Honda to recall 561,594 cars

[MikeMike]

Honda to recall 561,594 cars at cost of $24 mln Wed Jun 14, 2:22 AM ET
Japan's Honda Motor Co. (7267.T) said on Wednesday it would recall and repair a combined 561,594 units of the Odyssey, CR-V and Step Wgn models globally to fix a faulty ignition switch that could cause the engine to stop.

The recall and repairs would cost the company around 2.73 billion yen ($23.70 million), a spokeswoman said.

Of the total, 483,185 units are in Japan and were built between October 1994 and May 1997, Honda said in a filing with Japan's transport ministry.

Most of the recalls outside Japan cover the Odyssey minivan sold in North America. No accidents were reported overseas, while five people in Japan suffered burns from contact with melted ignition switches.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060614/bs_nm/autos_honda_recall_dc_1

 

[vi edit]

Do recalls typically go back 12 years?

Wow.

 

[fbrdphreak]

So where are the other 78,409 vehicles? US?

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Do recalls typically go back 12 years?

Wow.

yea, look at Toyotas 4Runner recall.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Props for a recall on such old vehicles. :thumbsup:

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Props for a recall on such old vehicles. :thumbsup:

wait what? so because they could have known of this issue for 10 years, you are giving them props now?

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Props for a recall on such old vehicles. :thumbsup:

wait what? so because they could have known of this issue for 10 years, you are giving them props now?

yeah just to piss you off lol

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Props for a recall on such old vehicles. :thumbsup:

wait what? so because they could have known of this issue for 10 years, you are giving them props now?

some manufacturers know about problems for years and do absolutely nothing.

recalls are never good, but if it came down to continuing to ignore a problem vs recall, recall is always preferred.

 

[raildogg]

Furiously searching for news on domestic automakers to offset this imbalance of negative news on foreign automakers ...

 

[SampSon]

That's quite the old recall.

 

[GundamW]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Honda to recall 561,594 cars at cost of $24 mln Wed Jun 14, 2:22 AM ET
Japan's Honda Motor Co. (7267.T) said on Wednesday it would recall and repair a combined 561,594 units of the Odyssey, CR-V and Step Wgn models globally to fix a faulty ignition switch that could cause the engine to stop.

The recall and repairs would cost the company around 2.73 billion yen ($23.70 million), a spokeswoman said.

Of the total, 483,185 units are in Japan and were built between October 1994 and May 1997, Honda said in a filing with Japan's transport ministry.

Most of the recalls outside Japan cover the Odyssey minivan sold in North America. No accidents were reported overseas, while five people in Japan suffered burns from contact with melted ignition switches.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060614/bs_nm/autos_honda_recall_dc_1

Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.

- Tyler Durden

 

[skyking]

ROFL, my brother in Law had called my wife to warn her that her car was going to catch on fire or drip molten metal on her legs or something. He is a nut case so I dismissed it out of hand. NOW I know where he got started tonight. Of course, the '05 Pilot looks to be out of the range of years and models😛

 

[dafatha00]

Kudos to Honda for recalling old cars as well.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Props for a recall on such old vehicles. :thumbsup:

wait what? so because they could have known of this issue for 10 years, you are giving them props now?

yeah, for such old cars they could have just said screw it and done nothing about it, :thumbsup: from me.

btw MIKEMIKE I'm leaving for bonnaroo in the morning, hope you can make it 😉

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Props for a recall on such old vehicles. :thumbsup:

wait what? so because they could have known of this issue for 10 years, you are giving them props now?

yeah, for such old cars they could have just said screw it and done nothing about it, :thumbsup: from me.

btw MIKEMIKE I'm leaving for bonnaroo in the morning, hope you can make it 😉

no hope.

i need to make hopefully like 200-300 Sunday dinner, which would be awesome, in like 8 hours of work.