2025 Acura RDX electric power steering software recall
Honda is recalling approximately 17,330 2025 Acura RDX vehicles. Electric power steering software may fail to calibrate properly, causing loss of power steering assist.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: This is a structural vehicle defect affecting power steering, a safety-critical system. Loss of power steering assist directly increases the risk of crashes and injuries. The defect affecting a system essential to vehicle control meets the Severe classification threshold under the structural vehicle defect criterion.
Plain-English summary
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2025 Acura RDX vehicles due to a software defect in the electric power steering (EPS) system. The EPS software may not be calibrated properly, which can cause the system to enter a failsafe mode and result in a loss of power steering assist.
When power steering assist is lost, drivers must exert greater steering effort to control the vehicle. This increases the risk of a crash or injury.
Approximately 17,330 vehicles are affected by this recall.
Dealers will reprogram the EPS software free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 20, 2025. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Vehicle identification numbers involved in the recall can be searched on NHTSA.gov.
The recalled product
- Product
- 2025 ACURA RDX
- Brand
- ACURA
- Manufacturer
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Category
- Vehicle — Power Steering
- Hazard
- power-steering-failure
- crash-risk
- Affected units
- 17,330
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Model numbers (1)
- RDX
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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