Other engine problem on the 2008 Honda CR-V
2 crashes 2 fires 1 injury 5 of the 29 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other engine problem gets reported
Owners of the 2008 Honda CR-V report other engine problem at a median of 35,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 85,000 miles, from 24 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 6th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 900 miles at the tenth percentile to 105,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 104,652 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
50% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 880 miles | 4,375 miles | 34,543 miles | 83,250 miles | 105,532 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 2 a crash, 2 a fire and 1 an injury are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$4,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 30 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2015, at a median of 1,000 miles, and latest on the 1997 at 160,000 miles.
By volume the 2018 carries the most reports, with 339; the 2008 has 29. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
After driving my new honda cr-v for 4 weeks, 3 to 4 times a week I began to feel sick. I experienced severe headaches, nausea, burning sensation in my sinuses and throat, over-all weakness. This continued for 5 weeks until I was so sick that I stayed home in bed for 3 days in mid march. Then when I drove the car again after returning to work I again got very sick and it was at that point that I suspected that the car was somehow the cause. I saw my gp doctor, explained my symptoms and he confirmed that the chemical emissions coming from the new materials and adhesives in the interior of the car could be the cause. As long as I do not drive the car more than once a week and do so with all of the windows open I do not get sick. I have read reports that indicate that it will take 6-8 months before the harmful chemical levels drop to acceptable levels. Also, the reports say that if the car is parked in the sun, the heat intensifies the toxic chemical levels and that this can last up to 3 years. Because this has made me so very sick I felt that I should report it. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 honda cr-v. While making a right turn at 25 MPH, the vehicle lunged forward and then dramatically accelerated. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into someone's place of residence. There were no warning lights illuminated prior to the failure. The vehicle was completely destroyed and all of the air bags deployed. The contact sustained minor injuries and the house was moderately damaged. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the failure. A police report was filed. The contact has pictures of the vehicle after the failure. The failure and current mileages were 4,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 honda cr-v. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled and shut off without warning. The contact pulled onto the shoulder and the vehicle restarted a few seconds later. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but they did not assist or even perform a diagnostic. The failure mileage was 3,800 and current mileage was 4,800.
Also reported on the 2008 Honda CR-V
Other body or interior problem
Airbag inflator rupture
Other electrical problem
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure
Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure
Other steering problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 29 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other engine problem happen on the 2008 Honda CR-V?
Across 24 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 35,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 85,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other engine problem on the 2008 Honda CR-V?
29 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed