Mel Gibson’s Rant At His 2003 Honda Accord

And everyone thought that Mel Gibson was angry with former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. No, that kind of rage can only be inspired by driving a 2003 Honda Accord. If you go to www.safercar.gov and look up "Defects and Recalls" on this car you will see why he is so off the wall angry. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has over 1100 complaints on file about the 2003 Honda Accord. Of the 1126 complaints (as of July 15, 2010) referred to this agency, 370 fall into the "power train: automatic transmission category." Information from the NHTSA web-site reveals that in the 2003 Honda Accord transmission failure occurs quickly and many times at highway speeds. The complaints from NHTSA are mostly similar to each other in that the vast majority of the failures happen suddenly at higher speeds and the car’s occupant(s) are often unsafely jolted forward. In April of 2004, Honda issued a recall on the automatic transmissions of Honda Accords, Odysseys, Pilots and Acura 3.2CL and 3.2TL models. The very same potential failures cited in the 2004 recall have become frequent for owners of these vehicles in the years subsequent to the recall and the resulting "transmission lockup" that "could result in a crash" has become a reality for many. Honda was supposed to fix the problem when issued the 2004 recall, however, it appears the company tried to do the cheapest thing for its bottom line in an attempt to have these vehicles fail after the warranty had expired. By not ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 1m 13s Date Found: Fri, Jul 16 2010 1:20 AM Category: Comedy Date Produced: Fri, Jul 16 2010 1:03 AM View Count: 0