2012 Honda Accord Steering

Sudden loss of steering control causing vehicle to veer from the intended path of travel.

WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE CAR STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT LINE AND WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR UNEVEN SURFACE THE CAR STEERING WILL LOOSE CONTROL

CAR MADE A STRANGE NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKING OR WHEN STOPPED. RACK AND PINION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

CAR MADE STRANGE NOISES, WHEN STOPPED, WHEN BRAKES APPLIED LITTLE HARD. HONDA SERVICE CENTER SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE STEERING RACK. AND GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $2200. CAR HAS MILEAGE OF 82000

I HAVE BEEN DRIVING HONDA (ACCORD) CARS FOR OVER 40 YEARS. NOW I OWN A HONDA CROSSTOUR. GREAT CAR! I DO NOT DRIVE VERY MUCH AND ONLY LOCALLY. MY AVERAGE ANNUAL MILEAGE IS ABOUT 7,000 MILES. MY CROSSTOUR IS 7 YEARS OLD NOW AND HAS JUST REACHED 53,000 MILES. YESTERDAY I WAS TOLD THAT I I NEED A $1,600 REPAIR TO REPLACE THE "RACK AND PINION". APPARENTLY A TINY PIECE IS BROKEN ON IT. THIS IS VERY TROUBLING. EVEN THE AUTO REPAIR TOLD ME TO CONTACT HONDA AS THIS SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY.. MY CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED BY HONDA DEALERSHIPS. THIS PROBLEM WAS NOTED WHEN I WENT FOR AN OIL CHANGE. I CONTACTED HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE RACK AND PINION IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT NEW PARTS ARE NOT MADE. I WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BUY A RE-FURBISHED PART. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS AT ALL. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH A SERIOUS PART OF THE VEHICLE, WITH ONLY LOCAL MILEAGE ON IT, CANNOT BE UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. AND, I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT ONLY "USED PARTS" ARE AVAILABLE. I AM A LOYAL HONDA CUSTOMER FOR MANY MANY YEARS. I AM A 75 YR OLD, SENIOR CITIZEN ON A LIMITED SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR BACK FROM A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HONDA'S CUSTOMER LOYALTY DEPARTMENT WHO CAN PLEASE HELP ME!

"TAKATA RECALL" MY ACCORD'S STEERING HAS A WEIRD VIBRATION GOING OVER 30 - 60 MPH. IT FEELS LIKE MY FRONT WHEELS WOBBLES. AFTER MAKING SURE THE WHEELS WERE OK, ITS LATER FOUND THAT THERE IS A STEERING LEAK. BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE, IT IS IMPACTING THE WEARING OF THE TIRES UNEVENLY. AFTER I ROTATED AND BALANCED IT, THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. THE HONDA DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE MORE THAN $4500 DOLLARS TO REPLACE BUT AFTER READING SO MANY SIMILAR ISSUES IT APPEARS THAT IT CONTINUES TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE. NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO HONDA RELIABILITY BUT, IT IS TROUBLING. I WENT TO HAVE THEM ADDRESS THE TAKATA RECALL BUT I KEEP GETTING CALLS FROM THEM WHEN I ALREADY WENT TO GET IT "FIXED". NOT SURE IF THEY ACTUALLY DID THE JOB BECAUSE I CALLED THEM BACK AND I HAVE THE NOTIFICATION STATING THAT THE WORK WAS DONE, BUT ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WAS TELLING ME IT WASN'T DONE. I HOPE THIS IS NOT HAPPENING ELSEWHERE.

THE OTHER NIGHT I NOTICED FLUID ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. FIRST TIME I'VE NOTICED ANY LEAK OUT OF THIS CAR. LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND FOUND POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RACK AND PINON ON LH SIDE AT THE BOOT. LOOKS LIKE THE SAME LEAK I'VE BEEN SEEING OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT ONLINE. 63,000 MILES. ONLY USING HONDA POWER STEERING FLUID.

WHINING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND CONTINUED REGARDLESS OF THE CAR'S SPEED. CAUSE: POWER STEERING RACK WAS LEAKING. INTERNAL DAMAGE TO POWER STEERING PUMP. POWER STEERING RESERVOIR HAD DEBRIS IN IT CAUSING THE FLUID TO AERATE. SOLUTION: HONDA DEALERSHIP MECHANIC REPLACED THE POWER STEERING RACK, POWER STEERING RESERVOIR AND POWER STEERING PUMP. NOTE: HAD BROUGHT CAR IN TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP CONCERNING THIS SITUATION BACK ON AUGUST 4, 2017. RESULTS: MECHANIC FOUND THE POWER STEERING FLUID LOW AND PERFORMED A POWER STEERING FLUSH. HE ALSO STATED THAT POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAY HAVE OCCURRED. NOISE WAS GONE AFTER THIS SERVICE.

HIGH PITCHED SOUND NOTICED WHILE DRIVING HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE SHORTLY AFTER CAR WAS PURCHASED (WE ARE 1ST OWNERS). DISCOVERED STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING. REPAIR SHOP RECOMMENDS NEW RACK AND PINION. CLEARLY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT SINCE CAR HAS SUCH LOW MILEAGE (ONLY 36,000 NOW AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO STEERING FLUID OFF FOR SOME TIME). VERY DISAPPOINTING.

