If you think steering rack issue only for Honda, your gonna be wrong. All electrical type steering rack if driven harsh also will encounter issue, just google and go read in forums, Mazda, Toyota electric type steering rack been piling with claims and repair also.

I have heard & seen a lot of people think that modern cars with EPS is light, easy to turn and abuse it. Just google about "Dry Steering" even tho it is electric motor assist major components like gear, shalf, seals still similar with other power steering. Daily seen people turn max steering while idling, went thru corners & bad road condition at high speed and worse with those big heavy sport rims.  Last time many cars use small sport rims, tire is thicker. So even use old hydraulic type power steering the thick tire and soft suspension settings can help absorb a lot of impact from bad road condition. Nowadays modern car all terbalik and expect more lasting. 

My Grand Livina with 10 years of EPS is trouble free. Similarly my old Myvi from 2006 and EPS is trouble free too, its now 18 years.

So, nothing to do with EPS or road condition. Honda is fcuking up royally and they just don't seem to want to solve this. I know for sure there is no major OEM that wants to solve something like this cannot solve it from just plainly buying any 10 year old 2nd hand Toyota or Nissan and reverse engineering it.  My Honda has very fat tyres, smaller rims.

Yes, I too am going to change my steering rack on my Civic for the 3rd time imminently - that's if the Honda service ang kongs in my service center got the right mood to accept the claim.

Yeah I don't even have the motivation to even bother test driving the Altis lol
I don't buy into their (lackluster, mind I add) marketing lol

No idea on their power steering supplier, I assume different as never heard of CC faced issues.

But, SUV hahaha.
Maybe CC hybrid is decent? If my experience on Honda HRV EHEV is anything close to CC hybrid

Bro, ive had a cx30 (same engine with m3) before and trust me, its not worth the price.

Engine feels underpowered, poor efficiency and small rear room.

This is no joke bro
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Literally minutes ago on this post today

And yeah, quite literally my GT86 also costed less

many owner done this after own it for a year, they dont feel safe with this annoying Steering rack. one of it is my buddy, last time he own CX5 2.5T, then this pop up engine oil come out at 4k or 5k km interval ( resemblance of his old Audi) then let go, buy Civic FE. Own 1 year letgo cz stering rack. now owning Tesla.

was hoping HM can do something great for the rack issue, recall but with different, major improvement of rack parts etc, but they seem no bother. 2014-15 last time, had braking juddering issues for all HM model, again no improvement being made. This was norm for the stock brakepad that made in Thai one. Solution, change aftermarket brakepad.

hopefully there are indeed workshop/3rd party/ OEM that able to offer better, reliable steering rack than from HM. Pity those who letgo all take lost price cz they fed up with rack issue