2023 ACURA INTEGRA Complaints

There is a separation from the windshield and the A frame on the drivers side. The car has been in multiple times and the service department cannot fix the problem because they claim it is a manufacturers defect. American Honda is saying that because it is "a manufacturing defect", they are not obligated to fix it and there is no fix available and I have no recourse.

While driving at highway speeds around 60-65 mph, the steering feels "sticky". It takes more effort than normal to move the steering wheel and correct course. Rarely, the steering wheel does not return to the center position after a long sweeping curve on a highway and needs to be jerked back slightly to get it to return to center. This tends to happen around an hour or more into a long drive, usually when it's warm weather. For reference, the car only has around 6500 miles on it.

Steering wheel is “sticking” at highway speeds. When driving straight, I have to lightly force the wheel to get it to click out of where it was last place. It ends up jerking the wheel to get it out of this stuck position.

Sticky steering wheel that jerks after I reached 6500 miles, it feels dangerous and causes me to swerve.. to the point people beep at me thinking I’m not paying attention but I’m trying to stop the jerking from happening

Sticky steering observed at highway speed. Steering wheel would lose power assist or feel sticky or jerkiness briefly by giving steering wheel a very slight turn to either the left or right at highway speed when going straight. Complaint to dealer and already replaced steering rack under warranty once at 10000 miles. Problem seems to have come back again after driven the newly replace steering rack for 5000 miles. Right now, problem would come and goes intermittently already contact dealership for appointment to troubleshoot the issue.

Steering produces a sticking sensation, specifically when traveling at speed on straight roads and slight steering adjustments are needed to correct course. When attempting to make the adjustments, more effort is needed for a very short amount of time, to get the steering to unstick. It ranges on severity from very minute to quite a bit of force needed to steer from straight. Dealer looked at the problem and said they could not reproduce the effect. I took tech for a ride and had them feel when it was happening when I was driving. The tech felt it, but said that was “normal”. Vehicle has not been independently inspected as I took to dealer because it is still under warranty. No warning lights have occurred.

Same issue with the '22/'23 Honda Civic, which the Integra is based on -- "sticky steering". AutoBlog reported on it at https://www.autoblog.com/2023/03/21/nhtsa-honda-civic-sticky-power-steering-investigation/.

The steering wheel sticks at times. Driving straight and in turns. It's a slight stick, but increasingly more noticeable. While driving straight it happens if I don't touch the wheel for a few seconds. Then I'll need to make a minor correction and it's stuck. I have to put some decent pressure on the wheel to make it unstuck, which causes an over-correction. If i steadily make corrections it doesn't stick. Same in a turn. If I am making a slow or wide turn, wheel stays in same position for a second, it doesn't just roll out of the turn easily. I have to force it to come out of the turn. Again once it's unstuck it feels fine. Leaving it in one position for more than a second or two initiates the stuck.

Rear middle seat belt gets stuck wont release. Dealer reported other vehicles doing the same.

Car at around 3K miles. The steering at higher speeds >40mph started to stick and takes some force to steer. It is most noticeable when driving in a straight line and the steering wheel will require some force to turn but then will be more fluid. But then returning to a straight line causes the same sticky feeling. Because the steering sticks, it requires an overcorrection when trying to adjust directions.