LEAKING IS OBSERVED AT RACK AND PINION.

MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR RECALL AT SCHAMBURG HONDA,SCHAMBURG ILL FOR WHICH I WAITED ONE HOUR IN LINE AND NEVER GOT INTO SERVICE AREA. DEALER APPEARS TO PURPOSELY NOT WANT TO MAKE MANDATED REPAIR.,

41000 MILES POWER STEERING LEAKING , FRONT WHEEL BEARING NEEDS REPLACING . NEED TO REPLACE ENTIRE STEERING RACK TO TUNE OF 1700 DOLLARS. STEERING LEAKING SINCE 25000 MILES. HONDA SHOULD RECALL. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS INVOLVING STEERING PROBLEMS. CAVEAT EMPTOR!

I NOTICED MY STEERING WAS GETTING HARD TO TURN AROUND 42K MILES. AFTER CHANGED NEW TIRES AND DONE WHEEL BALANCE AND ALIGNMENT, THE SAME CONTINUED AND FELT THE PAIN IN MY HANDS EVERY TIME. I REQUESTED TO CHECK THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL AND THE HONDA SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT NO ISSUES. AS TIME CONTINUED THE STEERING PROBLEM GOT WORST. WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WAS NOT GOOD, ITS HARD TO SIMPLE TURN ALSO MY WIFE ALSO OBSERVED THE SAME AND TOLD ME THAT MANUAL POWER WHILE GETTING OUT OF PARKING SPACES, OR WHEN HAVING TO TURN WHILE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO MY LOCAL HONDA SERVICE TECHNICIAN DURING THE OIL CHANGE AND HE HAS TOLD ME THAT IT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND LITTLE BIT DIRTY AND IT SHOULD GO AWAY AFTER A WHILE. IT IS SAME AND NO PROGRESS, IT GOT WORST! ASKING THE DEALERSHIP FOR COST RELIEF FROM HONDA FOR REPAIR AND DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST THOUGH. *TR

31,000 MILES RACK & PINION IS LEAKING ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. WITH THIS LOW MILEAGE AND YEAR OF THE CAR ITS A SAFETY ISSUE. LOOKS LIKE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT OBSERVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING TURNS, THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION BOOT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,000.

I HAVE THE HONDA ACCORD SE 2012. LAST TIME I TOOK IT FOR A OIL CHANGE AND WHERE THEY ALSO PERFORM A CHECK IN HONDA AUSTIN,TEXAS WHEN IT WAS ONLY 36 K MILES DONE. THEY NOTIFIED POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING BUT IT IS GOOD TO GO. NOTHING MAJOR. I HAVE OBSERVED THE STEERING HAS BECOME VERY HARD RECENTLY AND MAKES A LOT OF NOISE WHILE AT LOW SPEED. I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE IN GERMAIN HONDA ON SAWMILL ROAD IN COLUMBUS. THEY INSPECTED AND TOLD ME IT WILL COST ME 1700 BUCKS. WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINS ON THE WEB FOR THE SAME. THEY STILL DENIED IT. A 2012 MODEL VEHILCE WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT IF IT NEEDS 2000 DOLLAR SERVICING AND PART CHANGE IT IS VERY HARSH. I HAVE NEVER IMAGINED HONDA ACCORD CAN GIVE YOU SUCH PROBLEMS. I WILL TRY TO REACH OUT TO HONDA INCASE THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE PART.

POWER STEERING RACK IS LEAKING. NEED TO REPLACE POWER STEERING RACK. THIS IS MY SECOND REPAIR. I CURRENTLY HAVE 55,000 MILES ON WHAT WAS A BRAND-NEW 2012 HONDA ACCORD COUPE. POWER STEERING RACK IS LEAKING. NEED TO REPLACE POWER STEERING RACK. THIS IS MY SECOND REPAIR. I CURRENTLY HAVE 55,000 MILES ON WHAT WAS A BRAND-NEW 2012 HONDA ACCORD COUPE. I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM 10 MONTHS AGO AND HAD IT REPAIRED. THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE IT IS A VERY SLOW LEAK I AM ESTIMATING THE PROBLEM EXISTED WELL BEFORE I DISCOVERED IT. I AM CONFIDENT I GOT A BAD POWER STEERING RACK FROM THE MANUFACTURER. HEY EXPERIENCED WHINING SOUNDS GOING AROUND TURNS ESPECIALLY ROUNDABOUTS. I'M CONVINCED THIS IS A FAULTY PARTS BECAUSE HONDA POWER STEERING RACK STEVE NOT GO BAD AT 45 TO 50,000 MILES. HONDAS CORPORATE CUSTOMER RESPONSE ABOUT THE SITUATION HAS BEEN LACKLUSTER TO SAY THE LEAST. DEALER IS BETTER TO DEAL WITH. THIS IS THE FIFTH HONDA I HAVE OWNED OR DRIVEN VIA A FAMILY MEMBER. THIS IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR PROBLEM THIS IS A MANUFACTURING SAFETY PROBLEM.

