Glad my Fit isn’t on the list, I love that thing. It had a minor recall a while back but they fixed it free of charge when I brought it in.
Honda has become completely enshittified. They even have major issues on their motorcycles. Was nice while it lasted.
I’m sure some engineer decided to save a few bucks not zinc plating the rear subframe or using aluminum.
I promise you, it wasn’t an engineer who made that decision.
It’s not the engineer that gets anything extra when the business people make a cut to the product, lol. The engineer is going to be the one arguing against it, but ultimately unable to steer the ship at all…
Honda estimates that just 1% of the vehicles listed have the defect.
With numbers like that, I’m a little bit more inclined to assume that this was a manufacturing slip-up rather than deliberate corner-cutting. I can’t say for sure though, the article doesn’t give much info on what exactly the defect was and what caused it.
The problem centers around the rear subframe, which can corrode at suspension mounting points and cause the rear suspension to fail.
There are mounting points on that subframe to which attach things like shocks, control arms, differential (in AWD vehicles). Other mounting points attach the subframe to the uni body. There are often bushings in those mounting points.
If the subframe was manufactured incorrectly, those mounting points can deteriorate prematurely, causing the related suspension components to suddenly disconnect.
suddenly disconnect
So … a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly?
The rear fell off.
That depends on where you draw the line between the front and the rear 😁
Fair because Honda is a shell of its former self, but they’ve always had suspension problems. Every single model for as long as I can remember
