Honda Fit With Glued On Roof

Todd tracy shows cbs 11 news crew where john eagle collision center should have replaced the hail damaged roof on a 2010 honda fit with 104 spot welds instead of glue.

Honda fit with glued on roof. Four months before the car wreck the seebachan s bought the used honda fit from huffines kia in denton. Secretly glued a replacement roof onto. Defective glued auto body work hidden on used honda. The roof had been replaced due to hail damage but rather than welding the new roof in place it had been glued.

The couple had no idea this happened and sued the body shop that did the work. Instead of welding the roof. Because the honda fit s metal roof had been glued on by john eagle collision center and not welded as specified by honda the collision set off a domino effect of structural failures according to. Truck hydroplaned and struck their 2010 honda fit nearly.

A texas jury just awarded a couple severely injured in a crash 42 million because their vehicle a 2010 honda fit had been improperly repaired by a collision center. The failure of the glued roof set off a domino effect of structural failures that caused the honda fit s safety cage to collapse which in effect crushed the couple like they were inside a trash. The driver dummy s left femur experienced a peak of about 1 685 n compared to 709 n on the glued roof fit and just 180 n on the control fit which tracy s presentation suggests carries a. Texas repairer burl s collision took an undamaged 2009 fit and attached the roof panel with 3m 8115 panel bonding adhesive instead of the dozens of welds required by honda.

Honda s official repair manual for dealers specifies that a new roof must be welded onto a 2009 2013 honda fit when the roof is replaced.