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The contact owns a 2018 Honda Accord. The contact stated while driving 40 mph, the vehicle lost motive power, shuttered, and jerked making it difficult to steer the vehicle. A warning message appeared on the screen stating -??power steering disabled-??. The contact was able to merge the vehicle to the side of the road, restart the vehicle, and the message disappeared however, the failure recurred several times. The contact had the vehicle towed to the local dealer who inspected the vehicle however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000.
Honda Accord 2014 - beginning in February/March 2021 driving on a major thruway early morning, my car kept veering from the lane. Warning light "steering required" kept coming on. I could feel the car shaking. This occurred numerous times over the 6 hour trip. Very frightening trying to keep control of the car, trying to keep it from veering out of the lane, while the car is shaking. The "steering required/lane departure" warnings terrified me. This occurred again on another morning on an interstate highway. Car kept veering. Warning signs coming on. Car shaking.
At highway speeds, 55 mph or faster, on several occasions the steering becomes difficult to hold the car in a straight line. The steering becomes harder than normal to initiate a turn of the steering wheel. After applying more pressure than normal, the steering wheel will suddenly move causing a larger than desired steering correction. Because of the extra-large steering correction another correction will be needed in the other direction, but the steering resist turning in the other direction until extra force is applied to the steering wheel, then the steering wheel will suddenly move and cause an overcorrection in the other direction. This problem has only happened after driving the car for more than an hour, usually after 3 hours. The steering problem can still be present after stopping at a rest area and turning the car off, but when the problem does finally go away it is always after the car has been turned off. The problem when present does not always cause the same resistance to turning the steering wheel. Sometimes the problem is slight and others it is very severe to the point where it is very difficult to keep the car in the lane using 2 hands there are 19 complaints on the NHTSA website for the same problem with the 2018 Honda Accord. Feb of 2020 flow Honda of winston-salem replaced the rack and pinion and I didn't have any further problem until recently when on a trip from nc to fl when the steering problem reappeared. After stopping at a rest area for a 15 min. Stop the steering problem was gone. This was the first occurrence of the problem since the rack and pinion was replaced. On the NHTSA website there are 2 people who complain that their steering problem reappeared after the rack and pinion had been replaced. On Feb. 8, 2021 I returned the Accord to flow Honda of w-S for the 4th time and was told there was nothing they could do.
Electronic steering rack part has a manufacturing fault that causes the steering wheel to lock up and then oversteer, especially at highway speeds, causing vehicle to leave the lane and a massive safety issue. Manufacturer has not done anything yet to recall the cars to fix the issue despite this problem existing in multiple versions of this electronic steering column. Part number 53600-tva-A18 has been replaced by multiple new models of this part but have not acknowledge the production issue with the part to recall the cars and pay for the repairs. The steering column models have been through multiple revisions but Honda has not recalled the older models, 53620-tvc-A67, 53620-tvc-A68, 53600-tva-A19, 53620-tva-A28, 53620-tvc-A64, 53620-twa-A28, 53620-tvc-A64.
The ads breaking error comes on and the car won't start- this is the 3rd time and is a constant problem for this year- the steering wheel locks up this is very dangerous. This has happened moving and stationary. Honda says it is a simple error my car has less that 30K miles N this is a constant issue
- Newnan, GA, USA
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The steering seems to have a notch or a flat spot in it while driving straight down the road and to correct it when you apply pressure to switch lanes you will oversteer the vehicle.
There is an issue with the steering of the car which so far has only presented itself in winter when the temperatures are lower. It was first noticed in November of 2019 when the car had roughly 18,000 miles. The vehicle was leased to me as a new vehicle, and I am the only person who has spent appreciable time driving this vehicle. When driving at highway speeds of 55+ mph in cold weather, it requires higher than normal effort to move the steering wheel from its on-center position (such as to make minor corrections to maintain lane position). If enough effort is exerted, the steering wheel breaks free and then allows the car to be steered with normal effort until the wheel again remains on-center for a few seconds, at which point it becomes "sticky" again, requiring high effort to move. At this point it only occurs at the conditions described above, but my concern is this could be a significant safety issue should the effort become any higher, requiring such force to move the wheel that the result will be to swerve out of one's lane when it breaks free, or even locking on center altogether, making the car uncontrollable by the driver. It should be noted that I do not believe this is a purely mechanical issue (e.g. an issue with the steering rack) because turning the ignition off returns the steering to normal effort and the "sticking" is resolved. It should also be noted that there are several NHTSA complaints I have found in internet searches that describe precisely the same issue. I have reported it today, 7/23/2020, to the dealer from which I purchased the car - tom kadlec Honda in rochester, mn - as I would like to resolve the issue before cold temperatures return.
