Not yet fully the impact of the earthquake from Japan to come out of the Honda, but also suffered a wave of global recalls.

    Recently, Honda announced the worldwide recall of 2.49 million vehicles, the transmission control module software upgrade in order to reduce friction when shifting and prevent damage.

    Among them, the recall of about 1.5 million U.S. market, Chinese market recall of about 760,000. In the recall, the recall of the U.S. market, including models from 2005 to 2010 produced four-cylinder Accord, 2007-2010 CR-V production and from 2005 to 2008 the production of element; in recall models in China, including 605,025 from 2005 to 2010 models of the Accord sedan, 151,489 from 2005 to 2009 models of the Odyssey minivan and 4001 models of the 2010 Platinum Rui Si sedan.

    Honda said that if the vehicle speed automatic transmission is in reverse gear, switch between neutral and drive gear, the second transmission shaft bearings may be damaged, which could result in engine flameout, or parking the parking lock gear function failure.

    On the transmission control module software upgrade will enable switching between different gear easier, thereby reducing the possibility of damage.

    It is noteworthy that Japan's large-scale recall of cars there are precedents.

    The fall of 2009, because the accelerator pedal and the sudden acceleration problems Toyota Motor Corporation announced the worldwide recall of a large number of vehicles, and has reached nearly a thousand million. Finally, in order to pacify the recall scandal, Toyota on December 21, 2010 to the U.S. government paid $ 32,425,000 in civil penalties, plus the previous $ 16 million, Toyota recalls due to the U.S. government to pay a total of approximately $ 50 million .

    But by the recall incident, Toyota's sales in North America also fell sharply. Toyota in January 2010 in the United States sold only 98,800, down 16% of the company since 1999 for the first time in U.S. monthly sales fell below 100,000. In 2010, Toyota's car sales in North America, 194 million, compared to 2009 fell by 2%.

    The first half of this year, Toyota's global recall just subsided, and now Honda has begun the world's massive recall.

    Although the scale point of view, and Toyota's recall is not comparable, however, although the size of Honda recalled only 2.49 million, but last year the company achieved global sales of more than 70%. The Chinese market for 76 million, even more than last year's Honda China sales of 650,000.

    Honda said that in the United States in September 2008 received three complaints about the bearing after fracture, related investigations began, and continued to the present.

    Honda's U.S. headquarters spokesman Chris - Martin (ChrisMartin) 5, said the recall is not a sign of deeper problems.

    Martin said the recall is the result of a very special environment. "Most of our customers will never really encountered such problems, which is a software program design issues, not the transmission itself is the problem."

    Automotive expert Zhang Zhiyong, "First Financial Daily" said, a large recall from last year to this year's Toyota, Honda recall, indicating that the Japanese in the system control problems. But one or two large-scale recall enough to shake the confidence of consumers, however, continue to occur if the quality of the defect, then the Japanese in the global automotive industry's position will be weakened.

    Recently, the United States, "Consumer Reports" (ConsumerReports) said it would not recommend buying the 2012 Honda Civic (Civic). Some industry analysts wonder whether this is the Honda will appear a sign of larger problems. Honda has denied such comments.

    Guangzhou Honda official yesterday said the reporter, this is only with the general recalls, China has not happened so far in related incidents.