Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS | ||||||||||||||||
| 07V551000 | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | from 06/02/2005 to 09/07/2006 | V (Vehicle) | 43200 | 12/12/2007 | MFR | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | 12/04/2007 | 12/04/2007 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain passenger vehicles, prolonged high under-hood temperatures may cause the power steering hose to deteriorate prematurely causing the hose to crack and leak power steering fluid. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Power steering fluid leaking onto a hot catalytic converter will generate smoke and possibly lead to an under-hood fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install a new heat resistant power steering hose free of charge. the recall began on december 12, 2007. owners may contact honda at 800-382-2238. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Honda recall no. q65.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 08/18/2012 | 120000 | 1 | |
| Driving down steep s turn in mountains when battery cable disconnected and all of car's systems shut down. no brakes, no steering, no power. worst part was that doors locked and we could not unlock them nor the windows. extremely frightening. there was no cell phone service where we were. if not for forest ranger who came along, because of car being partly into one of the lanes of this two-lane road, we would have roasted to death. nobody else stopped in spite of help signs. there was no inside manual exit from car. ranger had to jiggle and hold battery connection until we could unlock car. we were just lucky we weren't either going faster or in area with no mountain to the side of us where we might have gone off cliff. we were on a dangerous curve and were scared to death someone would hit us from behind. rangers and one of us directed traffic until tow truck arrived 1-1/2 hrs later. the battery was only a couple months old. tow truck said wrong battery had been installed at time of change and that it popped the clamps that ensure connection and a charge on the battery. but losing a battery connection shouldn't mean someone is going to lose their life! we had four people in the car, and we all feel we barely escaped. *tr | |||
| 08/18/2012 | 120000 | ||
| Driving down steep s turn in mountains when battery cable disconnected and all of car's systems shut down. no brakes, no steering, no power. worst part was that doors locked and we could not unlock them nor the windows. extremely frightening. there was no cell phone service where we were. if not for forest ranger who came along, because of car being partly into one of the lanes of this two-lane road, we would have roasted to death. nobody else stopped in spite of help signs. there was no inside manual exit from car. ranger had to jiggle and hold battery connection until we could unlock car. we were just lucky we weren't either going faster or in area with no mountain to the side of us where we might have gone off cliff. we were on a dangerous curve and were scared to death someone would hit us from behind. rangers and one of us directed traffic until tow truck arrived 1-1/2 hrs later. the battery was only a couple months old. tow truck said wrong battery had been installed at time of change and that it popped the clamps that ensure connection and a charge on the battery. but losing a battery connection shouldn't mean someone is going to lose their life! we had four people in the car, and we all feel we barely escaped. | |||