I was advised by the Honda dealer, and had confirmed by a third party repair shop, that the rack and pinion system needs to be replaced. My car is 47 months old and has only 29,595 miles on it. This system should not fail like this. I am also told that the part is on national back-order, and only 15 are available anywhere in the United States. My car is unsafe to drive. Please help.

- Charlotte, NC, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the steering wheel was difficult to turn in either direction. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the steering mechanism was faulty and needed to be repaired. No further information was available. The vehicle was not repaired. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The contact was informed that the vehicle was included in the NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V663000 (Steering). The contact indicated that the vehicle experienced the failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 38,000.

- Grand Prairie, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel would vibrate. The contact stated that the steering warning light was illuminated. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V663000 (Steering) however, the Vin was not included. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure, and the contact was informed that the Vin was not under recall. The failure mileage was approximately 23,500

- Melbourne, FL, USA

Awaiting notification letter to repair 2 Recalls for practically new vehicle & should provide extended warranty for only 11,461 miles driven & already need to replace A/C compressor.

- Fredericksburg , VA, USA

The contact owned a 2018 Honda CR-V. the contact stated that she does not remember how the vehicle ended in a ditch. No air bags deployed. The contact sustained injuries to the right side of her body, laceration to the forearm, fractured L1, and a concussion. No police report was filed. The vehicle was towed. The contact mentioned NHTSA campaign number: 18V663000 (steering) as a possible solution to the failure however the VIN was not included. Parker hondaparker Honda (5327 highway 70 w, morehead city (252) 247-2488) was contacted and confirmed no recalls were under the VIN. The vehicle was deemed a total loss by nationwide auto insurance. The manufacturer was notified of the failure however no further assistance was provied. The failure mileage was approximately 36,277.

- Beaufort, NC, USA

After running the vehicle for more than 10-15 miles from start the steering sticks and jerky while making a curve and won't move back out of this catch without applying an extra force. This could cause the vehicle to cut the lane unintentionally and is dangerous. I had taken it to the dealer on 3/16/21 and they couldn't recreate the problem as they won't drive more than 5miles. I am getting this problem every time I drive more than 10-15 miles.

- Aliso Viejo, CA, USA

When steering far to right or left while traveling on a highway or street and then straightening up there is a jerk or catch as if something is caught in the steering mechanism.

- Savannah, GA, USA

Loss of steering control while making a left turn at low speeed < 20 mph.

- Livonia, MI, USA

Was driving on the highway and it started to lightly rain and I received the following error on my dashboard "some driver assist systems cannot operate : radar obstructed" and my truck started to brake by itself. I pulled over on the side of the highway and didn't see anything obstructing the sensors. The error stayed on until I got home and parked my truck.

- Farmington, MI, USA

Entered the vehicle and began to drive. The problem lights all appeared as driving: Steering, tire pressure, emergency brake, engine. The car stalled as driving and steering was made difficult, did the der der der noises. I felt endangered with my children and puppy in the vehicle.

- Elmwood Park, NJ, USA

I have a 2018 Honda CR-V. the front end and steering is noisy, clicks, knocks bangs while turning the wheel. While driving on a street, highway or interstate, around curves the steering and front end jerks. It is hard to keep it on the road. Car has approximately 42,000 miles. I took it in to be checked when it first started doing this and the Honda service department diagnosed it as a bad steering box/rack. But because the warranty is out they would not fix it. I was quoted a price for me to pay around $3000. There are recalls on other 2018 models with the same issue.

- Newport, TN, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. the contact stated that while attempting to steer the vehicle to the right, the steering wheel independently drifted back to the left which made it difficult to operate the vehicle safely. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 18V663000 (steering). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage 66,000. The consumer stated the vehicle was diagnosed and repaired at balise Honda. The back rack and pinion were replaced.

- Montgomery, MA, USA

While in motion, front end makes a noise when he steering wheel is turned. Steering wheel and car jerk while making a right turn or curve. Honda service found that the rack/steering box is defective. Other 18 models have recalls. My warranty is out and Honda wants me to pay to have it fixed.

