Just FYI Honda is recalling 1.3M cars

May 24, 2002 4:22 PM

Just FYI Honda is recalling 1.3M cars For a fault in ignition system. Check if your car is in the list.
posted by elpapacito (10 comments total)

Nice of Honda just to do it, rather than complaining about it until they're forced to and then blaming it on someone else *cough*ford*cough*.

My 2001 Civic isn't in there, but the 98 that I had would have been.
posted by SpecialK at 6:16 PM on May 24, 2002

Are auto recalls really that big of a deal? If you've registered your address with your automaker, they send you notifications of recalls. They happen all the time, although a few make major news from time to time.

The NHTSA has tons of information about auto industry recalls past and present (info dating back to 1966).

There are countless incidents of reputed problems with automobiles that don't generate recalls. Watch 20/20 or its ilk from time to time and you'll see these all over the place.

I guess my question to you is, was this one recall worth a frontpage post? There's lots of interesting links and information about the practice of auto recalls. I really wish this post had been a little more richly developed so we could have more to talk about than late-model Hondas we've owned.
posted by daveadams at 7:33 PM on May 24, 2002

I don't recall ever owning a Honda.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:54 PM on May 24, 2002

Scratch that. I recall about six Hondas.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:57 PM on May 24, 2002

Must have been a bad three minutes, there.

Really, a million-car recall isn't that unusual. And Ford does recalls of this scale all the time, too.
posted by dhartung at 8:09 PM on May 24, 2002

dhartung, you have no idea.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:18 PM on May 24, 2002

Interesting. I drive a 97 honda civic, and the ignition has been having problems. Now I guess I won't have to pay for the repair. Cool.
posted by bingo at 12:43 AM on May 25, 2002

dhartung:

Really, a million-car recall isn't that unusual. And Ford does recalls of this scale all the time, too.

Yeah, but that's only because Ford (and U.S. brands in general) is synonymous with the term "shitbox".

My Civic has been trouble free for almost 160,000 miles.
posted by mark13 at 3:37 PM on May 25, 2002

you can get additional information at Honda's Owner Link site
posted by surfmoc at 5:57 PM on May 25, 2002

And Ford does recalls

... this big all the time... my 3-year old windstar had 8 recalls... wasn't it supposed to be the "safest" vehicle... thankfully it's gone, and ford is no longer in my consumer lexicon....
posted by jkaczor at 10:26 PM on May 25, 2002