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3 out of 5 stars

Last Honda we will buy!

Robert G, 05/11/2017
2015 Honda CR-V LX 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful

We have had 2 Pilots, Accord, Element, and 3 CRV's. More problems with this one than all the rest put together. This stupid transmission "CVT" sucks! The vibrations! We have had the computer reprogramed three times and although better I would never pull the trigger and buy it. Several times since the week it was new it has, when backing out of the garage, shook hard, engine revs and then settles down. The other day it did that and died. Although all over the web dealer says it was fine and did not duplicate when in for service. Honda needs to quit running so many adds on TV and get back to building good cars. Seems to be run by marking and bean counters these days.

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1 out of 5 stars

Vibration issue in crv 2015

Maged, 05/01/2017
2015 Honda CR-V LX 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Unfortunately I bought this car feb 2015 but , i fell vibration all the time. Dealership advisor just told me there's nothing we can do to vibration issue. That was a mistake in the design. Don't waste your money. Disappointed

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3 out of 5 stars

I would save your money and shop other brands

Jordan, 03/08/2017
2015 Honda CR-V Touring 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Simply put, I would save your money and aggressively shop other makes & models. I really tried to fall in love with this car for over a year but Honda missed the target by many hundreds of miles! First and foremost, it has the dreaded vibration issue that Honda has now quietly admitted to and issued a TSB to dealers - only it moves the vibration from lower speeds to higher ones so the problem isn't really fixed. But I can't dock them for that because I was aware of this going into the purchase. I have owned this car for well over a year and I have found the build quality to keep progressively getting worse. Every time I drive this car I notice a new squeak, rattle or vibration. It has been taken into the dealership many times for things such as brake shoes makes noise when changing directions, on occasion the starter will make a grinding noise on start up, the AC in this car barely cools the car in the summer, the driver's master window switch needed replacing because the auto up/down feature would not work intermittently, the fan speed will not work on the highest setting at random, and finally the interior sounds like it is falling apart during normal driving because the interior materials seem to be so cheap. Now when I mentioned these things to the dealership I was advised "this is all normal" - go figure! My favorite though, and I haven't mentioned this to the dealership yet because I'm watching this myself - the oil reading on the dipstick keeps getting progressively lower each time i check it. In other words I have reason to believe it may be burning oil. Every time I unscrew the oil fill cap, it is always white and milky underneath - it is as if coolant is mixing with the oil. I'm only suspecting this because the coolant overflow tank was almost empty until the dealer filled it during an oil change. This is my conclusion and advice to you: In theory, this car is phenomenal! Good looks, great gas mileage (yeah bull sh** Honda), plenty of storage space and AWD - in theory. In reality, you as the consumer should run far away from this car and realize that what Honda is doing is standing behind a well known reputation for quality and reliability while mass producing garbage and selling it off to consumers. Honda needed to quickly update the CR-V in 2015 to be competitive which other CUV's on the market. Unfortunately they rushed the CR-V through the design phase and onto production so now the consumer who buys this product is left to work out the design flaws and bugs that Honda should have addressed before producing this vehicle. My parents owned a 2005 Honda Pilot (excellent vehicle) with almost 200K when it was traded for a 2015 Honda Pilot (very well made vehicle) - so we are a Honda family! When I was shopping for my next vehicle it was a toss-up between a Ford Explorer (Had a 1996 at the time that I loved!) or the 2015 Honda CR-V. I went with the Honda because I figured I would have no issues with reliability and you could get a top-level Touring for around 30k - more car for your money. I regret that purchase decision each time I get behind the wheel or see a 2015/2016 Ford Explorer zoom by me. I'm not saying Honda as a whole company is bad, but this 2015 CR-V (and I'm assuming the 2016 as well) are absolute garbage and I would highly suggest you shop other makes and models because there are much better options out there.

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2 out of 5 stars

Massage chair set on vibrate

Previous Honda lover, 03/03/2017
2015 Honda CR-V EX-L 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Want a massage during your mani /pedi? get one on this car. Great for a 15 min massage but extremely uncomfortable on long journeys or sitting in traffic for a long time. Plus the steering wheel rocking wildly back and forth after the Odometer reaches 14,000 miles while the transmission is slipping does not feel as safe or comforting as a massage.

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1 out of 5 stars

CRVibrator

Ernest, 12/13/2017
updated 07/01/2024
2015 Honda CR-V EX 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Bought it in 2015, and suffered 2 years of strong vibrations ALL the time while idling. Brought it back to dealer many many times. They had no solution for it. (See class action lawsuit CRV 2015 owners vs. Honda) Finally got rid of it and lost thousands of money but I’m happy it's not mine anymore. Never doing Honda again. Update: On November 2017, I ended up trading in the CRV 2015 and losing thousands of money. I couldn’t handle such strong vibration any longer.

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