Pretty doubtful Honda will bring back 5 speed CRV's. They were VERY poor sellers when new and evern harder to sell as used cars.
I agree that Honda will probably never again offer the CR-V with a stick in the North American market. But I've had no trouble selling my MT Hondas privately in the past.
I'm still quite a few years away from replacing my CR-V. But when that time comes, I'll put a fair price on it & sell it privately. It probably won't take much longer than a week to find a buyer.
I bought a set of Michelins from Costco and I don't think they will ever wear out. They run very smoothly and I think the vehicle drives much better since I got rid of the noisy Bridgestones. Consumer Reports like the special Michelins sold at big box stores that the kinds sold at other retail stores. I addition to Costco I think Sam's Club carries these Michelins.
I'd like to add my 2 cents worth on a few topics within this thread: I have a 2005 CR-V EX with a 5 speed manual and wouldn't want it any other way! Here in snow country, the manual gives better control over the car in lousy conditions. Plus, you save on brake-wear because the engine holds the car back when you simply take your foot off the gas going down hills. Heavy slow-n-go traffic is the only time a manual can get annoying in my experience. I have had 6 cars with manuals & never replaced a clutch, so I must be doing something right
As for tires, my OEM BF Goodrich's wore down extremely fast & had to be replaced around 20,000 miles. They were ok in snow at first, then forget it. Then I got a set of Uniroyals that were awful in snow - I fishtailed constantly and kept getting stuck. The real great wanna' be AWD system hasn't met my satisfaction at all. I was ready to dump the CR-V ..... then, "bluiedgod" suggested the Yokohama Avids. I considered them, but I just put on a set of Dunlop SP-60's. I am in heaven!!! These things kick butt!!! Absolutely the best tire for the unimpressive AWD on the CR-V. I wish there was a button to lock-in 4-WD, but these tires have made a huge difference. I enjoy snow driving once again. The Dunlop's saved the CR-V from being traded-in! I love my CR-V again.
Whenever the time comes for a new car, it will once again be a 5 speed manual. As long as my knees keep working, that's the vehicle of choice. Options are limited though - Subaru still sells a lot of them, and I think Jeep makes some, but that's about it in the SUV world. Mechanically, there have been zero issues with my Honda since buying it brand-new in February 2005. No squeeks, rattles, or break-downs either. Great value for the $$.
You can get a manual in a Suzuki Grand Vitara. I think the base 4 cylinder models of the Escape and maybe some of the Korean entries also. They're not nearly as common as automatics, though, so you may have to special order.
Even the Forester dropped the manual option from the XT (turbo) models, and from the Limited models as well. Can't get leather or Navi with a manual, for instance.
My indicator light came on this morning. The icon looks like an alternator. When I looked it up in the owner's manual, it said something about light malfunction. What is this? Help!
My indicator light came on this morning. The icon looks like an alternator. When I looked it up in the owner's manual, it said something about light malfunction. What is this? Help!
Match the lit up indicator to the one in the OWNER's MANUAL.
It can be a Check Engine Light, Alternator/Battery, OIL, Maintenance Needed.... There are about a half a dozen malfunction lights.
My trick for going in stop and go is to leave it in gear and just play with the throttle. Usually, the right lane is the best lane because all of the "bumper-riding-don't-want-to-shift-myself zombies are riding each other's bumpers in the middle and left lanes.
You will find you self crawling at a constant 5-10 mph in the right lane with the big rigs. Even though it may seem like you are moving slow, you will end up ahead of the "others." As they say, "Slow and steady wins the race"
CR-V's 1st gear is perfect for 5 mph crawl at about 1000 rpm.
...or at least I hope I'm in the right place? I have an 05 AWD with a 5 spd manual. Yup, I'm another big advocate of std trannys. I'm coming from an 05 X Trail AWD 5 speed. I am finding interesting differences between those two cars.
One thing I am curious about. How many of you stop fueling as soon as the nozzle kicks off? For anyone who nurses it fuller in order to check for a more accurate fuel mileage figure, does anyone know how easy it is to contaminate the charcoal vent filter with raw gas? How many litres or 10ths of a USA gal do you add after the first kick off? I can think in both metric and Imperial and US Thanks
I don't see how adding more fuel will make calculations more accurate. I just assume that when the system shuts off the fuel has reached the nozzle. Anything you put in over that is going to the charcoal canister.
