BMW, Nissan, Honda, Porsche, and Chevrolet Eye October Recalls

Published: 10/14/2024, 4:42:35 PM EDT

The Honda logo on a car at the 44th Bangkok International Motor Show in Thailand, on March 23, 2023. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Several automakers have issued recalls this month, with Honda announcing it was calling back nearly 1.7 million vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Honda

Honda Motor Company's recall accounts for the largest this month at some 1,693,199 vehicles, with several Honda and Acura models affected that were manufactured between 2022 and 2025.

The affected models include the Honda Civic, Civic Hatchback, CR-V, CR-V Hybrid, HR-V, and the Acura Integra Type S, with specific variants such as the Civic Hatchback Hybrid and CR-V Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle also implicated.

According to the safety recall report submitted to the NHTSA, Honda estimates that 1 percent of these vehicles contain an improperly manufactured steering gearbox worm wheel, which can cause excessive friction due to insufficient lubrication, increasing steering effort which, in turn, leads to an increased risk of a crash or injury.

Customers can identify the problem through abnormal noise when steering and/or a momentary “sticky” feeling when turning the steering wheel, Honda said.

In a separate recall, 98 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrids were recalled due to unsafe batteries.

Porsche

On Oct. 1, Porsche reported a potential issue with 183 units of its 2025 Taycan vehicles. Due to a software issue, the 4-door hybrid electric vehicle's rearview camera may not immediately display when the car is shifted into reverse.

Nissan

Software issues also led to two recalls from Nissan. The Japanese carmaker is calling in 37,236 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti QX80 vehicles produced in 2023–2024 due to a rearview monitor that may turn blank when the cars are put in reverse.

Chevrolet

General Motors announced that it is recalling 731 vehicles built with improperly heat-treated door strikers, making them susceptible to fracture, such that affected doors have the potential to open unexpectedly during impacts or crashes.

The affected models are 2025 Chevrolet Blazers, Blazer EVs, and Equinox EVs—but only those units built in GM’s Ramos Arizpe assembly plant in Mexico. Some 58 percent of the cars recalled are estimated to contain the “suspect parts,” the company said in its recall report.

The company also recalled 25 Chevrolet Silverado 2024 Medium Duty 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD vehicles with inoperative airbags.

BMW

Meanwhile, 11,579 BMW customers will be disappointed to find out that their car may need to be serviced again, after the integrated brake module installed under a previous recall was found to “not function according to specifications,” the carmaker said.

The defective integrated brake system does not affect mechanical braking, BMW said, but the Antilock Brake System (ABS) and Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) systems will not function, thus extending the stopping distance.

A warning lamp and a message should be displayed when the integrated brake system fails, which is expected to occur in 1 percent of the recalled units—comprising 21 models of the X1, X5, X6, X7, XM, 530i, i5, 740i, 760i, i7, and 750e vehicles produced in 2023-2024.