Recall · 26V721000
Honda recalled 3 models over steering
635,808
Vehicles covered
3
Models
11
Model years
October 29, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- The defect
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2021-2025 Acura TLX, 2022-2024 Acura MDX, and 2023-2025 Pilot vehicles. The software for the electric power steering (EPS) assist may cause the EPS system to enter a failsafe mode, resulting in a loss of power steering assist.
- What it can cause
- A loss of power steering assist can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will reprogram the EPS control unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed December 14, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-866-784-1870. Honda's numbers for this recall are KQB and TQA. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning November 11, 2026.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup.
How this campaign compares
At 635,808 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 98% of the 19,941 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 473. It covers model years 2021 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Honda vehicles have been recalled over the steering 12 times before this, most recently in July 2026 as 26V500000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 10 of the 11 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 846 complaints with NHTSA, 802 of them before this campaign was filed. 117 of those name the steering, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in June 2021, 5 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 11 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V332000 (air bags), 26V054000 (seats), 25V391000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 25V056000 (seat belts).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) with NHTSA on October 29, 2026 as campaign 26V721000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes. Data last checked 2026-10-29.
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