1.6i DTEC EX 4WD 5dr SUV

Shameful - clutch failure after 65 days = customer's problem

Honda - the power of nightmares.

Complete clutch failure in 2.5y/o car = customer's problem.

Bought 2.5 y/o CRV from main dealer: 22k miles, FSH, still under warranty (trading in existing 150k miles CRV).

55 y/o motorist, driving 30 years+, 30k miles pa, no prior history of clutch problems.

Burning smell about 7 weeks after purchase - dealer investigates can't see anything - suggests I'm riding the clutch (I don't).

Take car on holiday to Outer Hebrides & clutch fails completely at only 29k miles / 65 days after purchase.

Spend much of next week liaising with Honda about how to get family and dog recovered home and rack up c£450 in car hire costs.

Car recovered to main dealer. Clutch and dual mass flywheel need replacing at cost c£1,830.

Honda / dealer deny any warranty cover as "clutch is a wear item" and failure is put down to wear so repair has to be paid for.

Ex-gratia offers made of £250 re costs and 50% of repair bill - refused and action in progress to recover full amounts

Family has had 4 Honda cars and 5 Honda motorcycles - but never again!

Now have no trust in the car or Honda.

Not impressed with it as a car either. Wallows badly and has very narrow power band (esp compared to older version) so you are up and down the gears in anything other than motorway cruising. Avoid.

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