Power Steering Failed Problems of Acura TL

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.

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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.

Electronic power steering failure. I had just driven my Acura for approximately 60 miles and stopped to get a bottle of water. When I came back out and restarted the car, the eps failure warning appeared in the info center an a code 32 showed up in the message center. . I had to drive my vehicle for over 700 miles until I was able to get it to my local Acura dealer. They diagnosed the problem and ordered a new eps module. Total cost of the repair exceeded $1100. I contacted Acura to request a goodwill discount since I have never experienced a catrophic steering failure in any vehicle. They told me that since I was not the original purchaser of the vehicle, they would not assist. The car is outside the warranty, however it seems ridiculous that a critical component part that fails within the first 10 years or 150,000 mile in a new vehicle is uncomprehensible to me. I have never had a power steering system fail completely. I asked for how many failures have occurred and the would not answer this question. Unfortunately when I experienced an issue with a engine surge, questioning the automatic transmission as a culprit they gave me the same blanket answer that they had not experienced any problems with this issue. I found the solution to this issue on an Acura forum.

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On Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018, at around 8:30 am while driving on the highway a power steering failure message popped up on the dashboard, and the wheel became rigid, and extremely difficult to turn. I pulled over to the shoulder, and called the dealer service at lehigh valley Acura. I was told they could not look at the vehicle until Friday, July 6th at the earliest, and was instructed to turn off the car, let it sit for three minutes, and restart because the computer probably just need to be rebooted. That cleared the issue. I then drove the car home, and kept the driving to short trips (1-10 miles). I made an appointment for a date about two weeks out just to have it double checked, because that was the first day they had a loaner vehicle, and I thought following the service center representatives advice had fixed an isolated occurrence, on Sunday, July 8th the same indicator came on, an would not clear, even following the earlier advice from the service center. I had the vehicle towed to the dealer service center on Monday. The vehicle was fixed on Tuesday. It needed a new steering component which cost me $1120. I asked why this wasn't treated as a manufacturer's defect, or a safety recall, since I had seen multiple instances describing the same issue in a simple google search. The service representative said that they didn't see it that way. I'm very concerned that a critical safety issue was treated so nonchalantly, and that the company passed the cost the correct the issue to the me (the customer). Also, I should mention, the vehicle has always been maintained at that service center (lehigh valley Acura), and had been there for the yearly inspection a month or two before this issue. I can provide the service bill if requested.

Electrical power steering internal failure.

I was driving around 40mph and all of sudden the "eletronic power steering system" light went on. I was not able to steer at all. I had to use all my energy along with body weight to pull the steering wheel to the right so that I could park along the curb. I almost got hit by another vehicle because this happened when I was trying to change lane. I took to the dealer and they took me the diagnostic code 32-09 (power steering module failure). They quoted me $900. Very expensive. This is a very serious issue and well known issue with Honda and Acura. It can be life threaten issue to some people.

The contact owns a 2008 Acura Tl. While driving 30 mph, the driver noticed a strange odor while the air conditioner was activated. Additionally, the power steering failed and the steering wheel became extremely difficult to turn. Another driver noticed smoke under the hood. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic. The contact spoke to mcgrath Acura of downtown chicago who offered to diagnose the vehicle, but the contact did not bring in the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 12v222000 (steering). The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

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Car is 4. 5 years old, trouble free. Drove car at noon, no problem. Left work at night with temp 8c and car started. Computer showed power steering failure, and power steering was not working. Stopped car and restarted it. Ps then worked. Stopped/restarted 4-5 times, no problem. I checked under the hood and there was no apparent problem, no fluid sprayed around etc.

The power steering fails at low speeds. Parking, reversing and turning etc. Once you are going above 10 mph or so it seems to be okay. . But I am afraid this is going to happen when driving faster and something horrible happen. When I am trying to turn or park or get out of a parking lot. . . It is nearly impossible and scary that I am going to hit something or someone because I can't turn my car.

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