What 1,418 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Honda Accord Fhev

The contact owned a 2013 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30-35 MPH, the steering wheel seized. The driver was unable to turn the wheel. The vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a tree. There were no warning lights illuminated. The driver had bruises and a concussion, and medical attention was provided. There was no air bag deployment. A police report was filed. There was no reported fire. The vehicle was towed to a towing lot. The local dealer was contacted but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 195,000. The vehicle was deemed a total loss by the insurance company. The VIN was not available.

NHTSA ODI 11587589

While using a curved exit ramp my steering locked and I could not turn the wheel and lost control of ability to steer hitting the curb and damaging both the tire rod and rack steering. I could not turn the wheel to move the vehicle and required a tow to move the vehicle. This was an extremally dangerous situation in where I could have easily been hit by another vehicle or been seriously injured. There was a light that did flash on the dashboard but only for a second. There was no other indication that there was a problem with the vehicle. Honda service has indicated to me they are aware of any issues with steering on my make and model. I have have a substantial repair bill as the vehicle is not drivable.

NHTSA ODI 11497660

The contact's daughter owns a 2013 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at unknown speeds she veered off the road, to the right for unknown reasons and crashed into a tree. The driver received medical attention however, succumbed to her injuries at the scene. There was no report of fire or air bag deployment. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent lot. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was unknown.

NHTSA ODI 11421843

On a clear, rural, dry blacktop county highway at approximately 10:00AM December 19,2018 while driving at 50 miles per hour I suddenly lost steering control of my 2013 Honda Accord. This was instantaneous causing car to move to the right. When I steered to the left the car over-corrected and drove into the left ditch. My effort to straighten the car caused it to hit the frozen ditch bank parallel to left side of car. Side air bags deployed and car came to rest in adjacent hay field. My T-12 vertebra was broken, among other injuries. Cost to repair the car was $8,802.16. I always thought this was my fault, but recently I have experienced strange and unsettling steering glitches with this car. My spouse has also recently mentioned that he has noticed steering glitches while driving this Honda Accord.

NHTSA ODI 11419767

MY 2013 ACCORD SPORT SUDDENLY VEERED LEFT ON IT'S OWN AND I HIT A TELEPHONE POLE BREAKING IT IN HALF. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS AND I AM INJURED. I WAS DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

NHTSA ODI 11416326

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2013 HONDA ACCORD. I TRAVEL ABOUT 30K A YEAR. I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY METICULOUS WITH THE EXTERIOR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE. DURING THE COURSE OF MY TRAVELS, I HAVE ON AT LEAST 4-5 OCCASIONS HAD DIFFICULTY CHANGING LANES. MORE SPECIFIC, WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE AT LOW SPEED (5-35 MPH) I WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE. THE ABILITY TO STEER CAME BACK QUICKLY, BUT FOR A SECOND OR TWO, A TURN WAS NOT POSSIBLE. THIS PAST WEEK, ON 10/30/2019, A SIMILAR SCENARIO TRANSPIRED. I WAS STOPPED AT A "STOP" SIGN AND NEEDED CROSS AN INTERSECTION AND MAKE A LEFT TURN. JUST WHEN IT WAS TIME TO TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, NOT ALLOWING ME TO TURN LEFT. AS THERE WAS AN ONCOMING VEHICLE, I WAS ABLE SLOW DOWN BUT STRUCK A CURB WITH MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE IMPACT BEAT UP THE RIM PRETTY BAD AND DEFLATED THE TIRE. I REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE AND HEADED TO A NEAR MECHANIC, ABOUT 1 MILE AWAY. THE MECHANIC ADVISED ME NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE DAMAGE INCLUDED CRACKED RIM, POWER STEERING RACK AND ELECTRONIC STEERING BOX TO NAME A FEW. IN RESEARCHING PARTS, I CAME ACROSS MANY INCIDENTS IN WHICH A 2013 HONDA ACCORD HAS HAD FAILED STEERING CAPABILITY. I CONTACTED HONDA (CASE #10012315), THEY DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM NOW, NOR IN THE PAST AND COULD NOT COMMENT ON PROBLEMS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD. I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OLD AND HAD A LOT OF MILES. THEY TOLD ME "YOU HAD AN ACCIDENT, WHY ARE YOU CALLING HONDA, YOU SHOULD BE CALLING AN INSURANCE COMPANY". HONDA WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. I EXPRESSED MY REGRET IN NOT PURCHASING A FUTURE HONDA VEHICLE... SHAME ON HONDA.

