Honda reviews SUVs and pickups since hoods can fly open at high velocities

  Honda is reviewing almost 789,000 SUVs and pickup trucks all around the world on the grounds that the hoods can open while the vehicles are moving, uplifting the risk of an accident. The recall covers specific 2019 Passports, 2016 through 2019 Pilots and 2017 through 2020 Ridgeline pickups. "Gaps in the front seal between the hood and the grill allow for air entry, potentially resulting in hood vibration at highway speeds. Over time the hood vibration could form stress fractures along the hood latch striker and separate the hood latch striker from the hood," Honda said in a notice posted on its website and in documents posted Friday by U.S. safety regulators. "A separated hood latch striker may allow the hood to open, obstructing the driver's view and increasing the risk of a crash." Motorists should notice hood vibration commotions or a free hood as expected admonitions of a weak hood hook striker, the organization forewarned. Dealers will either fix the striker or supplant the hood if vital at no expense for owners. Honda will inform proprietors by letter beginning January 17. The worldwide recall complete is 788,931, with a little more than 725,000 in the U.S.