Below is an extract of an email sent to me by the PR agency for Honda. This is in relation to the email that you may have received regarding a claim about the fault IMA battery of the Honda Civic Hybrid.
Dear Members of the Media,
Good afternoon.
Recently
in the past few months, there has been an email circulating to you all
by Ms. Latifah Emir regarding our Civic Hybrid which she purchased. In
the email, she made some false accusations about our products (IMA
battery) being faulty and also about Honda Malaysia. Due to the
sensitivity of the case as it was under Judicial Review, we restrained
to make comments or give any statements regarding that matter.
On the 28th
of March 2012, the Kuala Lumpur High Court through Judicial Review
R2-25-249-09/2011, in favor of Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd & our
Authorized Dealer Kah Motor Co Sdn Bhd, quashed the decision of the
Consumer Tribunal after finding that the claim made by Ms. Latifah Emir
was unsustainable. This put an end to the allegation by Ms. Latifah that
the Honda Civic Hybrid’s IMA battery was a faulty product. The High
Court acknowledged that Honda’s IMA battery is not a defective product
as claimed by Ms. Latifah Emir.
The
legal pursuit has ended in favor of Honda by proving that it had not
misinformed its customers or the general public at any point in time
about its Hybrid technology products.
We
sincerely hope that this statement clarifies any doubts of Honda’s
Hybrid Technology that was created by Ms. Latifah Emir over these past
few months.
