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September 1, 2020 at 9:41 pm in reply to: weird intermittent steering issue 2001 Honda Accord #963465
I know this thread is old, but I’m having a similar issue on my 2006 Accord V6. I recently had my power steering pump replaced because it was leaking and I did have my rack guide bolt tightened a tiny bit.
My steering intermittently feely like jelly at cruising speeds. It has no definitive on center feel and feels really springy and overboosted. It will feel wired for a day or two, then feel nice and tight for a week and it just keeps doing that off and on.
I’m planning on having my trusted Honda perform any necessary repairs.
I had him check everything in the suspension about a month ago and the only issue he found was superpefical cracks in the compliance bushings. Car has 150K miles and has lived in Southest Louisiana it’s entire life so no salt related issues.
My question is, should I start by having the guide bolt adjustment put back to spec and have a steering flush performed to “unstick” the valve? Would that even be worth pursuing at this point?
My steering system also makes a slight clunking if I shake the wheel with the engine off. My tech says it’s the lack of the engine pumping fluid through the rack and that slack that the lack of fluid pressure is what I’m hearing when the engine is off.
I’m a bit frustrated as my favorite feature of the Accord is it’s excellent steering feel.
I have videos documenting everything if anyone want’s to see them but I feel my issue us very similar to OP’s issue.
This is the only thread I’ve found online that documents this happening.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Wesley Adams. Reason: Rewording
I know, he just doesn’t provide enough information, he’s like, throw this in, and it’ll work…
That being said, I’d like to know exactly what happened… But I’d have to tear it down myself to find out…
That being said, it needs to be “Fixed Forward”, just kidding…
I didn’t want to name names and stir up drama..
Anyway, it was fine until I poured that in the engine…
It ran like new, September 20, 2014, 2 months prior when I hit 150,000…
It was 13 years 9 months old at the time…
Something happened suddenly…
Ok, good… I didn’t know you already covered this…
I would also like to post my theory on why my engine failed somewhere in the forum, wherever it’s appropriate…
Thanks…
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