Overview
- Production at Honda’s Celaya, Mexico facility stopped Tuesday local time, which builds the HR-V and has capacity of about 200,000 vehicles a year.
- Honda began reducing output at plants in the United States and Canada on Monday, and the company has not said when production will resume in Mexico.
- The shortage stems from disrupted supplies from Netherlands-headquartered Nexperia after China restricted exports of its China-made products.
- Honda declined to detail the scale of reductions, and Japan’s auto industry association warned the situation could seriously affect global production.
- Nissan reported no direct impact so far but is surveying suppliers and cautioned the situation may become a large-scale problem.