Honda CR-V “hunting idle” again…

The 2003 and 2004 Honda CR-V are pretty great small sport-utility vehicles for their price. Soft ride on the road (for an SUV, that is), not too top-heavy, automatic all wheel drive, front wheel disc brakes with ABS, some towing capacity and off-road capability, folding picnic table (really!) hidden under the rear carpeting, moon roof and 5- or 6-speed manual available, and a 2.4 liter sixteen valve double-overhead cam engine that gets really great mileage for the power and torque.

They are, mostly, incredibly reliable and reasonably inexpensive to maintain. However, Hondas are notorious for periodically clogging their idle air control valves with gunk that’s come up the PCV, at which point Honda dealers will typically either tell you to replace the AICV (about $400 USD) or the entire throttle body and associated bric-a-brac ($1000 or thereabouts). As Eric the Car Guy says, “Working at a dealership, you don’t make a lot of money cleaning things“.
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If you have a 2003 Honda CR-V that revs wildly at idle when cold, or dies in neutral at highway speed when hot, follow Eric’s instructions for diagnosis before leaping to conclusions. That being said, it’s probably the IACV. I’ve cleaned mine twice since buying the CRV new in 2002, and it needs it again.

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