We bought the Honda Accord from the dealership brand new and took delivery 11/4/2013. On Saturday 11/16/2019, with just over 40,000 miles on the car we noticed that the power steering was not functioning. It was not only hard to steer but also would continue progressing in the direction turning. We took the car back to the dealership on Monday 11/18/2019 where they stated that the rack, power steering needed replace for a total cost of $2,797.49. Contacted Honda customer service and they refused to help. Contacted the extended warranty company since the extended warranty expired 12 days earlier. They wouldn't help. This was a very dangerous failure on a vehicle that was well taken care of and has very low millage. Did some research and found and article in edmunds "feds probe 2013 Honda Accord for power steering failure", estimate 374,000 complains about the 2013 Honda Accord. Isn't that enough to force Honda to do a recall?

- San Antonio, TX, USA

I was driving on busy 4 lane road and was turning to the left to get in the turn lane when the steering wheel became very hard to move. I was able while struggling to make the turn. It was lucky as there was no oncoming traffic. I had the car immediately towed to the dealer and now have a $3,000 repair bill to fix the power steering. I have noticed all the complaints going back to the original year the vehicle was built and cannot believe that this problem has not caused a recall.

- Gainesville, FL, USA

I am the original owner of a 2013 Honda Accord. I travel about 30K a year. I have been extremely meticulous with the exterior and maintenance of the vehicle. During the course of my travels, I have on at least 4-5 occasions had difficulty changing lanes. More specific, while trying to make a lane change at low speed (5-35 mph) I was unable to turn the wheel to make a lane change. The ability to steer came back quickly, but for a second or two, a turn was not possible. This past week, on 10/30/2019, a similar scenario transpired. I was stopped at a "stop" sign and needed cross an intersection and make a left turn. Just when it was time to turn, the steering wheel locked, not allowing me to turn left. As there was an oncoming vehicle, I was able slow down but struck a curb with my right front tire. The impact beat up the rim pretty bad and deflated the tire. I replaced the tire with the spare and headed to a near mechanic, about 1 mile away. The mechanic advised me not drive the vehicle. The damage included cracked rim, power steering rack and electronic steering box to name a few. In researching parts, I came across many incidents in which a 2013 Honda Accord has had failed steering capability. I contacted Honda (case #10012315), they did not acknowledge a problem now, nor in the past and could not comment on problems that other people have had. I was told that the vehicle was old and had a lot of miles. They told me "you had an accident, why are you calling Honda, you should be calling an insurance company". Honda would not do anything. I expressed my regret in not purchasing a future Honda vehicle... shame on Honda.

- Mount Sinai, NY, USA

I was driving on the highway with my wife, mother in-law and my two years daughter and all of a sudden the steering wheel became very hard and steering light came on. I was very concerned about my family and myself because we were on the highway! I took the nearest exit it was very dificult to control the car. I stopped the to check my phone on what could be the cause? this seems to be a serious problem that happened to many people before and had reported it to the NHTSA. But nothing was done! I care for my family' safety and I will hold the NHTSA responsible if anything happens to me or my family due to this issue.this is a serious problem and needs to be addressed by Honda.

- Manchester, NH, USA

The car looses its steering control. When stationary (and driving), if I take my hands off the steering, it automatically steers all the way to the left. It sometimes resets the problem when the car is restarted or when it is turned all the way to the right, the problem occurs again shortly. I took it to the dealership but like others, I only got a big bill of $2800.

- Farmington Hills, MI, USA

When turning my steering wheel while driving my engine shuts down and restarts. When this happens my steering wheel locks

- Belmont, NC, USA

My 16 year old son was driving my 2013 Honda Accord when the power steering failed. He was in motion on a county highway, traveling approximately 45 mph. He just came off an access road and had veered to the right to merge into on-coming traffic. The vehicle has less than 38K miles. The wheel jerked to the right and took great effort to center the vehicle and continue to a stop. He turned off the car and called me. Stated it was still driveable and drove home, but continued to have to accommodate for steering wheel jerking to the right and circulating out of control when let go. I drove the car upon his return and experienced same issue. Taking vehicle to Honda dealership for diagnostic check.

- Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA

While sitting at a stop light on city street with hands on steering wheel, something jerked it to the left and I had no power steering, I got over steering manually into a parking lot. I turned ignition off and back on and it started working properly again.

- Dallas, NC, USA

Vehicle became extremely difficult and almost impossible to steer for no reason. Took it to the Honda dealership where I purchased it and was told there is no safety recall. There are almost 400,000 complaints I've noticed and I'm wondering why there hasn't been a recall. I had 3 of my children with me at the time and I feel extremely fortunate that our vehicle did not crash and there were no injuries. Does someone need to die before this is considered serious enough for a recall?

- Whiting, IN, USA

We are a collision repair facility in Oregon scotties autobody this vehicle has a broken steering shaft in the column that appears to be defective metal. I dont know if this is a random problem but I believe it should be inspected. This broken shaft causes 100% loss of steering

- Gaston, OR, USA

Takata recall my complaint is about ABS pump anti-lock brake part modulator assembly sedan cvt fits 13 Accord 503036 the lights are on in the dashboard and in the dealer told me to replace that part.

- Medford, NY, USA

The vehicle was parked and stationary, once it was turned on the (eps) electrical power system light was displayed on the dash. Steering wheel was then difficult to move or turn. The indicator was constant from that point.

- Marysville, WA, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Honda Accord. After starting the vehicle, the traction control and power steering indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to wetzel Honda (3505 chester blvd, richmond, in) where a steering service update was performed per an extended warranty program. After retrieving the vehicle from the dealer, the power steering immediately malfunctioned and the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 99,000.

- Richmond, IN, USA

While cornering, the vehicle suddenly became very difficult to steer and did not right itself coming out of the corner. Over the next several days, the steering occasionally failed. No warning lights came on and when Honda tested the car, no torque sensor failures were noted. On that basis, Honda declined to apply their extended warranty covering the failed steering. Honda was not interested in pursuing the failure to see if it might improve their knowledge of a known problem with this model's steering. Honda claimed that the failure was rare and that there was no information out there to determine whether the vehicle would be safely drivable without repair. They could not assure me that the failure was just a loss of power steering, of something more dangerous. It wasn't until after I paid for the repair, that I found numerous similar complaints online.

- Sarasota, FL, USA

In August of 2018 I brought my vehicle into balise Honda in West springfield, Massachusetts with a loss of power steering during operation on a highway. They worked on the vehicle and reported no recalls for loss of power steering. When I picked up the vehicle, I regained power steering. On June 5, 2019, I lost the power steering again during operation of the motor vehicle on a city street. I successfully drove the vehicle home without power steering and it continued into June 6, 2019. Please help me understand why accidents have occurred due to the loss of power steering in the 2013 Honda Accord and no recalls have been issued? this safety issue cannot continue...

- Holyoke, MA, USA

2013 Honda Accord. Consumer writes in regard to power steering failure while driving. The consumer stated the dealer found the steering gear box to be the cause of the failure and needed to be replaced. The consumer was also concerned about the warranty for the steering assembly.

- Sarasota, FL, USA

When driving the car it would turn easy to the right but turn hard to the left. We took it in to a dealership and they reprogrammed the neutral sensor because it lost its programming they say. The car drove good for a couple of days, but it started doing the same thing as before, but on the opposite side and started jerking to the left and over steering with out warning. We took it back to the same dealership and they now said it needed the whole steering rack replaced for $2300. However, there is an extended warranty on this problem that states this problem is covered and Honda is supposed to pay for all cost associated with this problem. As stated above the problem got worse after it came back from the dealership.the service bulletin # is 15-056 which is the eps torque sensor which they said needed to be reprogrammed, which made the steering good only for a couple of days. With that said I am not sure how the eps torque sensor is not a defect covered under the extended warranty? the Honda dealership as well as Honda incorp. Claims this problem is not related to the torque sensor. The dealership and Honda says the power steering gear box assembly needs to be replaced. The extended warranty bulleting says the power steering gear box assembly needs to be replaced and that Honda is to pay for it.

