Honda recalling nearly 900,000 Odyssey minivans over fire fear

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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> is <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/">recalling</a> nearly 900,000 2005 to 2010 model year <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/odyssey/">Odyssey</a> minivans due to a fault with the fuel pump that could cause them to catch fire.<br />
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According to the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa/">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</a> filling, if exposed to "acidic chemicals and a high temperature environment," the cover of the fuel pump strainer could crack and cause a gasoline smell in the minivan or possibly allow the fuel to leak out. <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/tag/denso/">Denso</a> supplied the fuel pumps on the vehicles, and the report says that Honda first began studying the problem in October 2012 but didn't finally confirm the cause until March 6, 2014. The recall affects 886,815 Odysseys, and Honda has received 187 warranty claims related to the issue. However, there have been no fires or injures reported.<br />
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Unfortunately, Honda says that it currently doesn't have enough replacement fuel pumps to fix all of the vehicles and doesn't expect to have the parts ready until this summer. It's sending a letter to owners telling them about the recall and is sending a second notification when the pieces are at dealers. The entire notification including affected VINs <a href="http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM451486/RCDNN-14V112-7489P.pdf">can be viewed as a PDF here</a>, and the shortened version from the NHTSA can be <a href="/2014/03/15/honda-recalling-nearly-900-000-odyssey-minivans-over-fire-fear/#continued">viewed below</a>.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/17/honda-recalling-nearly-900-000-odyssey-minivans-over-fire-fear/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Honda recalling nearly 900,000 Odyssey minivans over fire fear</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/17/honda-recalling-nearly-900-000-odyssey-minivans-over-fire-fear/">Honda recalling nearly 900,000 Odyssey minivans over fire fear</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 17 Mar 2014 09:28:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/17/honda-recalling-nearly-900-000-odyssey-minivans-over-fire-fear/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20851363/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/17/honda-recalling-nearly-900-000-odyssey-minivans-over-fire-fear/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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[firefighterwhite89]

ya know. at least they have the balls to recall just out of fear alone. Chevy/GM has known about their current recall issues and they hid it for years...just...like...money hungry american motor companies do.