Hey everyone... I own a 1997 CRV with 62,000 miles on it. I have
noticed two things with the CRV so far. First, the sway bar link
arms start to dry up around 40-50,000 miles. You will notice these
because the car will begin to squeak under one or more of the
wheels. After awhile, it gets pretty loud. It really does not hurt
the car, but gets very annoying over time. These are easy to replace
or if you can get some grease up in there through the sealed boot,
you should be fine. Second, the car makes a whining noise when
making sharp turns after approximately 50,000 many miles. After
reading some posts, it appears that I just need to change the fluid
in the rear differential. I hope that works !!! Other than these
minor issues, the car has been very reliable for me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Oops, I
almost forgot. MY ABS dash light is coming on once in awhile now
even though my brakes are in perfect working condition. It just
seems to stay on once in awhile after starting the car. Any thoughts
on this one ?

Steve,
 
I have a '97 CRV with 102,000 miles.  I had the rear diff fluid changed last week (Thanks to everyone's suggestions) and the whining noise went away immediately.  As for the ABS light, when I was at about 60K I had the same problem, what happened was the parking brake cable was a little stretched and ABS sensor thought the parking brake was on, with the parking brake on, ABS disengages, I had the cable tightened, and it fixed the problem.  I'm not having the problem with the sway bar that you mentioned though.
 
Geoff