During a 400 mile highway road trip in November 2019 my 2018 Accord steering started to stick. It feels like you have to break a hitch to keep the vehicle in the center of the road. Twice I took it to the dealer but because the problem could not be duplicated nothing was done. Most of the complaints I read this problem occurs during long trips, so unless the tech takes the vehicle on a trip the problem will not be duplicated. Maybe the vehicle or a component on the vehicle has to reach a certain temperature for the issue to show. Turning off features I purchased on the car is not a fix!!! this issue took the joy out of owning this car. I want a replacement on Honda'a dime!!!!!
500 mile trip on the interstate, steering is again (third time now) feeling sticky or like it gets stuck when making small corrections at highway speeds. Steering rack was replaced once, since the problem for a few months but it is back again.
The car has an issue that when you drive longer distances it develops a 'stick-slip' feeling on the steering, e.g. it takes a little bit more effort to overcome the force it takes to turn the steering wheel to keep the car centered in the lane. Others on the NHTSA website have reported the same behavior. I do have a second, identical vehicle which shows the same behavior.
I went on a 200 mile trip yesterday when I was driving on highway speed 60-80 mph I felt like my steering wheel was kinda sticky when I was trying to do minor corrections while driving straight. And when I was able to move it was like free play and car was swerving left or right. I had my 3 year old daughter with me it felt like I put her life in danger. It only happened for first time. Usually I drive this car in city will take it to dealership this week. All in all it's very serious and scary issue. I won't be surprised if there have been some crashes because of this issue.
On highway, steering wheel lightly "locks into a notch". gently applying pressure gradually will break it loose, but causes the car to lightly swerve when it does (noticeable to passengers). This sometimes happens when attempting to follow a left or right curve or when keeping the car in the lane on a straightaway. The problem is much less apparent when lkas is engaged. Problem appeared on 2018 Accord at approx 10,000 miles. Problem appeared suddenly and was not preceeded by anything out the ordinary. Problem so far occured 2 days consecutively. Problem shows up at speeds above 40 mph and after car has been at that speed for over approx 3 minutes. At speeds under 40 mph the problem does not exist.
Same as other people - I juts copied another persons complaint as its identical and same mileage etc' - this is a real problem' car has almost 15,000 miles. It has developed a strange sticking issue in the steering while driving on the highway. It almost feels like someone is lightly holding onto the wheel as I"M slightly turning and then suddenly let?S go. This causes me to overcorrect to stay in the lane and it becomes a fight to keep the car in between lanes. It is most apparent when exiting freeway ramps and changing lanes, although it?S also apparent on the freeway when small corrections are needed to keep the vehicle in between lanes. The other symptom is that the car has become difficult to keep in a straight line. It requires constant light correction of the steering wheel because the car sways between the lines on the freeway lane. This is incredibly tiresome on a long drive and it has gotten worse over the past 2,000-3,000 miles. Dealer claims nothing is wrong and that it?S the lane keep assist doing it?S job. It?S not doing it?S job if I can"T control the vehicle and makes highway tracking unpredictable. I have turned every assist off and it still does it.
On January 4th while traveling home my Accord was set in cruise control and out of the blue hit the brakes on it's own with no one around me. I brushed it off but about 20 miles or so down the road it did it again except thus te was next to a diesel and not only did brake on its on it also responded as if I was out my lane and began to to turn my car into the diesel I was able to keep the car from crashing and the the cruise control went out and I began to get a message the there was an issue with the braking mechanism. I was worried about driving the remainder of of my trip but I was an hour and half away from home so traveled on home check my brakes constantly. This experience has my wife and I rattled. I took my car in on the 6th to topeka Honda and explained what happened and that the car tried to kill me and my wife by trying to run us into a diesel truck and how it was braking on its own and the took and looked at it. The dealership called me back a stated"there was some gunk on your censor and that cause this to happen and they cleaned it off it was fine" but if the censor is on the front off the csr and gunk makes it not work surely this will happen again. I no longer feel safe nor will I allow my wife to operate this vehicle.
