04 CRV engine cuts out

[Mattdog]

My CRV engine will cut out momentarily and then start back up. It happens at all speeds but if I'm stopped the engine will stall and the dash lights come on - it will start back up normally. If I'm driving it will cut out for less than a second -RPMs drop rapidly and the car slows quickly - no dash lights -then starts running again as if nothing was wrong. I can drive for 3 days and it won't happen or it will happen 4 or 5 times in the space of a few minutes. The car has about 56K miles on it. I don't know if this is related to the problem but it seemed to start when the check engine light came on for a day or so and the maintenance required light also came on. The check engine light went back out only to come back on after 4 or 5 days. The gas cap seems to be fine. I have a mechanic check it - no computer codes popped up. He got the check engine and maintenance lights out and cleaned some type of air valve which seemed to work for a few days but it's now worse than ever.

Sorry for the wordiness

Mattdog

[Mattdog]

It's now much much worse. I was on the road for about 30 minutes, cuting out frequently but this time I noticed a tick tick noise whenever it cut out. The noise seemed to come from the passenger side of the dash and was louder when the glove compartment was open. All of a sudden it cut out, the transmission acted like it was in neutral, the motor would race up and down all by itself and I coasted to a stop. Put it in park, then in drive again and it worked but only barely - couldn'd go over 20 mph with it it racing up and down again. The transmission wouldn't shift. I also noticed the temperature gauge stopped working.

I'm going to try to get it to a garage tonight after work - anyone have a clue what's going on here? thanks.

Mattdog

[PEIDriver]

Hey MattDog:

I sympathize re: CR-V stalling. Did you get it fixed. Here's what I emailed to my CR-V dealer a year ago when I had the same issues...

"...after driving for about an hour, the vehicle seemed to 'drop out' for just a fraction of a second. When it did this,
1) you could hear a 'click-click' coming from the electronics under the passenger side seat.
2) the check engine light came on for a fraction of a second.
3) the 'D'rive indicator light went out for a second, and then reappeared.
4) the rpms dropped abruptly for just a second.
It did this about four or five times, every 3 or 4 minutes, until finally, the engine light stayed on, the 'D'rive light stayed out, and the car appeared stalled. I coasted (applied no gas) to a stop, put the car in Park, and let it idle for a few minutes. The engine light stayed on. I put the car in 'D'rive and drove about 20 feet, then stopped. Engine light still on. I put the car in Park, and turned it off. I waited several minutes, turned it on, drove on..."

I dealt with this for months with no help or suggestions from the morons at the dealer - they just told me "no codes, no codes". Finally, we just replaced the mainboard, and it was fixed.

What's your current status?

PEIDriver