US launches probe into 2.2M Honda vehicles over reports that engines fail to restart

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching an engineering analysis into more than 2.2 million Honda veh♔icles due to reports ဣof engines failing to restart.

Complaints allege the car’s engine fails to restart on its own after a complete stop at a traffic light or intersection when the Auto Idle Stop feature♚💧 is engaged.

Some complaints said a jumpstart was necessary to restart their Honda’🅷s engine.

The failure to restart issue has been found in several H👍onda models, including 2016-2019 Honda Pilot vehicles, 2015-2020 Acura TLX, 2016-2020 Acur♊a MDX, 2019-2022 Honda Passport and 2020-2023 Honda Ridgeline vehicles, according to the safety agency.

Some 1,348 incidents linked to the faulty engine restart have been reported ꦅto the NHTSA.

There have been four crashes o𓆏r fires con♎nected to the issue, the agency said.

Two injuries have been reported as a result of the faulty engine restart, from two 💦separate incidents, according to the NHTSA.

No deaths have been reporte🍃d as a result of the apparent Ho♑nda glitch.

“Honda has already been in communication with the agency on this topic and will continue to cooperate with NHTSA as the investigation continues,” a spokesperson for Honda told The Post in a statement.

In January 2023, Honda posted a se꧅rvice bulletin addressing the failure to restart issue in some vehicles and offered instructions for repairs🍌.

But the agency’s Office of Defects Investigation said it continued to receive reports of AIS failure from coꦉnsumers who already took steps to implemen๊t the repairs.

The engineering൩ analysis will consider the potential safety defect and gather additional data regarding Honꦑda’s service campaign efficacy, the agency said.

The analysis will also consider newer 🥀model year vehicles.