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2025 Honda CR-V e:HEV RS (Image: Dean McCartney)
2025 Honda CR-V e:HEV RS (Image: Dean McCartney)
John Law
Deputy News Editor
8 Nov 2024
2 min read

A wide-reaching recall has been issued by Honda Australia concerning 16,001 vehicles sold between 2021 and 2024. 

The recall affects current generation Honda CR-V medium SUV, Civic hatch, Civic Type R and ZR-V small SUV.

According to the recall notice, the issue is with the Electronic Power Steering system. “The worm wheel grease may be displaced over time”, reads the bulletin. ”This may result in abnormal steering noise and greater steering effort.”

The increased effort required to turn the steering wheel “could increase the risk of an accident-causing serious injury or death to vehicle occupants and other road users”, it says. 

Honda Australia will contact owners of impacted vehicles in writing, with owners encouraged to contact their local dealer where the issue will be rectified free of charge. 

Owners can check whether their vehicle is affected using this list of VINs.

John Law
Deputy News Editor
Born in Sydney’s Inner West, John wasn’t treated to the usual suite of Aussie-built family cars growing up, with his parents choosing quirky (often chevroned) French motors that shaped his love of cars. The call of motoring journalism was too strong to deny and in 2019 John kickstarted his career at Chasing Cars. A move to WhichCar and Wheels magazine exposed him to a different side of the industry and the glossy pages of physical magazines. John is back on the digital side of things at CarsGuide, where he’s taken up a role as Deputy News Editor spinning yarns about the latest happenings in the automotive industry. When he isn’t working, John can be found tooling around in either his 2002 Renault Clio Sport 172 or 1983 Alfasud Gold Cloverleaf.  
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