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December 20, 2018 Service bulletin

Customer letter

Honda technical service bulletin CL_JT6_12202018 for 2013-2014 Honda Accord, 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid and 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid.

Bulletin number
CL_JT6_12202018
Component
Steering: electric power assist system
Summary
Customer letter - The Electric Power Steering (EPS) torque sensor in a small number of 2013–14 Accord, 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid, and the 2014 Accord Hybrid vehicles may contain a manufacturing defect. If the EPS control unit detects a torque sensor failure, it is programmed to generate an error code and will disable the power assist. A software update is available that will change the control unit to allow partial power steering assist in the event of a torque sensor failure.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 645 complaints in the steering category.

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