Kudos on being an active driver, rather than a "stomp and steer drone."
Another stick fan here ('06 EX). It depends on where I'm filling up. For reasons unknown to me, my town forbids self-service. In my experience, most attendants push past the 1st kick-off until they've hit the next nickel. (Why? I always pay with a credit card to get the rebates.)
When I'm refueling out of town, I stop when the system cuts out.
My wife's CRV manual show a clutch reservoir that you can check oil level and top it up just like the steering wheel and brake reservoirs. I cannot see it anywhere under the hood! Does it apply only if you have a stick shift?
I'll have to go have a read there when I have more time... but let me guess...they are saying the demise in the manual tranny is inevitable? And will be replaced with CVT's I suppose?
I urge anyone who considers buying a relatively high miler used CVT car. You think automatics are expensive to rebuild?? You better be sitting down when you price out the CVT rebuild..
And like it or not, the news will spread, once we encounter a few high miler CVT vehicles. It is just now starting to happen. And when the news spreads, this will have a direct affect on the depreciative value of your used car/trader-in.
One of the reasons they want to pursue CVT's is because it just makes their use, easier to integrate into hybrid systems. Yet again another sham until we discover a far far better battery technology than we have so far. Just my 5 pennies..
I'll run down and have a look at mine and tell you where to look ok?
Also, thanks to those who replied about how far they fuel it up when refueling.
Ok, so the clutch fluid reservoir is just to the right of the brake fluid one. It is mounted on a steel bracket bolted to the side of the shock tower. It has a grey plastic screw on lid, about 1.5 inch dia (approx)
It's not hiding at all, right up easy to see. I didn't have my glasses but think it said to use DOT3 brake fluid stenciled on the lid, same as brakes is my guess...someone here can confirm.
What you say is only true in NA. And we tend to be lazy, and we tend to not want to take responsibility for our inadequacies, so look for ways to lower the bar and ease of admission. (ease of acquiring a licence/entitlement to drive).
Personally, I think if it was mandatory to get/be tested your licence, using a standard tranny, then our roads would automatically be a lot safer, because then we would have true drivers, rather than just people being behind the wheel. If, after getting their licence, they choose to drive an automatic, then so be it, but at least they would have indicated the skills necessary to really know and appreciate true friction and it's relativity to what is going on under them and with the tires to the road.
Like it or not, there is a very real visceral difference between the communication of a car and it's operator, dependent upon which tranny it has.
Here they spend the whole time in Driver's Ed teaching you how to parallel park. A skill most people forget about a week after they pass the test. :sick:
Just the person I need to talk to. Would you purchase a 2006 CR-V SE for about 11 grand less than a 2010 EX-L? (17,000 compared to 28,000). Same engine and drivetrain (from what I can gather) in each vehicle. I guess it comes down to personal preference, but I still would appreciate your opinion.
My grandparents were in a rollover accident but the none of the airbags deployed. Thank god that the only injurys they received were only a few bumps and bruises. Does anyone know if the crv has rollover sensors because I would think that this kind of accident would at least trigger the frontal airbags to deploy. btw they bought the crv new and model year is the second generation (2002-2006). thanks
I'm not sure that an air bag would do any good in a roll over situation. Air bags deploy when a sufficiently large change occurs in the vehicle's velocity in either the forward or lateral direction. This would be the situation in a collision with another vehicle or stationary object. Except in the most violent of roll overs, the change in vehicle velocity would be nowhere near the threshold for deployment. Seat belts should be fully adequate to keep the passengers in place relative to the vehicle in the event of a roll over.
During normal air bag deployment, passengers are protected from violent collisions with the vehicle itself. The air bag will often result in some injury to the passengers but that is preferable to the much greater injury that would result from their bodies violently striking the vehicle. If the air bags were to deploy during a roll over, however, the need for protection from the bodily collision is much reduced (the change in velocity is much less) but injury from the deployment would remain a risk.
My grandparents were in a rollover accident but the none of the airbags deployed. Thank god that the only injurys they received were only a few bumps and bruises. Does anyone know if the crv has rollover sensors because I would think that this kind of accident would at least trigger the frontal airbags to deploy. btw they bought the crv new and model year is the second generation (2002-2006). thanks
If I remember correctly, only Gen 2.5 (2005-2006 model years) have curtain air bags.
