{"id":548151,"date":"2010-04-30T16:19:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T20:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=56041"},"modified":"2010-07-19T20:28:56","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T00:28:56","slug":"acura-recalling-167000-tsx-sedans-for-fire-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/548151","title":{"rendered":"Acura recalling 167,000 TSX sedans for fire risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_56042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 573px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56042\" title=\"2005 Acura TSX\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/2005_acura_tsx_main_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">2005 Acura TSX<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Acura announced that it is recalling 167,000 TSX sedans to replace a power steering hose, o-ring gasket and fluid. The affected models include 2004-2008 TSX units sold in the United States with the 2.4L inline 4-cylinder engine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recall is being conducted due to the potential for premature deterioration of the exterior surface of the hose as a result of prolonged exposure to high under-hood temperatures,&#8221; Acura said in a statement. &#8220;In the event of excessive deterioration, a crack in the hose could develop, which could allow power steering fluid to leak or spray on a hot exhaust component potentially generating smoke or a fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Acura said it has received only one incident resulting in a fire.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of affected vehicles will be informed by the end of May. Acura TSX owners can also go to <a href=\"http:\/\/owners.acura.com\/recalls\/\">owners.acura.com\/recalls<\/a> or may call (800) 382-2238 for more information.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Kap Shah<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/eB7ZKQlxaJTCm25MFvjRapJ7rVw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/eB7ZKQlxaJTCm25MFvjRapJ7rVw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/eB7ZKQlxaJTCm25MFvjRapJ7rVw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/eB7ZKQlxaJTCm25MFvjRapJ7rVw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=j-zG1fyts1M:KbL1tIbXexM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=j-zG1fyts1M:KbL1tIbXexM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=j-zG1fyts1M:KbL1tIbXexM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=j-zG1fyts1M:KbL1tIbXexM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=j-zG1fyts1M:KbL1tIbXexM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=j-zG1fyts1M:KbL1tIbXexM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=j-zG1fyts1M:KbL1tIbXexM:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2005 Acura TSX Acura announced that it is recalling 167,000 TSX sedans to replace a power steering hose, o-ring gasket and fluid. The affected models include 2004-2008 TSX units sold in the United States with the 2.4L inline 4-cylinder engine. &#8220;The recall is being conducted due to the potential for premature deterioration of the exterior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}