Motoring Discussion > Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car!
Thread Author: Roger. Replies: 12
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 Tue 7 Oct 14 14:06 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - Roger.
Amazingly, we have just had a safety recall for our 02 Jazz, citing a possible air bag deployment fault.
Astonishing, I think, to receive such a recall on such an old car.
Is this usual?
Last edited by: Roger. on Tue 7 Oct 14 at 14:06
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 Tue 7 Oct 14 14:13 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - Auristocrat
The following is probably the reason why your Jazz is involved in a recall: www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/23/honda-recalls-2m-cars-airbag-scare

Age of vehicle is not relevant.
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 Tue 7 Oct 14 21:18 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - bathtub tom
I've had a recall for my 11-year-old Nissan, presumably for the same air-bag problem.

Do I want them dismantling my (currently rattle free) dashboard to correct a problem that hasn't arisen in that time and in all probability I won't encounter in my lifetime?

What proportion of cars are scrapped with the air-bags intact?

It would seem the problem's one of the passenger air-bag, possibly, ejecting small pieces of debris if it's activated.

I rarely sit that side of the car.

I've decided to ignore it.
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 Tue 7 Oct 14 22:11 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - rtj70
>> I rarely sit that side of the car.

Hmm. And who normally sits there??? Does she read this forum?
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 Wed 8 Oct 14 00:14 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - bathtub tom
>>Hmm. And who normally sits there??? Does she read this forum?

SWMBO and no!

I've explained the reasons why and she agrees with me.
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 Wed 8 Oct 14 08:39 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - WillDeBeest
I've explained the reasons why and she agrees with me.

"Darling, you might lose an eye if the airbag goes off. They could fix the airbag for free but I'm afraid it might make the dashboard rattle."

How much did you explain?
}:---)

Note from Auristo's Guardian link: how can the paper that publishes Steve Bell also give page space to the truly terrible cartoonist Kipper Williams?
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 Tue 7 Oct 14 21:30 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - PeterS
In 2006 (I think...) I bought a 1988 BMW 3-Series touring. That had an outstanding recall for a faulty coolant tank cap, which was cheerfully replaced FOC by Chandlers in Worthing in 2007 - almost 20 years after the car was built!!
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 Wed 8 Oct 14 08:49 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - WillDeBeest
Not a recall or very motory but I bought my first Swiss Army Knife in 1981. In 2004 the leaf spring working the scissors broke. The camping shop down the road sent the knife off to Victorinox UK, who sent it back fixed, cleaned and sharpened, all FOC.
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 Wed 8 Oct 14 09:10 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - Old Navy
As I actually read the instruction book, I am not supposed to attatch anything to the "ignition" key. This is because the car has drivers knee airbags which could fire any attachments into the drivers reproductive equipment.

Cynical me thinks that the airbag is an attempt to stop the steering column mounts kneecapping the driver in the event of a heavy impact.

The joys of a small car. :)
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 Wed 8 Oct 14 17:56 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - Alastairw
Not even a key fob, ON? Surely that makes it more likely the key will be lost. Replacement keys must be a good earners for Toyota.
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 Wed 8 Oct 14 18:49 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - Old Navy
The actual words are "Do not attach any heavy, sharp, or hard objects such as keys and accessories to the key". I will treat it as a legal get out of jail instruction. I only have a small door key on the car key and Mrs ON is past reproduction age. As long as the equipment is still useable we will be content. ;>)
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 Thu 9 Oct 14 11:46 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - Roger.
Appointment tomorrow to carry out work - pretty good as I phoned on Tuesday.
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 Fri 10 Oct 14 21:02 
 Honda - Safety recall for a 12 yr. old car! - Roger.
Done & dusted plus another much earlier recall for a window switch. No problems!
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