2014 Honda CR-V: headlights failing or too dim

Filed May 29, 2025 · Lights · PA

The contact owns a 2014 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the front headlights failed to function as intended. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic; however, no cause for the failure was found. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the headlights were replaced four times within one year. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. The VIN was not available.

Filed Jan 2, 2023 · Electrical · MD

We have to jump start our vehicle every time it is cold outside. Sometimes when it is warmer. Occasionally hear ticking sound inside of fuse box. Headlights have to be replaced often. Major electrical issue with this vehicle.

Filed Feb 6, 2019 · Electrical, Lights · 28,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 honda cr-v. The contact stated that the low beam and high beam headlights failed to provide the proper light coverage. The contact replaced the low and high beam bulbs; however, the failure was not corrected. The contact also stated that the high and low beam headlights were adjusted to the lower position, but it did not correct the lighting failure. The contact stated that the low beam headlights did not provide wide range lighting and prevented the contact from seeing a pedestrian in the distance. The contact was only able to see pedestrians at a close distance with the low beams activated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 28,000.

Filed Feb 12, 2017 · Lights · PA

No matter how I shift the headlights of my cr-v, they are either too high or too low in visibility. I don't know if it is possible to find a happy medium where the low beams are just low enough to the road and create a nice field of vision, along with the high beams being low enough to see far and not up in the trees. Why does this car not have two different bulbs for low and high beams? The lighting is unreliable and I feel very unsafe at night when I am driving, espeically along roads that are not well-lit.

Filed Apr 25, 2016 · Visibility · 7,621 miles · AL

This car only has one adjustment for both the high and low headlights. Currently the low beams are adequate when using factory setting. When high beams are selected, the near vision of the road is lost and the high beams shine too high. If adjustment is made to lower the high beam so that it provides distance vision and road vision then it lowers the low beam vision of the road to a few feet in front of the car. Both conditions are a safety issue for me. Only an unacceptable compromise of the height adjustment must be made to have some use of both high and low beams. I took the car back to the dealer and they said the lights were within specs after shinning the lights on to the garage door with it closed. Not very scientific method for adjusting the light settings and leaves a lot of room for error. My only choice is to drive with both settings being a compromise. All the cars I have owned for the past 55 years have had adjustments for both. I can only assume honda felt it an acceptable safety risk and money saver for them for drivers to only have one adjustment for the headlights. I am attaching the service report from todays visit to my dealer.

Filed Feb 8, 2016 · Lights · 5,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 honda cr-v. The contact stated that while driving at night at approximately 20 MPH and making a turn, the high beam headlights failed to illuminate adequate side view lighting. The failure also occurred when driving into a curve. In addition, the low beam headlights illuminated inadequate distance of the road. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5,000.

Filed Oct 16, 2015 · Lights, Seats · WA

The design is detrimental to a short person's (62 inch & under) safety. The starring does not go down far enough for the driver to see the road. Also the driver seat is tilted away from starring wheel. The headlight beam ends before the driver can see the road. I complained but they did not take any action to even check. If the starring wheel can be pushed further down and the length of the headlight beam could be extended further the driver would not see a dark road ahead of him/her. It is a crash waiting to happen. Please review this . I will be glad to answer any questions. Honda, as usual, does not admit and fix the safety issues brought to them.

Filed May 29, 2015 · OH

The air tire pressure light kept coming on for the first few months. I canceled out per instructions of dealer after I went to them the first three times - they checked pressure and found it to be as it should be. Also, low beams on head lights are not very bright. Hi beams are ok. While driving in the country in the dark, the low beams seem to only show area directly in front of the vehicle. To use high beams would be distracting and dangerous for oncoming traffic. Previously had odyssey that got 22 mpg in town. It had a 6 cylinder engine. I thought that the 4 cylinder cr-v would do better than that, but does not do better in town. Most of my driving is in town driving. Cost of doing regular maintenance on the vehicle is high at my honda dealership. Vehicle inspections as part of regular maintenance are very high. I have less than 15,000 miles on the vehicle and $75 over and above the price for the oil change seemed pretty steep to me. The vehicle is just the right size for my needs and I like sitting higher in the cr-v as opposed in a sedan that sits lower.

Filed May 21, 2015 · Engine, Lights · 570 miles · IN

I will always read this sight before buying another car. I have had crv 2014 18 months and began problems after 2 weeks. Tpms light keeps coming on every few weeks. Low beam lights are bad and high beams are ridiculously too far ahead and can't see right in front of you. The head rest leans so far forward its uncomfortable and awkward. My engine makes a terrible grinding sound when starting the car. After reading all the other complaints, I consider myself fortunate I haven't had acceleration upon applying the brakes or no throttle when trying to accelerate. I will be cautious of those problems now since I've had so many of the others listed here.

Filed Mar 25, 2015 · Lights · 15 miles · CA

Both the low and high beam headlights on this brand new car are very dim. This is a huge safety issue. The dealer will not fix the problem. They suggested I could put aftermarket replacements on as honda does not have better headlights.

Filed Mar 11, 2015 · Lights · 100 miles · MI

The headlights are so dim that my family feel very unsafe driving during night. We almost hit deer and pedestrians. The headlights are very unsafe.

Filed Jan 14, 2015 · Lights · 118 miles · KY

It was the first time I drove my brand new cr-v at night and the low beam headlights were so low that I couldn't even tell that they were on. It made it very dangerous to drive on suburban streets where there are inadequate street lighting.