Honda Motor is recalling 1,693,199 vehicles in the U.S. due to potential steering issues.
The steering gearbox worm wheel, which controls steering, might have been manufactured incorrectly in affected vehicles and swell whereas in use, scaling down the movie of grease between the worm wheel and worm gear, in accordance to paperwork posted Wednesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In addition, the automobiles' worm wheel spring preload — a measurement of spring compression — was set too excessive. As a results of the two flaws, affected vehicles might grow to be laborious to steer.
“Increased friction between the worm gear and worm wheel can increase steering effort and difficulty, increasing the risk of a crash or injury,” the recall states.
Warning indicators of gearbox defects embody an irregular noise and a “sticky” feeling when making an attempt to flip the steering wheel whereas driving, the recall paperwork state.
The recall applies to the following U.S. fashions of Honda automobiles:
Acura
- 2023-2025 Acura Integra
- 2024-2025 Acura Integra Type S
Honda
- 2022-2025 Honda Civic Sedan
- 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan
- 2022-2025 Honda Civic Hatchback
- 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Hatchback
- 2023-2025 Honda Civic Type R
- 2023-2025 Honda CR-V
- 2023-2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid
- 2025 Honda CR-V Fuel Cell
- 2023-2025 Honda HR-V
Honda's U.S. unit urges homeowners of affected fashions to take their car to a licensed supplier for restore as quickly as they obtain notification.
As a treatment, sellers will change the worm gear spring and redistribute or add grease as crucial, freed from cost. Owner notification letters are anticipated to be mailed Nov. 18, 2024.
Owners might contact Honda Customer Service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are SJS, MJU, QJT and VJV.
Owners may contact NHTSA's security hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (toll-free at 1-800-424-9153) or go to www.nhtsa.gov for additional data. NHTSA's quantity for the recall is 24V-744.
Honda has confronted a number of massive remembers of late. In December 2023, the Japanese automaker recalled greater than 2.5 million automobiles due to a defective gas pump. In February of this 12 months, the firm additionally recalled greater than 750,000 vehicles to change a faulty sensor that would outcome in the entrance passenger air luggage inflating unintentionally.
