I'd like to believe that, but US branches of car Non-US companies don't necessary adopt the same policy as the parent company. If Honda USA believes there's mo

I'd like to believe that, but US branches of car Non-US companies don't necessary adopt the same policy as the parent company. If Honda USA believes there's money to be made in abusing its customers, I'm confident they'll do it. We saw this clear as day when Nissan USA denied all responsibility for installing unsafe steering wheel air bag igniters after NTSA demanded their recall. Nissan USA continued to stall for months, first saying that the igniters were NOT faulty, then claiming the responsibility lay only with the subcontractor who made the igniter -- and refusing to announce a recall. These acts of unresponsibility were likely decided by lawyers only in the US branch of Nissan, since NTSA regulates Nissan only in the US. (This is largely why I bought a Honda rather than a Nissan afterward, since Honda's response to the airbag igniter fiasco was exemplary in contrast.)