A judge has overturned a ruling that allowed a California woman to collect nearly $10,000 from Honda in small-claims court because her vehicle received lower-than-advertised fuel economy. ...
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Since an improbable victory over Honda last week in a California small-claims court, a woman who sued over the disappointing fuel economy on her Civic hybrid says she has fielded hundreds of inquiries from disgruntled owners asking how they can follow in her footsteps. ...
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Honda presented misleading information to the owner of a 2006 Civic Hybrid when it claimed the car could get as many as 50 miles per gallon, according to a legal ruling issued Wednesday. ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A unique small claims court case brought by a Honda hybrid car owner against the auto giant is rolling back into court Wednesday with a judge seeking more information about the claim of Heather Peters, who says her car failed to deliver promised mileage. ...
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In the annual sales horserace, BMW beat out Mercedes-Benz with the top 2011 U.S. sales numbers in the luxury auto market--with both German automakers ousting Lexus from the number one slot it had held for 11 straight years. ...
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Toyota in 2011 topped the recall list among automakers for the third year in a row. ...
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Justin Bieber got in a minor wreck yesterday in Los Angeles when a Honda Civic nailed the black Ferrari he was driving. The mop-headed pop-star, who serves as a spokesman for the anti-texting while driving software Drive Safe, called police just to be safe after he was tapped from behind. ...
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Honda Motor Co. continued its long hot summer of bad news by announcing a recall of 2.49 million vehicles worldwide to repair a software problem that could damage the automatic transmission. ...
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For the first time since 2002, six of the top ten most-stolen cars were domestic brands. Ford took three spots, Dodge took two and Chevy took one. But the most stolen car remained a foreign brand. Car thieves continue to prefer, oddly enough, the 1994 Honda Accord. That mid-sized sedan is ...
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How the mighty can fall. Consumer Reports today said Monday the redesigned Honda Civic which recently hit showrooms scored too low in its critique to be recommended by the respected magazine. ...
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Four months ago, Chrysler took the highly unusual step of advertising its Detroit roots during the Super Bowl. The campaign has drawn a lot of attention, as well as mixed reviews for its effectiveness. Detroit, indeed most of Southeast Michigan, after all, has a reputation as a broken and ...
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Hyundai Motors has had a big year, and the results are showing in the form of healthy profits. The Korean automaker earned $1.75 billion in the first quarter, up 46 percent versus the first quarter of 2010, while overall sales were up 21 percent to $17 billion. ...
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TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota's car production in Japan plummeted a staggering 62.7 percent in March due to a parts supply crunch following the earthquake and tsunami. Toyota Motor Corp., the world's top-selling automaker last year, said Monday its domestic production in March was 129,491 vehicles - the ...
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WASHINGTON - Japanese auto companies on Wednesday extended shutdowns of car-assembly plants affected by the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami, but in a sign of progress, some parts factories in Japan plan to resume production later this week. ...
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On Oct. 20, Toyota announced a recall of 1.5 million vehicles mostly because of the potential for leaking brake fluid from the master brake cylinder, a part supplied to the Japanese automaker by Advics. A few hours later, Honda readied a recall announcement for the same potentially leaky cylinder. ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. says it plans to recall an undetermined number of vehicles because of brake fluid leaks that could lead to weaker braking power, the same issue that led Toyota Motor Corp. to recall 1.5 million vehicles. Honda says the recall affects certain 2005-2007 model ...
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Honda Motor Co. will recall 412,000 vehicles in the United States, according to a statement made by the Japanese automaker today. The recall covers 344,000 Odyssey minivans and 68,000 Element SUVs from the 2007 and 2008 model years.Honda announced the recall to address potential issues with the ...
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Read & Discuss »Honda announced the voluntary recall of over a half a million Fit compact cars for a faulty part that has the potential of catching fire. The company said that 646,000 of their 2007-2008 Fit compact hatchbacks would be called back to dealerships so the company can examine window switches. If exposed ...
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Read & Discuss »Honda is notifying 6 million owners of Hondas and Acuras that they are entitled to warranty extensions and, in some cases, payments because odometers in their vehicles rolled up miles too fast.That made warranties expire too soon and hit some lease customers with excess-mileage penalties.A lawyer in ...
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