2011 Honda Odyssey Recalled for Bending Windshield Wipers

2011 Honda Odyssey Recalled for Bending Windshield Wipers

Yesterday, we are reporting that Honda is recalling their 2011 Honda Civic due to its faulty fuel pump. Today, there is another recall from Honda. They are now recalling 33,341 units of their 2011 Honda Odyssey minivans because of a problem in its windshield wipers. If you are living in a warm country and has an Odyssey, you might not experience this. The problem is happen from a damage when the wipers are being frozen into the car’s windshield.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has already noticed this problem. They said that if the front windshield wiper blades are frozen to the windshield, and then you switched the motor on, one of the front wiper linkage rods might bend or removed from the motor because of the inappropriate stiffness at the rod.

As the result of the bending or separating linkage rod, that wiper won’t be able to operate properly and decreasing the driver’s visibility in a poor weather conditions. The Odyssey recall is expected to begin at the same time with Civic’s at mid April. The owners may replace their wipers at the dealership, free of charge.

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Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid v2.0 Will be Lighter.

Porsche has now unveiled their second version of the 911 GT3 R Hybrid race car. Porsche has succeed to reduced the weight of this electric racer for about 20 percent. Most of the reducing is done by removing its hybrid drivetrain. There are two electric motors in the portal axle to bring 200 horsepower in a few seconds at a time. That power will be added by 470 hp from the flat six cylinder combustion engine in the back.

Beside that, with the data collected from the previous generation when it is on track, the engineers is now able to reconfigure the electric components. They are also removing the huge air intakes at the rear fenders of the first version. Now, its new skin will be significantly more aerodynamic as well as increasing the fuel economy.

This car will still use the electric flywheel accumulator, but now the unit and the rest of the hybrid stuff is now stored in the carbon fiber safety cell inside the passenger side. Porsche plans to use this 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 at some race events this year, like they did with the previous car.

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BMW 1M for MotoGP Safety Car

BMW 1 M is surely a new sports coupe that is highly anticipated from this German automaker. Of course, this car might be a little lighter or cheaper, but anyway, the car will bring an awesome driving sensation for the driver. To introduce their new performance machine, BMW has painted the car in classic red, white and blue, and then turned the car into a safety car for MotoGP.

Actually, this is not only a simple paint job from this german manufacturer. BMW also bring the engine and transmission from their production car which will coming to the market. But that is the only things that is the same with the standard car. The safety car has less weight thanks to the carbon fiber and polycarbonate. They also replace the original noisemaker into a titanium exhaust. You will also see an adjustable rear wing in the back.

For the interior, this BMW 1 M Safety Car has a roll cage, six point harness, and a pair of racing buckets. BMW also use a better suspension as well as boosting the brakes in order to bring a track ready 1 M car that might getting some attention from the motoGP series lovers.

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Audi Resurrects Their A2

There is a time when all the German automakers’ line ups were straight forward. For example, you might remember what Audi did. They were only producing the A4, A6, and A8. But now you can see as they are creating the A1, A3, A5, A7, R8, TT, and many other cars as the list keep growing more and more. The report from Ingolstadt will allow that list to grow longer, as they will bring back the A2.

For your information, the original A2 was a lightweight premium hatchback. This car was built from 1999 all the way to 2005. Unfortunately, the car was considered as too expensive and pretty much ahead for that time, so it never had any traction from the market. But now, the industry is turning into smaller vehicles, this might be the right time for the A2 to do its come back.
By seeing its name, you will know that this car will be slotted between the A1 and A3 in a different way.

The report said that this new A2′s weight will be smaller than its predecessor with only 2,000 pounds. It is because its spaceframe construction from aluminum. The car might also be the first unit that uses MLB-Evo multi material platform.

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2011 Honda Civic Recalled Due To Fuel Tank Valve

Honda has announced their notice of a recall for the 2011 Civic compact. This issue is because of a misalignment fuel pump which might have the modules inside. This modules became damaged in the production phase. Until now, there is no accident or injuries that have been reported because of this faulty fuel pumps.

However, that damaged unit might cause the car’s fuel to leaks onto its emission canister when it is experiencing a roll over crash. This is of course might lead a bad accident into a fiery tragedy. This recall will be following the previous Honda issue which is involving the 2006-2007 Honda Civic Hybrid models. This recall will be done to around 18 thousands of vehicles and Honda is planning to start notifying the owners starting from mid April.

This recall to 2011 Honda Civic will be used to inspect or possibly replace that faulty fuel pump module inside the gas tank. In the moment if you are one of the 2011 Civic users, instead of waiting the mid April notification from the company, you can determine if your vehicles need to be repaired by visiting www.recalls.honda.com.

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