NHTSA Complaint #10485800 — 2003 HONDA ACCORD

FIRST NOTICED DIFFICULT STEERING AND NOISE. MECHANIC FOUND POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKING AND REPLACED IT ($400 PARTS & LABOR). LATER SAME DAY, MECHANIC FOUND POWER STEERING PUMP WAS ALSO LEAKING AND REPLACED IT (ANOTHER $400 PARTS & LABOR). STEERING STILL DIFFICULT AND STILL MAKING NOISE, SO BROUGHT CAR BACK TO MECHANIC A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. MECHANIC REPLACED RACK & PINION (AN ADDITIONAL $800 PARTS & LABOR). IT APPEARS THE 4 CYLINDER ACCORDS (2003) ARE NOT A PART OF THE CURRENT HONDA RECALL FOR POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKS, BUT LOOKS LIKE THEY SHOULD BE. ALSO, NOTE THE ADDITIONAL PARTS FAILURES (AND FINANCIAL COSTS) AS A RESULT OF THE LEAKING HOSE. *TR