2004 Honda Accord Steering

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ALTHOUGH SHE REPLENISHED THE POWER STEERING FLUID THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A LEAK IN THE POWER STEERING HOSE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V222000 (STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS). THE DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO VERIFIED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 166,000.

I DROVE SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 15 FROM VICTORVILLE TO FONTANA, CALIFORNIA, AND WHEN I PARKED THE CAR I NOTICED THE SMELL OF SMOKE COMING IN THROUGH THE AIR VENTS AND SAW A BIT OF WHITE SMOKE COMING UP FROM THE BACK OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HOOD. WE DISCOVERED THAT THE POWER STEERING HIGH-PRESSURE FEEDER HOSE HAD A LEAK UNDER THE BUSHING THAT FITS INTO THE ENGINE HOSE CLAMP. THE LEAK WAS SMALL BUT PRODUCED ENOUGH LIQUID TO DRIP ONTO THE REAR OF THE ENGINE AND EXHAUST COMPONENTS, WHICH THEN HEATED THE FLUID AND CAUSED IT TO SMOKE. WE DUCT-TAPED THE HOSE FORWARD OF THE HOSE CLAMP, WHICH HELPED STOP THE LEAK AND DIVERTED THE DRIP A BIT REARWARD, AND WE DROVE THE CAR HOME. WE ASSESSED THE HOSE CONDITION AND CONSULTED WITH HONDA DEALER SERVICE AND PARTS PERSONNEL TO SEE IF THERE IS AN IMPROVED REPLACEMENT HOSE ' APPARENTLY NOT. I PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT OEM POWER-STEERING HIGH-PRESSURE FEEDER HOSE AND O-RINGS FROM MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND HAD THEM INSTALLED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE HIGH-PRESSURE FEEDER HOSE WITH FLAMMABLE POWER-STEERING FLUID IS POORLY ROUTED CLOSELY ALONG THE TRANSVERSE-MOUNTED ENGINE FRONT AND ACROSS A REAR CORNER, ABOVE HIGH-TEMPERATURE ENGINE AND EXHAUST COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE PRE-CAT. THIS PLACEMENT AND HOSE FAILURE IS VERY MUCH LIKE THOSE IN RECALLED ACURAS, ALSO MANUFACTURED BY HONDA, DETAILED IN RECALL IDS # 68810, DEC. 4, 2007; # 70296, FEB. 27, 2008; AND # 82159, APRIL 29, 2010. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER STEERING MADE NOISE WHILE MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

SMOKE VISIBLE COMING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. INSPECTION FOUND POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING FROM PRESSURE HOSE ONTO EXHAUST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG WAS CRACKING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE AIR BAG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,400. UPDATED 08/04/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A 4 INCH CRACK ON THE STEERING WHEEL COVER WHERE THE AIR BAG IS LOCATED. UPDATED 08/06/09.*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH THERE WAS A LOSS OF THE STEERING AND THE VEHICLE STRUCK A GUARDRAIL WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING GEARBOX AND TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, BUT AFTERWARDS THE STEERING MADE A GRINDING NOISE.

DT: WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED AND COULD NOT BE TURNED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE HIT A PARKED CAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID A PIN HAD SHEARED CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO BREAK. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE IF IT HAPPENED BEFORE OR AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC AND THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PARKED CAR AND THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. *AK *NM

BOUGHT MY CAR IN LATE JULY 2004 AND WITHIN DAYS IT DEVELOPED A TICKING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. IT HAS BEEN TO SERVICE AND THEY TELL ME IT WAS THE KEYS RATTLING. IT IS INDEED THE STEERING COLUMN BECAUSE IT DOES IT WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION IF YOU BUMP THE STEERING WHEEL. *JB

STEERING PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT STILL IS NOT CORRECT. *AK

NEWLY PURCHASED VEHICLE. CONDITION UPON ACCEPTING VEHICLE WAS DEALER TO CORRECT A STEERING PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE (CAR CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT). DEALER HAS HAD VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS NOW, TELLING US NUMEROUS TIMES THE STEERING ISSUE WAS FIXED, HOWEVER EACH TIME WE FIND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

STEERING PULLS LEFT/RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. TOOK TO THE DEALER. DEALER FOUND THE PROBLEM AND DID AN WHEEL ALIGNMENT. BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. THE CAR STILL DRIFTS. *AK