NHTSA recall 26V721000 · Honda KQB / TQA · Received October 29, 2026

Is my Honda Pilot or Acura TLX / MDX in the power-steering recall?

Last updated: November 11, 2026 · Source: NHTSA campaign 26V721000 (Honda KQB / TQA)

Is my Honda Pilot or Acura TLX / MDX in this recall?

Maybe — if your VIN is in NHTSA campaign 26V721000 (Honda’s numbers KQB and TQA). Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2021–2025 Acura TLX, 2022–2024 Acura MDX, and 2023–2025 Honda Pilot vehicles — about 635,808 vehicles in all (NHTSA received the campaign on October 29, 2026). Model year alone is not proof. NHTSA says involved VINs will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning November 11, 2026. Check your 17-character VIN on NHTSA.gov or this site’s vehicle recall checker.

The software for the electric power steering (EPS) assist may cause the EPS system to enter a failsafe mode, resulting in a loss of power steering assist. A loss of assist can increase the risk of a crash or injury. Honda’s official release (excerpted from its Part 573 report) also says EPS warning indicators illuminate in the instrument cluster and steering effort increases. Dealers will reprogram the EPS control unit, free of charge, at an authorized Honda or Acura dealer. This is not described as an over-the-air update. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed December 14, 2026. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-866-784-1870.

The official NHTSA campaign text and Honda’s November 10, 2026 release reviewed for this page do not state a crash, injury, or warranty count. This page does not add figures from news stories. If you have a safety problem, you can also file a complaint with NHTSA.

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NHTSA / Honda IDs

26V721000 · KQB / TQA

Potentially involved

~635,808 (campaign total; do not add model-year rows together)

Models

2021–2025 Acura TLX · 2022–2024 Acura MDX · 2023–2025 Honda Pilot

Remedy

Free dealer EPS reprogram (not an over-the-air update)

Owner letters

~December 14, 2026

VIN searchable

Beginning November 11, 2026 (NHTSA remedy text)

Park / stop-drive flags

Not set (API parkIt / parkOutSide false)

Honda customer service

1-866-784-1870

How to check your VIN

A 2021–2025 TLX, 2022–2024 MDX, or 2023–2025 Pilot is only a screen. Two vehicles from the same model year can differ. Model year alone is not proof that your vehicle is included — owners must check the VIN.

• This site’s NHTSA vehicle recall checker — check your VIN for open campaigns, including 26V721000.
• nhtsa.gov/recalls — official NHTSA VIN tool. NHTSA says involved VINs will be searchable beginning November 11, 2026.
• An authorized Honda or Acura dealer can also look up KQB / TQA / 26V721000 for your VIN. Call Honda customer service at 1-866-784-1870.

In general, a 17-character VIN appears on the lower-left corner of the windshield, on the driver’s-door label, and on the registration card. This page does not invent a Honda-specific VIN location beyond those usual places. VINs have 17 characters and never use the letters I, O, or Q.

If your VIN is not listed yet, that is not a permanent “cleared” result. NHTSA’s own tool notes that some recently announced recalls may still be adding VINs — check again, and ask a dealer about KQB / TQA. You do not need to wait for the December 14, 2026 owner letter to check.

NHTSA campaign 26V721000 (Honda KQB / TQA)

NHTSA campaign number 26V721000 is the official U.S. identifier for this software recall. Honda’s numbers for the same campaign, from NHTSA’s remedy text, are KQB and TQA. NHTSA received the campaign on October 29, 2026 (API date 29/10/2026). The component is listed as STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. Use those exact IDs with a dealer or when reading NHTSA results — they are not a different recall from each other.

What the EPS failsafe can do

NHTSA summary: “Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2021-2025 Acura TLX, 2022-2024 Acura MDX, and 2023-2025 Pilot vehicles. The software for the electric power steering (EPS) assist may cause the EPS system to enter a failsafe mode, resulting in a loss of power steering assist.”

NHTSA consequence: “A loss of power steering assist can increase the risk of a crash or injury.”

Honda’s November 10, 2026 release, which excerpts Honda’s Part 573 report, describes the defect this way: “An improper electronic power steering (EPS) software configuration may cause the EPS system to enter failsafe mode under certain operating conditions.” Safety risk (Honda / Part 573 excerpt): “If the EPS system enters failsafe mode, power steering assist is disabled, and the EPS warning indicators illuminate in the instrument cluster. Without power assist, steering effort increases, which may reduce vehicle controllability, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.”

