Honda Recalls Nearly 900,000 Minivans; Honda Accord, CRV, & Pilot Not Included In Recall
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Friday that the Honda Motor Co. is recalling 886,815 Odyssey minivans.
According to the NHTSA recall notice reported by Al Jazeera America, Honda's Odysseys built at its Lincoln, Ala. plant between 2004 and 2010 have a fuel-pump part that could crack, increasing the risk of causing a fuel leak and igniting a fire.
Honda said, so far, there have been no reports of fires or injuries related to the dilemma.
Honda said, however, because of the massive recall, the proper parts needed to repair the vehicle won't be available until the summer, but will provide "interim" parts to its customers in the meantime.
The automaker said it investigated numerous potential causes for the fuel-pump strainer cover to crack such as car wash chemical acids and low-PH materials found in fertilizer and dust control agents.
According to Honda, Japenese supplier Denso made the fuel pump modules in the U.S.
According to ABC News, because a computer problem in some Odyssey minivans, the company recalled 344,000 of the vehicles last November becaise sudden and "unexpected braking" could occur.
Additionally 318,000 of Honda's minivans were recalled last September because of reports that the airbags were inflating unnecessarily.
Similarly, General Motors Co. also issued a massive recall last month of 1.6 million of its compact cars for having faulty ignition switches that could possibly shut off the engine and disable airbags.
According to Al Jazeera, the safety watchdog group Center for Auto Safety reported Thursday that GM's problem could have resulted in at least 303 deaths as air bags failed to deploy.
GM initially reported that there were 12 deaths in 34 crashes involving its recalled vehicles.
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