Honda has recalled simply 98 CR-V Hybrid compact SUVs from mannequin yr 2023 as a result of an issue with their high-voltage batteries could cause them to lose energy and will set off a fireplace.
The corporate tells federal security regulators, “Resulting from manufacturing variations, some battery cell adverse terminals inside the Li-ion battery module have been produced with insufficient copper cladding residual thickness.” That may permit aluminum and electrolytes within the battery to the touch.
Over time, that may break the terminal or busbar. “If the adverse terminal or busbar breaks, customers will probably be unable to drive the car. If the breakage happens whereas the battery is energized, a spark might happen, growing the danger of a hearth, crash, and/or damage,” Honda says.
Honda says it hasn’t seen this occur to a buyer’s automobile. However a provider discovered the issue throughout an inspection and flagged that it was potential.
So sellers will change the battery module to keep away from it.
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