CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2013-2014 Honda Accord is showing signs of an electrical problem with the starter failing soon after the 36K mile warranty expires. It's compounded by reports that the OEM battery doesn't have sufficient amps to start the V6 reliably after a year or two.
For now we are rating this problem with the "Beware" seal because it's occurring so soon after the 36K mile warranty expires. The upshot is when your Accord won't start, that's never good, but especially bad when it's just a few years old.
Also once again, owners are complaining that the 2013 Honda Accord seats are uncomfortable. Uncomfortable seats has been a significant complaint with the Accord since the 2008 model year.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
20 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
15 / 1
Average Mileage:
34,163 miles
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While driving, without any warning, the power steering cuts out. After shutting the car down it the steering works. I was on a highway & had close call accidents trying to pull over. It has now happened 4 times in 5 days. The vehicle has under 50,000 miles
The steering wheels automatically become stiffer and hard to turn right or left while driving.it takes a lot of muscling to keep it under control before an accident occurs. This is the second time this incident occurred.my car has got 84000 miles on it and regularly serviced and maintained. The next day it happened it became normal as usual with no repairs. I understood later that there is no power steering fluid and this function is electrically controlled! from online, google search indicated several of the Honda customers owning the same car model ear has experienced the same problems with the steering wheel. This situation is very dangerous especially in highway exits and entrances where car drives in over 50-60 miles.it can create life threatening accidents if not corrected. Dealers could not diagnose the problem and do not have the capability to fix it and might cost a future. I would like Honda to recall this car and fix it immediately before another emergency situation, accident or threts to safety and life.
The contact owns a 2013 Honda Accord. While the contact's spouse was driving 40 mph, the power steering failed and the power steering warning indicator illuminated. The dealer was not contacted. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,000.
Three malfunction indicators have come on in car and will not go off. Those indicators are TPMS tire pressure light, vsa vehicle stability assits and eps electronic power steering. This only began after I had my brakes in rear of car done and car was actually stationary when these lights came on. The lights will stay on when vehicle is in motion with really no change in driving. I have googled the issue and found that many Honda owners are having the same issue.
I was driving my 2013 Honda Accord in a school zone and attempted to turn left, but the steering wheel was very difficult to turn. I needed to use a lot of force in order to turn the steering wheel to the left. I pulled over and stopped the car. When stopped, I still couldn't turn the wheel to the left, but it could be spun to the right continuously like it wasn't connected to anything. I called my Honda dealership and was told to bring it in. They are replacing the steering gear box but it will cost me about $3,000. I consider myself lucky in that I was in a school zone and driving slowly, and not on the highway. Otherwise, I would have lost control of my car while going at a higher speed.
- Middle Island, NY, USA
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The electric power steering eps warning light, coupled with steering wheel stiff resistance, occurred during several random events over the last four days - once the first day 30 mph on rural road, twice the second at 50 and 30 mph on highway then rural road, four times yesterday within those speeds on city streets, then twice while driving to the dealership this morning at 60 mph on interstate highway. Shutting off the engine, then restarting, only temporarily cleared the issue. I was fortunately driving during the events, and not allowing my wife or daughter to even consider handling. Tight turns were not possible - period. The dealership, upon completing diagnostics today, determined the steering box/rack and pinion were the source of failure. With <59,000 miles, spotless record of maintenance at this original dealer, and never abused, this type of either mechanical or electrical failure is unacceptable, as well a danger to the public. I reviewed 158 comments/cases on car complaint websites, specific to Honda Accord 2013 models with similar eps/steering box issues. Driving at any speed, where a passenger is presented a non-responsive steering event, would not be accepted by Honda management, nor any of their employees. Statistically, this appears a design flaw is the apparent issue, and replacement-in-kind in my logic doesn't resolve the issue, especially at my expense. In my area of expertise in crude refining, any failure is unacceptable in a mechanically sound piece of well-maintained equipment. If a steerable piece of equipment lost power in our facility, company resources and focused teams, safety audits, and possibly osha oversight would ensue. I'll be contacting Honda with the news that I cannot further support their products designed with eps.
While driving the car on a busy street, all of a sudden the steering wheel became extremely hard to turn either left or right. Stopped the car carefully and turned of the engine. After a while, turned the engine back on and the steering was fine. Call the dealer today about the problem and going to the dealership Thursday July 05, 2018
We turned right out of a parking lot onto a busy city street and got down to the light. As we turned the steering wheel to the right and before pushing the accelerator the steering wheel became extremely hard to turn. It was extremely hard to turn the steering wheel left or right. It was very hard to control the steering wheel at this point as we are trying to find another parking lot to turn into so we could try and figure out what was going on. We looked around the car to make sure nothing visible was wrong and didnt see anything so we turned the engine off and sat there for a bit and then turned the engine back on. Once we turned the engine back on the steering was fine. We decided to look online and see if anyone else had experienced these problem and seen many have. If we turn the steering wheel right or left while at a complete stop the steering wheel becomes hard to turn but if you turn the engine off then back on it works again. I'm hoping the manufacturer can recall the problem and fix it beings there are many complaints of this particular problem.
