Honda Fit With Glued On Roof

The roof had been replaced due to hail damage but rather than welding the new roof in place it had been glued.

Honda fit with glued on roof.

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. 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. 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. 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.

Defective glued auto body work hidden on used honda. Four months before the car wreck the seebachan s bought the used honda fit from huffines kia in denton. Seen here are a black 2010 honda fit without any damage or repairs a red 2009 honda fit with a glued roof aftermarket windshield and other repairs similar to a 2010 fit owned by tracy law firm. Instead of welding the roof.

Couple awarded 42 million for crash injuries after body shop glues on replacement roof. Secretly glued a replacement roof onto. Truck hydroplaned and struck their 2010 honda fit nearly. 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.

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.