There are 42 owner-reported steering complaints for the 2005 Honda Accordin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
The contact owned a 2005 Honda Accord. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH and attempting to pass a vehicle on the right lane of the road, the vehicle lost power steering functionality and pulled to the left side of the road and towards the median. The contact did not recall whether a warning light was illuminated. The vehicle crashed into the pole of a traffic sign, and the traffic sign broke the windshield. The air bags failed to deploy and the seat belts pretensioners failed to engage, causing the contact to hit her head against the windshield. The shattered pieces of the windshield were propelled to the contact. The contact stated that she was unconscious for an hour. The contact was transported to the hospital by emergency unit. The contact sustained severe headaches and was advised to follow up with a neurologist. Additionally, the contact sustained minor lacerations on the legs and arms. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot, where it was totaled. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 230,000.
Lost control of my car my brakes either locked up or went out and steering wheel was hard to turn & it caused me to hydroplane and none of my airbags deployed
CAR SMOKES AND LEAKS POWER STEERING FLUID. I HAVE TO REFILL IT EVERY TWO DAYS AND IT SMOKES BAD EVEN FILLS THE CAR WITH FUMES AND SMOKE.IT SMOKES WHILE DRIVING AFTER THE CAR HEATS UP BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK IT FILLS UP THE INSIDE WITH SMOKE.
MY ALTERNATOR IS COVERED IN ALTERNATOR FLUID INCLUDING MY SERPENTINE BELT ALL THE WAY TO MY POWER STEERING RESERVOIR . ALSO I'VE BEEN NOTICING A LOSS OF POWER IN MY VEHICLE , WHEN I PUMP GAS I TRY TO FILL IT UP AND IT WONT FILL UP ALL THE WAY TO FULL IT STAYS 1/4 LESS OF FULL . OTHER THING IS I HAD TO TAKE OFF THE FUSE FOR THE RADIO DUE TO THE RADIO MAKING LOUD POPPING SOUNDS AND TURNING OF AND ON THE SPEAKERS ARE FINE ITS ALL ORIGINAL . THIS PAST WEEKEND I NOTICED ALSO WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO HIT THE ROAD I WANTED TO SET IT ON CRUISE CONTROL AND IT DIDNT WORK AT ALL ONLY THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WAS ON AND I USED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS YEAR WITHOUT PROBLEMS TILL NOW .THIS WEEK IM GOING TO THE DEALER TO HAVE MY AIRBAGS FIXED AGAIN DUE TO AN AIRBAG RECALL .
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THROUGH SOMEONES YARD AND ITS LIKE MY VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING SOUND AND A MALFUNCTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AN EXCLAMATION POINT IN A TRIANGLE. I ALMOST GOT STUCK AND I WAS HORRIFIED AT THE SOUND. LATER ON I STARTED NOTICING IT WAS HARDER TO CONTROL THW VEHICLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON THE ROAD. ESPECIALLY AFTER IT RAINED I WOULD LEAVE MY YARD AND WOULD ALMOST BE TRAPPED IN MY YARD. VERY EERIE GRINDING SOUND WITH 3 MALFUNCTION LIGHTS ON: ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, AND BRAKE LAMP ILLUMINATED.
POWER STEERING LEAKING UNDER THE HOOD.
THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS REPLACED BY DEALER UNDER EARLIER RECALL. IT IS NOW LEAKING AND CAUSING NOXIOUS FUMES IN THE CAR. I CALLED THE DEALER. SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE IT WAS SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL, MY CAR WAS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO THE RECALL AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED. THIS DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT TO ME.
AIR BAG NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT I BEEN HAVING STEERING WHEEL NOISE AND IT SHAKES CONSTANTLY. I BOUGHT NEW TIRES, CHANGED POWER STEERING, PUMP, HOSE AND IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. I GO TO DISCOUNT TIRES NEARLY EVERY TWO WEEKS TO GET TIRES REBALANCED EVEN IF ITS NEW. THEY STILL CANT FIND THE PROBLEM. CAR ALSO TURNS OFF SOMETIMES. HAPPPENED FIVE TIMES ALREADY. THE STEERING WHISTLE SOUND IS CONSTANT NOW AND WHEN MY CAR TURNED OFF IT WAS ON THE STREET PARKED AND ALSO MAKING TURNS CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE STIFF.
