Other steering problem on the 2006 Honda CR-V
1 fire 1 of the 13 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other steering problem gets reported
Owners of the 2006 Honda CR-V report other steering problem at a median of 25,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 200 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles, from 10 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 10th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 1 miles at the tenth percentile to 130,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 128,787 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
50% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 miles | 175 miles | 25,495 miles | 97,000 miles | 128,788 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a fire is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $350–$2,400 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 26 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2005, at a median of 200 miles, and latest on the 2026 at 170,000 miles.
By volume the 2023 carries the most reports, with 236; the 2006 has 13. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
We purchased a 2006 honda cr-v se on january 12, 2006. Our main concern is that the vehicle severely pulls to the right (pttr). If I let go of the steering wheel on the interstate, the vehicle will cross over into the adjacent lane in about 3-4 seconds. The pull is much worse on secondary roads that have a crown. In addition, the pttr is increased by even moderate acceleration. This condition was apparent the day we purchased the vehicle, however, we were assured that an alignment would correct the problem. So far, the vehicle has been in for repair 3 times. This included, an alignment, a 5 day period where a honda technical representative was called in to oversee the repairs, and lastly a 4 day dealer visit with repair recommendations from honda technical. The final outcome is that honda has not been able to correct the pttr problem. We feel that the pttr problem is severe and it creates an unsafe driving situation. Subsequently, we have filed a claim with the bbb that requests honda to either replace or repurchase the vehicle. Honda has denied the request. An arbitration hearing is pending. *nm
I purchased a 2006 crv ex in october 2006, noticeda noise when I bought it. The dealership said they knew about it and would fix it. After 3 additional visits to the service dept. Where they switched wheels, did an alignment and straightened the steering wheel (wheel was never crooked) the problem still exists. I do not feel safe when driving this car because of the consistent noise and awkward driving experience. The vehicle also pulls drastically to the right when accelerated and is a danger on the highway. If this is how they think they will retain their reputation, they are mistaken. I know I will never purchase another, and am still trying to get this problem fixed. *jb
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda cr-v. While driving at any speed on uneven asphalt, the vehicle pulls and shifts to the left and right as if it will topple over. The dealer has not been notified. The vehicle was serviced on april 10, 2008 and the contact was not informed of any failures. The current and failure mileages were 40,000. Updated 04/25/08 *bf
Also reported on the 2006 Honda CR-V
Headlight failure or clouding
Airbag inflator rupture
Other lighting problem
Other electrical problem
Other body or interior problem
Other visibility problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 13 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other steering problem happen on the 2006 Honda CR-V?
Across 10 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 25,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 200 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other steering problem on the 2006 Honda CR-V?
13 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.1 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed