Recall Friday: Honda Recalls 182,756 Civics For Jettisoning Wheels

Wow!

Reminds me of the time a few decades ago when a turbine-engined car was winning Indy by a lap and lost the race because a two-dollar bearing quit on the final lap.

I wonder if they use those crappy Nachi bearing. I used a couple of these in my race cars and they grenaded about ~10 laps in one of my practice sessions.

The operative phrase here is 'may not seal properly'...

There's probably little to no chance of this ever occurring, but it's good of them to do the right thing here and remove/replace.

Note: Now watch the Honda Haters start a-flammin'

Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!

*sad*

It's deceiving because Honda did not fully disclose its use of el-cheapo components on this vehicle. For me, its another good reason not to buy a Honda.

Fair play to Honda for issuing the recall. Like i've previously said though, all makes of car suffer problems from time to time. There is no perfect car, they're all designed by humans unfortunately.

This should once and for all settle it.

Toyota > Honda

what about toyota tundra camshafts lol like kinger said they were designed by humans so they will have problems humans make mistakes and therefore are not perfect (and neither is lexus and im not a german fanboy i like lexus)why do i even bother answering u?

I'll take a Toyota over a Honda any day. I'm pissed at Honda because the otherwise fabulous 2008 Accord V-6 is still a SOHC instead of DOHC engine and therefore off my shopping list for sure.

rly? I thought they were sticking dohcs. the 4 cyl in our 07 is a dohc.

We have to have wheels on our cars in order to drive don't we?

Honda should think about that the next time they design a car.

Huu ... resevoir cap that is why you posted the article to show flaws of BMW's. That is pathetic... nice try ... I do believe that toyota and honda have had ALOT more recalls in the last 2 years than BMW has. Isnt toyota and honda supposed to be the most reliable and not have such recalls. I thought " Reliability " is their strong point ...lol ..But apparently, you do not need your wheels when driving.

They are losing reliability because they now are in the big leagues and are suffering the woes of mass production at a high rate of speed. When you sell a lot of cars, you must make them faster and get them out more quickly, thus a less cars get inspected at the point of the end of the production line. My uncle works for Nissan (Infiniti division here in the US) and he said this is one of the reasons for quality issues. GM and Ford have had this problem for years cause they sold well and had to pump out a ton of vehicles. Costs rise, companies look for cheaper parts, companies to make the parts faster to keep up with demand.... thus you are gonna have issues. Like someone said before, humans make them. I just wish people would stop bad mouthing when an American or European company has a recall and praise the Japanese for having a recall... junk is junk, period. And my brother's Civic has had 4 recalls (this makes the 5th) and has had power window issues 2 times that has not been recalled. Maybe the Japanese companies afre now feeling the effects of being on top, like the original Big 3 did....

Seals prolly from China :-P

I hope Honda doesn't push themselves any further or else lead to more problems, like toyota. reason to how MB also suffered late 90's into the late 00's. now making huge improvements.

Actually the reason Mercedes-Benz had a quality low-point during that time-frame was cost-cutting ordered by a new-look management that tried running a tighter ship.

They soon realised a tarnished reputation would cost more in the long-run than quality electrical systems.

Honda appears to be falling into the trap of squeezing the last penny of profit out of the product by using el cheapo components. They also appear to have a corporate culture that encourages abuse of their brand by failing to deliver on its promise. This will lead to Honda's eventual demise if not checked early.

Like I said before in the Jeep Cherokee recall , just a little fine tuning . See, no flaming here

I better bring my Honda in!

These companies are losing reliability because they now are in the big leagues and are suffering the woes of mass production at a high rate of speed. When you sell a lot of cars, you must make them faster and get them out more quickly, thus a less cars get inspected at the point of the end of the production line. My uncle works for Nissan (Infiniti division here in the US) and he said this is one of the reasons for quality issues. GM and Ford have had this problem for years cause they sold well and had to pump out a ton of vehicles. Costs rise, companies look for cheaper parts, companies to make the parts faster to keep up with demand.... thus you are gonna have issues. Like someone said before, humans make them. I just wish people would stop bad mouthing when an American or European company has a recall and praise the Japanese for having a recall... junk is junk, period. And my brother's Civic has had 4 recalls (this makes the 5th) and has had power window issues 2 times that has not been recalled. Maybe the Japanese companies afre now feeling the effects of being on top, like the original Big 3 did....

Maybe they should call chrysler and source their patented "no leak" gaskets and seals.

You just expect this stuff from "big three" US auto makers. It takes an act of <National Higher Power> to get them to recall. Remember Fight Club recall Math? Honda has to protect it's cred since they still have some.

The Germans have fallen behind in dynamics, thats news to me, who have they fallen behind to?