e-ISSN: 2723-6692 p-ISSN: 2723-6595
Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 10, October 2024 2640
Hasbi and Sugiyono (2024) explained that even today, in mid-2023, the public is shocked by
the case of a broken chassis or frame of a Honda automatic motorcycle, especially in the 2019 output
and above, where several videos are uploaded on social media. In this regard, the Honda motorcycle
chassis uses a new type of frame, the eSAF, a Honda innovation. The Enhanced Smart Architecture
Frame (eSAF), is an innovative frame made using many technologies. In forming this frame, there is a
difference in technology and the method used compared to the frame on other motorcycles. This
frame uses steel plates pressed by a machine, then united with a welder in its manufacture, PT. AHM
assesses that this frame can reduce deformation or damage to the frame because the unification
process itself uses welding tools. Four types of Honda motorcycles currently use eSAF frames: Honda
Beat, Honda Genio, Honda Scoopy, and Honda Vario. The virality of this case has reached the Ministry
of Trade, and the Directorate General of Consumer Protection and Commercial Order (PKTN) has
tried to hold a meeting with PT. AHM with the result that PT. AHM, as a manufacturer of Honda
motorcycles, has received several complaints from consumers regarding damage to the frame of its
motorcycles, but based on a statement from PT. AHM, the damage occurred due to seawater
corrosion, and the motorcycle was an old output, so it did not use an ISAF frame. However, this is still
not satisfactory to the public; the Government, through the National Transportation Safety Committee
(KNKT), will try to conduct further research because this is related to the safety of the people of
Indonesia and, if necessary, PT. AHM was asked to recall motorcycles that use the eSAF frame
produced by AHM. As a result of the case of one of the community on behalf of Andre Rivaldi, the
public invited the public to give a petition to PT. AHM through an online petition change.org. The
petition titled "Recall All Honda Motorcycles with ESAF Frames that Endanger Riders' Lives" has been
signed by 2,213 people until September 28, 2023. This proves that people have begun to worry about
the products they buy due to the crowd on social media regarding the rusty and easily porous frame
because the purchase of motorcycles is not only for 1 year of use. In addition, the use of motorcycles
on the highway can be considered in this petition because it can threaten life safety.
This case proves that the growth of the internet and its availability can provide much
information about products and brands online, where consumers can learn about product quality.
Undoubtedly, the growth of the internet and the availability of online testimonials have changed the
function of brands in several ways. Instead of acting solely as a marker of quality, brands must do
something more than ever. Brands must act as translators of trends, agents of changing information
on changing tastes and desires of constantly moving consumers. Furthermore, providing speed for
consumers to learn true quality is crucial for brands investing in creating exceptional consumer
experiences. Keller and Swaminathan (2020: 55).
However, several other studies show that the research can be contradictory by finding
research that produces contradictions or gaps. The following is an explanation of some of the results
of previous research: Delgado in Iendy Zelviean Adhari (2021), brand trust is the existence of a high
expectation or possibility that the brand will result in positive consumer results. The study results
by the research journal Innocentius Bernato et al. (2010) show that brand image does not positively
affect brand loyalty. This phenomenon differs from the theory that brand trust will result in positive
consumer results. This gap is the background of this research.
So, after looking at experts' definitions, the data was presented. The contradictions of
previous research, the author wants to know how the ability of the HONDA brand motorcycles, which
remain at the top of public perception, to become the ruler of the motorcycle market share in