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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006084098 | Incident Date: Oct, 21 2006 |
| Consumer's City: MOUNTAIN VIEW | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: CIVIC | Model Year: 2006 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1HGFA16816L | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 01 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 24 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Purchased new honda civic ex on 5/25/06 1st failure on 7/21/2006: front and rear (tail) running lights failed with 1666 miles on the car ---- dealership replaced fuse box. kept car for several days 2nd failure on 7/31/2006: front and rear (tail) running lights again failed ---- headlight switch replaced, car driven by dealership for almost two weeks to ensure repair successful 3rd failure on 10/22/2006: front and rear (tail) running lights again stopped working ---- honda america wanted car back to investigate/repair lights ---- declined request and instead have asked honda to repurchase the vehicle, invoking the lemon law buyback provision because unreliable/intermittent rear running lights failure can lead to death or serious bodily injury and two failed repair attempts are sufficient to invoke the buyback provision in our state. honda sent this demand to internal honda arbitration board. it is now 11/2/2006 - 11 days after notifying them of lights failing for 3rd time. *nm |
