On August 9, 2010 Honda announced that it will be recalling 384,000 vehicles due to a faulty ignition interlock. This failure can allow vehicles to roll away unintentionally. The cars affected are 2003 Civic and Accord models, as well as 2003 and 2004 Honda Elements.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating this issue in 2008, after 15 complaints were lodged, including 10 reports of accidents caused by this ignition interlock failure. One minor injury has been reported as a result of the issue.http://detnews.com/article/20100809/AUTO01/8090383/Honda-to-recall-384-000-vehicles-over-roll-away-issues
Past Recalls
Honda announced the recall of 440,000 cars on July 31, 2009, due to an airbag defect.http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/31/autos/honda_recall/
The recall expanded one previously announced affecting 2001 and 2002 Honda Accord models, 2001 Honda Civic models and 2002 and 2003 Acura TL models.http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/31/autos/honda_recall/
As of the time of the announcement one person has died as a result of the defect.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8179349.stm
On March 1, 2010 the Associated Press reported that Honda plans on recalling somewhere around 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of problems they were having brake problems.
On February 10, 2010, Honda announced that it is adding over 430,000 vehicles to a previously announced recall to fix a problem with driver-side airbags. These primarily affect 2001 and 2002 models of the Accord, Civic, Odyssey CR-V, and some 2002 TL models from Acura.http://www.freep.com/article/20100210/BUSINESS01/100210019/1320/Honda-adds-vehicles-to-recall-over-air-bags This comes on the heels of yet another massive recall of Toyota models dealing with both gas pedal and Computer/ABS issues.
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Fast Facts
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Most recent recall August 9, 2010
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Over 1.4 million Hondas have been recalled since 2003
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2003 Honda Civics and Accords, 2003-2004 Honda Element included in most recent recall
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Faulty ignition interlocks reason for latest recall
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Information also available on Honda's official website
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Defective airbags in 2009 recall were produced by Takata Corp from Japan
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2010 recall was the result of a 2-year investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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