2022 Honda Civic Si

While driving at speeds in excess of 40 miles per hour and while the wheel was centered, the steering would stick. This would make the minimum adjustment enough to send you from one side of the lane to the other. This made it very dangerous to drive on the highway because it was very difficult to stay in the lane while driving.. Despite all attempts to change this (turning off active safety features, turning on adaptive cruise control, changing to sport mode, etc.) the problem persisted. Even adaptive cruise control would noticeably over correct. This problem was present for three to four thousand miles and has gone away recently and thus is not currently able to be replicated. There were no warning lights, and the problem was not inspected or independently verified.

Steering “sticks” in curves while driving around 40-50 MPH. The steering sticks and does not return to center own its own. Problem worse in warmer weather , the cold has made the issue come and go (40 degrees and lower issue not as apparent). Aside from sticking in curves it’s hard to keep the car driving in a straight line , you need to force it almost to pass that “sticky “ feeling , another way I can word it , the steering feels choppy trying to keep straight line while driving. Switching drive modes doesn’t not help also.

When driving at higher speeds >50MPH, the steering becomes increasingly 'sticky' to the point where you feel like you are fighting the car to make corrections to the tracking of where you are going. The faster you go, the more dangerous it feels. It does not feel safe at high speed when you have to fight the steering wheel to make an abrupt avoidance maneuver. It's basically undrivable at highway speeds because of this issue. I disabled the lane assist thinking this was the problem but it didn't help.

On highways when the car is at 50-60 mph speed, the steering sticks at 12 o'clock position. I cannot make a micro turn left or right because the steering is just stuck there. To release it, I have to put more efforts to sort of "unlock" it from its position. I have noticed that pushing a little more to "unlock" from it's sticky position makes the car turn a little more than needed which causes other cars to think I am going to hit them. Happened to me a couple of times. Upon my investigation, I have seen many 11th Gen Honda Civic owners report this issue. There is a group on facebook [XXX] " where the owner of this model car has been showing their worries. Most of the time, Honda dealers say they can't replicate it. This is a serious concern as it increases the chances of unintended highway maneuvers, resulting in collision with parallel car traffic. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

The contact owns a 2022 Honda Civic SI. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel seized in the 12 o’ clock position. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic power steering assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact believed that the failure was associated with NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V734000 (Electrical System). The failure mileage was 8,000.

The steering on my vehicle has started to "stick" in the center. It's only really noticeable when traveling straight at highway speeds. In this scenario, it becomes more difficult to stay within 1 lane, as the smallest increment I'm able to turn the wheel is larger than the amount I actually need to turn the wheel. So I am constantly over-correcting, causing me the vehicle to slowly bounce between the left side of the lane and the right, rarely able to actually stay in the center of the lane. This increases the amount of effort required by the driver to stay inside the lane, leading to more mistakes. It also decreases the predictability of my driving and can seem erratic. At first I assumed it was an artifact of the lane keeping assistance system, but even with the LKAS disabled, the behavior persists. Today (12/27/23) I dropped the car off at the dealer for a full inspection of the steering system. My main concern is that if there is a major problem in the power steering, LKAS, or steering system as a whole, that it may continue to get worse, reducing the car's controllability and becoming more and more of a safety concern. No error codes or messages have been displayed on the car's dashboard. This fact, combined with the fact that the issue is quite subtle led me to delay taking the car to the dealership in the hopes that it would go away or at least not worsen. This is not the case. When I first bought the vehicle, the steering perfectly smooth and has gotten noticeably worse over time. I just recently hit 10k miles.