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Passenger car – Honda

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 23 Nov 2006In the weekly report of 24 Nov 2006 (week 46, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Honda (189 alerts)
Type / model
CIVIC 4 door, CIVIC 5 door
Description
Electronic Power Steering (EPS) control unit in Honda carsDescription: The recall concerns the following vehicles: 2006 Civic 5 Door (SHHFK1***6U000101~SHHFK1***6U003998; SHHFK2***6U000101 ~ SHHFK2***6U009998; SHHFK3***6U000101~ SHHFK3***6U009351) manufactured between 13 September 2005 and 22 February 2006 and 2006 Civic 4 Door (JHMFD1***6S200022~ JHMFD1***6S205130; JHMFD3***6S200009 ~ JHMFD3***6S200874) manufactured between 1 September 2005 and 26 January 2006.
Risk
The Electronic Power Steering (EPS) control unit can, in some cases, switch to fail safe mode while driving due to detection of abnormal current within the EPS control unit. If this occurs, there will be a sudden loss of power assistance and the driver will notice that the steering becomes very heavy without warning. The sudden loss of power assistance could lead to an accident and injury.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0754/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-46 (XML)
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