Car has almost 15,000 miles. It has developed a strange sticking issue in the steering while driving on the highway. It almost feels like someone is lightly holding onto the wheel as I'm slightly turning and then suddenly let's go. This causes me to overcorrect to stay in the lane and it becomes a fight to keep the car in between lanes. It is most apparent when exiting freeway ramps and changing lanes, although it's also apparent on the freeway when small corrections are needed to keep the vehicle in between lanes. The other symptom is that the car has become difficult to keep in a straight line. It requires constant light correction of the steering wheel because the car sways between the lines on the freeway lane. This is incredibly tiresome on a long drive and it has gotten worse over the past 2,000-3,000 miles. Dealer claims nothing is wrong and that it's the lane keep assist doing it's job. It's not doing it's job if I can't control the vehicle and makes highway tracking unpredictable. I have turned every assist off and it still does it. As a comparison, my wife has a 2017 ex Accord with 28,000 miles and it doesn't exhibit any of the symptoms that my 2018 does. Because of the lack of support and knowledge by the dealer, we feel our only choice is to trade this car in as this is not only an annoyance, but a safety issue as well.
Issue with steering sticking or feeling "notchy" while driving at highway speeds. Minor steering input to keep vehicle going straight requires a lot of issue, then the steering lets loose jerking the car on the road. Steering rack was replaced in December 2018, but the issue has resurfaced with the replacement steering rack.
While driving on highway at 65 mph with cruise control on brakes suddenly applied themself nearly causing a vehicle to strike me in the rear.several alarms were displayed on dash first was adaptive cruise control second collision mitigation braking system third departure mitigation system problem all alarms said to see your dealer. I took pictures with my cell phone of all alarms displayed but I'm having difficulty uploading to report. I can send a attachment specific to the claim if needed or if a email could be given I would forward such.
While driving straight, the car wanders from side to side. Minor corrections are needed to attempt to keep the car going in a straight line. A minor move to the left, then followed by a minor move to the right and so on. This happens at low speeds and at high speeds (over 60mph the drive can be quite scary). I took the vehicle into a dealership and they could not replicate the problem. They were going to have a Honda field rep come take a look, but 1 week later I have not heard back. There is no service bulletin or active recall despite numerous complaints about the steering rack 53600-tva-A18 which my Accord has and is no longer an active Honda part, now replaced with a new part number. Multiple complaints can be found on the driveaccord forum (https://www.driveaccord.net/threads/10th-gen-highway-freeway-sway-steer-problem-car-sways-just-A-little-bit.540665/) with several people actually having their steering racks replaced.
(registering this complaint on 16 Sep 19). I bought this car new ('18 Accord hybrid), 6 Sep 18. A couple months later the front struts started making a creaking/popping sound. It was very noticeable when backing out of garage and then driving out of my neighborhood. When I'd rock the steering back and forth, the noise was very audible. Took it back to the dealer and they said neither front strut had been lubed from the factory (very odd), so they lubed them. 2-3 weeks later noise returned. This time dealer said one strut was bad and they replaced it. A month later the same noise returned. Dealer said I had a bent control arm and asked me if I had hit something. I hadn't and told them so. After inspection they said they found no damage but that the control was bent and concluded that it was bent from the factory or was damaged during shipping. Dealer replaced it. But then 3-4 weeks later same noise returned. I have about had it with this particular car (I have had to take it back to the dealer for many 'other' issues also: Two recalls, electrical issues, navigation issues, the engine's battery was faulty, and the mileage has steadily dropped by 25% since I bought and took delivery of it in Sep, 2018). Service manager said he would discuss these issues with Honda area rep (last week), but has yet to get back to me as of 16 Sep 19. Among all the problems, the suspension has been ongoing over the last 10-11 months. West hills Honda has made three attempts to correct the suspension problems but all have failed. The suspension noise is still present as of 16 Sep 19. Vehicle has approximately 8700 miles.
While stationary or in motion, the vehicle horn sounds constantly when the wheel is turned up until the wheel is straightened out.the fuse in the steering column trips/disconnects somehow and the problem returned within weeks of repair.
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- Cathedral City, CA, USA