Sticky steering. Steering wheel locks up driving straight or in turns.
- NHTSA ID
- 11739221
- Incident
- May 20, 2026
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Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2025 Honda Civic SI. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
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Sticky steering. Steering wheel locks up driving straight or in turns.
Steering wheel pops / clicks when turned 15-20° from the center in either direction.
The steering on the vehicle exhibits unusual resistance when on center above 40mph - sort of a 'sticking' feeling. To properly correct the vehicles lane position at Hwy speeds, driver needs both hands. To move the steering in these situations requires significantly more torque than normal, and when you have applied enough torque, the steering will suddenly move, making it easy to overcorrect.
While in cruise mode, car has several times suddenly and rapidly braked for a semi truck that did not exist. Most of the instances the road ahead was completely clear. On one occasion this nearly caused the vehicle behind me to ram me.
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