Sunday, 31 January 2010

Honda 2010 Recall list - Honda ‘Fit’ or ‘Jazz’

Honda announced a 2010 massive recall Friday for the Honda Fit (also known as Jazz in some countries). 646,000 vehicles have been affected worldwide and the recall is due to a window overheating issue. 140,000 vehicles in the US will be recalled. Honda has not made an official statement about what model year of the Fit has been recalled.The Wall Street Journal reported that the window switches in the Honda Fit and Jazz models may overheat if exposed to liquid, and they may smoke, melt or start a fire.More information will follow when Honda has a plan of how to fix the problem, and Honda Fit owners will receive instructions in the mail. Honda announced the rOn Friday, 29 January, 2010, the Honda Motor Co announced that it would recall a total of 646000 vehicles because of a fault with window switches in the doors. According to the report, models from 2009-10 are not affected.After the recallby Toyota, Honda also The Wall Street Journal reported that the window switches in the Honda Fit and Jazz models may overheat if exposed to liquid, and they may smoke, melt or start a fire.More information will follow when Honda has a plan of how to fix the problem, and Honda Fit owners will receive instructions in the mail. Honda announced the recall so that owners are aware of the problem.The news comes just days after Toyota announced a massive recall which affects sales and production of eight vehicles. According to a CNN report released Friday, Toyota announced that they believe they have found a way to fix the gas pedal problem, but that the government needs to approve the method first and that process may take up to two weeks. Once it is approved, owners will be given insThe Honda recall of Fit or Jazz 2007-08 models is effective immediately worldwide. The recall affects Honda Jazz or Honda Fit models built in Brazil, China, India, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand with approximately 646,000 car sales. In the United Kingdom alone, more than 171,300 Honda Jazz compact cars will be recalled as a protocol although no window malfunction reports were received in the place.This January 2010 Honda recall of Honda Fit or Jazz is to promote safety of both drivers and passengers of this car model. It was conducted as the company received reports of window switch malfunctions. The master window switch on the driver’s door can malfunction due to exposure of heavy rain or due to overheating circuit boards that are fire hazards.tructions about how to have the gas pedal repaired.recall and announced that the company want to examine window switches which can overheat of exposed to liquid, causing smoke, melting clutch fire, when fire broke out in a car and one child died last year. Honda announced the recall so that owners remains safe from any future accidents. In the year 2009, one person was died in South Africa in which Honda examine the problem with the switch.ecall so that owners are aware of the problem
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