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1998 Honda CR-V Electrical System Ignition Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	435747
Internal NHTSA #	10037057
Manufacurer	HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.)
Brand	HONDA
Model	CR-V
Model Year	1998
File date	29/08/03
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	While driving my 1998 honda cr-v i noticed power surges and deeming of lights. The car ultimately shut down. It started right back up and i drove it to a local mechanic. He looked it over hooked it up to his computer and got a reading that the solenoid on the transmission was going bad. He thought this was incorrect and suggested maybe something else was wrong. He drove the car for a while and nothing happened. He suggested i drive the car and let him know if something went wrong. Later that day as i was driving home from work solder dropped from under the dash onto my foot. Tuesday morning i had the car towed to the same mechanic that looked at it on friday. He was shocked that something under the dash could get that hot and not catch on fire. He looked under the dash and discovered that it was the ignition switch that had got so hot that it began to melt the solder. He called cale yarborough honda in florence to get a new ignition switch. We received the part and the mechanic put it in and the car seems to be running fine. The part that startles me the most is that the car belongs to my wife and i just happened to be driving it when the problems occurred. The biggest problem i have is that if my wife would have been driving the car and hot solder would have fallen on her foot and burned her it could have possibly caused her to wreck. She always wears slip on shoes and her foot would not have been protected like my foot was. Even with shoes on it startled me enought to drive off the road. It is disturbing to me what could have happened if she were driving the car. I contacted honda and told them of the incident and they said my complaint would go to a review board and if it warrented looking into they would contact me. I am writing you because this has the potential to be fatal if this happens to someone else. I would hate to know someone got killed because solder dropped on someone's foot and caused a serious accident. *ak
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	88097
Number of Occurences	2
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	HARTSVILLE, SC
VIN pattern	JHLRD2843WCXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	11/08/98
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	Y
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
Transmission type	AUTO
Vehicle speed	45
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Dealer's name	JIM MCNATT HONDA
Dealer's telephone number	972-230-0003
Dealer's city	DESOTO
Dealer's state code	TX
Dealer's ZIP code	75115

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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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1998 Honda CR-V Electrical System Ignition Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

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