Alleged steering defect prompts investigation into Honda Accord
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a formal investigation into the Honda Accord, after more than 100 reports of a steering defect.
The investigation into “Loss of Direction Control”, formally opened last Thursday, sites 107 complaints from drivers reporting a “veering or a jerk out of its intended path” while driving 2013-2015 models of the Honda Accord.
According to the NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation, a total of 1.1 million cars are part of the investigation.
Honda has yet to respond to the investigation.
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2013-15 Honda Accords Heading in the Wrong Direction
2013-15 Honda Accords are under investigation by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for a steering issue. Allegations of Accords suddenly losing control without warning have led to 107 complaints. According to a
Motor1 report, there are as many as 1,120,470 Accords in the US that could be affected.
This condition occurs under normal driving conditions, without driver input. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) uncovered 77 complaints to the automaker and another 30 to NHTSA. Two NHTSA complaints included crashes or fires, and two had injury allegations. None of Honda’s complaints had crashes, fires, or injuries reported.
The agency said that all of the vehicles named in the complaints – except for the CT4, CT5, and XT4 – had been involved in a GM Technical Service Bulletin. The bulletin, which is
not a recall but a guide for technicians when diagnosing problematic symptoms, noted that an airbag warning light could be caused by rust particles in the connection terminal for the airbag inflator. According to NHTSA, if the warning light is on, it “may result in a non-deployment of the driver airbag during a frontal collision and increased risk of injury to the driver.”
NHTSA said that its Office of Defects Investigation has opened a preliminary investigation to look into the situation, and to fully assess any potential safety-related issues. The agency has not issued any recall or warning to consumers.
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