I turned my vehicle on and had no power steering. The power steering light was on, indicating that there was a problem. I was able to drive it to the dealer where they told me the power steering torque had gone bad. To repair the vehicle, I would need to have the power steering rack replaced - over $2K! although my vehicle is less than 2 years old, I have passed the 35K mile warranty. This is a pretty painful bill to be forced to pay with such a new car!! why is this not recalled if so many are having issues with this?!!

- Loveland, OH, USA

On 11/22/14 I was driving on a small residential street going under 15mph approximately 5 feet from the turn I was going to be making. A right hand turn. I heard a bang and my steering completely locked up. I hit the curb causing my right front passenger tire to blow. The steering was completely locked up and the vsa light was on. I followed the instructions in the owners manual and turned the car off and then on again which shut the vsa light off and the tow truck driver was able to turn the wheel slightly but made a terrible clunking noise. The vehicle was towed to the dealership where it was determined the steering rack was broken. Now I am 2 weeks into this the dealership is struggling to get the car fixed, Honda has not yet returned my call so not sure they will warranty the car, I'm paying for insurance on a rental and wonder if my Honda is even a safe car to drive at this point. Why isn't anything being done" is this going to take someone dying before it's dealt with"

- Colchester, VT, USA

Low volume...clicking/rubbing noise when making turns. Honda knows of problem.. said there is no fix and it is a characteristic of this car. Their words not mine.... safety issue?

- Rock Hill, SC, USA

We had just pulled off of a major highway in bluffton South Carolina. Stopped at guard house and proceeded approx. 1/2 mile to stop sign when we tried to turn left without warning the (eps) power steering stopped working. We did not get a warning light until after the steering stopped working. You could not control the steering, but lucky for us we were turning into a parking area and stopped the car. We got out the owners manual and turned the car off as suggested, we restarted the car and the steering was still out and the warning light came on. We had the car towed to the closest Honda dealer. This is the second time we had this happen. The first time was in August, 2014. The first time the system did reset after we turned the car off and restarted it.

- Hilton Head Island, SC, USA

While driving the steering system turn off and the steering wheel became hard to turn.

- Hialeah, FL, USA

The vehicle's steering got very hard to turn while pulling into a parking spot. It became extremely difficult to steer all the way to the kingwood Honda service dept. This problem happened immediate and without warning. As I drove the vehicle to the dealer it normalized and then without warning got very stiff. Thus far the dealer does not know what is wrong with the vehicle and advised me today that they are going to call Honda in the morning for guidance.

- Humble, TX, USA

I was driving and was about to turn on to my street and my power steering failed. It became really hard to turn. If there was a car parked I would have hit that car. I parked shut off the car and restarted the car and it seem fine till I turned the steering and as soon as I did it did the same exact things. Honda replaced the part. But its really dangerous and I worry if or when it will go out again.

- Frisco, TX, USA

As I was making a left turn at low speed from a stop sign, my car lost stability and steering felt unusual. Traffic was light and I was able to recover. The two subsequent turns (right and then left) on the same drive yielded similar feelings. When I looked into this, I found reports of an investigation by the NHTSA regarding loss of power steering on these vehicles. I believe this incident was related and felt it best to file a report.

- Skokie, IL, USA

I have a 2013 Honda Accord V6 coupe. When making a left turn the power steering went out I was able to just miss a curb and pulled into a parking lot wheel was very hard to turn. After shutting the car down and restarting the problem cleared. Will be taking it to the dealer today.

- Pompano Beach, FL, USA

The power steering failed light illuminated and wasn't able to steer. Was able to park and restart car and everything was fine. Took it to the dealers they replaced the steering rack. Car was at dealers for 6 days.

- Kapolei, HI, USA

The power steering just stopped working as the car was being driven. It also stalled out and was hard to start back up. Had it towed to dealer where the fix was the repair of the "torque angle sensor and harness."

- Havertown, PA, USA

In two incident that steering wheel stop working: Last week while the car was parked and tried to drive it and today (Oct 7, 2014) while I was driving between 35-40 mph the steering wheel was not working and I had to stop and switch the engine off and after 2 minutes start the car and it was fine.

- Columbia, MO, USA

While driving down farris rd at ~40 mph the eps light came on and the power steering failed. This happened on the way back from my pregnant wife's doctor appointment. We pulled over to the nearest empty parking lot and read the manual. We hadn't been doing any of the things the manual said would cause this. Over the next 10 miles this happened 3 more times. Once while sitting still in a drive through line. We called our Honda dealership and the offered to let us schedule an appointment and receive a shuttleride home. My wife got us slightly better service with a facebook post and they offered to look at our car that day and comped us a rental car under warranty. Several hours later we received a call that after speaking with their tech support they will need to replace the rack.

