December 16, 2010-According to reports Honda announced it is recalling 1.35 million of their subcompact vehicles.
Honda announced Thursday that it plans to recall 1.35 million of its subcompact cars Fit due to headlight wiring issues. The headlight issue can prevent the low beams on the vehicles to not work.
According to a Honda statement the recall is due to a problem with the routing of the wiring harness for the headlight control switch. With repeated use the headlight control switch can become warn. The warn plating on the wiring harness, according to Honda can result in corrosion, which can cause the connector to overheat and fail, causing a lower of low beam headlight function.
There will be 143,083 of the Fit vehicles that are affected recalled in the Unites States, according to Honda. The Honda Fit models that are being recalled are between the years of 2007 and 2008 and the owners will receive notification from the company.
Honda dealers will inspect the Fits and will replace the wiring harness terminal on the affected vehicles. According to the Honda statement there have been no accidents or injuries reported due to the headlight recall issue. This has been a free public service message from the class action lawsuit attorneys at Ehline Law Firm. 213.596.9642.