This comes after a viral post online highlighted a discrepancy between the official Honda brochure and the actual car.
While the big news these days in the local automotive space is a certain Chinese automaker and its axles, there is actually another interesting story brewing when it comes to brakes. Such is as a recent viral Facebook post about how a new Honda City E was found to have rear drum brakes, despite the official marketing material stating otherwise.
Now to Honda’s credit, the automaker has been quick to issue a statement on the matter, and this reads as follows:
Honda Malaysia would like to clarify that the New City (E variant) rear brake system specification is a drum brake.
Honda Malaysia thanks the customer who highlighted the discrepancy and has reached out to the customer to resolve the matter amicably. Honda Malaysia reassures customers that the drum brake system complies fully with all safety and quality standards.
All existing materials for the New City are being retracted, and Honda Malaysia will issue updated materials across all authorised dealerships and online platforms immediately.
For further enquiries, customers may contact Honda’s Toll-Free number at 1-800-88-2020.
For those who perhaps missed this story on social media, it all started when a customer noticed the discrepancy between the brochure and the car they were about to take delivery of. The customer then took to a Facebook group to raise the issue, and the post has since gained enough traction for Honda Malaysia to take notice.
Just for some background info here too, the pre-facelift City actually came with two types of rear brakes depending on the variant. Drums were fitted to the lower-spec S and E trims, while the higher-end variants received solid disc brakes instead.
It thus seems that there has been no change to this arrangement for the newly-facelifted City, with the now base-tier E trim retaining its drum brakes while the rest of the range gets discs. This also suggests that the discrepancy was simply a marketing mistake, with someone (or perhaps a team of someones) likely having a few long days ahead to correct the error across all the affected materials.
In any case (and no idea how this is now a compliment but,) kudos to Honda for (doing its job by) being quick to respond and clarify the matter publicly. Though that does beg the question, why could we not just have rear disc brakes on all variants instead?
