Karina Basso  |  May 28, 2015

Category: Consumer News

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Honda class action lawsuitOn May 26, a vibrating defect class action lawsuit was filed against American Honda Motor Co. Inc. by a Honda 2015 CR-V owner, who alleges the automaker failed to inform consumers of a known defect in the Honda CR-V vehicle’s engines and transmissions that causes the car to vibrate while idling and when in drive. This alleged Honda defect causes the CR-V vehicles to vibrate “to the point of nausea,” according to the Honda class action lawsuit filed in California federal court.

Plaintiff Vivian Romaya claims she bought her 2015 Honda CR-V EX-L in February of this year for $30,000, excluding taxes and other charges. Romaya alleges that within just a few days of purchasing the Honda vehicle, she noticed a vibration in the car that ran from the driver’s seat through the plaintiff’s hips and back. According to the vibrating defect class action lawsuit, the vibration was the most noticeable when the Honda vehicle was idling, though the vibrations continued when the plaintiff accelerated at highway speeds.

Romaya claims in this Honda vibrating defect class action lawsuit that the vibrations caused by the defect made her nauseated and physically uncomfortable. The Honda class action lawsuit claims:

“On or about February 20, 2015, Plaintiff brought the vehicle back to Honda of Lisle complaining about the vibration. The dealership staff drove the vehicle and noted the existence of the vibrations reported. The dealership staff told Plaintiff that the problem was the alternator shaft, which they replaced. Replacing the alternator shaft, however, had no impact on the vibrations Plaintiff experienced in her 2015 Honda CR-V EX-L. Plaintiff continued to experience the nauseating and physically uncomfortable vibrations when she drove the vehicle.”

Because the vibrating defect persisted, Romaya returned to the dealership on March 30, at which time the dealership gave her a replacement vehicle to drive while they attempted to fix the vibration defect. She returned less than a month later to pick up her Honda CR-V vehicle, only to discover that the vibration defect had not been remedied.

Romaya claims, “The dealership staff indicated that Honda engineers were aware of the excessive vibration problem throughout the production line of 2015 Honda CR-Vs and were working on a ‘fix’ to the vibration problem  … but currently did not have any solution,” according to the Honda vibrating defect class action lawsuit.

Soon after in April, Romaya requested a refund for her Honda CR-V vehicle, but she was rejected. Instead, the Honda dealership sought to buy her vehicle for only $26,000, over $3,000 less what the plaintiff originally paid for the vehicle just two months prior.

Romaya seeks to represent herself in this Honda vibrating defect class action lawsuit, as well as a Class that includes: “All persons in the United States and its territories who purchased or leased a 2015 Honda CR-V.” This Honda class action lawsuit brings several allegations against the automobile manufacturer, including claims of violating the California Unfair Competition Law, the state’s false advertising law, consumer legal remedies act, breach of express warranty, common law fraud, and negligent misrepresentation.

The vibrating defect class action lawsuit states the plaintiff is seeking the Class certification for the above defined Class, notification to all Class Members about the 2015 Honda CR-V vibrating defect, award of compensatory damages, restitution, and other forms of monetary compensation for Romaya and the Class, payment of attorney’s fees and court costs, and other forms of relief deemed fit by the court.

The Honda Vibrating Defect Class Action Lawsuit is Romaya v. American Honda Motor Co. Inc., Case No. 2:2015cv03938, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

UPDATE: September 2018, the Honda CR-V vibration class action settlement is now open. Click here for more information. 

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61 thoughts onHonda CR-V Defect Causes Engine Vibration, Class Action Alleges

  1. Genaro Franco says:

    Tengo el mismo problema de vibracion en mi crv 2016 desde que la estube pagando y se los hice saber a la honda. Y asta hoy el problema sigue y es mas notorio,mas molesto.

  2. Albert says:

    I have the same issues,2022 honda accord, dealership claims is the engine and thats normal, but for the first 9k miles it didn’t do that.

  3. Elkin Zapata says:

    Tengo el mismo problema con mi Honda CR-V 2014 vibra a 25 millas por hora

    1. Elkin says:

      Quiero otro carro porque pienso hablar con un abogado de mi estado

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