September 8, 2004
Honda Motor Co. said it will recall 158,187 cars sold in Japan, the United States and 39 other countries to fix problems with the vehicles' lights.
There have been no reports of accidents related to the defects, Honda spokeswoman Yuriko Yabe said Tuesday.
Defective seals around the headlights on the vehicles' left side could allow water to seep in and keep them from turning on, Honda said in a statement.
Honda said it also would fix faulty tape protecting electric circuits in the trunks of some vehicles. Repeated openings and closings of the trunk could snap a wire and cause rear lights and license plate lights to stop working.
Affected by the recall are 31,102 Accord and Accord Wagon models sold in Japan and produced between October 2002 and June 2004.
The remaining 127,085 cars, produced between June 2002 and June 2004, were models for export. They were affected only by the defective tape, the company said.
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