Beginning in early October, the Honda Motor Co. will begin contacting owners of the Pilot crossover vehicle because of a potential defect in the front seatbelts. Honda is recalling about 347,000 of the vehicles from the 2009 to 2011 model years due to a manufacturing error in the Alabama plant where stitching holding the lap belt to the anchor webbing may be missing or incomplete. In an accident, an injury can result if the seatbelt fails to hold the person in place because the webbing disconnects.
Honda will notify owners who need to bring their vehicles into the dealership to have the stitching on the front seatbelts inspected. If they are defective, Honda will replace them free of charge. There are about 10,000 vehicles in Canada and 311,000 in the U.S. as well as 8,000 in Mexico that fall under the recall.
Owners can contact Honda directly at 1-800-999-1009. The recall campaign number is R95.
Manufacturing Defect
Farah & Farah’s Florida seatbelt injury attorneys would like you to know that you have legal rights if you have been injured in a car crash that you believe was caused by a defective auto part.
Product liability cases are pursued following an injury from a defective product. Fortunately in the case of Honda, there are no known injuries or deaths resulting from this defective seatbelt, however, an investigation into an auto accident must always include the possibility that a seatbelt failure may have contributed to the deaths or injuries that resulted.
Source: http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls/results.cfm?rcl_id=11V468&searchtype=quicksearch&summary=true&refurl=email
