From the CarTalk column of Tom and Ray Magliozzi: Honda refuses to pay for repairs when an Element owner uses water to clean up a spill, and shorts out some electronics. So much for the popular belief that with its rubber floor covering, you can just hose off the Element.
Read the article here.
My sister has an element, better forward thsi to her because the dealer used "hosing it out: as a selling point!
ReplyDeleteWant to hose out a vehicle? Buy a Jeep Wrangler - they even put drain plugs in the floor.
ReplyDeleteEven though it makes sense from a physics standpoint, putting the SRS module on the floor is kinda dumb. GM's had problems with fluid intrusion on their J-car platform that results in some sketchy airbag deployment issues. Keep the electronics up off the floor!