Honda recalls 290,000 vehicles in America over engine issue
Honda will recall 294,612 vehicles in the U.S. to fix an issue that may cause engines to stall or suffer a loss of power, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday.
The recall affects certain 2022-2025 Acura MDX Type-S, 2023-2025 Honda Pilot and 21-2025 Acura TLX Type-S vehicles.
A software error in the fuel injection electronic control unit (FI-ECU) may cause an engine stall or a loss of power, increasing the risk of a crash or injury, the U.S. auto safety regulator said.
Dealers will reprogram the FI-ECU software, free of charge, it added.
Back in October, Honda was forced to recall 720,800 vehicles over concerns that the high-pressure fuel pump may crack and leak fuel – potentially causing them to burst in flames.
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source could increase the risk of a fire, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.
Just a few weeks prior to that, the car manufacturer had to recall two million vehicles in America over a steering wheel glitch.
The recall included some of the Japanese automaker’s famous vehicles such as the Civic Type R, Acura Integra and CR-V from model years 2022-2025.
Also, in June the US auto safety regulator opened a recall query into more than 120,000 Honda Ridgeline vehicles in the US over rear-view camera failures.
The NHTSA said the query concerned the model year 2017-2019 of Honda Ridgeline vehicles.
The RVC wire harness was manufactured with a material which was susceptible to breakage upon repeated opening and closing of the tailgate, which ultimately leads to a complete loss of RVC function, the NHTSA said.
Back in April, the regulator upgraded a probe into reports of an unexpected activation of automatic emergency braking systems in around 3 million Hondas in the US.
The NHTSA said it had received 2,876 consumer complaints, and reports of 93 injury incidents and 47 crashes involving Honda cars.
It said it had opened a preliminary evaluation into about 1.7 million Honda vehicles in February 2022 to assess claims that the automatic emergency braking system activated with no apparent obstruction in the vehicle’s path.
While the preliminary evaluation covered 2017-2019 Honda CR-V and 2018-2019 Honda Accord vehicles, the NHTSA expanded the probe to include 2020-2022 models of the Honda CR-V and Accord vehicles as well.
Daily Mail
