Power Steering Failed problems of the 2018 Honda Civic

Steering would become "stuck" and you would have to force the vehicle to turn while in motion and the steering wheel would making a clicking sound. Would happen about 20-30 minutes after being driven. Took into a Honda dealership and they said it is the power steering rack is failing.

My son was driving his 2018 Honda Civic sport hatchback on base as he is in the army national guard when he came to a bend in the road. He turned the steering wheel to the right, then heard and felt a pop and the car became unable to be steered in the direction that he was turning the steering wheel. The car went left even though he was trying to turn right into the bend. He went across the road and into a ditch causing significant damage to the vehicle. Thankfully he was unhurt. There were others who witnessed this because he was driving in a military convoy at the time it occurred. The NHTSA has issued a recall #18v663000 for 2018-1017 Honda Civic's on sept. 27, 2018 for the power steering assist failure describing exactly what happened to my son; unfortunately, his VIN has not been included in the recall. Someone needs to investigate this. The insurance company and american Honda have both been informed of this accident and an issue report was filed with Honda by us detailing what happened. However, they will not pay to open up the power steering gearbox to see if the magnet on my son's car did in fact become dislodged as in the others. We would have to pay out of pocket to investigate and since we are losing a significant amount of money already because they've deemed the car totaled, we are unable to investigate it on our own. Please investigate this to see if other VIN numbers need to be included in this recall! my son could have been killed or he could have killed someone else because of this!.