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Originally Posted by FMEA
I do not own a Civic myself, but if I did and saw this post my personal next steps would be to contact my dealer straight away to check if my vehicle has the defective rear wheel spindles fitted (Honda in Swindon will have a list of effected vehicle VIN's that have been fitted with the defective rear spindles in 2005) and if it has, demand that these are changed immediately - be warned that your dealer will not know about this defect so do not let them try and fob you off!! if they do try to fob you off ask to speak direct to the Dealer principle. I would also contact VOSA and Honda to find out why this information was only brought to your attention by a concerned member of the public when they both have specific responsibilities under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 to act in a situation such as this as to ensure public safety.
I hope you all take this post for the reasons I have written it, as my only objective is to ensure that the safety of you, your passengers and that of other road user's is not being put a risk by the actions of Honda and VOSA (or to be correct, the lack of).
This bugs, faults and irritations forum looked the best place to post this information but if it's not can you please ensure that you forward this post onto your fellow Civinfo members who you think have Civics that may be effected.
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I like this, your dealer wont know anything about this so dont let them fob you off. - How can we 'fob you off' if we dont know anything about it??
I can also assure you that the DP or a dealership would be one of the last people to speak to regarding this matter as unless he/she has received confidential info from the manufacturer, he/she will also know less than you/the service dept about it.
My personal advice to civinfo members out there is to hold fire unless you have serious concerns over your own car, noises etc - this will be dealt with within the next few days i'm sure.
FMEA seems to know exactly how many cars are affected and therefore i'd assume the Honda also do and whether they are UK or Euro cars or both.
Hold fire until you hear any more on the matter.
The more I read this post, the more the segment i've highlighted in red seems to niggle at me.