Worm Gear Recall Fix Reviews

[BigBird]

You can discount the obvious and sweep it under the rug, but it is ridiculous that the steering issues continue.

I’ve had 80/11/14/18/20 Si coupes, 19 CTR, 09/17 V6 Accord coupes, 23 CRV. I’ve got more skin in the Honda game than 95% on this forum will have in their lifetimes. My complaint is legit and valid. Honda has damaged their reputation unnecessarily with this steering debacle and I stand by my opinion. After 8 years of this and the recall is to squirt more lube in a hole? Come on. And to say maybe it’s other cars because most CTR owners don’t have the issue? Actually many people have the issue and don’t know it, and it’s the rack design, not the car model. Any Honda with this rack design has problems, or will at some point. Normally a sensible person would say Honda will fix it and roll with it, but after 8 years it continues and what happens after warranty is up? $$$$ over and over apparently.

Letting this go on and on year after year is by far the biggest mistake Honda has made since coming to the US. Even my brother in law who is 60 and only driven Honda his entire life has switched to a Toyota over his 2023 Civic’s unending steering issues. I owned a 2021 Toyota and never again so it’s not an option for me other than a fake Toyota that’s really a Subaru.

Reminds me of “more cowbell”. “More lube!” I hope squirting more lube works, but they’ve known there’s a lube problem for years and if more lube worked, the problem would be gone.

Thank you for your input. May you enjoy your current car, or future car, and have no issues.

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[Zpeedster M]

Go buy a Telsla, Elon needs the $$

 

[BigBird]

It's great that he cares so much about what other people have, and he doesn't.

 

[TEAMM_AP1]

Do you wonder about premature wear if it was stiff and adding lube fixes it? Seems sketch as hell to me, especially years down the road.

Possibly. While not having enough grease in the gearbox could potentially lead to issues down the road, Honda will address and rectify the situation if and when it becomes necessary.

With any mechanical system, problems can arise, and this is just one of them. The important thing is that Honda is taking steps to fix it.

I’m not too worried about this. I got the fix done, it’s documented with honda. If it becomes an issue down the road, I expect honda to handle it accordingly.

 

[Cueyo]

Possibly. While not having enough grease in the gearbox could potentially lead to issues down the road, Honda will address and rectify the situation if and when it becomes necessary.

With any mechanical system, problems can arise, and this is just one of them. The important thing is that Honda is taking steps to fix it.

I’m not too worried about this. I got the fix done, it’s documented with honda. If it becomes an issue down the road, I expect honda to handle it accordingly.

Worst case scenario you can just buy a kit for the fix yourself and fix the issue again in a few years if it ever arises. There's a guy over on the 11th gen forums who did just that since he doesn't trust stealerships.

 

[Savannah@TSP]

I had the opportunity to do my own EPS recall on my Si, which was suffering decently.
30 mins tops for the repair, and it's been really good to me since then. Honda also stopped pestering me, so that was a huge plus.

My sticky steering was getting pretty sketchy before then; would stick mid turn and not auto center or had to man handle it back to center.

Good times.

Please note that the official updated TSB requires adding grease and replacing the spring/end caps. The spring IS different.

 

[Bandit_TypeR]

You can discount the obvious and sweep it under the rug, but it is ridiculous that the steering issues continue.

I’ve had 80/11/14/18/20 Si coupes, 19 CTR, 09/17 V6 Accord coupes, 23 CRV. I’ve got more skin in the Honda game than 95% on this forum will have in their lifetimes. My complaint is legit and valid. Honda has damaged their reputation unnecessarily with this steering debacle and I stand by my opinion. After 8 years of this and the recall is to squirt more lube in a hole? Come on. And to say maybe it’s other cars because most CTR owners don’t have the issue? Actually many people have the issue and don’t know it, and it’s the rack design, not the car model. Any Honda with this rack design has problems, or will at some point. Normally a sensible person would say Honda will fix it and roll with it, but after 8 years it continues and what happens after warranty is up? $$$$ over and over apparently.

Letting this go on and on year after year is by far the biggest mistake Honda has made since coming to the US. Even my brother in law who is 60 and only driven Honda his entire life has switched to a Toyota over his 2023 Civic’s unending steering issues. I owned a 2021 Toyota and never again so it’s not an option for me other than a fake Toyota that’s really a Subaru.

Reminds me of “more cowbell”. “More lube!” I hope squirting more lube works, but they’ve known there’s a lube problem for years and if more lube worked, the problem would be gone.

They also replace the tension spring; not just grease added. I had a '23 BMW 240i before the CTR. That car had a "thump" noise on the right rear side. Numerous owners have the problem and BMW hasn't addressed it. Since BMW wouldn't correct the problem, I traded it in. Also, I greatly missed driving a manual. I think its hard to get a perfect car. It mainly matters how the company addresses the problem. So far the fix by Honda seems to be working. Time will only tell.

 

[MoodySara]

Honda did a good job for me on the steering box fix.
But, I still have an outstanding recall (no parts) on the passenger airbag sensor on my FK8.
That recall is coming up on three years old.

 

[BigBird]

i need to find a trustworthy dealer in my area

 

[TEAMM_AP1]

Worst case scenario you can just buy a kit for the fix yourself and fix the issue again in a few years if it ever arises. There's a guy over on the 11th gen forums who did just that since he doesn't trust stealerships.

If it fails and related to this issue, I expect Honda to replace it. I ain’t doing that work myself lol

 

[J_D]

I was in and out in 45 minutes. No complaints. Dealer reinstalled my rock guards and grill properly too. It's probably placebo but the steering feels better to me now in all modes.

 

[MooMoo]

I was in and out in 45 minutes. No complaints. Dealer reinstalled my rock guards and grill properly too. It's probably placebo but the steering feels better to me now in all modes.

They should not have to remove the guards to do this I don’t think, remove wheel and where they need to access is right there

 

[TypeRD]

Worst case scenario you can just buy a kit for the fix yourself and fix the issue again in a few years if it ever arises. There's a guy over on the 11th gen forums who did just that since he doesn't trust stealerships.

Well, if it’s the same guy I’m thinking of, he’s good friends with the dealership and they trusted him to do the fix correctly himself. They marked the fix as completed in their system (so it wouldn’t show an incomplete recall at Honda Corp or non a Carfax anymore). But yeah…I guess if someone runs into the problem later (after the fix), it wouldn’t matter anymore as it wouldn’t show on a Carfax at that point anyway…so one could just do it themselves presumably.

 

[FL5HondaGuy]

In and out in 1 hour. Still feels like a Type R.

 

[MooMoo]

Just got mine done this morning. Was there hour and half and also got em to do an inspection, I was watching the car while they did it and took like 45 min for the recall.

Wheel might feel smoother but could be placebo.

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