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AWESOME SUV! Better than the 2013!
Mickey Musick, 05/24/2016
2016 Honda CR-V EX-L 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
13 of 13 people found this review helpful
Traded a 2013 CR-V, EX-L for a new 2016. The new 4 cylinder engine and the CVT transmission are allowing me an improvement of 3.0 mpg better than the old 2013 model. Front leather seats are now perforated, better than the solid material of the 2013. The AC vent through the console to the back seat is a big plus for your back seat passengers. Road noise is still a big issue. Why can't they put more sound absorbing insulation and carpet in their best selling vehicle?? The new lane watch camera on the passenger door mirror is awesome! The 3rd/last line in the mirror image are perfectly aligned with the grill of the car you just passed. You know, like you were taught back in driver education! Awesome design! Not a fan of the new tiny console. Way too small. Went to five dealerships in one day looking for a white EX-L with beige leather interior. Not a single one to be found in the Houston area. A few days later, I was contacted by my favorite dealer that they had found one, obtained it, and were waiting for me to pick out the dealer installed options. Who knew that white with beige interior was so hard to find????
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Nice SUV for the price may need little more power
Prasad Avala, 07/04/2016
2016 Honda CR-V EX 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
21 of 22 people found this review helpful
Super good mileage compared to other same line of SUVs. I have a 2002 CR-V with 250K miles still running strong. So i pulled the trigger for 2016 CR-V with 0.9% honda finance. Nice features compared to price for EX AWD. i'm getting 26-28 MP in local(if i watch my foot) and 31-33 freeway currently. I heard about vibration in 2015 which screwed the fame of CR-V . looks like vibration reduced significantly in 2016 but not completely. I have purchased all weather mats(OEM) , Trunk Tray(OEM) and body side moldings(OEM) online and installed myself and saved nearly $400. I got a quote from honda care(online dealer) for extended warranty of 8 years/100k miles for $950 which was almost 50% less than my local dealer price. Upgrading to LED interior lights and custom fit seats to protect the interior from Kinds. So far so good . Time will tell about reliability :). Looks like other features in touring are really good if the price is affordable for you.
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Dissappointed in my 2016 CR-V EX-L
Cary Babinec, 04/16/2016
updated 10/18/2018
2016 Honda CR-V EX-L 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
62 of 68 people found this review helpful
Buying a new car you shouldn’t have to worry about mice eating it for lunch. My new Honda, along with many new cars is equipped with “soy based” hose lines that mice LOVE to eat. Donna went to hit the washer fluid lever and nothing came out. Instead the fluid drained down the firewall over the engine. My Honda dealer acknowledged the problem they have with mice eating the wires and the fluid lines. Now I have to find the anti- mouse tape and set traps under the hood of my CR-V at night! To say I was pissed was an understatement. The Radio and Satelite system SUCKS Wait till you "try to make anything work" while driving! YOU cant! You have to pull off tyhe road and figure out the screens! What a mess!
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Some bad surprises with an otherwise great car
Tom, 07/14/2016
updated 01/21/2020
2016 Honda CR-V Touring 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
53 of 58 people found this review helpful
There's a lot to like about the CRV Touring model. But a couple things really surprised me - and not in a good way. I traded in my 10 year old Civic for this new top of the line CRV. I expected - silly me - that this car would have at least as much going for it as s 2006 Civic. Wrong. 1) on my old car, the "voice" icon button allowed me do all sorts of things - including change radio stations by voice command. With the new CRV, if you are in the GPS mode and you want to change to a specific radio station, you have to punch four buttons on different parts of the screen. Very unintuitive and difficult to do while driving. Why couldn't they at least install physical radio station buttons under the screen? You can use the "source" button and scroll through all your stations, but again, that means sometimes pushing 7 or 8 buttons just to change a damn radio station to the one you want. 2) The many (MANY!) setting displays for the dash are mostly superfluous and navigating through them is not easy. And I've yet to find one that prominently displays you speed -- again, a feature on the 10 year old Civic that worked well. Given that the speedometer is hard to read, there should be some other way to see how fast you're going. 3) The camera on the right side of the car for changing lanes and turning is great. But wouldn't one on the left side be even more useful? Why one on the right but none on the left? 4) The rear window is really hard to see out of, compared to many other comparable crossover makes and models. 5) Finally, I kick myself for not noticing that the storage compartments in the console and doors are teeny. Much smaller than the old Civic, and this is a much larger car. Is it too much to be able to carry a small pack of tissues, a pen, some change, a cell phone and tire gauge in your car? Update January 2017: The things that frustrated me before still do. And the displays are crazy. I needed to reset my warning light that tells me tire pressure is low. The buttons shown in the manual don't exist on my Touring model. It took the dealer 15 minutes to figure it out. It's hard to make the rear seat go down flat. The cruise control numbers starting appearing in kilometers, but everything else is in miles. Have spent way too much time with the manual and experimenting, and it looks like that will be another question for the dealer. And the rear visibility and blind spots suck - especially on the left. Update July 2018: Had an oil change. The dealer forgot to turn off/reset the service light. Looked online, called the dealer, nothing worked. Took the car in. It took an hour round trip and 45 minutes there. They said every model is "a little different" even in the same year. Have also noticed that on tight turns the front steering doesn't always grip and hold the road like I'd expect. Maybe I'm being picky, but I'd like to find a somewhat smaller, tighter, driver-friendly compact SUV. Update, January 2020: I always drive cars at least five year, sometimes ten. But I just never warmed up to this car and over a year ago traded it in. Thank goodness the CRV held it's value well. I was able to get a much smaller crossover vehicle that is fun to drive and doesn't feel like I'm driving someone's grandfather's lumbering station wagon.
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I love my new CRV ! It has everything I want.
Ginny, 09/29/2016
updated 03/30/2017
2016 Honda CR-V EX-L 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
20 of 21 people found this review helpful
I wanted a 4 wheel drive vehicle with good (nimble) handling, reasonable gas mileage, good acceleration, up to date electronics and convenience features. I wanted a great backup camera, good airbags, bluetooth /audio that works flawlessly with multiple phones, easy loading and roomy space for groceries and large bulky items, and NO navigation. The phone navigation apps are better than anything built in to cars, and most navigation systems ( built in) are costly and out of date before the car is shipped. My phone has multiple apps, with better AI built in, and I prefer to use it. Bonus feature on CRV is the right blind spot wide angle camera that comes on the big screen when you signal a right turn, or push a handy button. Both side mirrors have these extra features to allow viewing your blind spots and cyclists on the road. the price is really good considering this is my dream car. I traded my Jeep Wrangler as down payment and only pay same loan payment. I got a better extended warranty, and the CRV is MUCH better than my Wrangler. I do wish that the CRV would have some of the newer safety features, like a warning tone when drifting our of your lane on the highway, and a warning tone when you are backing up and get too close to a fixed object.
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