NHTSA Complaint #10231859 — 2003 HONDA ACCORD

I OWN A 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX AND JUST LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE IN TAMPA WHEN IT BEGAN RAINING HEAVILY. I TURNED ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BUT THEY DID NOT WORK AND I ALMOST REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAIT UNTIL IT STOPPED RAINING AND BASICALLY CRAWL HOME AS WATER SPRAY FROM THE ROAD STILL HAMPERED MY VISION. I LATER LEARNED THAT BACK ON APRIL 16, 2008 HONDA HAD ISSUED A RECALL ON THE 2003 ACCORD EX DUE TO CORROSION OF THE WIPER MOTOR. THIS STATEMENT MADE BY HONDA WAS ON ALL THE NEWS WIRES. WHEN I CALLED HONDA'S HOTLINE I WAS TOLD THAT THEY BASICALLY RECANTED THE STATEMENT AND CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH A FAILURE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON THE NEWS WIRES 2 MONTHS EARLIER AND THE FACT THAT I WAS NOW REPORTING ANOTHER SUCH INCIDENT. *TR