Honda makes the two highest recalled cars of any active manufacturer or division the Accord has been recalled 184 times since 1990 and the civic has been 173 times.Toyota has had every car model manufactured for sale in the USA recalled in one year.Honda makes 19 models but they have had 528 recalls since 1990 if you divide the models into the recalls it comes out to an average of 27.7 recalls per model.Chrysler Americas smallest manufacturer makes 82 different models including Dodge and Jeep production and all totaled they have 1800 recalls.If you divide the number of models 82 into the recalls 1800 you come up with an average of 21.9 tied with Ford but higher than GM.Chrysler makes as many models as Honda,Toyota,Nissan and Suzuki combined yet has a lower recall average than Honda. http://www.mycarstats.com/auto_recalls/auto_recalls.asp is a source you can use to verify my numbers.Consumer reports automatically rates honda and Suzuki good.What do you think?
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A recall is actually a good thing and is not part of the JD Power associates ranking system. Recalls are often done for safety reasons and to make sure that the consumer is not left holding the bag because of a manufacturing mistake. What makes Honda a better car over the other models (I’m an all American car owner and most likely will never buy an import NAME.) is the brake down ratio. Most Honda cars will go up too 110K with out any major repairs needing to be done. Major repairs do not include brake jobs, clutches, tires, Oil changes and timing belts. A major repair would be transmission work, engine work, front end repairs, electrical repairs, interior devices, AC repairs. Things that would most commonly not fail. An example would be the vent control system on a car. My 05 Chevy Malibu needed a new vent control system after only 2 years. The car had less then 40 K on it and it needed to be replaced. The part ran 200 dollars. I did the work myself, however my thought was, why did this unit only last 2 years? After talking to a number of mechanics at the dealer ships in my area I found out that this is a common problem on the Malibu and any GM car that used this module. A few mechanics told me that most only last 2 years and they replace at least one of these every few days. In my mind you would think a part that is inside the car would not fail after only 2 years. As I have classics cars whose vent controls systems still operate perfectly after 30 to 40 years. Also at 200 a pop every 2 years this part is going to be costly after a while. Honda tends to not have stupid little problems like this all that often. In fact I rarely have Hondas in my shop that need major work. Mostly we see then in for brakes, oil changes and for detailing, other then that we don’t see much of them. Yet we commonly always see Fords, GM’s, Chryslers, and Nissans lots of Nissans. You may also want to look at how long people hang on to the cars as well. I do see more new Hondas on the road and not too many older ones. So there is also the possibility that people just get ride of the Hondas after a while instead of make the major repairs needed on them. As most major repairs on Hondas can range from $2000 to $5000. I see more older model Fords, GM’s and Chryslers on the road then I do the imports, and this may also play a factor in why Honda’s a viewed as better automobiles. As always this is just one Shop owner’s views and opinion. I hope it gives a little more insight in to your question.
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Yes, I do. I have always thought that japanese vehicles were overrated. Although on the bright side. With all the problems Toyota has, consumers reports no longer is giving automatic recommended ratings on some of their models.