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2003 Honda Accord steering problems

96 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2003 Honda Accord, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
96 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 72 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 4
Injuries and deaths
4 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2003 Honda Accord Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 15 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 11 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 11 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 7 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 5 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 7 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 72 complaints that include mileage. 29% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles15
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles11
100k to 120k miles11
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles7
160k to 180k miles5
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles7

What the data shows

Of the 72 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 4 fires, 4 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

I was traveling on the interstate and my gas pedal locked, then my steering system, followed by the gas pedal. I was surrounded by huge trucks and was traveling with small children and was able to stop the car. I then repeatedly smashed the brake pedal and forced the steering to stir me to the side of the road the car went into the ditch and came to a fairly abrupt stop. When I arrived to the dealership, they told me that it was a problem with the alternator, but suggested that I should replaced the water pump.

Reported at 9,300 miles, October 2003 Death

I am experiencing a steering vibration during stops in my 2003 honda accord LX sedan with automatic transmission. I have contacted a honda dealer and they were not able to provide a cause for this and said noting is wrong with my honda. I have seen that there is a NHTSA id #10000990 tbs reported about the steering vibration issue. My car has only 33k miles on it. I believe honda should fix the problem.

Reported at 29,000 miles, January 2006

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