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Honda recalls 440,000 vehicles

tryme submitted on 8/4/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:12:36 PM

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Because of a potentially lethal airbag defect on the driver’s side, Honda Motor Co.

is recalling another 440,000 vehicles. The original announcement to recall some 2001 Accord and Civic sedans was made last November.

Due to too much air pressure, the airbag inflators in some of its top-selling sedans can rupture causing metal fragments to shoot through the airbag and strike vehicle occupants. Already, one fatality and a number of injuries have been reported. Honda spokesman Sage Marie said that the recall covers certain 2001 and 2002 Accords, 2001 Civics and some 2002 and 2003 model Acura TL sedans.

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Honda recalls 440,000 vehicles

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Joe_Limon

Gotta love recalls involving fatalities...

— Joe_Limon (View Profile)

Posted on 8/4/2009 2:06:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Invisible

You are sick, why on earth would you love a recall involving a person that was killed?

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Posted on 8/4/2009 2:24:58 PM | | Votes: 1   

Joe_Limon

Sorry, should I have added </sarcasm> again?

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Posted on 8/4/2009 3:33:47 PM | | Votes: 2   

rxh8me9000

lmao...its obvious it was a sarcastic remark..some people have no sense of humor.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 8:15:22 PM | | Votes: 3   

Agent63

No company is 100% immune to recalls. It's part of life so move on with it! lol.

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Posted on 8/5/2009 1:02:21 AM | | Votes: 1   

Htay7500

Welcome to last week.

Very dangerous.

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/4/2009 2:13:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

carguy68

And people think jap cars are good.
First toyota now honda with the recalls.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 2:15:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

Invisible

Imagine that, it took Honda till 2009 before they ever had a recall.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 2:25:52 PM | | Votes: 1   

rxh8me9000

They should recall your brain.

— rxh8me9000 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/4/2009 8:16:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

HyundaiSmoke

Wow are these guys losing it? That 2001 Civic was a jaloppi, just look at the recalls nthsa.gov . Thats like the 10th recall for this car, I feel bad for the people who bought this car, thinking that it was going to be a typically reliable honda. I almost bought one back in 2001 believe it or not, Iam glad my credit score was poop.

Some of you hters will mention the Hyundai recalls from a few months ago, however the Hyundai Recall did not involve serious safety issues.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 8:49:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

huu76

Was wondering when this would get posted, The Star had this last week.

Popularity has its good and bad side. Figures it only happened on the first year model.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 11:35:34 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Badgewhore

This is a DEFECT recall, not a POOR design recall. Since most Hondas and TL are made in the US, there lies the problem. Some lazy arse american who was jerking off when he/she should be paying attention to details at their job.

— Badgewhore (View Profile)

Posted on 8/5/2009 12:06:21 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

EL34

Oh what a tangled web Honda weaved, When first they practiced to deceive...

:-(

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Posted on 8/5/2009 12:56:00 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

_43LE

Then by your logic, almost every car maker had deceived...some more than others...

:-(

— _43LE (View Profile)

Posted on 8/5/2009 9:41:59 AM | | Votes: 2   

snatchandgrab

Mitchel, I guess that means you don't own a German car. I own a Merc and a Bmw and the Merc has been recalled a couple of times for safety and mechanical reasons (S430). I remember when they recalled all of the ml's because the thing would cut off in the middle of the expressway and they blamed on heavy keys.

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Posted on 8/5/2009 10:18:51 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

huu76

EL34,
Been a while since we've seen cutting and pasting of this superb quality.

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Posted on 8/6/2009 11:12:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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