Not a big issue. Recalls happen to almost every manufacturer. Better to catch it before it happens. The only way we will ever have a perfect vehicle is if Jesus himself comes back to Earth to start a car company or maybe he could take over as CEO for Chrysler. I'm actually kind of glad to see Honda have a recall. That means they are actually inspecting their vehicles. Beware the car company that never issues recalls.

I agree with CS. Any car maker issuing a recall is a good thing, and Honda has been really good about replacing faulty parts. They replaced a few parts in my Accord right after I bought it used from a private seller. And they gave a loaner while they did the work. I realize that this dealership went above the norm, but still. Good job Honda!

"Any car maker issuing a recall is a good thing"

Wow. Cough. Umm. OK. If this were some other automakers, people would be bashing them. If Honda does it, I guess it's a good thing. Toyota recalled more cars than it produced in 2006. Is that why they are so good?

Face it. Recalls happen, but they do point to design and manufacturing mistakes.

omg, I wish VW acts like Honda, by recalling bunch of their crappy Jetta engines, O2 sensors, coil packs, window motor, and tons of other parts.

I like how this says it "may result in a crash." I wonder what would happen if I decided to take my wheels off my bike when I was in the middle of traffic... I guess rainbows would fly out to save me.

Yeah, I would definitely have to say that recalls are generally bad things, no matter from what manufacturer. Every car design from every car maker has some type of issue......Some are worse than others though

funny, Honda recalls a car and people praise their quality inspection. Jeep and Dodge make a recall and there are nothing but bad comments... w/e

Well, if you look at it this way:

How often does Jeep, Dodge, VW, Ford, etc. have recalls?

Then how often does Honda have recalls....?

And thats why people praise Honda.

Ford Focus '99, 11 recalls including one because the car could catch on fire just because, even when parked and turned off.

This is not the same kind of recall.

CS:
This recall is not likely due to a proactive inspection by Honda, but rather it's a reaction. If Honda knew of the problem before releasing it to the public, they would be negligent and culpable for their actions, if someone died as a result or was injured. Honda, just like other automakers and their dealers, get complaints about vehicle problems from customers. They then look more closely at the alleged problem. If issues are found, often times service bulletins are issued, and sometimes safety recalls are issued because of the seriousness of the defect.

I agree with JG
SOMEONE CRASHED & this reactionary action is the result of the investigations.........
trickery in speech ie NOT SAYING THE WHOLE TRUTH..has long been employed to do damage control...

i find this funny, no one is bashing honda about this even though your wheels are going to fall off. and i don't remember this many of car being recalled at once. its not that the design was bad it was the quality of putting it together, so much the high quality of Honda

My Impala that I own has about five recalls on it, all due to safety features concerning the seatbelts and airbags... I need to take it to make sure those were applied in 2001...

In part, I have to agree with Mark. If this was a domestic, the first two posts would be bashing them, not praising them. With that said, yes, recalls happen all the time. Some very minor, some major like this. I'm generally happy that they fix the potential problem. I say potential because you could have an "affected" vehicle that never has a failure or problem. But because the potential for a problem exists, they fix the problem, and you're good to go.

Two of the recalls on my 2000 Impala cover only a handful of cars (14 and 742 cars), and mine was not one of them. The other two were precautionary and neither applied to my car. There are not 5 recalls, because one is 3800-only and another is 3400-only. It has been very reliable, especially for a first year car.

Do you really think honda would spend the millions of dollars this is going to cost them volentarily if someone wasnt seriously injured or killed and the resulting class action lawsuit didnt bring this on. Honda is just like all the other companies out there just looking to make a buck, they do happen to make a good product but like every other company out there they dont want to spend money they dont have to, im sure this wasnt a known issue until someone sued them for how dead they were and honda was forced to do this in court. This recall is particularly bad because it involves a wheel falling off that is much worse then the vehicle catching fire because at least if it catches fire you have time to get away. Imagine your driving down the freeway or motorway as you call it in europe and your doing maybe 70-75 mph and your wheel falls off youve got no time to pull over and get out its just BAM in your face and your gonna get hurt.

Well you think someone died and that is why they are recalling? I doubt that, most likely through normal service a tech checking the anti-lock brakes found a pinched o-ring and reported it. Then looking at the data base they found this o-ring problem had been reported by other techs, so a recall was made. Wheel falling off, probably never happen to begin with and never would, but being known for safety and reliablity, they will remove the sensor and replace the o-ring at the next oil change. There is no perfect car made, and even Honda can put something together incorrectly, but in the big picture a pinched o-ring is small stuff, this isn't a space shuttle that will blow up. It is a car and wheel bearings fail daily on every car made. Turn down your radio and listen, it makes noise for many weeks or months before a complete failure. Ask the guy at you local garage if he has ever replaced a wheel bearing.

If this was a domestic recal, most of you would be saying things like ''another reason why american cars are sh**"

Actually, that would be a Technical Service Bulletin, not a recall. Two different animals. A TSB is when the manufacturer finds a problem and takes steps to correct it. It is when this doesn't happen and there are incidents (ie. accidents) that a recall is issued.

"Well you think someone died and that is why they are recalling? I doubt that, most likely through normal service a tech checking the anti-lock brakes found a pinched o-ring and reported it. Then looking at the data base they found this o-ring problem had been reported by other techs, so a recall was made."

INCONCEIVABLE!! This article is clearly wrong! All Hondas are perfect!

You people can't be serious, "not a big issue"; thus proving once again that the typical lemming Honda buyer really has no clue about cars, quality or safety, they just regurgitate the talking points that they are conditioned to repeat on command. It's a national news story when stupid people don't properly fill their tires and drive vehicles outside their intended purposes, but "not a big deal" when an overt manufacturer's defect causes the entire wheel to fall off a Japanese car. The bias against American cars is unbelievably irrational and based on deluded ideas of superior Japanese quality.

Honda Civics look stupid enough; now you can look REALLY stupid sitting in your wheel-less box on the side of the road, while fully operating four-wheeled Ford Escorts and Chevy Cobalts whiz past you. Where's your "reliability" now?

Jim's comment is wrong. Statistics show that the reliability of Honda Civics is much above that of Ford Escorts and Chevy Cobalts. Ford Focus had probably the biggest number of recalls for a model made in the last 9 years.
A wheel bearing is quite noisy when it is worn out and the noise is a big warning (before the bearing fails). As the new Civics are on the road for less than 2 years, I doubt that this happened, but the damaged bearing sealing COULD potentially lead to the failure of the wheel bearing, in time, in areas where salt is used in the winter.
So Honda fixes the issue rather proactively, because the issue did not really surface - but it is cheaper to fix now, before the issue actually surfaces and accidents happen.
But let's not compare the reliabilty of Civics with that of Ford's or Chevrolet's entry level / compact models! Thanks.