After my first post a lot has happened. My dealer had trouble finding the problem despite me telling him it was text book simulator, I e mailed him some facts from the forum & he contacted Honda Ireland Warranty Manager who seemed to know of the problem so simulator was ordered, it took a week to arrive here in Cork. It took longer than they expected to fit & we collected the car yesterday afternoon.
My wife has totally lost confidence in the car & wants it gone. This was compounded by her having a hospital appointment on the Thursday, after a years wait, & the car failing the day before. A courtesy car was provided by Enterprise who said Honda would only pay for three days, but they agreed to extend that. Enterprise were hopeless & failed to deliver the car to us on the day agreed.
I don't really know who is to blame for all this, did Honda Japan not inform their importers of the problem, & if they did why was the dealer network not told. When the full factory recall is finally announced the tabloid press will have field day you can imagine the headlines. Thanks to all members for reporting all the details & finally, if Honda think the car is safe to drive when the simulator has failed they should back that up with some testing facts as I think Spodric said. Very disappointing & the car came back with greasy finger prints on & the dash cam disconnected.