Honda recalling 440,000 Civics, Insight
DETROIT, March
2 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo:7267.T - News) is recalling
about 440,000 of its Civic and Insight small cars after discovering
they are prone to sudden low-beam headlight failures, federal safety
regulators said on Tuesday.
"An unexpected
loss of low beams could result in a crash," the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration said in a posting on its Web site.
It said 2001-2002
model year Civics and 2000-2002 Insights were subject to the recall,
which was prompted by overheating in the headlight switch.
The Insight
was the first gas-electric hybrid car sold by Honda in North America.
Honda, Japan's
second-largest automaker, told NHTSA in a letter late last month
that no accidents or injuries had been linked to the headlight malfunction.
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