The reason? Missing or misplaced piston rings, which could cause the Civic's engine to stall or fail entirely.
The automaker issued a stop-sale notice to dealers in late January, spokesman Chris Martin said in an e-mail, declining to give specific details including the number of vehicles before the official recall statement. Blogs including Jalopnik and Autoblog earlier this month cited a dealer service bulletin posted on the enthusiast site CivicX.com that said about 34,000 Civics were involved and the fault was with missing or mis-set piston rings that could cause engines to stall or fail.
The impending recall is another setback to Honda one year after quality issues led Japan’s third-largest automaker to change its president, naming Takahiro Hachigo to replace Takanobu Ito. Hachigo has vowed to improve internal communication and downplayed sales targets after recalls related to Takata Corp. air bags and redesigned Fit small cars and Vezel compact SUVs plagued his predecessor.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-22/honda-readies-recall-of-new-civics-on-possible-engine-failure
The automaker issued a stop-sale notice to dealers in late January, spokesman Chris Martin said in an e-mail, declining to give specific details including the number of vehicles before the official recall statement. Blogs including Jalopnik and Autoblog earlier this month cited a dealer service bulletin posted on the enthusiast site CivicX.com that said about 34,000 Civics were involved and the fault was with missing or mis-set piston rings that could cause engines to stall or fail.
The impending recall is another setback to Honda one year after quality issues led Japan’s third-largest automaker to change its president, naming Takahiro Hachigo to replace Takanobu Ito. Hachigo has vowed to improve internal communication and downplayed sales targets after recalls related to Takata Corp. air bags and redesigned Fit small cars and Vezel compact SUVs plagued his predecessor.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-22/honda-readies-recall-of-new-civics-on-possible-engine-failure
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