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Honda Cr-v Electrical System Wiring Safety Report | Aug 16, 2007
Reported on Aug 16, 2007
| WHILE DRIVING, STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SMOPKING AND CAR SMELLED HOT (SOMETHINGIN THE STEERING WHEEEL COLUMN WAS ON FIRE). MY HUSBAND TURNED OFF THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE SMOKING STOPPED. WE TOOKTHE CAR TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND WERE TOLD IT WAS A SWITCH THAT HAD OVERHEATED. SWITCH WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $225. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT A RECALLED ITEM ONTHE HONDA CRV BUT THAT THIS WAS AN IDENTIFIED PROBLEM INTHE HONDA CIVIC. WE WERE ADVISED TO REPORT THIS PROBLE TO THE NHTSA. | |
| Make: | Honda |
| Model: | Cr-v |
| Manufactured by: | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | Y |
| Location: | CALEDONIA MI |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | JHLRD78852C |
| Mileage: | |
| Speed: | 70 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | FOX MOTORS GRAND RAPIDS MI 49512 |
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