Honda Recalls 410,000 Cars

Posted on Mar 16, 2010

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It’s not quite the 8 million vehicles that Toyota has had to swallow, but the next-biggest Japanese automaker announced a recall of its own. Honda is calling 410,000 Odyssey and Element vehicles sold in the U.S. back to the farm to address brake issues.

Actually, this isn’t the first Honda recall this year. The company expanded an airbag-related recall in February to cover 378,758 vehicles. More on that here.

BBC:

The recall is of 344,000 Odyssey models and 68,000 Element vehicles made between 2007 and 2008.

Honda said it had received complaints of brake pedals that felt soft or gradually needed more pressure to work.

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