Six problems related to steering is tight have been reported for the 2016 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Honda Civic based on all problems reported for the 2016 Civic.
The steering is sticky. When I try to make minor adjustments to direction, it sticks. When it finally let's go, the car overcorrects causing dangerous conditions.
The steering is sticking. When driving and attempting to make miniscule road adjustments, the steering sticks and to correct, the wheel makes a jerk which is very unsafe. This problem occurs all of the time, which includes any speed. This sticking of the wheel problem has been going on for a bit over a year. I took it to Honda about 1 year ago and they claimed nothing was wrong. The problem persists and now I am hearing ticking noises when making normal road adjustments as well as turning. Again, I am very frightened for my safety. As documentation from many 2016 Honda Civic owners is easily available through various online forums, I am suspecting this to be a major engineering defect that Honda needs to be responsible for resolving.
So I just bought a 2016 Honda Civic lx 2. 0 used today with 26,000 miles. The dealership was a little over an hour away and about 30 minutes into my drive home I noticed the steering felt like it was sticking on the highway at around 65mph. It felt notchy and sticky like I had to use a little force to start being able to steer again. Which causes you to overcorrect a bit. This is a huge safety concern on the highway. I looked it up and there's like thousands of people talking about the exact same problem. . The solution seems to be a new steering rack assembly. . .
2016 Honda Civic lx, approximately 20,000 miles has a "sticky" or "notchy" feel to the steering during highway driving. The vehicle drifts slowly to one side of the lane, then when I try to correct back to the middle of the lane, the steering feels sticky and with slightly more effort to nudge it to the middle, it overcorrects slightly and is then drifting to the other side of the lane. This continues back and forth for the duration of the trip. Note that this is subtle and it takes 5-10 seconds for each drift side to side. This has only happened on long highway trips after the car has been running for at least 30 or 45 minutes. I am concerned that this electronic steering problem will cause something will happen where I do not have any control of the steering. I noticed also a possible related problem when at parking speed, if I inch the car while turning and pressing the brake lightly I can feel the steering "twitch" a little.
When driving on highway today around 60 mph it felt like the steering was sticking on me. When I would try to correct my steering left or right it would feel stuck for a second then it would go. Seems very dangerous and needs to be a recall on this.
Steering is sticky and hard to maintain lane at freeway speeds.