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Why Are Honda CR-V's Catching Fire?
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Published: October 12, 2004
Associated Press

A Honda CR-V burned earlier this year in St. Augustine, Fla. At least 60 new CR-V's nationwide have caught fire while on the road, and an inquiry is covering about 280,000 vehicles in the 2003-4 model years.

DETROIT, Oct. 8 - While no injuries have been reported, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reopened and upgraded an investigation into the CR-V to determine what is making some of them suddenly burst into flames, in many cases destroying the vehicles. The expanded inquiry covers about 280,000 CR-V's in the 2003 and 2004 model years.