Honda defect may cause deadly accidents

A problem with the ignition switch in Honda cars may cause a Deadly Accident!

The car may stall without warning while driving in traffic.

This has been a known problem and has resulted in a recall by Honda (NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 03V423000), but some cars with the ignition switch replaced as part of the recall may still have this problem.

Is Honda trying to conceal this? Are they in fact aware that their measures in the recall were inadequate to properly correct the problem?

Are they leaving peoples lives at risk in order to avoid the expense of properly correcting the problem?

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bokaratom
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The cause would be another driver following the Honda too closely. You should leave enough room to avoid the vehicle ahead, in the even that it makes a panic stop. Somehow I doubt that a failed ignition would bring the Honda to a stop any faster than that.....

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Raymond J. Henry

snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

You are horribly overreacting.

No, Honda isn't "concealing" the problem. There is a Safety Recall TSB on this (02-031).

I hang out in several Honda groups, and there are regular reports of stalling in traffic. Sometimes the stalling is due to the ignition switch, but more often it appears stalling is due to a failing coil or igniter, or to poor maintenance that results in a weak spark.

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TeGGeR®

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C. E. White

Thanks for the newsflash! This has been the subject of a safety recall which is some four years old now.

That could happen if the switch wasn't the cause of the stalling, or there were additional problems with the ignition. I bought a used 1998 Civic a year ago, and it started having that problem. I learned about the safety recall from Tegger, and had the repair done. I didn't assume that the problem would go away after the repair; I only placed a high probability on that outcome.

The problem became very bad right after I had already booked the appointment. I was able to reproduce it by manipulating the key into a certain position. At one point, I managed to create a repeated, rapid blinking of the instrument panel accompanied by the sound of the relay switch rapidly opening and closing: trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. That's when I knew that it really was the switch that was shot, and was glad that the car was going to the dealership the following morning.

But there is always the chance that there are two problems in parallel.

What probably happens is that some owners of Hondas with intermittent ignition problems that are not related to the key learn about the recall and have it done. But, of course, the ignition problems persist after that repair.

They replaced the switch, so what else can they do? Overhauling the rest of the ignition system is beyond the scope of the recall.

I don't think so. You see, replacing the defective part twice two or more times with cheaper parts is more expensive than just replacing it once with a quality part.

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Kaz Kylheku

"Kaz Kylheku" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

This is very interesting. I'd like to add this the ignition switch page, if it's OK with you.

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TeGGeR®

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