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Search Results   Report Date : February 10, 2010 at 12:03 AM NHTSA Campaign ID number : 81V136000 Vehicle Make / Model:     Model Year(s):      HONDA / ACCORD     1976-1979      HONDA / CIVIC     1973-1979      HONDA / PRELUDE     1979 Manufacturer: AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. Mfr's Report Date: NOV 05, 1981 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 81V136000 N/A NHTSA Action Number: N/A Component: SUSPENSION Potential Number of Units Affected: 936774 Summary: PROLONGED CONTACT WITH ROAD SALT MAY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, CAUSE SERIOUS RUSTING. THIS CAN WEAKEN CERTAIN UNDERCARRIAGE COMPONENTS: LATERAL SUSPENSION ARMS, FRONT CROSSBEAM AND STRUT COIL SPRING LOWER SUPPORTS. Consequence: Remedy: VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED AND, IF NECESSARY, TREATED WITH A RUST PREVENTIVE COATING. IN SOME CASES, REPLACEMENT OF COMPONENTS WILL BE PERFORMED, WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER. Notes: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. SYSTEM: SUSPENSION; LATERAL SUSPENSION ARMS, FRONT CROSSBEAM, AND STRUT COILSPRING LOWER SUPPORTS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: WEAKENED UNDERCARRIAGE COMPONENTS COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND, POSSIBLY, AN ACCIDENT. NOTE: THIS DEFECT APPEARS TO BE MORE SERIOUS IN VEHICLES DRIVEN IN AREAS WHERE ROAD SALT IS USED EXTENSIVELY FOR SNOW REMOVAL. Check to Request Research. Submit below.