Peter Shore

2016 Honda CRV 1.6 dtec 9 speed auto EX. My car had been left at the Meet & Greet parking at East Mids airport for 2 weeks. On collection yesterday they said the car battery was flat. The very helpful meet & greet team drove me up to the parking area to try starting it myself. When i tried to start the car, the brake pedal wouldnt push down as if it was locked/disabled and while trying to press the pedal down along with the engine Start button, nothing appeared to light up on the dash board. I tried this a few times and not sure what i did but out of the blue it suddenly lit up the dashboard and started and i might add, plenty of power in the battery as it didnt sound like a laboured start. I gave it a couple of minutes ticking over, selected drive and everything just seemed to work as normal, so i drove home. Is there any explanation for what happened to the Meet & Greet team and myself when initially trying to start it? The car is running back as normal today btw. Battery and terminals are checked and sound. Ive asked Honda service manager and they’ve no idea what happened.

Hi Trevor, thanks for your reply. My research finds that this is the same with all CRV's of my type and model, as has been verified by quite a few owners on another Honda forum.

Hi, my car drives lovely but draws me to ask about the auto gear selection and if this is typical with other like model owners. When cruising on a motorway at 70mph on a level road the car sits in 8th gear at around 1800 rpm and if on a slight gradient it drops to 7th. I don’t seem to experience it using 9th gear for cruising. If I sneek up to around 80 mph, It appears I still have to manually select 9th with the paddles, it will then change up to 9th but unless going downhill it soon goes back to 8th. Is this how the car is designed to run in regards to the gears and 9th not being used when at our national speed limit? I have contacted Honda and oddly, they dont know the answer.

Hi all. I have a 2016 Honda CRV 1.6 dtec 9 speed automatic and I'm getting conflicting reports on how many litres of oil are required when changing the gearbox/transmission oil? Can anyone advise for certain please.