- Livingston, TX, USA

While backing out of a residential driveway onto a busy neighborhood street, the steering wheel locked up and the steering malfunction warning light came on. I attempted to steer the vehicle but the electronic power steering(eps) was countering the steering effort. I tried multiple times to restart the vehicle in hopes to regain steering control, but the vehicle would not operate properly. The only way I was able to regain steering control was with the car off and in neutral, meaning I had no ability to accelerate to maneuver the vehicle from oncoming traffic, relying only on the momentum of the sloped road to help guide the vehicle safely away from traffic lanes. I had the vehicle towed the the dealer the next morning. Service adviser looked up vehicle history and the recall for eps controller software had already been performed 2 years prior. Honda had extended the warranty on the rack and pinion system due to known torque sensor failure issues. Adviser said if, obd scan shows fault code relating to torque sensor failure, Honda would cover complete cost to replace entire rack and pinion system. Hours later, adviser contacts me and says the scan shows that it was not the the torque sensor that failed, but the electronic power steering computer failed and needed to be replaced at my cost. I argued that there was no possible way for the consumer to prevent such an issue from occurring, and the fact that a computer system controlling the steering failed while I was operating the vehicle is an alarming safety issue that american Honda should look into and I should not have to bear the burden of paying for such a repair. Vehicle has 83,100 miles, original owner and all scheduled maintenance performed at same dealer. Never had prior steering issues and was never advised of any potential issues. Honda sympathetically only agreed to cover half the repair cost.

- Cerritos, CA, USA

On 4/12/2019, I was driving home from work at around 24:00 (midnight) on freeway 22 westbound near the block that I suddenly realized I lost control of my steering wheel while I was traveling at 70mph plus. The steering wheel icon light up on my dashboard. This happened so fast at a curve area of the freeway, I turned on my emergency light and slowed the car down by hitting the break. There were around 4 cars to my right when this happened. Fortunately, I was able to safely reach the exit lane to the right due to the curvature of the freeway turning left by going straight. As I slowed down the car on the exit lane, I yanked the steering wheel very hard to the left then right to maneuver the car to stay in the lane. After I exited the freeway on haster street, I yanked the steering wheel very hard to the right to make the turn and found a small street then come to a stop. At this time, the steering wheel icon still illuminated on my dashboard. I turned of the car after put it to park then turned it back on and the icon disappeared. I got control of steering wheel back. I proceeded to garden grove street heading West toward my home. At the first red light on garden grove, I stopped and did not steer the wheel. Again, the steering wheel locked on me again. The icon appeared again on my dashboard. I again turned off and on the car and the icon disappeared and I had my control back. From there, I drove slowly in the right lane to my home. This time, there was no problem. On 4/13/2019, which is today, I dropped off my car at Honda world dealer on 13600 beach blvd, westminster, ca 92683 and told one of the reps about the problem. He did the inquiry on my car and system showed there was a recall of eps gearbox replacement at this dealership. I hope NHTSA will take this serious and help people like me. It's extremely dangerous to drive with no control of the steering wheel.

- Garden Grove, CA, USA

On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 we made a 600 mile trip from cookeville, tn to shelby township, mi with no problems noted. The next morning, backing out of the driveway I noticed the steering was normal at one point, I rotated the wheel to the right and the wheel continued turning by itself while the car was not even in motion. I rotated the wheel to the left and met with resistance. I rotated the wheel to the right and the wheel started turning by itself. I then noticed the eps light was on. I continued to rotate the wheel back and forth. I got to the center positioned and the wheel then turned rapidly to the right by itself. I immediately decided to take the car to the nearest Honda dealer. On the way there the wheel violently turned to the right and nearly caused me to run into the curb at 35 mph.I then arrived at jim riehl Honda in sterling heights, Michigan. They diagnosed the problem as a "position sensor". they related to me that they had downloaded the software and this seemed to have cleared the problem. While driving back to my next destination (10 miles) the original problem resurfaced. I called the dealership service department, which was closed. I left a message that I was bringing the car in Monday morning, April 8, 2019.

- Cookeville, TN, USA