I NOTICED MY STEERING WAS GETTING HARD TO TURN. I CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT WAS LOW. I ADDED FLUID. AS TIME CONTINUED THE STEERING PROBLEM GOT WORST. WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WAS GOOD, BUT I HAD TO USE MANUAL POWER WHILE GETTING OUT OF PARKING SPACES, OR WHEN HAVING TO TURN WHILE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED.I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO MY LOCAL HONDA SERVICE TECHNICIAN AND HE TOLD ME I ADDED TOO MUCH FLUID AND IT SHOULD GO AWAY AFTER A WHILE. IT GOT WORST AND I TOOK IT BACK AFTER A FEW MONTHS. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT THE FLUID WENT DOWN TO THE CV BOOT AND THE STEERING RACK; THE QUOTED COST FOR REPAIR WAS $1350.00. BY THIS TIME MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER ASKING THE NEW DEALERSHIP FOR COST RELIEF FROM HONDA, THEY REDUCED THE COST TO $500, AND I FINALLY GOT THE STEERING PROBLEM REPAIRED ON 08/11/14. *TR

I TOOK MY HONDA IN FOR A SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION AT THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP. I TOLD HIM ABOUT A WINDING NOISE IN MY FRONT END AND A STRANGE SUBSTANCE ON MY TIRE RIMS. AFTER HAVING THE CAR A FEW HOURS THEY CALLED ME STATING THAT MY POWER STEERING RACK WAS COMPLETELY GONE IN ME CAR AND THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR HAS 10,992 MILES ON IT. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 70 MILES AN HOUR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE REST OF THE TIRES WOULD NEED TO BE ROTATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

ABOUT 2000 MILES AFTER BUYING THE CAR I NOTICED A SHAKE IN THE STEERING WHEEL . WE TOOK IT TOO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A ROTATE AND BALANCE. WHEN WE GOT IT BACK I STILL FELT THE SHAKE. WE TOOK IT BACK AGAIN AND THEY BALANCED THEM AGAIN (SO THEY SAY) AND STILL HAS A SHAKE. I AM A MECHANIC AND HAVE BEEN FOR 12 YEARS, SO I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND BALANCED THEM MYSELF, AND IT STILL HAS A SHAKE. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN 60 AND 75. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1400.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED A SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIANS BALANCED THE TIRES AND REPLACED THE TIRES BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHERE THE DEALER DECIDED TO ALIGNED, BALANCE AND FINALLY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIRED THE PROBLEM EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY ATTEMPTED TO REPAIRED IT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

I HAVE PURCHASED A NEW 2012 HONDA ACCORD SE MODEL WITH VIN [XXX] ON JANUARY 19TH 2012. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE FROM RIVERSIDE HONDA THROUGH FOOTHILL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. EVER SINCE, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING NOTHING BUT NIGHTMARES. I HAVE FOLLOWED THE RECOMMENDED MANUFACTURER'S BREAK IN PERIOD FORMAT STEP BY STEP. THREE DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASED, I DROVE THE VEHICLE ON THE FWY AND NOTICED A WEIR, UNCOMMON AND RATHER DISTURBING SHIMMY ON THE STEERING WHEEL BETWEEN 65 TO 75 MPH. MY VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND UNFIT TO BE DRIVEN ON FREEWAYS. I NEEDED YOUR HELP DESPERATELY TO PREVENT A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC ARE AT RISK. I HAVE ACTED AND PROCEEDED AS INDICATED. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS SHIMMY ISSUE TO THE HONDA DEALERS. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS SHIMMY ISSUE TO AMERICAN HONDA. I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE WITH A HONDA ADVISER AND A FIELD REP. IN BOTH CASES, THE SHIMMY HAS BEING IDENTIFIED, NOTICED AND ESTABLISHED. YET, NOTING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AN IDENTICAL VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN WITH THE AMERICAN HONDA FILED REP. NO SHIMMY WAS IDENTIFIED, PROVING HONDA WRONG. THE AMERICAN HONDA FIELD REP THAT TEST DROVE MY VEHICLE STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO HELP ME. HE STATED THAT SOMETIMES CARS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE THE WRONG TIRES INSTALLED. HE WAS TO CHECK FOR RECALLS, BULLETINS AND WHAT THE ENGINEERS FROM HONDA WILL ADVISE HIM ON MY CASE. HE OFFERED TO CARE OF THE PAPER WORK. I TRUSTED HIM. HE WAS GOING TO SEND ME A COPY OF WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED TOGETHER. THE FIELD REP MADE ONE STATEMENT VERBALLY TO ME AND WROTE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SCENARIO ON THE PAPERWORK. I HAVE BEING LIED TO, MISLEAD, AND DECEIVED AS A CONSUMER AND AS A HUMAN BEING. I AM ASKING IN THE MOST HUMBLE WAY FOR ASSISTANCE. AMERICAN HONDA MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLE THEY HAVE BUILT. IT IS THEIR DUTY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR