2005 Honda CR-V suspension problems

Filed May 3, 2025 · Suspension · PA

As I was driving home from work last week 04/22/25, I noticed a drop in the rear passenger side and an odd noise I had never heard before. I only live 3 blocks from work and I immediately pulled it in the garage and put it up on the jack. Once I removed my drivers side rear tire and got a closer look, I found that my drivers side rear trailing arm and the frame have rusted through and completely broke. My vehicle had just been inspected 5 months earlier with no issues and is parked in a dry garage at all times when not in use.

Filed Oct 17, 2023 · Suspension, Wheels · OH

Passenger rear trailing arm broke off from body mount. Vehicle is still available for inspection. Coming to a stop sign and car came to an abrupt stop. Something had stopped the car before I even got to the stop sign. Coming down to the stop sign car began to lost steering and swayed back and forth. Car is in very good condition has 138,100 miles on it. But now it can,t be driven cant be fixed and be safe. Still books for $3200.00. Our family was left vulnerable to a horrible accident if going any faster when this happened. Broke down on a back road at 10:30 p.m. close to a stop sign. Had to be towed. A recall of the 2007 to 2011 CR-V. stated that this happens to those models. They didn't go back far enough on this recall and if I hadn't told people who still have the 2005- 2006 model they wouldn't have known and this could happen to them. Vehicle was inspected by insurance co. and Honda dealership and reported to Honda corp. Rust no coverage or repair for this vehicle. Mechanic looked at can't repair and make safe. Same problem as those vehicles recalled. But because it wasn't on the recall list there is nothing they can do about this vehicle. This left me, my loved ones vulnerable to a serious accident if I had been on a freeway let alone on any road going 50 and above in speed. No warnings what so ever that this could happen. No messages, no lamps no letters from Honda nothing.

Filed Jan 8, 2018 · Airbags, Seat belts · GA · crash

"takata recall" - on nov 19, 2016, I had an accident. I was going down a sandy dirt road and heard a loud pop or bang (ended up being the stabilizer bar broke) and suddenly the steering wheel was jerked to the left, slamming the car into a ditch where there was a full embankment. I was slung to the left, hitting my head on the drivers side window, while at the same time the side curtain airbags and the side seat airbag deployed, bouncing me back to center. To my shock and wonder the drivers side, steering wheel air bag never deployed, which has concerned me every since the accident.

Filed Feb 12, 2016 · Suspension · VT

My 2005 honda cr-v pulls strongly to the right at highway speeds. I visited the dealer, and they indicated that this is a manufacturing defect described in honda tsb 05-022. However, they refused to repair it!

Filed Oct 21, 2013 · Suspension · 110,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda cr-v. The contact stated that while driving 10 MPH, the vehicle became hard to control. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that both of the front control arms needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 110,000.

Filed Jun 3, 2013 · Suspension · WA

2005 honda crv. Consumer writes in regards to defective wheel suspension system. *smd the consumer stated when his wife backed out of a parking spot, she felt a crunch and a drop come from the front of the vehicle. The a frame of the right front wheel suspension failed at the welded attach point on the sway bar. The weld had been failing for some time as there was rust and dirt on some of the broken edges. According to the invoice, the front control arm broke, causing the axle to fail and the sway bar link to fail.

Filed Nov 3, 2011 · Suspension, Transmission · 18,769 miles · CA

There was a groan coming from the rear differential when making a sharp turn or tight turn at low speed. The mileage was 18769 miles. The cause was attributed to contamination of the fluid in the rear differential. The fluid was drained and the rear differential clutches were burnished. However, the drained fluid was clean. The fluid was again replaced. This should not happen to a car with this low mileage. This sounds like the wrong fluid was installed at the time of manufacture. I will seek compensation from honda.

Filed Jul 6, 2011 · Suspension · 70,000 miles · RI

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda cr-v. The contact stated that the vehicle exhibited steady vibration once traveling over 42 MPH. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that both axles would need replacing. The contact replaced the axles but the failure persisted. The contact then replaced all four tires to no avail. The contact spoke with the manufacturer and was told to take the vehicle back to the dealer so that an engineer could further inspect the vehicle. The failure mileage was 70,000 and the current mileage was 77,000.

Filed Apr 30, 2008 · Suspension · VA

2005 honda cr-v two problems since new: 1) camber wear on both rear tires (wears outside treads), but cr-v has no camber adjustment--caused by lashing the rear axle down when new on car transporter truck. 2) car pulls to the right when accelerating from a stop.

Filed Aug 8, 2006 · Suspension · 8,200 miles · NV

Dt*: the contact stated while making right turns and accelerating at any speed, the steering wheel jerked to the right. The dealership determined this was how the vehicle was manufactured. *ak updated 08/25/06.