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Interesting to see how many TSBs are issued and customer complaints.

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Recalls | NHTSA

Use our VIN lookup tool to check for recalls on your car, or search by make and model. Also, get recall information on car seats, tires and equipment.
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We Canadians have our own Transport Canada site here --->

Search - Canada.ca

A quick and easy way to search for passenger vehicle and light truck recalls. Just provide the make, model, and year of the vehicle and you’ll get information straight from the Transport Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Recalls Database.
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Be glad the TSB's are out there. Some companies like to keep their products a secret and let you find out the hard way. ALL car manufactures have TSB's.
I had my 2016 HR-V checked and serviced under the TSB for the CVT transmission. It was proven not to be the problematic one, got a new software update and now my transmission has a warranty for 7 years/150,000 miles.
I like this kind of TSB.
 
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Well, if your 2016 HRV has an in-service date of mid-2015 or so, your "7 year" extended CVT warranty may only be 7 or 8 more months!
 
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The good news is, my transmission was inspected, found to be good (I watched the mechanic do the procedure - it's non-interference and uses magnets) and the software is updated so the fluid is now pumping better. I really don't expect my transmission to go bad now. I'm happy. If I didn't receive my TSB recall, I would still have a "time bomb" in my transmission.
Past TSB's in my other Honda's have been for the exploding airbag shrapnel. Got that done, too.
I've been driving Honda's since 1991 and they've all been great with many hundreds of thousands of miles on all of them. However, I don't think the new ones are as good as the old ones. Honda is getting too greedy now.
 
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Not sure what your automotive background is but running magnets on the bottom of the CVT oil pan is hardly a transmission inspection.

Just because your CVT trans passed this trivial "inspection" and is declared good doesn't mean much.
The CVT could still be failing, could still have debris in the oil pan and in both transmission filters.

This trivial CVT "inspection" is pure cost savings by Honda.
2 minutes with a magnet versus drain and analyze the trans fluid, drop the trans pan, inspect the bottom of the pan, remove and inspect both transmission filters, inspect the transmission mechanicals.
That is actually how a transmission is "inspected". :)

We don't actually know what the HRV CVT software update does.
Derate the engine? Increase the fluid pressure? Increase the "gearing" and engine running rpm? etc. etc.

We won't know for several years if the HRV CVT software update improves the reliability of the transmission.
 
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CalgaryHRV said:
Not sure what your automotive background is but running magnets on the bottom of the CVT oil pan is hardly a transmission inspection.

Just because your CVT trans passed this trivial "inspection" and is declared good doesn't mean much.
The CVT could still be failing, could still have debris in the oil pan and in both transmission filters.

This trivial CVT "inspection" is pure cost savings by Honda.
2 minutes with a magnet versus drain and analyze the trans fluid, drop the trans pan, inspect the bottom of the pan, remove and inspect both transmission filters, inspect the transmission mechanicals.
That is actually how a transmission is "inspected". :)

We don't actually know what the HRV CVT software update does.
Derate the engine? Increase the fluid pressure? Increase the "gearing" and engine running rpm? etc. etc.

We won't know for several years if the HRV CVT software update improves the reliability of the transmission.
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The magnets are part of a specific procedure using specific steps using a template and tools from Honda. The steps have to be certified and returned to Honda by the Honda shop in order to comply with the recall. Before you give an opinion, perhaps you should get the facts. My automotive background is irrelevant here.
 
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Sorry if my post came off negatively. That was not my intent.

My apologies and we can agree to disagree on Honda's HRV CVT inspection. :)
 
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CalgaryHRV said:
Sorry if my post came off negatively. That was not my intent.

My apologies and we can agree to disagree on Honda's HRV CVT inspection. :)
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OK, we're good.
Although I've been doing a lot of DIY on all of my vehicles since the 1960's, I realize that I still have a lot to learn because technology is continually changing. This is one of the reasons I hang out in the local Honda dealership garage watching, learning and sometimes assisting the master technician who has been working on all of my vehicles - Honda and non-Honda - for the last 30 years. As far as I know, I'm the only customer allowed in the service area because of my good relationship with the work force and management. I've learned a lot from these people and I've trusted them because they will tell me the bad as well as the good. The master technician is constantly attending classes at corporate Honda so he can train the rest of the staff. He went out of his way to show me how the HR-V's CVT recall procedure was done while he was doing it to my car. It took over an hour to go through all of the steps and re-programming.
 
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