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1999 Honda CR-V engine and engine cooling problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 1999 Honda CR-V13% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
13%
share of all complaints
100,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I have a 1999 honda cr-v with approximately 120k miles on it. The #4 cylinder has low compression due to a burned exhaust valve. The owner's manual fails to state that the valves need to be checked every 15k miles (honda has acknowledged the misprint but fails to assist in repair costs). The…

    filed Jul 17, 2010

  • We purchased a 1998 honda civic in march 1998. While it was in the warranty period, the ac unit went out which was covered. My husband brought it to the dealer and was told that something caused a metal part in the compressor to break, causing metal fragments to contaminate the ac system. The car…

    filed Jul 11, 2008

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related service bulletins

  • Rough idle, hard to start, poor engine performance, or malfunction indicator lamp (mil) comes on with diagnostic trouble code (dtc) p0301, p0302, p0303, p0304, or p0172. *tt *eh

    03038 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Nov 5, 2004
  • Poor a/c cooling during hard acceleration. *eh

    07012004 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jul 1, 2004
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Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other CR-V years

YearReportsShare
2025 CR-V10%
2021 CR-V31%
2020 CR-V10%
2019 CR-V40%
2018 CR-V141%
2017 CR-V91%
2016 CR-V21%
2015 CR-V122%
2014 CR-V31%
2013 CR-V21%
2012 CR-V21%
2011 CR-V71%
CR-V engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.