Has your CR-V ever had major problems with the air conditioner? There is a lot of data showing that Honda autos of that time period have an abnormally high rate of air conditioner breakdowns. I have a 10th generation 2017 Civic whose AC is now not cooling. 10th generation Civics span 2016-2019 and I'm pretty sure the 2019 CR-V has the same AC system as these Civics.
There are 3 main components of the AC system - a condenser, a compressor, and an evaporator coil. You may already know that in 2019, Honda acknowledged that the condenser installed in these cars was defective and a technical service bulletin (TSB) was issued to replace the condensers under warranty at no cost and to extend the warranty of the new condensers to 10 years. (The TSB for the Civic is TSB 19-091.) Sadly, what owners have come to experience is the other two parts, the compressor and evaporator coil, are also prone to premature failure. Honda, however, does not consider these parts to be defective and will not compensate for the repair of any failure that might occur with these parts. The cost of replacing a compressor or evaporator coil failure tends to run over 4 figures. My Civic was diagnosed to have a bad (leaking) evaporator coil and the cost to replace is almost $3000 at the dealership, not including the $185 cost of the diagnostic test to determine the cause of a malfunctioning AC. I've heard that a compressor replacement might run roughly the same. The real kicker is that should a fixed compressor or evaporator fail again, the owner will once again be responsible to pay for the repair since Honda won't acknowledge that there is anything substandard about these parts. Given that my car is less than five years old, what's to say that if I get the evaporator coil repair done, that it won't fail again in 2 years or less, since it has already shown that it can fail quite early in its lifespan? Or if after this repair is performed, the compressor goes out the next day and Honda says that since it's a different part that has failed, I once again will have to bear the cost of the service?
It seems that 2020-2022 models aren't exhibiting the same level of air conditioner issues as the 2016-2019 models. Thus, maybe a 2022 CR-V's climate system will perform flawlessly throughout its lifetime. If you decide to wait for the next generation 2023 CR-V, these problems with the AC may have been eliminated all together...or introduced new ones due to the redesign. As you might imagine, I am biased and will be looking to move on from my Civic soon after I get the repair done. While it is more logical to hang onto the car after investing the capital to fix the AC, like a questionable investment that has you doubting your decision, sometimes it's more sensible to cut your losses early before more bad can happen.