NHTSA ODI 11278511

WE ARE A COLLISION REPAIR FACILITY IN OREGON SCOTTIES AUTOBODY THIS VEHICLE HAS A BROKEN STEERING SHAFT IN THE COLUMN THAT APPEARS TO BE DEFECTIVE METAL . I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS A RANDOM PROBLEM BUT I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE INSPECTED . THIS BROKEN SHAFT CAUSES 100% LOSS OF STEERING

NHTSA ODI 11246668

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HILL ON A SLIGHTLY INCLINED CITY STREET WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE LEFT. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING AND IN PANIC WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE CAR BEFORE CROSSING SEVERAL LANES AND HITTING A BUILDING. THERE WERE INJURIES TO MYSELF AND MY PASSENGER. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE BUILDING SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

NHTSA ODI 11156378

WE PURCHASED THE HONDA ACCORD 2013 V6 10/22/2017. STEERING WHEEL WAS TIGHT WE NOTICED ,THAT NIGHT OF THE 23RD, 2ND TIME DRIVING IT MY SON TURNED THE CORNER AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND HE RAN INTO THE CEMENT POLE AND TOTALED HIS CAR. WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE IT ONE FULL DAY. WE LATER LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET THAT HONDA WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR POWER STEERING LOCKING UP OR ELECTRICAL AND SAW PEOPLE TOTALED THERE CARS OR HAD THE SAME ISSUES 464K CASES. MY SON WAS HURT BUT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. HONDA NEEDS TO BE SUED FOR THIS AND I WANT IN ON IT. THE CAR WAS IN MY NAME I BOUGHT FOR MY 21 YR OLD SON AFTER HIS CAR FLOODED IN HARVEY. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY.

NHTSA ODI 11043085

JUST ONE DAY AGO I WAS DRIVING MY HONDA ACCORD EX-L SEDAN 2013 AND I WENT TO TURN UNDER THE UNDERPASS AND THE STEERING WHEEL RANDOMLY LOCKED UP ON ME AND I COULD BARELY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL SO I PANICKED AND I MUST OF HIT THE GAS PEDAL WHILE TRYING TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, BUT I COULDN'T TURN IT ENOUGH AND I RAN OVER THE CURB AND INTO THE UNDERPASSES CEMENT PILLAR TOTALING THE CAR SO THE NEXT DAY I WOKE UP AND WAS SO CONFUSED BY WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE AND WHEN I LOOKED UP WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IT SEEMS THAT PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE, BUT MOST OF THEM ENDED UP FINE, BUT SINCE I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A TURN THAT THE CAR WOULDN'T LET ME MAKE ONCE I ALREADY ENGAGED IN TRYING TO TURN I WASN'T AS FORTUNATE AS THOSE OTHER DRIVERS LUCKILY I WASN'T KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.

NHTSA ODI 11039137

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT THE CONTACT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE WALL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE LEG, ARM, AND HAND. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED INJURIES TO THEIR COLLAR BONE AND KNEE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER INDICATING THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE EXAMINED FOR A POSSIBLE POWER STEERING FAILURE DUE TO AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS THAT STARTED AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE SAME FAILURE THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000. UPDATED 01/31/17*LJ *CN

NHTSA ODI 10936436

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED AFTER THE BATTERY WAS RECHARGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE DOME LIGHT. THE DOME LIGHT WAS REMOVED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

NHTSA ODI 10903270

I WAS STARTING TO DRIVE AFTER PAYING A TOLL ON A BRIDGE, WHEN THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR. CAR TURNED 45 DEGREES AND WAS HIT BY A PETERBUILT TRUCK. THERE WAS $7000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE CAR. HONDA SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR.

