Honda Malaysia recalls City and Jazz

2009 City and 2009-2010 Jazz needs lost motion spring replacement

Honda Malaysia is calling owners of 21,956 units of the third generation City from 2009 and 1,680 owners of the second generation Jazz from 2009 and 2010 to send their cars to authorised Honda service centres for an important parts replacement.

The company said that they need to replace the lost motion springs and the retainers for all vehicles with countermeasure parts. Lost motion springs, which are compressed by rocker arms in normal engine use, may bend or break over time resulting in irregular engine noise and potentially causing engine stalls. 

No crashes or injuries have been reported related to this issue.

 “We sincerely apologize to our customers and deeply regret the inconvenience caused by this predicament. It is our priority to put our customers first. 

“To address this issue, we will be writing to all the affected customers to send their vehicles to an authorized dealer as soon as they receive notification from us,” said Yoichiro Ueno, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Honda Malaysia. 

The Company is in the midst of preparing the replacement parts. Necessary inspection and replacement will be carried out when the parts are ready. 

All charges incurred in the inspection and replacement work will be borne by the Company. Honda Malaysia would like to assure its customers that all current selling models are not affected. 

Like the Honda Jazz but need more space? Fit Shuttle

The Jazz is called the Fit in Japan and these images, which look like they could plausibly be from a scanned brochure shows what appears to be a Fit MPV or station wagon.

According to the scanned documents it is called the Fit Shuttle,



The interior shot seem to indicate that it is a five seater so one can assume that they had lengthened the wheelbase to give rear passengers more luxury in terms of legroom and create a humongous boot that can swallow a large piece of furniture without choking up that tailgate.

HRC MotoGP test at Sepang ends 2010 on-track development work

Jonathan Rea hard at work in Sepang

Honda's MotoGP team ended their 2010 development work last Friday after three-days testing at the Sepang International Circuit.

The test session was scheduled to end on Saturday but was extended to include a three-hour session on Sunday morning due to time last to heavy rain on Saturday  afternoon.

The test team and HRC test rider Kousuke Akiyoshi were happy with the data gleaned while verifying information and technical data gathered at the last team test session, held at Valencia in early November.




The HRC test was also a happy experience for Ten Kate Honda World Superbike team rider Jonathan Rea.

The Ulsterman was given the opportunity to test the RC212V as a reward for his WSB performances in 2010. Race completed the test alongside Akiyoshi running for 40 laps in fine sunny weather with temperatures close on 30 degrees for the morning session.

Rea said of his first MotoGP experience. "Riding the RC212V has been an unbelievable experience for me! A four days test is a dream that became true and I am really happy that HRC invited me here in Sepang.

Yesterday the rain didn't allow us to be on track that much and we stayed one more day. Today I start feeling the bike is "my bike" and I had some good feeling riding it. I hope I have been able to give to the engineers some useful comment, even if my physical conditions were not the best because my wrist is still not 100%.

Now I will have some rest for the End of the Year, and then I will be focused on my job of 2011 that is the World Superbike Championship. Thanks again to everybody in Honda for the great experience!".

While Rea returns to Europe and a well earned rest the HRC engineers will not be resting. The test team heads home to Japan with much valuable data to evaluate as they continue working at the development of the RC212V in time for the first MotoGP test session of the 2011 season. The test will also be held at the Sepang circuit on February 1 – 3.

Honda Insight is only RM98K - cheapest hybrid by far

Honda offers affordable Insight

Company to offer hybrid model below RM100,000

Honda is making waves at the 2010 Kuala Lumpur International Motor show when it announced that the all-new Insight, a purpose-designed hybrid model will be sold in Malaysia for RM98,000, undercutting the Civic Hybrid by RM11,000.

The all-new Insight is scheduled to land sometime in February next year and features an improved 1.3-litre single overhead cam i-VTEC engine that combines fuel efficiency with high torque.

Along with a new generation of Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system, the Insight promises overall good performance and exceptional fuel economy.