DETROIT (Reuters) -- U.S. safety officials have upgraded an investigation
into about 1.4 million Honda vehicles after hundreds of complaints and some
injury reports that the vehicle's keys could be taken out of the ignition
with the transmission not shifted to park.

According to U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents
retrieved on Tuesday, the agency has upgraded its preliminary investigation
into 1.3 million Honda Accord sedans from model years 1998 to 2001, as well
as about 62,000 Honda CR-V sport utility vehicles from 2002.