Law and Rights
You have to give credit where credit's due. Ford and Honda both announced million-car-plus recalls this week, but there's a huge difference between the two. And it says something about putting quality "Job #1" where it counts.
Ford recalled 1.2 million trucks, vans and SUVs because of a fire hazard from a part that has been causing them trouble for years, burning up dozens of vehicles and causing almost 1,500 complaints to the federal government by angry consumers.
Worse yet, this is really just "part 2" of a massive recall that started in 2005 when Ford recalled almost 5 million vehicles with the same problem part. So if you do the math right, it's huge. Cars and trucks that burn up because a $20 part can overheat even when the vehicle is shut off, parked, and the car keys sitting in your coat pocket, hanging in a closet somewhere. Doesn't matter.
A little heat, a short circuit all on its own and Poof! Your whole house can go up in flames if you parked it in your garage. Way to go Ford. Just where was the guy who wrote the jingle: "Quality is Job #1" when you were buying that cheapo $20 part?
Honda, on the other hand, also recalled 1.2 million cars and motorcycles this week, involving 2006 and 2007 Honda and Acura models. How come? A phone number for the vehicle safety hotline was printed wrong. A phone number. Nothing else. Just a phone number. Nothing wrong with the vehicles. Just an error in printing a phone number, but it was a number that mattered and Honda cared enough to fix it.
Ford built flammable cars and trucks. Honda printed a wrong phone number. Which one would you rather buy? It's no wonder Ford's having money trouble.
Subscribe in a reader
- Honda Crv Fire Danger Recall In Ohio
Honda is recalling almost 270,000 CRV passenger cars that may burn up even while parked in your garage. This Honda recall is very serious. Turns out there is a power window switch that can fail or melt and if it does then it could ignite and...
- 2010 Had Most Recalls In Years, 20 Million + Cars & Trucks, See List Here
The massive recalls by Toyota and others have made 2010 the busiest year for recalls in more than half a decade - over 20 million vehicles recalled in the US alone in 2010 according to federal safety investigator's statistics. Just the six largest...
- Top Safe Vehicles 2009
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its pick of the Top Safety Vehicles for 2009. The annual list is made of vehicles that earned top scores in front, side and rear crash tests and are also equipped with electronic stability and control...
- Flaming Fords
Their names were Billi, Ami and Caleb. She was a mother and a wife. Ami and Caleb were just 16 and 12 year old kids. It hits close to home. Fords that go up in flames. A 2002 Ford Expedition parked in Peter Romans' carport in Madison County, Ohio...
- Recall Parts Shortage At Ford
Apparently ?parts is parts? ain?t necessarily so. At least not at Ford. Ford has admitted that it does not have enough repair parts on hand to fix all the 1.25 million passenger cars it recalled for a deadly cruise control switch fire hazard. Worse yet,...
Law and Rights
Honda Does a Recall Right
You have to give credit where credit's due. Ford and Honda both announced million-car-plus recalls this week, but there's a huge difference between the two. And it says something about putting quality "Job #1" where it counts.
Ford recalled 1.2 million trucks, vans and SUVs because of a fire hazard from a part that has been causing them trouble for years, burning up dozens of vehicles and causing almost 1,500 complaints to the federal government by angry consumers.
Worse yet, this is really just "part 2" of a massive recall that started in 2005 when Ford recalled almost 5 million vehicles with the same problem part. So if you do the math right, it's huge. Cars and trucks that burn up because a $20 part can overheat even when the vehicle is shut off, parked, and the car keys sitting in your coat pocket, hanging in a closet somewhere. Doesn't matter.
A little heat, a short circuit all on its own and Poof! Your whole house can go up in flames if you parked it in your garage. Way to go Ford. Just where was the guy who wrote the jingle: "Quality is Job #1" when you were buying that cheapo $20 part?
Honda, on the other hand, also recalled 1.2 million cars and motorcycles this week, involving 2006 and 2007 Honda and Acura models. How come? A phone number for the vehicle safety hotline was printed wrong. A phone number. Nothing else. Just a phone number. Nothing wrong with the vehicles. Just an error in printing a phone number, but it was a number that mattered and Honda cared enough to fix it.
Ford built flammable cars and trucks. Honda printed a wrong phone number. Which one would you rather buy? It's no wonder Ford's having money trouble.
Subscribe in a reader- Honda Crv Fire Danger Recall In Ohio
Honda is recalling almost 270,000 CRV passenger cars that may burn up even while parked in your garage. This Honda recall is very serious. Turns out there is a power window switch that can fail or melt and if it does then it could ignite and...
- 2010 Had Most Recalls In Years, 20 Million + Cars & Trucks, See List Here
The massive recalls by Toyota and others have made 2010 the busiest year for recalls in more than half a decade - over 20 million vehicles recalled in the US alone in 2010 according to federal safety investigator's statistics. Just the six largest...
- Top Safe Vehicles 2009
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its pick of the Top Safety Vehicles for 2009. The annual list is made of vehicles that earned top scores in front, side and rear crash tests and are also equipped with electronic stability and control...
- Flaming Fords
Their names were Billi, Ami and Caleb. She was a mother and a wife. Ami and Caleb were just 16 and 12 year old kids. It hits close to home. Fords that go up in flames. A 2002 Ford Expedition parked in Peter Romans' carport in Madison County, Ohio...
- Recall Parts Shortage At Ford
Apparently ?parts is parts? ain?t necessarily so. At least not at Ford. Ford has admitted that it does not have enough repair parts on hand to fix all the 1.25 million passenger cars it recalled for a deadly cruise control switch fire hazard. Worse yet,...