Honda Recalls 330,000 Vehicles for Side Mirrors That Fall Off
Every carmaker, if it could, would remove its cars’ side-view mirrors. They’re bulky, they ruin the car’s shape, and they cause enough aerodynamic drag to noticeably affect EV range. Companies have been experimenting with cameras in place of side-view mirrors for years now, but it seems Honda took a different approach to getting rid of those unsightly bumps: Building mirrors that just fall off.
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Not the whole housing, mind you, but certain Odyssey, Passport, Pilot, and Ridgeline vehicles built between 2020 and 2021 may lose the reflective glass from their side-view mirrors. Honda has figured out the cause of the problem, and has now issued a recall for 330,000 of the crossovers and pickups.
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