Appearances aren't everything. In a time where cars are becoming tablets on wheels the 17 crv has everything you need and nothing you don't. I love it's style, with some supple curves and sharp points it manages to look sportier than it is. I loved this car...at first. I've taken it on semi long road trips. It's comfortable, it's driver assist features are great. I don't think I could ever go back to a "dumb" car after this... that being said... Reliability. Shortly after I financed it I learned that the car had a new power train. If you dont know I'm telling you now, never buy the first model year with a new engine or transmission. There are issues with fuel contaminating the oil. So far as I know this hasn't caused me any problems but that leads me to another issue... If anything goes wrong, from corroded battery terminals (speaking from experience) to bad sensors, anything that goes wrong will cause every. Single. Check light to go off. You will freak out. I don't understand in this computer age why cars can't just come out and tell you what's wrong. Why do you need an obdIi sensor any more? I've had to clean my battery terminals numerous times because they become so corroded it throws up a check engine light. But most recently I lift the hood and lo! The terminals are clear! So I order a sensor online and wait a few days and come to find out my engines running rich. Go online and see a Honda owners forum where numerous others have similar issues, some get off lucky with just a bad 02 sensor but I know I'm not that fortunate so I Steel myself and take the car to a local mechanic because F*** dealership markups. All 4 fuel injectors fail their test. I emailed Honda to complain. Generic cookie cutter response. The mechanic said it's really unusual for all 4 fuel injectors to go bad on a car with only 70k miles. That's practically brand new in our modern age of ICE engines. I said to Honda that I don't understand if so many owners have this issue that its not a recall. If your engine isn't burning off all the gas that could ruin your catalytic converter which costs THOUSANDS to repair. I'm already looking at about a thousand give or take to replace the injectors and then if I don't huck the car off on someone else I might have to do it all over again in another 70k miles. I'm just so disappointed in Honda. All this talk of reliability but really they're just coasting on past success. . . I shoulda bought another subaru

CRV has been a very good good vehicle. Engine has lots of power for its size category. Exterior and interior materials are very high quality, especially on the EX-L versions and higher. Car has required very little maintenance other than scheduled items. Rear visibility is better than many other SUVs. Cargo volume and rear seat legroom are more than ample. Gas mileage is pretty impressive as well. We liked the CRV so much, we bought a second one.

Owning this car has been a nightmare. It has been one problem after another. The dealership has been awful to deal us. There is currently some issue where the car will work fine for a few months, and then it will lose the ability to accelerate. We keep taking it back to the dealership - they will think it is the spark plugs, fuel injectors, water pump - we pay to have it fixed, and then a few months later the problem starts again. They will suggest another fix. We bought it used. It will end up being the most expensive car I ever owned due to how much we are going to lose selling it and how much we have put into it. Simultaneously, we have had problems with my Honda Odyssey 2016 (this turned out to be a faulty hose) and my parents 2018 Odyssey. There was one point where we were trying to use my parents car so the CR-V could be at the dealership - for the forth time - and my car and theirs both developed issues. Honda used to be a reliable brand. In 30 years I have exclusively driven Hondas. I have owned a civic, accord, and multiple Odysseys. My dad (in his 70s) has driven Hondas since 1984. We have all sworn them off at this point. The quality has gone down