2009 Honda CR-V Steering

Steering gear is leaking

STEERING RACK REPLACED ABOUT 3-1/2 YEARS AGO PROBABLY AROUND 50,000 MILES (EST) . WAS TOLD TODAY NEEDS SECOND REPLACEMENT AT AROUND 86,000 MILES. THIS MEANS STEERING RACK WILL HAVE FAILED TWICE.

POWER STEERING RACK LEAK. THIS IS MY 2ND CRV THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A RACK AND PINION LEAK. UPON RESEARCHING IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVING THE STEERING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A WHINING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR A TIRE ROTATION, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S BOOT OVER THE STEERING MECHANISM. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FLUID THAT WAS LEAKING OFF THE DRIVER SIDE BOOT WAS POWER STEERING FLUID AND THE RACK AND PINON NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,655.

I TOOK MY CAR IN TO CHECK MY AC THAT STOPPED BLOWING COLD. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS THE RELAY AND NOT THE COMPRESSOR. THEN I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW POWER STEERING RACK BECAUSE BOTH OF MY BOOTS ARE LEAKING. I WAS QUOTED $1450. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG PROBLEM, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I AM ONLY AT 79,000 MILES.

TOOK CAR INTO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD STEERING RACK IS LEAKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1500.00. TOTALLY RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 34,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS GARAGE KEPT. HONDA WOULD NOT DO A THING. BUYERS OF CR-V BEWARE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CR-V. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND MAKING SHARP TURNS, THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWERING STEERING RACK NEEDED TO REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM REPLACED, LEAKING. *TR

MY 2009 CRV HAD APPROX 38,000 MILES AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WENT OUT, MY HUSBANDS 2011 CIVIC HAS APPROX 30,000 MILES AND HIS POWER STEERING PUMP JUST WENT OUT ALSO. IS THERE SOME SORT OF PROBLEM WITH HONDA'S AND THIS PART? HAVE OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS? *TR

VEHICLE ALWAYS PULLS TO THE RIGHT. HAD A ALIGNMENT DONE AND STILL PULLS. SUSPECTED DEFECTIVE TIRE AND CHANGED IT AND STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT. *TR

I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES IN A SNOWSTORM. THE ROAD WAS SNOWPACKED BUT IT WAS DAYTIME AND VISIBILITY WAS ACCEPTABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS HANDLING JUST FINE AS ONE WOULD EXPECT WHEN TAKING EXTRA CARE DUE TO INCLEMENT CONDITIONS. I FELT SAFE AND IN CONTROL AT ABOUT 45 TO 50 MPH. WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR BEGAN FEELING STRANGE....LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HANDLING HAD GOTTEN LOOSE. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE SWAYING, AND LIKE WE WERE SLIPPING INTO RUTS, BUT THERE WERE NONE. ROAD CONDITIONS HAD NOT CHANGED. MY PASSENGER SAID THAT IT FELT LIKE SHE WAS IN A BOAT. I KEPT FIGHTING THE STEERING SO IT WOULDN'T CROSS INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. I SLOWED TO ABOUT 30. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE SHOULDER TO EXAMINE THE WHEELS, BUT FOUND NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. WE PRESSED ON AT SLOW SPEEDS AS OTHER VEHICLES BEGAN PASSING US. I PULLED OFF AGAIN AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING AAA, BUT WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE-OF-NOWHERE, ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN GUYMON, OK AND TUCUMCARI, NM. WE WERE DETERMINED TO GET TO TUCUMCARI WHERE WE COULD STOP AT A DEALER FOR SERVICE. THE OUT-OF-CONTROL, SWAYING SENSATION PERSISTED UNTIL WE DROVE THROUGH A SECTION OF HIGHWAY THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SALTED, BECAUSE IT WAS SLUSHY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IN THAT SLUSHY CONDITION, THE CAR BEGAN STABILIZING, AND RESUMED NORMAL HANDLING. EVEN THOUGH WE ENCOUNTERED MORE SNOWPACKED STRETCHES, THE MALADY NEVER RETURNED. IT HAD BEEN A TERRIFYING COUPLE HOURS. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER IN MESA. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. RECENTLY THE DEALER HERE IN MINNESOTA FROM WHOM I PURCHASED THE CAR EXAMINED IT AND FOUND NOTHING, ALTHOUGH THEY SUSPECTED AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. THEY SUGGESTED ADVISING YOU. WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM SINCE THAT ONE TIME. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE NOT DRIVEN THROUGH A SNOWSTORM SINCE THEN....AND, FRANKLY, WE WILL BE NERVOUS THE NEXT TIME WE DO ENCOUNTER SIMILAR SNOW CONDITIONS IF NOTHING IS RESOLVED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. *TR

2009 HONDA CRV VEERS TO THE RIGHT. IF EVEN FOR A SPLIT SECOND ONE LETS GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL, THE CRV VEERS IMMEDIATELY INTO THE RIGHT LANE IN A TOTAL TIME OF 2-3 SECONDS. THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN DEFECT OVER THE YEARS AND HONDA HAS REFUSED TO RECALL AND NHTSA HAS FAILED TO FOLLOW THROUGH. IF YOU JUST GOOGLE THIS ISSUE, YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SKEW THE ALIGNMENT TO OFFSET THIS DEFECT AS A TEMPORARY FIX. CALLS TO HONDA REGIONAL REP SAYS IT IS UP TO THE DEALER TO FIX IT AND REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE SAFETY ISSUE OR RECALL. THE DEALER SAYS "ITS NORMAL". A REPORT TO NHTSA LAST YEAR HAS GONE IGNORED. *TR