NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Honda is recalling more than 259,000 vehicles across the U.S. due to a problem that can cause the brake pedal to shift out of position.<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0documents published<\/a>\u00a0by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the recall covers certain Honda Pilots between model years 2023 and 2025 \u2014 as well cars under the auto maker’s luxury Acura brand: 2021-2025 Acura TLX and 2023-2025 Acura MDX vehicles.<\/p>\n The NHTSA’s\u00a0recall report<\/a>\u00a0notes that the brake pedal pivot pin in some of these vehicles was not secured properly during production. That can lead the pedal to shift out of place and \u201cmay lead to unintended application,\u201d the report notes, increasing crash risks.<\/p>\n \u201cThe issue could also cause an abnormal brake pedal feeling during operation, illuminate the brake malfunction light in the instrument cluster, or cause the vehicle\u2019s brake lights to remain lit even when the brake pedal is not applied,\u201d America Honda said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n As a remedy, Honda says authorized dealers will inspect the vehicles covered by this recall and replace the brake pedal assembly if necessary, free of charge. Per the NHTSA’s report, the company estimates 1% of these vehicles have this issue.<\/p>\n Dealer notifications began on June 13. And mailed owner notification letters are set to follow on July 28. In the meantime, drivers can also confirm if their specific vehicle is included in this recall and find more information using\u00a0the NHTSA site<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Honda’s recall lookup<\/a>.<\/p>\n Between February 2024 and June 5, the NHSTA notes, Honda received three warranty claims related to this issue \u2014 but no reports of injuries.<\/p>\n Honda began investigating the faulty brake pedal in April 2024, after receiving a report of a vehicle experiencing this issue. The company later determined that improper assembly of the brake pedal pivot pin occurred at a supplier’s U.S. plant, which has since been closed. Production was transferred to a plant in Mexico \u2014 where the supplier now uses a camera sensor \u201cto verify whether the pivot pin is staked,” the recall report notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Honda is recalling more than 259,000 vehicles across the U.S. due to a problem that can cause the brake pedal to shift out of position. According to\u00a0documents published\u00a0by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the recall covers certain Honda Pilots between model years 2023 and 2025 \u2014 as well cars under the auto maker’s luxury Acura brand: 2021-2025 Acura TLX and 2023-2025 Acura MDX vehicles.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1295,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions\/1295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}