Try Dialing THIS Number...! | FerrariChat

Try Dialing THIS Number...!

Discussion in 'New York Tri-State' started by ghost, Aug 4, 2006.

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.

  1. ghost

    ghost F1 World Champ
    Lifetime Rossa

    Dec 10, 2003
    10,046
    Singapore
    Can only imagine the conversations.

    ---

    Honda Owner Manual Lists Talk Line

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- A toll-free number listed in more than a million Honda owners' manuals was supposed to direct callers to a government hotline -- not to another number where the conversation is probably about anything but auto safety.

    Honda Motor Co. said it incorrectly published an 800 prefix, rather than an 888, on a toll-free vehicle safety telephone number in 1.2 million manuals for 2006 model year Honda and Acura vehicles and Honda motorcycles.

    Owners who dial the 800 prefix hear a recorded message in which a woman's voice, speaking over a funky beat, urges them to call 1-800-918-TALK for ''just 99 cents per minute.''

    ''It was a misprint,'' Honda spokesman Chris Naughton said.

    In a letter last week to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Honda said it will send postcards to dealers and owners in August with the correct NHTSA hotline information -- 1-888-327-4236 -- along with instructions to insert the card into the proper section of the manual.

    The manuals, which were printed from August 2005 through July 2006, were also used in 18,000 Honda Fit compact vehicles and about 8,000 motorcycles from the 2007 model year.

    ---
     
  2. revsto9k

    revsto9k Formula Junior

    Aug 3, 2006
    402
    Clifton, New Jersey
    Full Name:
    Anuj
    My manual did not have it :(
     
  3. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Aug 3, 2002
    40,647
    California
    Full Name:
    Carbon McCoy
    My old Chevrolet Celebrity Station Wagon listed just one number in the owners manual: the suicide hotline.
     
  4. Ciao Bello 348

    Ciao Bello 348 Formula 3

    Oct 3, 2005
    1,844
    The Garden State, US
    Full Name:
    John C
    Ha.. Yea! Saw that on the news last nite. Thats great.

    Glad I work at a Honda dealer!
     
  5. revsto9k

    revsto9k Formula Junior

    Aug 3, 2006
    402
    Clifton, New Jersey
    Full Name:
    Anuj
    discounts on oem parts? :D haha im kidding.
     
  6. Ciao Bello 348

    Ciao Bello 348 Formula 3

    Oct 3, 2005
    1,844
    The Garden State, US
    Full Name:
    John C

    Tell me what you need.
     
  7. wassabihg

    wassabihg Formula 3

    Feb 6, 2006
    1,292
    I was calling a customer's CC company once, dialed the # in the back of the card, and got the same funky beat, and a girl moaning over the phone.
    To make things worse I had the speaker on.
     

Share This Page