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Are we gonna get the same in the states?

 

How many are worried about this? I thought they fixed this for MY2002s already

 

well I have MY00 #159.. So yeah, I am worried about it. I drive mine hard and visit the track a lot.

 

there is nothing worse than having a potential cancer in your car. I had that in my last car which was a Prelude SportShift where the tranny was known to be weak and will eventually fail. That is why I got rid of it so hearing about this is not good. However, I read somewhere on this forum that Honda knew about this problem, and fixed it for the later models.

 

I'll cross the bridge when I get to it.

My car has seen 44k hard miles and is doing better than most.. *knock on wood*.

I hope AHM steps up and does the recall.

 

I don't see any recalls of the S2000 at the Honda Japan web site. The last recall notice that mentioned the S2000 was dated June 2001, something about wheel bolts breaking (19 models were recalled, total of 112,259 vehicles, only 329 were S2000s). The recall before that was for the seat belt retractor.

My guess is that this is not a Honda initiated recall, but one that is legislated by the national equivalent to the NTSB. And because of that, it is not likely that owners in other countries will be receiving the same recall notices unless there is an explosion of failures that would attract the attention of the NTSB.

 

I think you mean the NHTSA - National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration.

And they only get involved when safety is at issue. I really doubt that the engine failure will ever be considered a safety issue.

 

Yes, that is the one I meant, the one that issues vehicle safety recalls. Too many government agencies with similar names (and functions), too easy to think of the wrong one.

 

What makes you think so? I don't recall hearing anything.

 

My wife recently received a notice for her 1996 Toyota 4 Runner to bring it in for cylinder head gasket replacement for free. Clearly out of warranty and clearly not a safety issure, Toyota fixed it all free of charge and even provided a loaner car while hers was being repaired.

Maybe it's time to switch brands.