2014 Honda CR-V: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Apr 26, 2018 · AZ

April 26, 2018 I bought my wife's honda 2014 cr-v new in october of 2014. We are both quite happy with the car, with one significant exception. The TPMS does not work. In 2014 honda changed their TPMS from the conventional system which uses pressure sensors in the wheels. Instead, it compares the revolutions of the tires on the theory that a low tire will rotate faster than a normally inflated tire. This is a good idea in theory. However, in practice it does not work. The software must account for the fact that the tires do not rotate equally on turns. Also, slight (and accceptable) differences in pressure or tire wear will result in errors that the software must deal with. Honda issued tsb 14-006 in an attempt to remedy the problem, but if it has been applied to our car it has not worked. The TPMS light on our cr-v is unreliable. It occasionally lights when the tires are ok, but has failed to indicate low or flat tires for us several times. My wife went to the dealer in prescott, az, this morning to ask whether tsb 14'006 has been applied to the car. The reply was that there is no recall and if the TPMS light does not stay on, there is no need to do it. We can live with a non-functional TPMS system. Our previous cars worked well without it. Our normal maintenance procedures require checking tire pressures periodically. For some reason this car does not pull to the side when a tire goes flat. A TPMS should flag a tire failure when on the road. Three times we have had a tire fail while driving, with no TPMS indication. Our loss has been only three tires; no accident resulted. In my opinion this is potentially a serious safety problem.

Filed Apr 26, 2017 · Wheels · 13,230 miles · TX

Tire failure - continental cross contact lx 225/65/r17 while traveling at approximately 40mph with mean temperature of 74 degrees and max of 84 the tire blew out with no apparent reason to do so. Very clearly there were distinct flaps on the back side of the tire that gave in addition to the front side. Appeared as it the wall weakened.

Filed Mar 28, 2016 · Tires · 13,458 miles · FL

Driving clear weather, very good street condition, going 50 miles per hour pulled to almost a full stop for a light signal and then heard a loud popping noise. Moved forward and felt tire was flat. Pilled over and observed the side of the tire blew out. 2014, honda crv purchased brand new. Miles on the vehicles 13,485. No wear on all tires visible. Tire just blew up and appears like a defect since there was no tire damage. Tire pressure was at proper psi.

Filed Feb 19, 2014 · Electrical, Tires · NJ

We bought honda cr-v 2014 on oct 31st 2013. Within (first) week low tire pressure light comes on. I thought dealership didn't perform pre delivery inspection. So I went there and they says low tire pressure light triggers due to cold weather. They reset it. After few days/miles again low tire pressure light comes on (second time) and they said this time we are performing different reset procedure. I asked for $0.00 invoice as there attempt to fix the issue. They said we can't give you invoice if we are not charging you. Now I was like it should not come on again as they performed different reset procedure, but it comes on again (third time) after 500 or 600 miles. This time they contact american honda and perform another reset procedure and keep car with them for a day to inspect. They also issued $0.00 invoice. Now I thought it should be fine, but again I was wrong. It comes on (forth time). Now they are saying it's "software issue" and american honda is working on it. (dec end or jan first week) they also said honda is requesting time frame and it should be done by the end of jan 2014. Today is feb 19 2014 and issue is not resolved yet. I tried follow up my dealer and honda many times and they are keep saying same thing, we are working on it. Since the day I bought car low tire pressure light comes on more than 10 times now and all time I did tire pressure check with same dealer and it was okay all the time. Now I am tired of following up with my dealer, honda and keep watching light (!) on. Never feel like driving new car. It's a safety issue. When I asked my dealer, who will be responsible if tire blow out while driving? They said its owner's responsibility to keep checking tire pressure. Dear honda we didn't bought car to keep in garage. I have most of the mileage proof in pictures at the time light comes on and went to dealer for reset.

Filed Feb 12, 2014 · Tires · 60 miles · TX

The TPMS icon (low tire pressure warning) on new honda cr-v (2014) comes on about every 30-50 miles even though, when I check the tire pressures, they are all within 0.5 psi of the recommended (30 psi) settings. In short, the TPMS is giving false warnings thus making it impossible to rely on. Other honda crv owners, having the same flaw, have given up on the warning as had tire blowouts on the highway. I have taken the car back to the dealer and he simply resets the TPMS warning icon ---- and, as soon as I drive 30 miles or so the idiot light comes on. The purpose of mandating the TPMS warning was to save lives but, if the icon provides false warnings they will be ignored and blowouts can happen. This defective TPMS can result in injuries and accidents. Yet honda won't do anything about it.