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发帖数: 2258 | 1 311,000 Honda Pilots and Nearly 500,000 Subarus Are Recalled
By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN
2009 Honda Pilot.2009 Honda Pilot.
Honda is recalling roughly 311,000 S.U.V.’s and Subaru is recalling almost
500,000 of its models, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
Honda’s action covers the 2009-11 Pilot. In a crash, the Pilot’s front
seat belts may not restrain occupants.
In a news release issued late on Sept. 9, Honda said the stitching “may be
incomplete or missing” on the lap section of the front belts, and “in a
crash, affected seat belts may become disconnected from the anchor webbing,
increasing the risk of injury.”
The automaker said it was not aware of any injuries. However, in its report
to N.H.T.S.A., it said it was aware of two cases in which the belts
separated.
The first instance occurred in May 2010, and Honda said it investigated and
traced the problem to an “inexperienced” sewing machine operator at the
supplier in Mexico. Honda said it learned of a second occurrence 13 months
later, investigated and on Aug. 31 decided a recall was necessary.
Honda described the recall as voluntary, but once a manufacturer is aware of
a safety problem it has no choice but to inform the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration of its plan for a recall. Otherwise it faces a
civil fine.
2008 Subaru Forester, one of the 295,000 vehicles recalled by the automaker
to repair the front lower control arm.2008 Subaru Forester, one of the 295,
000 vehicles recalled by the automaker to repair the front lower control arm.
There are two Subaru recalls. One affects roughly 195,000 Legacy and Outback
models from the 2010-11 model years and is being undertaken to fix a wiper
motor that may overheat and, “in the worst case,” according to Subaru,
catch fire. The second, impacting about 295,000 vehicles, covers the 2002–7
Impreza, 2003–8 Forester and 2005-6 Saab 9-2x, which is based on the
Impreza, because a front control arm may break if corroded, making the
vehicle difficult to control.
In April, the agency began investigating after receiving seven complaints
from owners of control-arm failures. In two cases, the owners said they lost
control of the vehicle, although there were no crashes.
Michael McHale, a Subaru spokesman, wrote in an e-mail that there were no
reports of accidents for either recall. Mr. McHale said that dealers for
Saab Cars of North America would be required to repair the affected 9-2x
models.
This is a geographic recall, something that the agency has allowed for
decades over the objections of consumer and auto-safety advocates, who say
that automakers are allowed to save money by recalling fewer vehicles and
could miss vehicles that should be covered.
In addition to the District of Columbia, the recall covers Massachusetts,
Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
Wisconsin, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota,
Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island and West Virginia. | e*******l
发帖数: 1269 | 2 Honda完了！Recall一个接一个，技术停滞，设计难看，DFBB个屁。 |
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