City Cars made from Honda in 2007, numbering about 8532 , will get a new lease of life with the switch over of safe switch by the company. This is a third such attempt by Honda in India, and a part of its global recall of 6.46 lakhs for such defects in its series – City, Fit and Jazz. In 2007, Honda made its earlier attempt to recall 4459 units of SUV CR-V and 2200 Accord sedan as back as 2004 for faulty parts and replacement.
For the City owners, the task is not too risky and they can drive along till the switch is replaced by Honda. The company’s VP for marketing is too committal that the company has no second thought on safety and at the sametime the current situation is not shocking. Honda is one among those global car makers – Toyota, Peugeot- who have recalled lakhs of their cars for replacing defective components. Toyota had to replace the cars for pedal acceleration fault.
Honda said the company is in the mood of replacing the switches to its customers and it is about a matter of two minutes job. It is customary for car makers to recall cars for replacing the defective components and it involves substantial money for the company. The recalls, instead of damaging the brand popularity, boosts the image of the company. This is true in the case of Honda’s City which is in third generation and Jazz which is in second generation.