Recalls from car manufacturers are quite common. As a rule, they are associated with serious defects that are discovered after the sale of the car. But there are also some rather ridiculous reasons for recalling cars that you can drive in principle without any problems.
We’ve put together the top 5 funniest recalls.
Spare wheel coloring at Lada. In 2018 Lada Vesta failed – at the factory the spare wheel was painted in the same color as the standard wheels, and the tires on it were different. And according to GOST, “the outside of the wheel and / or tire for temporary use must have a color that differs noticeably from the color of the serial wheel assembly.” More than 41 thousand cars had to be called in for service to repaint the spare wheel disc.
Dangerous drinks in Toyota. In 1995, the reason for recalling the Toyota Corolla model was a problematic airbag sensor. As the manufacturer discovered, the pads may have been activated by drops of drink spilled into the cup holder. To exclude such a risk, about 628 thousand cars had to be called in for maintenance.
Model badge on the wrong side. Workers taped Odyssey to the wrong side of the tailgate of a 2014 North American Honda Odyssey minivan, so a recall was announced in 2013. The badge stuck in the wrong place could not affect the technical characteristics of the car, but American Honda Motor believed that it could affect the resale price of the car.
GM keychain accidents. In North America, approximately 2.5 million 2003-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, Saturn Ion, Chevrolet HHR, Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Sky, and Opel GT vehicles were recalled for ignition switch replacement in 2014 . The reason was rather strange: heavy key fobs or key fobs could turn the key on the go, turn off the engine and leave the car without power. This not only created the risk of an emergency, but in some cases has already led to fatal accidents.
Phone sex Honda. In 2006, Honda and Acura were forced to send corrected instructions to 1.2 million car owners because an error had crept into Honda’s hotline phone number in their owner’s manual copies. Only the wrong prefix was specified (800 instead of the correct 888). That is precisely because of this, that drivers who tried to call Honda ended up in the “phone sex” service.
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