- Newport, TN, USA

On occasion in the past couple of months when going extremely slow speed and turning the wheel ever so slightly it's making a very loud humming type noise and then goes away it seems to only happen at a very slow speed with a slight turn

- Goosecreek, SC, USA

09/2019- traveling the interstate in fast lane in rush hour traffic approx. 79mph vehicles in front of & numerous vehicles behind me. A vehicle in the right lane switched lanes in front of me causing mine to hit the brakes, locking up, smoke coming from the rear of vehicle. The vehicle behind me was in the median the 2nd vehicle was inches from me. My passenger (child in back) safely strapped, had a whelp & burn on right side of neck/chest from seatbelt. Solution do not use cruise control. 11/2019 on vacation the vehicle showed low tire pressure light on the dash, pulled over to check the pressure, all tires were okay. Traveling on a 3 lane busy highway, in the mountains the brake would engage along with the steering, jerk to the left, "lane departure" on the dash. It took all of my strength to pull against the vehicle keeping it on the road. No guard rail on the road. Pulling against the steering prevented my CRV from going over the mountain. I could not have the econ on, if on, the highest speed I could reach in the CRV was 35mph. With the econ off 45 mph was the highest speed the travel speed of the other vehicles was between 65-70mph. This continued throughout the trip. I took the CRV to the Honda dealership once I was home it was kept for a week. They feel like a software update solved the issue. I later contacted the dealership to let them be aware the issue was not resolved. Said they made Honda aware, but did not. I had a case with Honda, but nothing has been done. My emails not replied and the messages left on the voicemails, not returned. I have contacted numerous times, spoken with service representatives and assured my call would be returned, nothing. Dealership stated they no longer will be able to help with any issues. This is frustrating. My life as well as my children are important although Honda isn't thinking the same. Major defects in the 2018 CR-V

- Sheridan, AR, USA

While in motion the CR-V continues to bright light oncoming traffic, as well as the steering wheel pull towards oncoming traffic abruptly while the volume of the stereo goes constantly from loud to mute, and the door lock/ unlocks being continual. Vehicle has stalled out on different occasions. There is odor of gasoline while inside the vehicle, usage of fuel drastically increased, noticed our throats hurting/ voice hoarseness/ coughing/ passenger pass out until windows are cracked open (carbon monoxide?). constant sputtering, no horsepower, can't stay with the flow of traffic on interstate, brakes do not want to work on different occasions, vehicle abruptly slams on the brakes at times saying road departure (clearly we are not departing the roadway). Doors to the back have not allowed the passengers in the back to open them, causing the children to panic in fear of being trapped in the vehicle. The remote start has only worked (2) times in a years time. There has been a buzzing/ humming motor sound coming from the rear axle area after the vehicle has been stationary for over (5) hours. Gasoline has now been noticed in the oil. The dash periodically goes completely black unable to see anything. The automatic lights (dimming/ bright lights) does not work, and has only worked (1) time. A couple of occasions it has smoked, like large clouds of smoke from the exhaust anytime the accelerator was pushed. Fearful of traveling in the CR-V, we do not use after dark, the amount spent on fuel has more than doubled and we do drastically less driving in the CR-V since the increasing fuel usage. At times it feels as if the vehicle is controlled by someone else, it's difficult correcting the steering when it is pulling towards oncoming traffic.

- Sheridan, AR, USA

Honda 2018 cr V touring AWD has steering issues on 3 separate occasion. Sept 2019, Oct 2019, Dec 2019 when making a right turn the power steering pulled to the left into the wrong lane & the 3rd time almost into a ditch it took two or us to over ride that. During that 3rd time we also had 4 warnings: Acc, lkas, cmbs and rdm. I had amber and red warning lights showing the brake system, lane departure, acc & forward collision warning illuminated on the dash. I pulled over and shut the engine off for 30 mins. Each problem taken into the dealer we could not duplicate, and your VIN # is not on the recall list. I also notified Honda still no answer.

- Salina, KS, USA

On many occasions my CRV auto brakes hard and lane keep follows the wrong lines. 2 examples of braking: 1 - a pickup truck was making a right hand turn in front on me. As a human I started to go around him to the left as he turned but my auto brakes locked up and the person behind me came within inches from rear ending me then got road rage and chased me for something I did not do! could have been killed! 2nd was on a bend in the road - a white moving truck coming the other way on the bend made my auto brakes lock up hard / near a full stop! this happens often but not usually to these extremes. Lane keep - while on a major highway with cruise and lk on I went thru a recent construction area and my Honda started to follow old lines and painted over w/ black paint lines - not the new lines from after the repairs! it was scary - almost drove me into a barrier! on 1200 mile trip to Florida my car often would hit the brakes for reasons I could not tell or go out of the normal road lines or the acc would slow the car to a crawl for trucks in the other lane. Took it to the dealer - they say npf. One guy did say to adjust the sensitivity which I did but it still brakes when it should not. My wifes car does not react this way.

- Allentown, NJ, USA

Started vehicle while parked in parking lot to drive home, and all vehicle assist and other warning systems went off, also received warning all systems unable to initialize. Had vehicle towed to dealership. Dealer replaced steering angle sensor.

- Mentor, OH, USA

All electronics started to fail, steering jammed, lost control of vehicle. Service center diagnosed problem to broken power steering motor. Vehicle was in motion entering a highway. Aug 24th 2019. Electronic brake failure and car wouldn't start - Sep 11, 2019.

- Allen, TX, USA