Honda CR-V common faults?

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On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:16:23 +0000, Mike Barnard
<m.barnard.trousers (AT) thunderin (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

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Hi.

We are considering one of these as our next family car. Honda
reliability, roomy, space for the camping gear for those trips out,
faux 4wd for grassy campsite roads.

Looks ideal. I've read many reviews online but not found a common
faults site. Maybe there isn't one, but someone here may have
experience on these cars. What do I look out for?

I'm looking to pay no more than 4k, so expect a '99ish car. Got to be
manual, Jan won't drive an auto.

Thanks for any info.

Quick 'thanks to all' for the knowledge. We're off to look at one in
the morning so will watch for that diff!

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Other weak point is rear diffs.
Find an empty space, and drive it around on full lock. If you hear any
sort of crunching/rubbing noise, the diff plates have become dry. They
can sometimes be revived with a flush, but most times it'll need a new
diff.

Viscous coupling surely?? (integral with the rear diff though)

I honestly don't know what part it was.
We just done the usual eight circles on each full lock to see if it would
sort itself out at the advice of the dealer, and if it didn't improve, we
stuck them into the dealer under warranty.
The dealer reckoned 9 out of 10 needed a new diff, as the flushing rarely
worked.

People think that Honda's are reliable, but given the percentage of ours
that end up in the dealer, they're no more reliable than any of the other
makes.

What vehicles is the firm running at the moment?

Anything and everything.
Pretty much whatever the managers want, they can get within reason.
But it seems to be mainly fords, vauxhalls and hondas just now, with a
sprinkling of saabs and volvos
We've also had a couple Toyotas appear recently.

I'm not having much to do with cars just now, as I'm currently on shifts,
plus I seem to spend most of my time sorting electrics on Mercedes vans and
lorries, with the odd Daf, Iveco or Transit thrown in. The sprinters are
giving us that much greif, I've almost got the engine wiring memorised!

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