2002 Honda CR-V exterior lighting problems
60 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2002 Honda CR-V — 12% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Smoke started arising from the steering column while driving on a city street during the daytime. Driver was not using lights at the time and was using normal occasional turn signals for a urban metropolitan area. The turn signal was evaluated and showed melting of the turn signal switch and the…”
filed Oct 22, 2019
“"takata inflators" airbag warning light keeps coming on in dashbaord while driving in motion at 15mph seatbelt wont click in position good all the way have a hard time buckling the seatbelt into place take about 8 hard tries instrumental panel lights wont light up in dashbard at night I cant see…”
filed Feb 1, 2019
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Exterior LightingCampaign 12V136000 · Mar 30, 2012
Exterior Lighting problems in other CR-V years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 CR-V | 2 | 2% |
| 2025 CR-V | 3 | 1% |
| 2024 CR-V | 8 | 2% |
| 2023 CR-V | 5 | 1% |
| 2021 CR-V | 4 | 1% |
| 2020 CR-V | 8 | 2% |
| 2019 CR-V | 9 | 1% |
| 2018 CR-V | 12 | 1% |
| 2017 CR-V | 22 | 1% |
| 2016 CR-V | 2 | 1% |
| 2015 CR-V | 6 | 1% |
| 2014 CR-V | 21 | 4% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2002 Honda CR-V
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.