Toyota had a tough time recalling its many cars for the sake of faults in production. Now is the time for Honda to recall its Fit /Jazz on the reason in fault with windows. This follows a crucial incident of a child death due to fault in window switch and Honda had to withdraw some 646000 of its Fit , Jazz and City. This volume consists of 140000 from Europe, and remaining models from North America, South America, Europe, South Africa and Asia. Japan does not include in this list where Fit is the best selling model.
The snag lies in the form of defect in master switch giving way to water to enter the power window causing fire and two such cases in the US and one in South Africa were reported. The recall list includes 2002-08 models of Jazz in South Africa and 172000 units in Britain. Honda is to rectify the power window switch in the driver cabin which may be the leading snag for fire. In Jazz, water sneaks into master switch , leading to over heat and fire. The recall is to commence from February and in the meantime, Honda is notifying to its customers about the process of recall. Honda plans to provide a waterproof skit to prevent such a damage.
