On Friday, Honda Motor Co. announced plans for a total of 2.25 million vehicles in the U.S. and China due to a software problem with the automatic transmission to the Agreement, CR-V, and some other models can be called.
Without software, the automatic transmission of these cars are damaged as a driver to change quickly. This can cause the engine stops or is difficult to do in the garage.
Honda voluntarily recalled about 1.5 million vehicles in the United States, 760,000 in China and 135,142 in Canada for the transmission control software update automatically.
The number of cars recalled equal 63 percent of the 3.56 million vehicles sold in the business last year.
The retreat was broadcast to the world of four-cylinder Accord sedans from 2005 to 2010.
The recall in the United States and Canada includes the period 2007-2010 CR-V small crossover element model SUV, 2005-2008.
More than 160,000 Odyssey vans produced in 2005-2009 are being recalled in China. The recall includes 4000 Spirior cars for model year 2010.
Consumer Reports recently said he would recommend the 2012 Honda Civic. This decision has led analysts to question whether the withdrawal is a sign of bigger problems for the company.
Honda Motor fifth of U.S. sales this year.
Company spokesman Chris Martin issued a statement Friday that the withdrawal was not a sign of complications.
The withdrawal is a result of Honda "in very unusual circumstances," said Martin. "Most of our customers now can not find it. It is a scheduling software. It is a weakness in the transmission itself. "
Martin also said there was no injury or death in the United States and China has reported this problem.
The update of the software takes about 30 minutes, but customers may have to leave their vehicles Honda dealer for a longer period, Martin said.
Honda warns U.S. consumers in late August. The automaker does not comment on the expected costs of the recall.
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