- Greenville, SC, USA

While driving home on the highway power steering suddenly froze, and light came on. Was able with great force, to make it home. Very frightening experience! this has happened several more times at slower speeds. The dealer was not able to find a problem. Luckily no accident but I feel unsafe driving with this intermittent yet scary situation.

- Weston, FL, USA

The vehicle steering simply 'shut-down', or locked-up out of nowhere. It appears the power steering system simply failed. I was only able to regain control of the steering by bringing the vehicle to a full stop in order to turn it off and then restart it... as though I were rebooting a crashed computer! the issue repeated itself three times the next day, once while driving at full speed on a public street. We resolved to stop driving it, but by reflex I took it out the third consecutive day only to have the issue recur twice, thankfully none of these failures occurred while we were executing a turn, otherwise we may have crashed into something or someone, as some of the other complaints describe. I have now put the vehicle into storage until Honda addresses the issue definitively, as others describe dealership diagnoses across the board, with virtually all admitting the issue was unresolved, even after repair or replacement of the diagnosed component(s). Whether I simply have a lemon, or this is a recall issue in the making, I do not yet know, but what I do know is that this appears to be a very serious safety issue rendering the vehicle too dangerous to drive.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

While driving on highway at 50 mph, the power steering failed and the steering light came on. Luckily, I was able to slow the car down and get off of the highway. I pulled into a neighborhood and put the car in park. After several minutes, I put the car back in gear and the power steering was still out, but I was able to make it home. The next day, I started the car and the power steering was working. The steer wheel has jerked to the left/right on several occasions, but this was the first time that the power steering when completely out. I've brought the car to the dealer and am waiting for an explanation.

- Greenwell Springs, LA, USA

On Jan 24th, 2013 I took my car to the Honda dealership for a problem with my power steering. The eps (electric power steering) system indicator came on and off several times and lost power steering during those times. The problem has been intermittent. The Honda dealership tried to fix the problem 3 times. On Feb 5th, 2013 the intermittent power steering problem seemed to be fixed. Then on Aug 21st, 2014 the power steer problem started again. I returned to the Honda dealership and Honda tried again to fix the intermittent power steering problem. On Aug 22nd, I drove my Honda Accord out of the dealership and had to turn around and bring it back because the cars' eps (electric power steering) system indicator light came on and off again and I lost power steering during that time. I'm now waiting to see if the intermittent power steering problem can be found and fixed. Since I bought my car the smart entry system indicator light has turned on and off intermittently without an adverse effect that I know of. I know an intermittent problem is hard diagnose and fix but I'm starting have less and less confidence in Honda the company that manufactured my car..updated 11/03/14

- Slidell, LA, USA

2013 Honda Accord (20K miles) issue: Defective rack-N-pinion I attempted to put my Accord in reverse and realized that I wasn't able to steer out of the driveway. It appeared that the steering wheel locked up or something was holding me from backing up. I also noticed an orange steering wheel indicator on my dash. (please keep in mind that my vehicle is in great condition. I've have it for over a year and I have never had this happen). I attempted to start my car a second time. This time it turned on just as before and the orange indicator light turned off. I felt it may have just been a fluke and I began driving down the street. However, not even half-A-mile down from my parents" house my Accord steering wheel locked up again! this time it happened in the middle of the road while I was driving and while other vehicles were driving on the opposite side of the road. I could not maneuver my vehicle off the road. I just barely managed to angle the front part of my vehicle to the edge of a curb while the second half of the car was still in the street. Dealership informed me that it was a defective electric rack-N-pinion which caused my steering wheel to lock up. I asked him if this was a recall, or vehicle malfunction and he couldn't completely 100% provide me with an explanation. He did inform me that it"S going to be a $1,200 part to be serviced and that I will probably be without my own Accord for about a week. I strongly feel that the Honda Corp should be aware of this issue, so I contacted Honda via twitter. I felt completely brushed off and the rep, he said well sorry to hear that sir but they are repairing the issue sir. This was my second and last Honda that I would purchase. I know I'm not the only one with this issue. Honda should definitely look into it. The rep told me that they haven't had this issue previously-doubt it!

- San Antonio, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the power steering warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 20,000.

- Tyler, TX, USA

While driving at approx. 25 mph, suddenly the power steering completely failed and power steering warning light came on. As I was only a couple of blocks from home, I was able to hard steer it home. Spouse turned engine off, started it back up and power steering reset. Took it to the dealer. Did diagnostic and determined : diagnose eps system per isis. Found faulty torque sensor. Replace complete power steering rack and perform alignment. After reading other similar complaints, I am hopeful that this will not happen again. It is extremely dangerous when this happens.

- Paisley, FL, USA