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Honda Cr-v Latches/locks/linkages Hood Latch Safety Report | Dec 01, 2003
Reported on Dec 01, 2003
| WE OWN A 2002 HONDA CR-V (VIN JHLRD77432C052126) WITH 30,000 MILES ON IT. MY WIFE - WHO IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THE CAR - FILLED UP THE WINDSHIELD WASHER RESERVOIR ON MONDAY (12/1/03) AFTERNOON. THIS IS ROUTINE; SHE CHECKS THE OIL ON OCCASION AS WELL, AND HAS DONE SO WITH EVERY VEHICLE WE HAVE EVER OWNED. AS SHE HAS DONE ON MANY OTHER OCCASIONS, SHE DROPPED THE HOOD CLOSED FROM THE HEIGHT OF ABOUT A FOOT, AND USED TWO HANDS TO TRY TO PULL UP ON IT. THERE WAS NO PLAY. SHE VISUALLY CHECKED THE FENDER-HOOD FIT ON BOTH SIDES AND IT WAS CORRECTLY POSITIONED. A FEW HOURS LATER SHE WAS DRIVING AT FIFTY MILES AN HOURS WHEN THE HOOD POPPED FULLY OPEN. FORTUNATELY SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WE CONTACTED THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER - BEDARD BROTHERS OF CHESHIRE MA; THEY EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND ALTHOUGH THE MECHANIC SAID HE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE LATCH MECHANISM, THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY MECHANICAL DEFECT OR DESIGN FLAW. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. I WORTE A LETTER TO HONDA BUT THEY STONEWALLED ME BY SAYING THAT THE DEALER HAD FOUND NO PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER, BUT THIS WOULD MEAN WASTING MOST OF A DAY SINCE THERE ARE NO OTHER DEALERS CLOSE BY. MOREOVER, I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT I WILL HEAR ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER DEALER. I AM CONVINCED, HOWEVER, THAT THE HOOD WAS SHUT AS SECURELY AS IT WAS HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE, AND THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE CRV HOOD LATCH MECHANISM. *AK | |
| 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? | N |
| Location: | WASHINGTON MA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | JHLRD77432C |
| Mileage: | 30000 miles. |
| Speed: | 50 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 4 |
| Vehicle type: | AWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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