2005 HONDA ACCORD — Complaint #561312
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS filed November 3, 2005
NHTSA complaint #561312 (ODI reference 10141712) concerns a 2005 HONDA ACCORD and was filed on November 3, 2005. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 14, 2005. The vehicle had 3,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:hydraulic power assist:hose, piping, and connections, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA ACCORD cohort independently describe similar steering:hydraulic power assist:hose, piping, and connections failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2005 HONDA ACCORD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
VEHICLE WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS PURCHASED FROM HONDA OF PASADENA ON 7/22/05 (DELIVERY DONE ON 7/26/05). ON 10/10/05 VEHICLE DEVELOPED A MECHANICAL PROBLEM. ON 10/14/05 VEHICLE DELIVERED TO COLONIAL HONDA FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. THEY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE W/ EXTREMELY LOW FLUIDS, NO LEAKS. THEY TOPPED UP FLUIDS AND INDICATED THAT THE SYSTEM SHOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY. THEIR TRAINED TECHNICIAN NOTICED (AND POINTED OUT) EVIDENCE SOME BODY WORK AND REPAINTING DONE TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. HONDA OF PAS. HAD NEVER DISCLOSED TO ME THAT THE CAR HAD SUSTAINED ANY KIND OF DAMAGE OR REPAIRS PRIOR TO SALE OF THE CAR TO ME. THE CAR WAS SOLD AS BRAND NEW, NOT 'AS-IS'. AFTER MY INITIAL COMPLAINT, HONDA OF PAS. FAILED TO PRODUCE RECORDS OF DAMAGE/REPAIRS PRIOR TO SALE OF THE VEHICLE, THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THE DAMAGE/REPAIR WAS SIGNIFICANT. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO PERSIST. ON 10/31/05 VEHICLE BACK TO COLONIAL HONDA FOR REPAIR. SERVICE MANAGE
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 561312 |
| ODI Number | 10141712 |
| Date Filed | November 3, 2005 |
| Failure Date | October 14, 2005 |
| VIN | 1HGCM82795A |
Similar STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS Complaints for 2005 HONDA ACCORD
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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