Honda recalls nearly 1.7 million vehicles for steering problem that could lead to crashes

Honda Motor Co. is recalling adjacent to 1.7 cardinal vehicles owed to a manufacturing contented that could marque it hard to steer the vehicles and pb to crashes.

Honda reported the callback past week to authorities regulators, who issued the callback bid connected Tuesday.

The information callback bid from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the steering gearbox assembly whitethorn person been manufactured incorrectly, perchance causing "excessive interior friction" that could marque the conveyance hard to steer and summation the likelihood of a crash.

The vehicles covered successful the callback were from exemplary years 2022 to 2025 and see definite Acura Integras, Honda Civics, Honda CR-Vs and Honda HR-Vs.

The NHTSA announced an probe of the occupation backmost successful March aft it received 145 complaints from Honda Civic drivers that their steering could stick, forcing them to exert other effort to crook the steering wheel.

At the clip of the archetypal announcement earlier this year, the NHTSA said it had nary reports of crashes oregon injuries from the problem. Tuesday's bid does not notation immoderate accidents oregon injuries caused by the defect either.

Notification letters are expected to mailed to the conveyance owners connected Nov. 18.

Owners volition beryllium capable to instrumentality their vehicles to dealers, who volition regenerate the worm cogwheel outpouring and reapply grease arsenic indispensable astatine nary cost.

Owners whitethorn interaction Honda lawsuit work astatine 1-888-234-2138. The numbers for the callback are SJS, MJU, QJT and VJV.