Honda Odyssey recall ties 900,000 minivans to fire risk

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CNN

The recall includes some Honda Odysseys of model years 2005 through 2010.

The automaker said it expects replacement parts won't be available until the summer, but it can provide customers a temporary repair in the meantime. Honda said it would begin notifying customers in about five weeks.

Honda said it knows of no fires or injuries as a result of the issue, which it described in a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: "Prolonged exposure to acidic chemicals and a high temperature environment may cause the cover of the fuel pump strainer to deteriorate prematurely in a manner that can result in cracks in the material."

Fuel can then leak out of the cracks, Honda told NHTSA, "increasing the risk of fire."

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/16/autos/honda-odyssey-recall/

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The nearly 900,000 minivans include models years 2005 through 2010. Here, the Odyssey is pictured at a dealership in 2010.

[itsrobert]

1. Will congress investigage

Why Honda took so long like GM?

[tabasco]

2. Probably not, since there were ZERO INCIDENTS.

Kind of unlike the GM situation, in which AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.

Hope it helps.

[itsrobert]

3. unless, they were not linked

because investigators did not have this new information.

[tabasco]

4. You mean the investigators do not have the information

THAT GM HAS ADMITTED AT LEAST 12 DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE PROBLEM.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/14/autos/gm-recall-faq/index.html

Not very good investigators, are they?

[itsrobert]

5. no, investigors in the past not linking Honda fires to the Honda recall

because they did not have that info at that time.