If you happen to see any parked 2003-2004MY Honda Odyssey minivans and Pilot SUVs and 2003-2006MY Acura MDX crossovers, you may want to…keep your distance as the Japanese carmaker discovered that a malfunction of the ignition interlock in these vehicles may allow the key to be removed even when the transmission shift lever is not in ‘Park’.
If that were to happen and the driver forgets to set the parking brake (and we all know how many people driving automatics do so….), then there’s the possibility the aforementioned models could roll away.
“Honda has received several complaints about such malfunctions in these vehicles and is aware of a small number of related incidents, including two that allegedly resulted in minor injuries,” the company said in a statement today.
“Honda is announcing this recall to encourage owners of all affected vehicles to take their vehicles to an authorized dealer as soon as they receive notification of this recall from American Honda,” it added.
The recall affects approximately 318,000 Honda Odyssey and 259,000 Honda Pilot vehicles from the 2003-2004 model years and around 230,000 Acura MDX vehicles from the 2003-2006 model years in the U.S.
The Japanese carmaker will be sending notifications to owners of the affected models in February 2013. To see if their vehicles require repair, customers can either go on-line to www.recalls.honda.com and www.recalls.acura.com or by calling (800) 999-1009 for Honda owners or (800) 382-2238 for Acura owners, and selecting option 4.
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