I would hate to be a Honda owner now.
twospirits
07-09-2004, 12:29 PM
With all the customer satisfaction and Initial Quality awards Hyundai has been getting lately and even tying with Honda in one of them you know that Honda owners are not too happy.
Its amazing they are still tied in second place with this many recalls and problems. And people still have the nerve to say don't buy a Hyundai cause its not built right or unrealiable. HA give me a break.
Source Automotive News (http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=9276 ).
Its been a bad year for Honda. Check this out...
August, 2003...
Recalling 31,000 Accords due to faulty exhaust pipe that could emit harmful fuel vapors.
June 9th, 2004
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. is recalling more than 150,000 vehicles due to problems with airbags and interior lights,
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said potentially incorrect inflation rates in the driver's side front airbag prompted Honda to recall 130,617 compact CR-V SUVs from the 2002 to 2004 model years. Separately, it said Honda was recalling 19,572 Accord sedans because the dimmer control for their instrument panel lights can fail due to heat buildup.
June 21, 2004
Honda recalling 70,240 Accords in China due to a fuel tank defect
June 30, 2004
plans a recall of some 640,000 vehicles worldwide due to suspected defects with transmission and fuel pump systems. Of the total, Honda said it will recall about 500,000 Accord, Acura TL and Acura CL models in the United States, while recalling 38,000 in Canada. Honda will also recall some 68,000 units of five models including Odyssey minivans in Japan, and some 11,000 elsewhere in Asia.
and now this..
July 9, 2004
At least 27 Honda CR-V sport-utility vehicles from the 2003 and 2004 model years burst into flames shortly after getting their first oil changes, The Washington Post reported on Friday. No injuries were reported, but many of the vehicles were destroyed, usually with 10,000 miles or fewer on their odometers, the newspaper said, citing records provided to the U.S. government by Honda. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration investigated the situation and concluded July 1 that the cases were the fault of dealerships or others who improperly installed oil filters, the newspaper said. According to the report, NHTSA and American Honda Motor Co. agreed that oil from the filters most likely leaked onto the vehicles' hot exhaust systems, quickly igniting. "We consulted with Honda. Honda concluded it was a technician's error, and they have taken steps to make sure service technicians who work on this vehicle understand that they need to be particularly diligent when they replace the oil filter," NHTSA spokesman Rae Tyson was quoted as saying. Honda doesn't know why the fires are happening in only the two most recent CR-V model years and not earlier ones, spokesman Andy Boyd told the newspaper "That's the part we're still investigating," he said. There were about 140,000 CR-Vs sold in the United States in 2003 and Honda said 22 of them caught fire from the apparent oil filter problem, the Post reported. So far this year, five owners of 2004 CR-Vs have reported such fires to NHTSA, the newspaper said.
Sorry Honda owners buy you should have bought a Hyundai. :naughty:
Its amazing they are still tied in second place with this many recalls and problems. And people still have the nerve to say don't buy a Hyundai cause its not built right or unrealiable. HA give me a break.
Source Automotive News (http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=9276 ).
Its been a bad year for Honda. Check this out...
August, 2003...
Recalling 31,000 Accords due to faulty exhaust pipe that could emit harmful fuel vapors.
June 9th, 2004
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. is recalling more than 150,000 vehicles due to problems with airbags and interior lights,
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said potentially incorrect inflation rates in the driver's side front airbag prompted Honda to recall 130,617 compact CR-V SUVs from the 2002 to 2004 model years. Separately, it said Honda was recalling 19,572 Accord sedans because the dimmer control for their instrument panel lights can fail due to heat buildup.
June 21, 2004
Honda recalling 70,240 Accords in China due to a fuel tank defect
June 30, 2004
plans a recall of some 640,000 vehicles worldwide due to suspected defects with transmission and fuel pump systems. Of the total, Honda said it will recall about 500,000 Accord, Acura TL and Acura CL models in the United States, while recalling 38,000 in Canada. Honda will also recall some 68,000 units of five models including Odyssey minivans in Japan, and some 11,000 elsewhere in Asia.
and now this..
July 9, 2004
At least 27 Honda CR-V sport-utility vehicles from the 2003 and 2004 model years burst into flames shortly after getting their first oil changes, The Washington Post reported on Friday. No injuries were reported, but many of the vehicles were destroyed, usually with 10,000 miles or fewer on their odometers, the newspaper said, citing records provided to the U.S. government by Honda. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration investigated the situation and concluded July 1 that the cases were the fault of dealerships or others who improperly installed oil filters, the newspaper said. According to the report, NHTSA and American Honda Motor Co. agreed that oil from the filters most likely leaked onto the vehicles' hot exhaust systems, quickly igniting. "We consulted with Honda. Honda concluded it was a technician's error, and they have taken steps to make sure service technicians who work on this vehicle understand that they need to be particularly diligent when they replace the oil filter," NHTSA spokesman Rae Tyson was quoted as saying. Honda doesn't know why the fires are happening in only the two most recent CR-V model years and not earlier ones, spokesman Andy Boyd told the newspaper "That's the part we're still investigating," he said. There were about 140,000 CR-Vs sold in the United States in 2003 and Honda said 22 of them caught fire from the apparent oil filter problem, the Post reported. So far this year, five owners of 2004 CR-Vs have reported such fires to NHTSA, the newspaper said.
Sorry Honda owners buy you should have bought a Hyundai. :naughty:
nisco
07-09-2004, 09:24 PM
and everyone wonders why hyundai is starting off "slow" they have tto rebuild the whole company from their crappy bomb like mitsu engines they once had.... people will be seeing alot of things from hyundai soon
like the fr type tiburon in 2007... front engine rear wheel drive....
say it with me.... ohhh yeees!
like the fr type tiburon in 2007... front engine rear wheel drive....
say it with me.... ohhh yeees!
twospirits
07-09-2004, 10:40 PM
Okay I will, "ohhh yeees!" :smile:
tibby01
07-14-2004, 10:09 AM
mmmmm....true sports car.
ill be all over that.
"ohhh yeees!"
ill be all over that.
"ohhh yeees!"
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