Well sly courtesy of S60 here it is:
Honda had five recalls, including 440,000 Civics and other sedans and 600,000 Odyssey and similar minivans, pushing its total this year to 1.26 million vehicles, 40 percent above 2003's total. "We wanted to take immediate action to make sure we are nipping the problem in the bud," spokesman Andy Boyd said.
Honda set aside $153 million to recall Odysseys, "one of our larger recall expenses," Boyd said. Honda announces recall costs on a case-by-case basis, and doesn't disclose the costs of every campaign, he said.
Recalls by Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest Japanese carmaker, rose to 1.21 million in 2004; the Toyota City company recalled 40,696 vehicles in 2003.
Toyota spokesman John Hanson said recalls are rising because ``we are finding problems very early on and acting on them.'' For example, 128,000 Camry sedans from the 2004 model year were recalled soon after production because the automaker found a defective part in the side air bags that might stop the safety equipment from deploying.
Nissan Motor Co., Japan's second largest automaker, was the only one of the six largest to recall fewer vehicles in 2004. The Tokyo-based company recalled 723,891 vehicles, down 64 percent.
The Cayenne sport-utility vehicle made by Stuttgart-based Porsche AG and the Saturn Ion coupe made by General Motors were the most-recalled vehicles, representing five separate orders. Engine and engine-cooling flaws were the most common reason for a recall at 128 instances.
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