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Honda recall 10V174 (R35): Model Year 2004 Through 2008 Acura TSX Passenger

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Acura Tsx, model years 2004 to 2008. Filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) and reported to NHTSA on 29 April 2010. 167,255 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Honda is recalling certain model year 2004 through 2008 acura tsx passenger vehicles manufactured between september 25, 2002 and february 13, 2008. prolonged high under hood temperatures may cause the power steering hose to deteriorate prematurely and may cause the hose to crack and leak power steering oil.

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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Honda's own number for this recall: R35. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 10V174 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.

What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V174 cover?
Acura TSX, model years 2004-2008.
What is wrong with them?
HONDA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004 THROUGH 2008 ACURA TSX PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 25, 2002 AND FEBRUARY 13, 2008.
What can happen if it is not put right?
OIL LEAKING ONTO A HOT EXHAUST PIPE WILL GENERATE SMOKE AND A BURNING SMELL, AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN AN UNDER HOOD FIRE.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. HONDA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN MAY 28, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ACURA CLIENT SERVICES AT 1-800-382-2238.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Honda calls this recall R35, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “OIL LEAKING ONTO A HOT EXHAUST PIPE WILL GENERATE SMOKE AND A BURNING SMELL, AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN AN UNDER HOOD FIRE.”

167,255vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 29 April 2010owners told 28 May 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 29 April 2010. Owners were written to 29 days later, on 28 May 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign10V174
Filed byHONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.)
System at faultSteering:Hydraulic Power Assist:Hose, Piping, And Connections
Reported to NHTSA29 April 2010
Model years2004-2008
Vehicles namedACURA TSX

What the notice says today

The consequence

OIL LEAKING ONTO A HOT EXHAUST PIPE WILL GENERATE SMOKE AND A BURNING SMELL, AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN AN UNDER HOOD FIRE.

The remedy

HONDA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN MAY 28, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ACURA CLIENT SERVICES AT 1-800-382-2238.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V174, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v174/

The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.

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