The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into reports of engine failure involving more than 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles, according to documents recentlypostedon the regulator's website. The engine failures were initially investigated under a previous NHTSA recall in November 2023, after the Office of Defects Investigation received 414 reports of connecting rod bearing problems that were suspected to be the result of a crankshaft manufacturing defect. However, NHTSA closed the investigation after it determined the engine failures were outside the scope of the 2023 recall and not caused by "the same crankshaft manufacturing defect that is addressed by Honda in Recall 23V-751," the latest documents state. Because of the significant number of reports involving vehicles from Honda and the automaker's Acura brand, NHTSA said it will open a new investigation "to further evaluate the scope and severity of the potential problem and to fully assess the potential safety-related issues." There have been no reports of deaths or injuries related to the engine failures, according to the NHTSA. The probe includes the following models and years: Honda 2016–2020 Honda Pilot2017-2019 Honda Ridgeline 2018–2020 Honda Odyssey Acura 2016-2020 Acura MDX2018–2020 Acura TLX Extreme weather slams the West with dust storms and wildfires Video shows armed National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. String of swatting incidents, shooting hoaxes hit U.S. college campuses
