Honda sent out letters to every CRV owner in the country making them aware of the issue and if they were experiencing it, to take it to a dealer to get it repaired. The repair involves actual replacement of hardware in addition to a software update.
Mazda*s fix is just a software upgrade, which I don*t believe will fix anything in my opinion.
I don't really have a dog in the Honda fight, so please don't take this as anything but me repeating what I've read:
In the United States (again, from what I read), Honda has sent out repair letters saying they plan to repair cars in the 5 coldest states first, then repair cars in the next 16 coldest states. Then they'll stop.
If you live in the remaining 29 states, Honda plans to do nothing. There is no relief available for those owners (except for one-on-one negotiations with the dealers to at least get the software upgraded). Honda extended the warranty for Canadian owners only.
So if you live in one of those 29 states, don't get transferred to a colder climate with your job and don't sell your Honda to someone who might be moving, because Honda won't fix your car where you currently live. And when I was car shopping, I read posts from Honda owners who claimed to have significant oil dilution issues and they lived in Arizona...they were throwing the BS Flag on the "it's only short trips/cold weather" position. Honda Corporate is leaving customers in 29 states hanging on this issue.
And the Oil Dilution solution
is just a software fix, excepting that
some cars
may have the air conditioning control unit replaced. This is not a universal hardware fix, nor is it even a universal software fix, nor is it being performed for all Honda owners. This whole thing is a stupid PR error in my opinion.
You can read posts today on the internet from 2019 owners (whose cars had the "fix" before delivery) claiming that
they have significant OD issues. And Honda continues to beg off, saying that "Some OD is normal." Of course, "some" is not defined...that's for all those Honda owners to negotiate with their dealer.