Troubled Transmission, Honda Recalls 19 Units Of Accord And CR-V Hybrid In US

Honda Accord 2023. (Doc. Honda Global)]

JAKARTA - Honda, a Japanese vehicle manufacturer, is facing problems with e-CVT transmission, resulting in the recall of several models such as CR-V and Accord on the market.

Although the impact is very limited, only 19 units in the US are affected, this problem has the potential to cause serious problems. Disturbances in transmission can result in loss of vehicle power and may even not be revived.

Reported by Carscoops, Wednesday, August 23, the problem with e-CVT transmission in Accord and CR-V was caused by a failure in the assembly process, which caused damage to the generator completion cover in that section.

However, this problem was not detected during the production process at the factory. As a result, these vehicles have the risk of breaking the generator completion cable when switching teeth, which will cause loss of vehicle power and are difficult to revive. This can be a dangerous situation if it occurs on the highway, threatens the driver of the affected vehicle and other road users, and has the potential to cause accidents.

However, it appears that Honda has anticipated this issue by embedding a warning system on vehicle dashboards when the problem occurs. To date, there have been no reports of casualties or injuries caused by this problem.

Fortunately, Honda only got one guarantee claim regarding this issue after a customer received a warning message on his vehicle dashboard.

Honda has taken the matter seriously by contacting customers on October 11 and asking those affected to take their vehicles to Honda's official dealers.

To overcome this problem, technicians will replace e-CVT transmission on vehicles without additional costs for their owners.

Honda is known as a manufacturer who rarely experiences problems so they have to make a recall. The last time they made a recall was last June, when their latest models such as Pilots, Passports, and Odyssey had problems with the rearview mirror mechanism, resulting in the withdrawal of around 1,198,280 vehicles in the US.

Similar cases also occurred in Honda models in March, with a recall of about 330,318 units of the same vehicle.