Also, if the severity of the accident was not enough to injure them (I know sounds bad) the air bags would have done more damage than help. Having exploding black powder in your face is probably the least of most people's desires. Air bags only deploy when the severity of the impact exceeds the threshold for the predetermined deceleration value.
Shouldn't the side airbags deploy? That would keep passengers away from the breaking glass and potential ejection from the vehicle.
Air bags are secondary restraint system, hense the SRS (supplementary restraint system)
If the impact is strong enough to rip a person whole from under the seatbelt, the air bag will slow down the flying body parts, but they will have already been detached from the body, and won't help this person much.
That would keep passengers away from the breaking glass and potential ejection from the vehicle.
The seat belts should prevent ejection in a roll over. I suppose an air bag could provide some protection from flying glass but setting them up to deploy in a roll over would also have them deploying in minor side impacts where you probably don't want them to deploy.
Was I driving down the highway yesterday I noticed something strange thing happening to the car. As I let up on the accelerator, the car continued down the highway at the same speed and did not slow down. Tried to stop, and did so with great difficulty. Has to break it hard to get it to stop. When stopped the engine labored hard, and it was hard to hold at a stand still. Drove it to my Honda dealer, and after a while the car started to be have normally. Honda checked the car out and couldn't find any thing wrong with the car. Is my Honda turning into a Toyota? My wife was with me when this happened, and she said she doesn't want to drive it as she is afraid the thing will do it to her as well. The has been a great car. Bought it new and it has 95,000 miles on it. Have any of you out there experienced this problem? Please let me know. Maybe it is time to get a new CR V.
Our car is on it's last breath. By early research it looks like a 2002-2004, maybe 05 is in the budget. Want to spend less than $10,000.
What are the differences in the years/models. We have a 5 year old (safety is important) and other than that reliability /safety/budget are primary issues.
I have a prospect with a 03 cr-v EX with 93,300 miles and he's asking $9,000 (private party). It seems to be well taken care of but he said the check engine light just went on. Of course we'll take it to our mechanic to get a good check up (and do a carfax) but is this a good enough deal to bite on? He has all service records and it really does look to be well taken care of. He also said he had the ac flushed (or something to the fact, looks to me they tend to have compresser issues?).
Recently i removed the seats from my 2003 CRV (RD7 Model).While doing this i also unpluged the air bag and seat belt wiring connectors.The vehicle was driven around with the connects unpluged.Now the SRS air bag warning stays on the display panel even with the wiring connects pluged back.How can i clear the sign with out using a scanner or any other diagnostic tools?
Due to ignorance I have avoided airbags and their connectors like the plague.
And while I am NOT suggesting this, I wonder if they just need to be 'seen'.
Have key on, then connect the connectors. I would not just try things until I confirmed the correct procedure with the dealer. It might just be a code process that you push and hold such and such while you turn the key on, etc.
I really wish I knew how safe or unsafe it was to work on and around airbags. Are they all just two conductor connections? If so, one would assume that the sensor sw closes and completes the circuit of the two wires and whammo? Or are there other parameters that must also be met, like speed sensor feedback?
What you described just happened to me. I love my CR-V. This car is my baby... I have a '02 LX with 109K manual transmission. After what I just experienced, I just left it in the driveway and was a little shaken (I had my 2yr old in the car with me). For me, it happened in both 1st gear and reverse. Both directions I was moving in that direction without pushing accelerator. Bizarre! I hope it is something that is not too expensive to repair. Knowing my husband we'll end up at the mechanic he always uses, but I wonder if this wouldn't be better addressed by the nearest Honda dealer. Anyone out there go through this also? Thanks in advance.
Currently all gasoline sold in Germany, contains up to 5% ethanol, also known as “E5” fuel. In compliance with a German law amending the German Federal Pollution Control Act, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service is required to add another type of gasoline to its facilities in Germany. This new formula will be designated as “Super E10,” which contains up to 10% ethanol. I don't have my owner's manual (lost in the last move). Is E10 safe to use in my 2002 CR-V?
I have a 2004 Honda CRV with 68,000 miles and their is a burning smell coming from the passenger side rear wheel on dry and wet payment. Numerous dealers could not find the problem. Alignment was in specifications. The burning smell is intermittent. When the smell occurs you can touch the wheel rim and the rotor and both are cool to the touch. One service tech said his mothers 2007 is experiencing the same problem and it's nothing to worry about. Help anyone.