2005 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO SAFETY RECALL FOR POWER STEERING. *AS *TR *TR
LOOKING FOR FORMS RELATING TO POSSIBLE POWER STEERING RECALL ON 20045 HONDA ACCORD-VERY HARD TO TURN OUT OF A DRIVEWAY-ALMOST FEELS AS IF DRIVING A MANUAL CAR.
WIPERS AND WIPER WASHER STOPPED WORKING; NO BLOWN FUSES INVOLVED; KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM NOT WORKING; REMOTE CONTROL IS NOW OPENING JUST THE TRUNK BUT NOTHING ELSE; RADIO BACKLIGHT NOT WORKING & POWER STEERING GETS HARD IN COLD WEATHER OR AFTER DRIVING ON STREETS OR ROADS WITH LITTLE MANEUVER. EVEN AFTER PUMP REPLACEMENT.
MY POWER STEERING PRESSURE LINE IS LEAKING, ALSO RESERVOIR LEAKS AND STEERING ALWAYS WHINES AND ITS FULL OF FLUID. LEAKS ON MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN ITS STATIONARY IT LEAKS AND WHEN IN MOTION IT WHINES.
THE LINE FOR POWER STEERING BEGAN LEAKING AND CAUGHT FIRE AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE LINE AT MY EXPENSE. I COULD NOT GET HELP FROM THE DEALER AT THAT TIME. I HAVE MY RECEIPT FOR THE LINE THAT WAS ABOUT$149.00 TO REPLACE.
STEERING WHEEL VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN AT LOW SPEED. THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO (NOVEMBER 2016) AND CONTINUES TODAY (12/22/2016).
WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED MY HONDA, IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR A "SHAKING" AT CERTAIN SPEEDS. THIS WAS DISMISSED OVER AND OVER AND BLAMED ON TIRE AIR PRESSURE AND ALIGNMENT. I KNEW THIS COULD NOT BE THE CAUSE AND FOUND OTHER HONDA DRIVERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. RECENTLY, THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE CAME DISENGAGED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE CAR TO CRASH DOWN ON THE ROTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS AT A DEALERSHIP RECENTLY FOR A REPAIR, I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OVER LOOKED BY HONDA AND COULD HAVE CAUSED SEVERE INJURY TO MYSELF OR OTHER DRIVERS. IT APPEARS THE SHAKING DIRECTLY CAUSED THIS ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE.
WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I NEEDED TO QUICKLY STEER OUT OF A SEVERE CRASH SND WAS NOT ABLE TO BECAUSETHE STEERING GOT STUCK. NOTICED PROBLEMS OFF AND ON BUT TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE ASSURED US THERE WAS NO PROBLEN WITH CAR. WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE THIS CERTAIN VEHICLE STEERING AND AIR BAGS . AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WENT CRASH OCCURED THE AIRBAGS ALSO FAILED TO WORK THE CAME OUT FLAT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM UNDERNEATH. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE POWER STEERING HOSE AND A CLAMP WAS PLACED ON THE HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHEN THE SEAT BELT WAS FASTENED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.
GOT INTO A CRASH. LEFT FRONT DRIVER SIDE DAMAGE. NOT DRIVABLE.. AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF..
TAKATA RECALL I CALL [XXX] ABOUT MY CAR 2005 HONDA ACCORD AND ASK IF MY CAR IS INCLUDED IN THE AIR BAG RECALL AND WAS TOLD NO,, BUT I SEE THAT THE YEAR AND DATES ON THE ABC 13 HOUSTON LINK, SHOW MY CAN IS INCLUDED. HOW DO I GO ABOUT GETTING IT REPLACE? THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
WE COULD NOT GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK SO WE COULD GET THE KEY IN TO START THE CAR. WE WERE STRANDED. WHAT IS WRONG AND IS THERE SOME DEFECT IN THE IGNITION? *TR
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