In plain terms: if the EPS system enters failsafe, power-steering assist can drop out, the EPS warning lamps can light, and the wheel can feel heavier. That can reduce controllability and increase crash or injury risk. Official materials do not describe this as a “do not drive” or “park outside” campaign. As of November 11, 2026, the NHTSA campaign API has parkIt and parkOutSide set to false. This page is not driving advice beyond that official wording. Follow any later Honda or NHTSA advisory for your vehicle.

Deeper cause (Honda / Part 573 excerpt; not required to understand the consumer risk): “The supplier developed incorrect EPS software containing an error in the Driver Attention Monitor road-condition compensation calculation and an improperly configured response to the resulting internal error. Under specific operating conditions, the software may perform a floating-point division with a zero denominator, triggering an internal error. The EPS software was incorrectly configured to respond to this error by disabling power steering assist.”

Free dealer software update

NHTSA remedy text: “Dealers will reprogram the EPS control unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed December 14, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-866-784-1870. Honda's numbers for this recall are KQB and TQA. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning November 11, 2026.”

Honda’s Part 573 excerpt: “Registered owners of all affected vehicles will be contacted by mail and asked to take their vehicle to an authorized Honda or Acura dealer. The dealer will reprogram the EPS control unit with improved software.” Honda also states that “the remedy component contains the correct EPS software,” and that the estimated percentage of involved vehicles with the defect is 100% (Honda / Part 573 excerpt).

• The fix: an authorized Honda or Acura dealer reprograms the EPS control unit free of charge.
• Not over-the-air: the NHTSA campaign lists overTheAirUpdate as false. Do not wait for a wireless software push described in these official materials — schedule the dealer flash.
• Owner letters: expected to be mailed December 14, 2026. Honda lists customer notification beginning and ending on or about that date (Honda / Part 573 excerpt).
• Dealer notification: on or about October 30, 2026 (Honda / Part 573 excerpt).
• Phone: Honda customer service 1-866-784-1870 (from the NHTSA remedy text only).

What to do with a recalled product — including how vehicle recall repairs are typically handled and when to contact the manufacturer.

Which models and production windows

The official NHTSA campaign API returns 11 make / model / year rows for 26V721000. Every row lists the same campaign total of 635,808 potentially involved vehicles — that figure is the campaign total, not a per-row count, so do not add the 11 rows together. Honda’s November 10, 2026 release independently states the same 635,808 total.

Honda says the recall population was determined based on manufacturing records, and that the production range reflects all possible vehicles that could experience the problem (Honda / Part 573 excerpt). A production window is still only a screen — confirm the VIN. This page does not publish a per-model-year unit table: official materials reviewed here did not include a clean, mapped Part 573 breakdown, and this page does not invent one. The full Part 573 PDF was not attached at publication.

Other Honda / Acura steering recalls (not this one)

Do not merge 26V721000 with other Honda or Acura steering campaigns. They have different campaign numbers, populations, and remedies.

• 25V582000 — a different EPS software campaign for certain 2025 Acura RDX vehicles (Honda number GMS). NHTSA lists 17,330 potentially involved vehicles. Do not add that count to the 635,808 vehicles in 26V721000.
• Older Honda CR-V, Civic, Accord, or Odyssey steering recalls, and searches for an “EPS toolkit,” are not this 26V721000 software flash. Those queries often point at historic campaigns or service tools.

If you own a vehicle outside the TLX / MDX / Pilot families listed above, this campaign does not include it. Always check the VIN for every open recall that may apply.

Official sources

• NHTSA recall 26V721000 campaign page — Checked: November 11, 2026
• NHTSA campaign API 26V721000 — units, model-year rows, remedy text, park and OTA flags — Checked: November 11, 2026
• Honda News (Nov. 10, 2026) — Part 573 excerpt: production windows, 100% estimate, dealer notification, warning lamps and cause — Checked: November 11, 2026
• NHTSA.gov VIN / recall lookup — Checked: November 11, 2026

The official Part 573 PDF on static.nhtsa.gov was not retrieved under a stable filename when this page was published, so production-start details that were unclear in the Honda excerpt — including the MDX start date — are left unconfirmed. Prefer the NHTSA API wording for the consumer summary, consequence, remedy, phone, aliases, letter date, and VIN-search date.

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