I purchased a new 2005 honda s2000 in august of 2005. i drove the car summers until august 2009 accumulating 13,700 miles. the car was serviced exclusively at porter honda in cambridge, massachusetts. on august 28, 2009 the vehicle caught fire as i was driving it near my home in watertown, massachusetts. flames escaped from under the hood of the car and the passenger cabin filled with black smoke. i pulled over to the side of the road and escaped the vehicle. the fire department and police department arrived, extinguished the fire and filed a report of the incident. i applied to porter honda for assistance. i was told they had no responsibility for fire which was not covered under warranty. i then applied to honda motor company in america and japan. i was told that since no cause of the fire had been determined, they had no responsibility for the fire and refused any compensation. honda manufactures cars with a potentially deadly defect and refuses to acknowledge it. *tr