NHTSA ODI 10734415

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? *TR

NHTSA ODI 10662592

MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND I HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR IN A PARKING GARAGE. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. MY HUSBAND BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE SERVICE CENTER AT HONDA OF BOWIE. THE SERVICE FOLKS SAID IT WAS FIXED AFTER DOING A COMPUTER UPDATE. I BROUGHT IT BACK BECAUSE THE PROBLEM KEPT REOCCURRING. MY HUSBAND BROUGHT IT BACK IN AGAIN ON JULY 2, 2014 BECAUSE THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE LAST "FIX." THE SERVICE PERSONNEL DID ANOTHER COMPUTER RESET AND MY CAR HAS HAD THE SAME POWER STEERING PROBLEMS SINCE THEN. TODAY (MONDAY, JULY 7, 2014), THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN AND STEERED THE CAR INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC RESULTING IN ANOTHER NEAR MISS. I HAVE CALLED HONDA OF BOWIE TO GET A LOANER VEHICLE BUT THEY ARE OUT OF LOANER VEHICLES SO I NEED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO AND FROM WORK. *JS

NHTSA ODI 10608752

THE DRIVER WAS TURNING LEFT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND HE COULD NOT TURN. THE VEHICLE WENT OVER THE CURVE AND CRASHED INTO A FIRE HYDRANT. IT PUSHED THE CAR UP IN THE AIR AND BACK DOWN HARD. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10583855

WHILE COMING TO A STOP IN MY PARKING SPOT, I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, WITH ENGINE SURGE /LOUD NOISE AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES...... CAR PLOWED OVER PARKING SPOT BARRIER, INTO SHRUBS, BALCONY BEAM AND NEIGHBOR'S SCREENED PATIO. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE , SHRUBS, NEIGHBOR'S PATIO AND MY BALCONY. THIS WAS A TERRIFYING EVENT. INVESTIGATIONS BY INSURANCE CO AND MECHANIC ARE PENDING AT THIS TIME. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10578371

THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE EXIT 9 HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMP. *TRUPDATED 06/03/14 *BF ON 9/30/13, THE STEERING WHEEL HAD LOCKED (TECHNICALLY THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING, OR EPS, MALFUNCTIONED AND STOPPED WORKING) ON A HIGHWAY AS I WAS CHANGING LANES AT HIGH SPEED (AND THE STEERING SYSTEM PROCEEDED TO MOVE THE CAR IN THE DIRECTION OF THE HIGHWAY MEDIAN) AND I HAD TO FORCE THE WHEEL AS STRONGLY AS I COULD TO TURN IT BACK ONTO THE ROAD- ALL LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR BRAND NEW. 10/30/13, THE EPS STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS ON A SHARPLY BENDING ON-RAMP TO A HIGHWAY AND VEERED THE CAR INTO THE MEDIAN ON THE RAMP.UPDATED 9/15/2014 BY SC THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM INDICATOR APPEARED AFTER THE STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE WARNING APPEARED ON 10/30/2013. THE VEHICLE FIRST FAILED ON 9/30/2013 THEN AGAIN ON 10/30/2013. THE POWER STEERING WAS REPAIRED AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE. THE STEERING RACK WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 06/09/2014 *JS

NHTSA ODI 10563724

DRIVER WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THAT TURN, STEERING JERKED TO THE LEFT AND DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE STEERING WAS NOT RESPONDING; THEREFORE, CAUSING DRIVER TO RUN INTO LEFT HAND CURB. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10553641

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED FREE SPINNING AND THE TIRES WERE NOT CONTROLLED BY THE STEERING WHEEL ANY LONGER. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HIT A WALL AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. HONDA HAS NEVER COME TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AS I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD. MY VEHICLE IS STILL SITTING AT THE LOCAL HONDA SERVICE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT ANYTHING DONE TO IT. HONDA WILL NOT LOOK INTO WHAT CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO LOSE STEERING. *TR UPDATED 06/13/13*LJ

NHTSA ODI 10500539

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND A CAR WAS VEERING INTO MY LANE. AS I WENT TO THE LEFT MY STEERING WHEEL JUST KEPT SPINNING AND THE TIRES WERE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE. I COULDN'T CONTROL THE CAR BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT CORRESPONDING WITH THE TIRES. WE JERKED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM LANE TO LANE UNTIL WE FINALLY CRASHED INTO THE CONCRETE WALL OF THE HIGHWAY. WE THEN SPUN OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WHERE WE RESTED. HONDA HAD NOT RESPONDED AT THIS TIME BUT EVERYONE INCLUDING THE GUYS AT THE HIS BODY SHIP FEEL THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

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