Straight city street at 50mph. Not, repeat not turning. Car suddenly veered to right. Took a lot of force to keep it going straight. When stopped at side of road steering wheel cocked right about 45 degrees. Not just loss of power steering. This was loss of vehicle control. Car suddenly and actively veered hard right. No warning lights on dash noticed. After restart drove to dealer without problems. Did it again with mechanic driving. His eyes got very big. Reluctantly drove back to dealer. Repair is replace steering assembly, $2,900. Car had 36,000 miles on it at time of failure.
My daughter and I purchased a 2013 Honda Accord at tameron Honda, daphne, al on February 16, 2018. We drove it for about two weeks and then the power steering started getting hard to steer. So we followed the owners manual by letting the car's eps to cool down. We then were able to drive it for awhile, then on March 22, 2018 my daughter was driving and the power steering eps warning light came on and the steering was very hard making it almost impossible to drive safely. I call the tamron service department and was told the would fix it but I would have to pay for it.
The contact owns a 2013 Honda Accord. While driving, the power steering failed. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road and restarted. Afterwards, the vehicle operated normally, but failed again later that day. The dealer (roush Honda, 100 w schrock rd, westerville, oh 43081) was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,826.
My 2013 Honda Accord touring model electric power steering failed. The car only has 49,000 miles. The dealer states it is no longer a extended warranty issue and will not cover issue. The problem was noticed while driving the vehicle and then taken to the dealer for evaluation. The problem is loss of power steering and/or a sudden increase in steering effort and dealer identified that the electric power steering box needs replacement for a total of $2100. For a "new" car this is ridiculous and should be Honda's fix not the costumer.
Sudden loss of power steering and power steering warning light appeared while vehicle was in motion on city street. Continued to drive vehicle and power steering returned after 20 to 30 minutes. Indicator light shut off 30 to 40 minutes after power steering returned.
In the few years I've had my car, which I take very good care of and have low mileage on, the power steering stopped working suddenly while I was driving (very scary and dangerous!), the driver's side sun visor broke one day when I was trying to put it back up, and the dashboard sensors go off unnecessarily. Very disappointing from a Honda vehicle. Beware!
I made a right hand turn and proceeded down the street. The power steering did not work as I started down the street. I managed to pull over to side of street. The indicator light came on. Waited 5 minutes then continued driving, power steering did not work again and indicator light came on. As I proceeded to pull over again the power steering began to work. Luckily I was traveling at a slow speed when the powering steering failed.
While on vacation in the mountains of Tennessee the eps indicator came on the instrument display. That was failure of the power steering! it came on when starting the car after driving it for a short slow drive, which seems to be the major contributing factor--slow speed with acceleration. After having the software updated (which did not fix this issue) I am being told only the rack & pinion portion of the eps has been extended to be covered by Honda and not the eps control unit which is the code my car is showing. Excuse me! the steering of a vehicle is a major deal. Honda should fix this and be glad to do it. This is a huge safety issue and should not be taken lightly. I am being told the repair cost is about $750. This has really put a bad taste in my mouth for Honda; this is the fourth Accord I have owned but will probably be the last one. Shame on Honda for not standing behind their vehicles and components. Shame on the NHTSA for not forcing them to recall these cars and keep us all safer on the roadways when the complaints are numerous for the same issue!
Power steering wheel failure. Power steering wheel warning light came out and can't control the steering wheel while driving. Extremely dangerous!! recall is mandatory.
We purchased the Honda Accord 2013 V6 10/22/2017. Steering wheel was tight we noticed, that night of the 23rd, 2nd time driving it my son turned the corner and the steering wheel locked and he ran into the cement pole and totaled his car. We didn't even have it one full day. We later looked up on the internet that Honda was under investigation for power steering locking up or electrical and saw people totaled there cars or had the same issues 464K cases. My son was hurt but could have been worse. Honda needs to be sued for this and I want in on it. The car was in my name I bought for my 21 yr old son after his car flooded in harvey. Something needs to be done immediately.
Just one day ago I was driving my Honda Accord ex-L sedan 2013 and I went to turn under the underpass and the steering wheel randomly locked up on me and I could barely turn the steering wheel so I panicked and I must of hit the gas pedal while trying to control the vehicle, but I couldn't turn it enough and I ran over the curb and into the underpasses cement pillar totaling the car so the next day I woke up and was so confused by what happened because that has never happened to me before and when I looked up what happened to me it seems that plenty of people have reported the same issue, but most of them ended up fine, but since I was trying to make a turn that the car wouldn't let me make once I already engaged in trying to turn I wasn't as fortunate as those other drivers luckily I wasn't killed or seriously injured.
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- Ridgewood, NJ, USA