Four problems related to steering failed have been reported for the 2013 Honda Accord. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Honda Accord based on all problems reported for the 2013 Accord.
While cornering, the vehicle suddenly became very difficult to steer and did not right itself coming out of the corner. Over the next several days, the steering occasionally failed. No warning lights came on and when Honda tested the car, no torque sensor failures were noted. On that basis, Honda declined to apply their extended warranty covering the failed steering. Honda was not interested in pursuing the failure to see if it might improve their knowledge of a known problem with this model's steering. Honda claimed that the failure was rare and that there was no information out there to determine whether the vehicle would be safely drivable without repair. They could not assure me that the failure was just a loss of power steering, of something more dangerous. It wasn't until after I paid for the repair, that I found numerous similar complaints online.
The contact owns a 2013 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving at 70 mph, the steering wheel seized without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the steering box failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000. The VIN was not available.
10/27/2015 suddenly lost steering ability while vehicle was moving under 15 mph. This was on a city street. Steering became stiff and almost unmovable. Turned the car off and restarted. Steering functioning again. 10/28/2015 received in the mail from Honda a product udate concerning the eps torque sensor(dtc53-1 or 53-2). I will upload the Honda. This Accord has less than 20000 miles on it. I am bring the car to a dealer tomorrow. Greatly concerned that a software update will not be a benefit if the steering fails again. Product udate from Honda this week.
The steering wheel was unable to turn when backing up for parallel parking after a few times, when practicing right before my daughter's driving test. Then I tried myself a couple time without luck that I had to pull it off. I was unable to tell anything was wrong since there are no any error lights on the instrument panel. I was able to turn it while driving forward, though. After being parked in the parking lot for some time, it began to work ok again, and it did not fail my daughter's driving test - a good thing. It really raised a big concern for me that a hidden issue of the steering wheel failure exists with my car. I really need Honda to recall it and fix it before it is too late with horrible consequences. Your help with this is greatly appreciated.