BEIJING: Honda Motor Co’s China vehicle sales fell 6 percent in June from a year earlier to 107,985 units as the company continues to reel under the impact of a quality issue earlier this year.
Sales fell for a fifth straight month in June, the Tokyo-based carmaker said on Tuesday.
During the first half of 2018, Honda’s sales volume in the world’s biggest auto market fell 6.4 percent from the same period a year earlier to 609,100 vehicles.
The quality issue stemmed mainly from excess un-combustive petrol accumulating in the CR-V engine’s lubricant oil pan.
The issue was resolved after the watchdog in May allowed Honda to recall both the vehicles. However, Honda was not able to resume sales of the CR-V until late May.
The pace of drop in CR-V sales has since then slowed, signaling an imminent reversal. June sales stood at 7,135 vehicles, down 1.8 percent from a year ago.
Honda sales are down across products, in part because the company’s image was hit by the CR-V issue, analysts said.
Sales of some of the company’s models such as the XR-V subcompact SUV were also under pressure from competition, they added.
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