# 2007 Honda CRV purchase questions

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-crv-purchase-questions/88204>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 29, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-crv-purchase-questions/88204 "2014-11-29T04:03:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![melott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/melott/32/10827_2.png) [@melott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melott)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-crv-purchase-questions/88204/1 "2014-11-29T04:03:05Z")

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Car looks great inside and out, 99k miles. Oil looks a bit dark, tranny fluid a bit dark reddish (I don’t know the original color of this type fluid) but not tarry and not smelly. Owner says it was changed once. This is the biggie: owner says he had the oil changed when the onboard computer said to. Records show that this was mostly every 10k miles. Would you but it?

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**Author:** ![melott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/melott/32/10827_2.png) [@melott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melott)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-crv-purchase-questions/88204/2 "2014-11-29T04:11:31Z")

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I forgot to mention that there were frequent “check alignment” items in the service records. I have a vague recollection that this model sometime had alignment problems around this time period. Anyone know about that?

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-crv-purchase-questions/88204/3 "2014-11-29T04:56:14Z")

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If the driving was mostly highway and the owner is not lying, it might be a good deal. My neighbor’s wife had a CRV she drove for nearly 10 years and it was virtually bullet-proof.

If the driving was all stop and go with no long trips, I would pass on it.

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**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-crv-purchase-questions/88204/4 "2014-11-29T05:17:40Z")

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Re: alignment; how is the tire wear? It’s odd the seller didn’t go to the trouble to present his car with clean oil and tranny fluid. Understandable for a trade-in but he’s obviously looking for an unaware buyer.

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**Author:** ![melott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/melott/32/10827_2.png) [@melott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melott)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-crv-purchase-questions/88204/5 "2014-11-29T05:23:04Z")

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Tires look ok. Wear even.

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**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-crv-purchase-questions/88204/6 "2014-11-29T06:17:29Z")

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This model CRV has the oil life monitor and uses 5W-20 oil; the monitor is decent for evaluating severe vs normal driving conditions. Mine had 60% life remaining at 8K miles. So nothing unusual.