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Originally Posted by Honcho
FMEA says that VOSA are NOT fully investigating the claim.
If so, this either justifies the anxiety. Or fully removes it.
Which is it?
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As in his very first post (as FMEA anyway), he said
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Originally Posted by FMEA
In a meeting held with the Head of the Vehicle Safety Branch and Vehicle Safety Recall Manager at VOSA on 16th April 2008 I stated that VOSA must act on this known defect as the Department for Transport (who VOSA are an executive agency of) recommends that any nuts, studs or bolts purchased with BS AU 50:Part 2:Section 3:1995 (Specification for road-wheels, nuts, studs and bolts for commercial vehicles), however the Head of Vehicle Safety's reply was that "recommends" isn't the same as the Department for Transport saying nuts, studs or bolts "must" conform to this standard. He also stated that Honda had informed VOSA that there has been no reported concerns to date with rear wheel spindles (a statement that I have no way of verifying as true), therefore VOSA would not act unless there was an accident, which I stated was unbelievable statement for VOSA to make given the severity of the known defect and that the first accident could result in serious injury or a fatality if a wheel were to detach.
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says to me "concern raised with VOSA, VOSA investigated, decided no further action required"
Which means (to me) that each person's level of panic should depend on who you want to believe.
On one hand we have FEMA, with his statement that the wheel spindles are undersized.
On the other hand we have VOSA saying no action required.
And in case you have a hand spare still, Honda are saying that all parts are within their spec.
Honda are saying VOSA are investigating, FMEA saying they are not (anymore).