If your Honda CRV is registered in an "Enhanced Smog Check Area" where your Honda needs to be driven on a dynamometer during the smog inspection, then yes, the incorrect gear ratio problem will need to be resolved.
During the acceleration simulation mode (ASM) smog inspection, which vehicles registered in Enhanced Smog Check Areas are required to undergo, your Honda will be driven on a dynamometer during the smog check. If the smog technician is unable to maintain the proper RPMs in correlation to the required MPH, your Honda CRV will not be able to complete the smog check. Subsequently you will not be able to obtain a smog check certificate.
