LEVEL AND DIP STICK HAS DISTINCT SMELL OF GASOLINE.

DILUTION OF ENGINE OIL, WHICH HAS BEEN INFILTRATED BY GASOLINE. LOW POWER IN DRIVING. STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IN THE CABIN. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT FIRST DETECTION OF GASOLINE SMELL.

SOMETHING IS CAUSING THE OIL LEVEL TO INCREASE ABOVE THE FULL MARK ON THE OIL DIPSTICK.

VERY STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE ON OIL DIPSTICK WHEN CHECKING LEVEL OF OIL. OIL IS OVERFILLED ACCORDING TO DIPSTICK WHERE IT IS WELL ABOVE THE FILL MARKING EVEN THOUGHT DEALER FILLED OIL TO SPECIFICATION PREVIOUSLY. OBVIOUSLY GASOLINE IS DILUTING OIL. VERY CONCERNED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE LONG TERM. DEALER DENIES THERE IS AN ISSUE AND IS UNWILLING TO REPAIR NOTWITHSTANDING THE CAR HAS A TSB IN SEVERAL US STATES AND ALL OF CANADA.

I OWN A HONDA CR-V /EX 1.5 LITER TURBO ENGINE. AUG 14 2018 NOTICED OIL LEVEL ON DIP STICK WAS ABOVE HIGHEST LEVEL INDICATOR AND OIL SMELLED OF GAS. CALLED INDEPENDENCE HONDA IN BLOOMSBURG PA AND BROUGHT VEHICLE ON AUG 21,1018 FOR APPOINTMENT TO CHECK THIS CONDITION. THEY CHANGED OIL AND TOLD ME THAT HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IS WORKING ON A FIX. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK IN 3000 MILES FOR ANOTHER OIL CHANGE. THE SAME CONDITION WAS FOUND ON OCT 22, 2018 WHEN I BROUGHT IT BACK AFTER 3000 MILES. I WAS TOLD HONDA WOULD HAVE A FIX SOON. DECEMBER I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HONDA WITH PRODUCT UPDATE 2017-2018 CR-V . I CALLED INDEPENDENCE HONDA TO SCHEDULE THE UPDATE ON DEC. 26, 2018 , WHICH WAS PERFORMED. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE FIX FOR THIS GAS IN OIL PROBLEM. ON JAN, 23, 2019 I CHECKED THE OIL AND THE OIL LEVEL WAS 3/8" HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST LEVEL INDICATOR ON THE DIP STICK AND THE OIL SMELLED OF GAS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENCE THAT DAY FOR THEIR INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER THEIR INSPECTION THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION FOR THIS ENGINE. THIS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THEY HAVE BEEN TELLING ME FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS THAT HONDA KNOWS THE PROBLEM AND THEY WILL HAVE A FIX FOR IT. THE FIX HAS NOT WORKED ON MY VEHICLE. HONDA NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND INSTALL NEW COMPONENTS TO PREVENT THIS CONDITION AND ALSO EXTEND ENGINE WARRANTIES. I CONSIDER GAS IN THE OIL A SAFETY ISSUE. IF VEHICLE STALLS OR HAS EXCELERATION ISSUES IN TRAFFIC IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND INJURY.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WHILE GETTING AN OIL CHANGE ON MY 2017 HONDA CRV, THE MAINTENANCE TECH TOLD ME THAT MY OIL SMELLED VERY MUCH LIKE GASOLINE. GASOLINE MUST BE LEAKING INTO OIL SOMEWHERE IN ENGINE. THIS CAN BE A SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE ISSUE.

MY 2017 HONDA CRV-TOURING WAS JUST ABOUT 10K & RECENTLY, WHEN TURNING ON AC WHILE RUNNING, ENGINE IS MAKING VERY LOUD NOISE. IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT IN THIS WAY FOR TOP OF THE LINE OF CRV MODEL. SINCE MY CAR IS UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY SUCH THAT I WANT IT TO BE CHECKED TO DEFECT THE ISSUE.

CHECKED MY OIL LEVEL IT WAS ABOVE THE MAX LEVEL. THE OIL INDICATOR SAYS WE HAVE 10% OIL LIFE. AND THE OIL SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE. WENT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. THEY GAVE US A SPEECH THAT IT'S NORMAL TO HAVE GAS THAT LEAKS TO THE OIL AND IT WILL EVAPORATE. OUR OTHER CARS DOESN'T. IT HASN'T AFFECTED THE CAR YET BUT JUST CONCERN THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN WHILE I'M DRIVING.

GASOLINE SMELL. OIL LEVEL INCREASING ON DIP STICK WITHOUT ADDING OIL, STATIONARY

GASOLINE ENTERS ENGINE OIL CAUSING IT OVERFILLS AND FAR EXCEEDING THE MAX MARK. ENGINE OIL ALSO HAS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE. IT MAY CAUSE LONG TERM DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE WITH ENGINE OIL DILUTED.

MY CAR HAS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS ON THE DIP STICK AND IT IS OVER THE FULL MARK. I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN MY CR-V TO THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED MY CAR AT. THEY RECOGNIZE THE GAS SMELL AND OVER FULL MARK. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHANGED THE OIL DECEMBER 12TH. 2018 TODAY IS DECEMBER 24TH 2018. I CHECKED THE OIL WHEN THE CAR WAS COLD AND ON A FLAT SURFACE AND THE DIP STICK SHOWS OVERFILL AND HAS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS.

MY 2017 HONDA CRV HAS FUEL IN THE OIL, CONFIRMED BY DEALERSHIP. THE LAST TIME I HAD IT TO DEALERSHIP THEY CONFIRMED IT HAD 2 QUARTS OF FUEL IN THE CRANKCASE OIL . THIS IS A HAZARD BECAUSE THE ENGINE COULD OVERHEAT AND LOCK UP AS I DRIVE, WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. THIS ALSO LOWERS THE VALUE OF MY CAR. THE DEALERSHIP CAN'T FIX IT! I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR APPROXIMATELY 800 MILES SINCE LAST OIL CHANGE . IT IS CURRENTLY A QUART HIGH ON DIPSTICK AND OIL SMELLS OF FUEL.