Dozens Of Honda Cars Stumbled On Scandal In Japan, HPM: Make Sure Models In Indonesia Are Not Affected

Honda CR-V 2009. (Doc. Honda Global)

JAKARTA - A number of Japanese automotive manufacturers are now shaken by the temple, one of which is Honda. The Tokyo-based manufacturer stumbled on a case of manipulation of certification testing on cars that have been sold to the market.

This problem was discovered after the manufacturer bearing the 'H' logo received instructions from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Tourism (MLIT) on January 26.

"We sincerely apologize for causing concern to our customers, business partners, and many other stakeholders," Honda Japan wrote on its official website, Tuesday, June 4.

The deviation carried out by Honda involved 22 models. It is known that a number of models affected are no longer produced in the country of Sakura. However, what about vehicles in Indonesia?

Sales & Marketing and Aftersales Director of PT Honda Prospect Motor (HPM) Yusak Billy, said that vehicles in Indonesia were not affected by this case and ensured that the model was safe.

"This issue does not involve Honda vehicles sold in Asia and Oceania, including models sold in Indonesia," Billy said when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, June 5.

Honda received a number of cases of irregularities, such as testing and data participation in different test results from the truth, noise testing, and engine power involving vehicles that were sold in the past.

The first case is a deviation against noise testing carried out in February 2009 and October 2017. In the report, it was stated that the weight of the tested vehicle exceeded the legal limit. The test report states that the weight in the specified range is different from the actual weight of the vehicle tested.

Vehicles affected by this problem consist of Inspire, Fit, CR-Z, Acty, Vamos/Vamos Hobbyo, Step WGN/Step WGN Spada, Legend, Fit Shuttle, Insight Exclusive, CR-V, Freed, N-Box, N-One, Odyssey, N-WGN, Vezel, Grace, S660, Shuttle, NSX, and Jade.

The next case is testing the output of engine and electric motors between May 2013 and June 2015. It was stated that the value of the torque output from the test results had been changed and included in the inappropriate report.

Vehicles affected in this case include Fit, Shuttle, Freed, Vezel, Jade, Grace, Odyssey, and NSX.

One last case is an engine output test conducted between April 2013 and January 2015. It is known that the manufacturer carried out this test without a generator, where the regulation says that this should be done with an on generator.

The fact that testing conditions will be measured with the running generator is not specified in manual testing, so it is assumed that the calculated value using the correction value is equivalent to the test results on the specified conditions. The models affected by this problem are Fit, Shuttle, Odyssey, and Jade.