According to the data from the Defective Product Management Center of the State Administration of Markets, in June 2018, 13 brands in the Chinese passenger car market issued 20 recall notices and recalled 134,903 vehicles. So far, China's passenger car market data in the first half of 2018 Officially released: In the first half of 2018, a total of 34 car brands in the Chinese passenger car market issued 85 recalls, recalling 4,285,291 vehicles, a slight decrease of 0.74%.

From the perspective of country, in the first half of 2018, a total of 8 brands of Japanese brands recalled 2,463,570 vehicles, accounting for more than half of the total recalls of 51.05%; 5 German brands recalled 1,262,331 vehicles, accounting for 26.16%; The brand recalled 613,071 vehicles, accounting for 12.70%; next, the independent 6 brands recalled 330,398 vehicles, accounting for 6.85%; South Korea's two brands recalled 107,302 vehicles, accounting for 2.22%; afterwards, the United Kingdom, Sweden, France Italy and Italy recalled 35,565 vehicles, 6,415 vehicles, 3,822 vehicles and 3,447 vehicles, accounting for 0.74%, 0.13%, 0.08% and 0.07% respectively.

"Oil throttle" incident throughout the first half of the year, sales, word of mouth decline

The Dongfeng Honda “Oil Throttle” incident, which has been raging, has become a hot spot in the Chinese passenger car market throughout the first half of the year; in addition, Changan Automobile and Beijing Hyundai have also fallen into the problem of “increasing engine oil”.

The twists and turns of the "oil throttle" incident broke out in January this year, when some media exposed the Honda new CR-V gasoline dilution oil, and caused the engine oil level to increase. With the expansion and deepening of the incident, it also triggered the “remediation measures” that Dongben had thrown out perfunctory, and was interviewed, and CR-V was banned. Until May, Dongfeng Honda finally officially targeted the “Oil throttle” incident. Announced the recall of 130,455 CR-Vs equipped with 1.5T engines, but in some forums, many consumers have reported that there is a weakening of the power after the recall of the car... Can the recall plan completely solve the problem of oil increase? It will take a few months for the weather to cool down to be truly tested.

It is worth noting that the ban on vehicles is a very severe and rare punishment in the Chinese auto market. As a result, the lock-up of the key model CR-V will not only seriously hit the sales of Dongfeng Honda, but will even have a great and long-term impact on the image of the Honda brand.

Data show that from January to May, Dongfeng Honda sold 224,788 vehicles, down 11.61% year-on-year; while CR-V performance was extremely bleak, with a cumulative sales of 25,593 vehicles in the first five months, down 64.69% year-on-year. At present, CR-V, which has resumed sales, has been greatly discounted in the minds of consumers. In May, CR-V sold only 3,325 vehicles.

Also, the "Oil throttle" incident seems to have affected the sales of the entire Honda brand. For example, the sales performance of Guangqi Honda's 10th generation Accord is not satisfactory. In May, the 10th generation Accord sold a total of 7322 vehicles, far less than the sales performance of the competitor Toyota Camry 15595. In this regard, a GAC ​​Toyota dealer told the Economic Daily - China Economic Net reporter, "The current performance of Camry is largely due to the bleak performance of the Accord, because the Accord only has a power configuration of 1.5T engine. Therefore, many consumers have abandoned the purchase of the Accord in view of the "door throttle".

In addition, the self-owned brand Changan Automobile is also deeply immersed in the “oil throttle”. Due to the "increased oil" problem, as early as March 2, Changan Automobile announced the recall of 252,087 Changan CS75 vehicles, which is the largest recall of its own brand in the first half of the year.

"Tiantian Fengbo" continued to ferment in the first half of the year, affecting more than one million cars

In 2017, a total of 20,202,369 domestic passenger vehicles were recalled, a substantial increase of 78.28% over the same period of last year. Among them, the high-altitude airbag became the culprit. In 2017, the number of vehicles recalled due to the assembly of the Takada problem airbag reached 9,785,575, accounting for 48.30% of the total recall.

In 2018, the Takata airbag storm continued to ferment. In the first half of 2018, there was no recall in May alone due to the assembly of high-altitude airbags. In general, from January to June, as many as 11,185,10 vehicles were recalled due to the high-altitude airbag incident, accounting for 23.18% of the total recall, which is the primary reason for the recall of domestic passenger vehicles.

Among them, a total of 398,954 vehicles of Japanese Honda were recalled, which was the biggest brand. The high-end car brand BMW also issued a recall notice involving 44,052 vehicles in March due to the Takata problem airbag. In addition, BMW's domestic and imported almost all models; in addition, the independent brand Tengshi, high-end brand Jaguar Land Rover, car world rookie Tesla, and even the super-running brand Ferrari have issued a recall notice due to the assembly of the problem airbag, showing Takada The problem airbag not only has a huge scope, but its impact is far from over.

In this regard, Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the National Passenger Car Market Information Association, said in an interview with the Economic Daily-China Economic Net. "The Takata incident has a wide range of influences. Although Takada has gone bankrupt, the number of cars equipped with Takada airbags is huge. Whenever a batch of vehicles is found to have related problems, a recall is required, so the number of recalls is also very high. Moreover, it is difficult to estimate how long the impact of the Takada incident will last."