"TeGGeR®" wrote:
>
> I'm a bit disappointed Honda is not buying starters from Mitsuba any more.
> Now we have the same "contact" failures Toyota owners have had for a
> decade.
>

I'm a bit confused. Honda has had starter contact problems for years. I
replaced the starter contact on my '78 Accord. Early Civics from the same
vintage, e.g. '76, also used a starter with a replaceable contact.

Eric