Originally Posted by gfh77665
Whelp, if you won't believe JD Power, or me, maybe you will take Honda's own word for it??
On the road, the Honda fleet has been dogged by recalls. More than 11 million vehicles have been recalled in the United States since 2008 due to faulty airbags. In 2013 and 2014 there were five back-to-back recalls for the Fit and Vezel hybrid vehicles due to transmission defects. Honda has lost ground in electric cars to Tesla and others.
"There's no doubt we lost our mojo - our way as an engineering company that made Honda Honda," Chief Executive Takahiro Hachigo told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/honda-innovation/
And then there is this:
https://www.torquenews.com/1084/highly-reliable-honda-drops-consumer-reports-reliability-survey
But of course I probably don't know what I am talking about, right?
The Takata airbag fiasco is hardly Honda's fault, though. It affected a bunch of different manufacturers, be they Japanese, American or European, and all sorts of cars from economy cars to supercars.
When it comes to the transmission recalls, yes, Honda did recall 143,676 Fits for transmission issues. That's not ideal, but it's a lot better than the alternative, something done by Ford, who DIDN'T recall their faulty transmissions and ended up getting sued and eating millions in fines, while leaving tons of Focus and Fiesta owners with a ticking time bomb in their driveway. Recalls mean the manufacturer is willing to fix the problem, which is good.
When it comes to the CR reports, yeah, Honda has slipped. However, the issues are mostly infotainment and fit and finish issues with the brand new models. The Odyssey you're citing, for example, is green in every area except power equipment (yellow) and infotainment (red). The big issues, like engine and transmission, are still top rated, so the infotainment must be REALLY bad if it's dragging the car down that much. Either that or everything in the segment is very reliable, so Honda's glitchy infotainment makes it stand out. It's worth pointing out that Honda redesigned almost their entire lineup at the same time, so teething issues are being felt more. I have CR access myself, so I'll screenshot some of it when I get home.