Received diagnostic message to check power steering system. Loss control of the vehicle because I could not turn the wheel on the vehicle which almost caused an accident. My mechanic indicated that this was a computer issue and recommended that I take it to the acura dealership for service.
2013 Acura TL steering complaints
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Eps light starts blinking and power steering fails intermittently. Completely random when it decides to work and car is under 69000 miles. As an example I was taking a turn and it failed half way through the turn which almost caused a car accident.
I was about to drive in to my garage when I felt my steering wheel had some resistance and hard to maneuver. The driver panel says "check power steering system!" as I parked the car in the garage, I turned off the car and turned it back on, warning message disappeared. Power steering went back to normal. A week later, as I was driving the freeway, "check power steering system!" reappeared. There was some resistance on the power steering while I was driving. When I reached our driveway, I turned off the car and then turned it back on, but the warning message still appears on the drive panel. I went ahead and set-up appointment online at acura concord on june 23, 2020 at 0730 for service.
I had driven about 10-15mins from my home, my 4yr old son in the backseat. We were going to walmart to retrieve a few items. As I'm approaching the store I turn from a main street into the stores parking lot. As I see a parking spot and go to make a left turn lights flash on my dash and my steering wheel would not move. Trying to then avoid cars while unable to maneuver the wheel I drove straight to the very back of the store into a parking spot. Called my insurance company to get a tow. If I happened to be on the highway I would have caused a horrible accident. Very scary experience. Apparently honda has extended the warranty on the eps system but because I have a salvage title vehicle my warranties have been terminated. Because this is a huge safety hazard it should be a recall!!!
Driving down the interstate at 70 MPH and the eps warning light comes on and the vehicle becomes very difficult to steer and control. No warning, just a failure.
My car power steering became hard to turn had a light to turn on to check steering system took to the shop they said is a electric situation than the dealers has extended 15 year guarantee want to know details for reverse me what need to send
Driving on freeway, warning light and bell started going off and I had no steering! Steering wheel was completely stiff. Scary! Definitely grateful I didn't wreck
Check power steering light started flickering when braking at stop light about to turn left. It was a hard turn but when I started to accelerate it went away, then at the stop light it started to flicker on and off again. Making another left turn it intermittently went on and off. Pretty much same story as everyone else regarding steering. Luckily I bought extended warranty. Miles were only 69,500. Now it's at the shop being checked and will stay over night. This safety issue needs to be recalled. Asap
The steering control unit failed while driving. The vehicle became difficult to control at driving speed and was extremely difficult at slow speed. Check electronic steering control dash light flashed.
Power steering eps failure right around 60,000 miles my acura tl's power steering eps failed. The car was driving ~45mph on a straight 2-lane highway when the indicator lights went off and the power steering failed. After pulling over to the side of the road and letting the car sit for several hours, it started up with no issues. The next day, upon starting the vehicle, the power steering went out and never returned. This failure caused a chain of events (according to my acura licensed mechanic) which caused failures in and eventual replacement of the rack & pinion, eps sensors, steering computer module, and multiple other sensors. The total bill was $4,200 for repair. Since this incident I received a notice from acura that this is a known problem, and the warranty has been extended. This would have been good to know prior to the issue (the car is 6 years old) and prior to having to pay $4,200 and be stranded without a car for 10 days during repairs. Reading through reviews and complaints online, it is clear that this is not an isolated incident. I have made a claim with acura for reimbursement of my expenses, and hope they do the correct thing and pay for the repairs. Invoice for the repairs (which were completed) is attached.
Several times over a couple of days while in the middle of driving the steering wheel just froze and would not turn. The first couple of times shutting off the car and restarting brought it back however, the last time it froze completely and never came back. This car is a 2013 however it only has 30,700 miles on it. We had it diagnosed and it is the entire electronic power steering system module that needs to be replaced. I have read that others have reported this issue. Considering one of the times this happened to us was on the highway I feel this is a serious safety issue and that acura knows about it. If it doesn't warrant a recall there should at the least be an extended warranty on this system. Not only the high expense to replace this system, more importantly my son was put into a very dangerous situation on the highway and I feel this is unacceptable.
While driving straight on rural road alarm panel displaying check power steering system, alarm and audible and visual alarm blinking repeatedly, complete loss of power steering control while driving, luckily I had just pulled off a major busy highway onto a backroad when the problem occurred.
While driving, the electric power steering failed not allowing a safe pull over to the side of road. Car was then stopped in a busy morning commute traffic. The system failed on three separate days. The first two days restarting the vehicle reset the power steering but the third time there was no reset. Car was towed to an acura dealership where the electronic power steering control unit was replaced at a cost of $1,026.29. The vehicle has 59,711 miles. No trouble code was recorded and was considered intermittent by aaa service center and likely to return. Because we were driving in city morning commute traffic, the speed was low but this could have occurred while driving the posted 45 MPH speed or on a local interstate highway at 70 MPH that could have been catastrophic. This is a major safety defect on my vehicle.
The power steering on the car failed without warning. It appears the eps system has failed without warning. This is very dangerous and will cause a death or accident on the road.
The car lost power steering completely while highway driving. Steering almost impossible to manage and a weaker/smaller/frail individual could not. Turning from a stop even more difficult. No warnings were given and the car was maintained religiously. The vehicle did have 109,000 miles but I have noticed numerous incidents reported online about the same problem with fewer miles. Power steering should be something that lasts the life of the car. This particular power steering involves a "module" that appears to fail frequently and can result in repairs totaling $3500. Most people will not be able to afford that cost. My mechanic also states he believes this is a much more frequent issue than is being reported since most just consider it a maintenance item. Power steering failure is not a routine issue.
Lost power steering while driving. Also at the same time tire pressure monitoring system lit up saying tires were low, when checked the tires were at proper pressure.
Eps failure while driving the car started to beep and the steering failure light turned on in the dash. The steering felt like it locked up, but it was just very very very hard to turn the wheel. I had to stop in the middle of the street and wait for help. When the car was turned back on everything was fine!! (crazy). 2 days later stopped at my mailbox after work and it went crazy again. Turned the car off and back on and it whent away again. Took the car to the acura dealer but they could replicate the problem. On the way home stopped for food and I got stuck in the drive through (I could not turn the wheel to manuever out of the drive through).
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 acura tl. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the steering warning indicator illuminated and the steering seized. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 111,000. The VIN was not available.
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