05 is well worth the extra money, at least an extra $500-1000 over a similar 04 (especially if you stick with LX instead of the pricier EX). Reason? In 05 Honda standardized safety features across all their models. So with an 05 you get side curtain air bags, ABS, and most important, Automatic Stability Control. Plus you get the remote key entry (very handy), and better headlights.
I should know, I bought an 04, whereas my wife got the 05
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They sure didn't have much to lose. Very poor sellers.
" Hopefully they will deliver on thier promise of the Diesel CR-V with 6 speed manual"
Ah, what promise would that be? I sure wouldn't hold my breath!
I agree that Honda will probably never again offer the CR-V with a stick in the North American market. But I've had no trouble selling my MT Hondas privately in the past.
I'm still quite a few years away from replacing my CR-V. But when that time comes, I'll put a fair price on it & sell it privately. It probably won't take much longer than a week to find a buyer.
I don't know why Honda continues to use the noisest tires they can find!
As for tires, my OEM BF Goodrich's wore down extremely fast & had to be replaced around 20,000 miles. They were ok in snow at first, then forget it. Then I got a set of Uniroyals that were awful in snow - I fishtailed constantly and kept getting stuck. The real great wanna' be AWD system hasn't met my satisfaction at all. I was ready to dump the CR-V ..... then, "bluiedgod" suggested the Yokohama Avids. I considered them, but I just put on a set of Dunlop SP-60's. I am in heaven!!! These things kick butt!!! Absolutely the best tire for the unimpressive AWD on the CR-V. I wish there was a button to lock-in 4-WD, but these tires have made a huge difference. I enjoy snow driving once again. The Dunlop's saved the CR-V from being traded-in! I love my CR-V again.
Whenever the time comes for a new car, it will once again be a 5 speed manual. As long as my knees keep working, that's the vehicle of choice. Options are limited though - Subaru still sells a lot of them, and I think Jeep makes some, but that's about it in the SUV world. Mechanically, there have been zero issues with my Honda since buying it brand-new in February 2005. No squeeks, rattles, or break-downs either. Great value for the $$.
Even the Forester dropped the manual option from the XT (turbo) models, and from the Limited models as well. Can't get leather or Navi with a manual, for instance.
Match the lit up indicator to the one in the OWNER's MANUAL.
It can be a Check Engine Light, Alternator/Battery, OIL, Maintenance Needed.... There are about a half a dozen malfunction lights.
My trick for going in stop and go is to leave it in gear and just play with the throttle. Usually, the right lane is the best lane because all of the "bumper-riding-don't-want-to-shift-myself zombies are riding each other's bumpers in the middle and left lanes.
You will find you self crawling at a constant 5-10 mph in the right lane with the big rigs. Even though it may seem like you are moving slow, you will end up ahead of the "others." As they say, "Slow and steady wins the race"
CR-V's 1st gear is perfect for 5 mph crawl at about 1000 rpm.
Yup, I'm another big advocate of std trannys. I'm coming from an 05 X Trail AWD 5 speed.
I am finding interesting differences between those two cars.
One thing I am curious about. How many of you stop fueling as soon as the nozzle kicks off? For anyone who nurses it fuller in order to check for a more accurate fuel mileage figure, does anyone know how easy it is to contaminate the charcoal vent filter with raw gas? How many litres or 10ths of a USA gal do you add after the first kick off? I can think in both metric and Imperial and US
Thanks
I don't see how adding more fuel will make calculations more accurate. I just assume that when the system shuts off the fuel has reached the nozzle. Anything you put in over that is going to the charcoal canister.
Kudos on being an active driver, rather than a "stomp and steer drone."
When I'm refueling out of town, I stop when the system cuts out.
I've never had vent filter problems.
Does it apply only if you have a stick shift?
but let me guess...they are saying the demise in the manual tranny is inevitable?
And will be replaced with CVT's I suppose?
I urge anyone who considers buying a relatively high miler used CVT car.
You think automatics are expensive to rebuild?? You better be sitting down when you price out the CVT rebuild..
And like it or not, the news will spread, once we encounter a few high miler CVT vehicles. It is just now starting to happen.
And when the news spreads, this will have a direct affect on the depreciative value of your used car/trader-in.
