Honda recalling nearly 400K vehicles

[OhioChick]

Source: AP

Posted: 1:17 PM

WASHINGTON - Honda Motor Co. is recalling the popular Accord and Civic passenger cars to address problems with an ignition switch that could allow the key to be removed without the transmission being shifted into park, its third recall over the problem since 2003.

Honda said the most recent recall involved 384,220 vehicles and includes 2003 model year Accord and Civics and 2003-2004 versions of the Honda Element. Honda told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the defect with the automatic transmissions could lead to a vehicle rolling away and increase the risk of a crash.

The Japanese automaker said in a statement the recall would involve about 197,000 Accords, 117,000 Civics and 69,000 Elements. The company said it has received several complaints about the ignition interlock and "is aware of a small number of related incidents, including one that resulted in a minor injury."

Honda said the ignition interlock mechanism could be damaged or worn during use and "it may become possible to remove the ignition key when the shift lever is not in park." Unless the parking brake is set, the vehicle could roll away under those circumstances and lead to a crash.


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[snooper2]

1. oh noes, the interlock is broken...

It's just amazing all the millions of folks who were able to drive around with a vehicle that looked like this on the inside.....Without killing grandma :P

[Roland99]

2. I remember my Dad's old (early 70s) Pontiac Catalina.

We'd regularly ask Dad to take the key out of the ignition and keep driving around. Which, of course, he would. He'd pull the key right out and the car kept on a going and turning and acting just fine.


:)

[Kolesar]

4. But Dad kept coming back home? eom

[Lightning Count]

3. Minor problem

Glad they are issuing a recall though.

[DainBramaged]

5. Saturday morning I am driving my CHEVY COBALT SS to work to change the oil

and rotatentate the tires. On a back road (I like staying off the highway if possible, one eye blind ya know) in Rockaway NJ I see this Accord in the street as if it had rolled down the driveway and thought "forgot to engage the emergency brake'. In the middle of the street, enough room to drive around but still, in the middle.


Now I wonder if that car was a victim of this foul failure and subsequent recall. :rofl: