I have a 2,5 month young 3.500 miles driven 2005 S2000. Besides the known 2nd gear problem I was nothing but happy. Since Saturday night I'm happy being still alive.
On my way home on a empty freeway (rare condition in Southern California) my live was challenged without any warning.
A short sharp metallic bang and the S2000 were almost completely out of control at 68mi/h and were spinning several 360s. Finally I ended up in the soft bank in a huge cloud of dust after passing luckily the unforgiving concrete of a bridge.
The good news first: I was able to keep the car more or less on the road and the S2000 seem to be flipping over resistant.
The scary bad news: The right rear upper A-frame was broken off the Hub (the cause). The suspension is after this wild ride heavily damaged - I’m looking at ~ $10.000 repair.
Honda USA reacted insulting and of cause declined any responsibility.
I’m from Germany – use to drive fast but responsible and without accident for over 30 years – live now in California for 8 years (means I know the roads) and with 52 certainly not a silly punk.
At Honda USA they play the “Blame the customer” game and I’m seeking for help and information. Any similar events out there…?


PS. I checked the freeway on the next day at daylight for unusual road condition and was unable to blame the incident on CalTrans.

Honda seems to be very good at that...and getting better every day. 2 years ago when I was researching the S2000 I never came across any serious complaints like yours, so it can't be common. I would threaten legal action- repairs, compensatory damages, etc. There's no excuse (assuming you WERE driving normally) for a serious problem like that to occur. The car is almost brand new, anyway. They will most likely decline responsibility until you play some hardball. And seeing as how you may easily have been killed, I don't think a little hardball is out of order here...

Did you hit anything that would have caused the damage to suspension? Let's see some pictures.