One of the reasons they want to pursue CVT's is because it just makes their use, easier to integrate into hybrid systems. Yet again another sham until we discover a far far better battery technology than we have so far.
Just my 5 pennies..
Also, thanks to those who replied about how far they fuel it up when refueling.
Ok, so the clutch fluid reservoir is just to the right of the brake fluid one. It is mounted on a steel bracket bolted to the side of the shock tower. It has a grey plastic screw on lid, about 1.5 inch dia (approx)
It's not hiding at all, right up easy to see. I didn't have my glasses but think it said to use DOT3 brake fluid stenciled on the lid, same as brakes is my guess...someone here can confirm.
And we tend to be lazy, and we tend to not want to take responsibility for our inadequacies, so look for ways to lower the bar and ease of admission. (ease of acquiring a licence/entitlement to drive).
Personally, I think if it was mandatory to get/be tested your licence, using a standard tranny, then our roads would automatically be a lot safer, because then we would have true drivers, rather than just people being behind the wheel. If, after getting their licence, they choose to drive an automatic, then so be it, but at least they would have indicated the skills necessary to really know and appreciate true friction and it's relativity to what is going on under them and with the tires to the road.
Like it or not, there is a very real visceral difference between the communication of a car and it's operator, dependent upon which tranny it has.
It's always hard to compare new vs. used, though. Is the used one certified?
During normal air bag deployment, passengers are protected from violent collisions with the vehicle itself. The air bag will often result in some injury to the passengers but that is preferable to the much greater injury that would result from their bodies violently striking the vehicle. If the air bags were to deploy during a roll over, however, the need for protection from the bodily collision is much reduced (the change in velocity is much less) but injury from the deployment would remain a risk.
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SUVs and Smart Shopper
If I remember correctly, only Gen 2.5 (2005-2006 model years) have curtain air bags.
Also, if the severity of the accident was not enough to injure them (I know sounds bad) the air bags would have done more damage than help. Having exploding black powder in your face is probably the least of most people's desires. Air bags only deploy when the severity of the impact exceeds the threshold for the predetermined deceleration value.
Air bags are secondary restraint system, hense the SRS (supplementary restraint system)
If the impact is strong enough to rip a person whole from under the seatbelt, the air bag will slow down the flying body parts, but they will have already been detached from the body, and won't help this person much.
The seat belts should prevent ejection in a roll over. I suppose an air bag could provide some protection from flying glass but setting them up to deploy in a roll over would also have them deploying in minor side impacts where you probably don't want them to deploy.
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SUVs and Smart Shopper
The G3 CRV was rolled 5 times according to the owner.
Everybody WALKED away.
http://www.hondasuv.com/members/showthread.php?t=37842&highlight=rollover&page=3-
Go here and file a report while the incident is still fresh in your mind:
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls/recallsearch.cfm
Could be a malfunction with the cruise control. Was the pedal physically stuck in the down position?
What are the differences in the years/models. We have a 5 year old (safety is important) and other than that reliability /safety/budget are primary issues.
I have a prospect with a 03 cr-v EX with 93,300 miles and he's asking $9,000 (private party). It seems to be well taken care of but he said the check engine light just went on. Of course we'll take it to our mechanic to get a good check up (and do a carfax) but is this a good enough deal to bite on? He has all service records and it really does look to be well taken care of. He also said he had the ac flushed (or something to the fact, looks to me they tend to have compresser issues?).
Many thanks!
Try at your own risk...
And while I am NOT suggesting this, I wonder if they just need to be 'seen'.
Have key on, then connect the connectors. I would not just try things until I confirmed the correct procedure with the dealer. It might just be a code process that you push and hold such and such while you turn the key on, etc.
I really wish I knew how safe or unsafe it was to work on and around airbags. Are they all just two conductor connections? If so, one would assume that the sensor sw closes and completes the circuit of the two wires and whammo? Or are there other parameters that must also be met, like speed sensor feedback?
You say that your CR-V has a manual transmission. What happened when you pushed in the clutch pedal? Did that slow you down?
I don't have my owner's manual (lost in the last move). Is E10 safe to use in my 2002 CR-V?
I think there is a concern over E15, which is being debated for use right now.
E10 should be fine.
Help anyone.
I had to replace a sticky caliper on my Miata once.
I should know, I bought an 04, whereas my wife got the 05