2007 HONDA FIT Steering Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Fit. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the power steering warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the power steering became inoperable. The contact called the local dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 210,000. The VIN was not available.

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Fit. The contact stated that the vehicle recently lost power steering functionality while pulling into the driveway. Additionally, the contact stated while the vehicle was being serviced by an independent mechanic, the mechanic informed the contact that the subframe was rusted. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to be diagnosed due to sub frame rust; however, the dealer informed the contact that the vehicle could not be diagnosed due to the severe rust. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance because the vehicle was out of warranty. The failure mileage was approximately 62,000. The VIN was not available.

The power steering indicator lights up and there is no power steering when the car is started. Sometimes the light goes out and the power steering is active after driving several miles. But, frequently the steering does not improve after 25-30 miles of driving. This makes it very difficult when trying to navigate turns, and backing up. The problem according to the mechanics is the Electronic Power Steering Module (EPS Module).

The Electronic Power steering stopped working

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Fit. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle or while driving at various speeds, the power steering assist would fail to operate as needed with the power steering warning light illuminated. The contact stated that excessive force was needed to steer the vehicle once the power steering assists failed. The manufacturer nor the dealer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

WHEN I WENT TO TURN MY CAR ON THE KEY/IGNITION DOES NOT TURN,.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING WHEEL STEERED ON ITS OWN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CONTACT TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND OFF AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER (RALPH HONDA, 3939 W RIDGE RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14626) RESET THE CONTROL MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPARIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 132,000.

I OWN A 2007 HONDA FIT SPORT AND JUST YESTERDAY WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING, I WENT TO START IT TO LEAVE WORK AND THE EPS INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND CAR WOULD NOT START. WAS TOLD A FEW THINGS TO TRY; BYPASSING BATTERY CABLES CLEARING THE CIRCUT, CHECKED THE FUSE AND NEITHER WORKED(WORTH A TRY JUST TO SAY WE DID SO WE WOULD KNOW). FINALLY HAD IT TOWED TO AUTOMOTIVE SHOP, LEFT OVER NIGHT ONLY TO FIND OUT THE CAR STARTED RIGHT AWAY WITH NO WARNING LIGHT ON (EPS INDICATOR) FOR THE MECHANIC. THEY DROVE IT AROUND, TURNED OFF, RESTARTED AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. ALSO HOOKED UP TO THEIR CODE TOOL AND NO CODES CAME UP. MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN TO MYSELF, MY 16 YEAR OLD SON, MY 13 YEAR OLD SON RIDING AS A PASSENGER, OR...

WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER RECALL IN WHICH THE FRONT END WAS CRUSHED COMPLETELY AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS OPENED RECENTLY TOOK CAR IN FOR RECALL PRIOR AND COMPLAINED ABOUT OTHER CONCERNS WITH CAR AT DEALERSHIP

WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING ON THE CAR BECOMES HEAVIER THAN NORMAL UNEXPECTEDLY. THE STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND AND ON ALLOWS THE CAR TO BE OPERATED NORMALLY, BUT THE CONDITION CAN RETURN.

EPS FAILURE: LAST MONTH, AFTER A GAS STATION STOP; I STARTED THE CAR, TO SEE THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) INDICATOR LIT. FINDING THE POWER STEERING NOT WORKING, I CHECKED THE MANUAL. TURNING THE CAR OFF & ON AS RECOMMENDED RESET THE INDICATOR AND UNLOCKED THE POWER STEERING. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. LAST WEEK THE PROBLEM HAPPENED THREE TIMES, AND PERSISTED UNTIL I DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE. I'M WORRIED ABOUT FAILURE IN TRAFFIC, DURING A TURN, ETC. READING ONLINE, I FOUND MANY DRIVERS REPORTING THIS TROUBLE WITH BOTH OLDER AND NEWER FITS, LOW AND HIGH MILEAGE; SOMETIMES HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING. THE TROUBLE CAN OCCUR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE ISSUE IS DETAILED IN HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 09-043, JULY 7, 2009.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY ROAD GOING 45 MPH DRIVING STRAIGHT AND MY STEERING WHEEL JERKED OUT FROM BOTH HANDS AND SWERVED ME, MY WIFE, AND OUR INFANT DAUGHTER INTO THE ONCOMING LANE. THE POWER STEERING THEN WENT OUT AND I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WE STOPPED AT A GAS STATION. UPON RESTARTING THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON. WE HAVE HAD THE POWER STEERING FAIL ON US BEFORE, BUT IT HAD NEVER JERKED THE WHEEL OUT OF MY HANDS LIKE IT DID THIS TIME. IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, WE WERE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY (DRIVING STRAIGHT), AND THE EPS GAVE OUT FIRST ONE ONE SIDE, AND THEN THE OTHER, PULLING HARD ON ONE SIDE, BUT NOT PULLING THE WHEEL FROM MY HANDS. I TOOK MY HONDA FIT TO A LOCAL DEALER. THERE IS A SERVICE...

AS I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL, ON A CURVE, AT ABOUT 40MPH, THE POWER STEERING LOCKED. I WAS SO CLOSE TO GETTING IN A MULTI-VEHICLE CAR ACCIDENT. USUALLY THIS EPS PROBLEM HAPPENS FIRST THING, RIGHT WHEN I START THE CAR IN THE MORNING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL, WHEN THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON. OBVIOUSLY, HONDA ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE EPS, EXCEPT THIS TIME, IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR. THIS PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING FATALITIES. THEY SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PART INSTEAD OF JUST DOING A SERVICE BULLETIN. GM HAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM, IF NOT THE SAME, AND THEY CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THEIR CLIENTS TO DO A RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM, RATHER THEN JUST PROVIDE A...

POWER STEERING WENT OUT. CAR WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND THE STEERING WORK. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILED AS LEAVING WORK. STARTING CAR HAS BEEN A RECENT ISSUE SINCE THE STARTER IS HAVING PROBLEMS BUT THE POWER STEERING FAILING THE ONLY SOLUTION HAS TO BEEN TO RESTART THE CAR. IN THIS CASE NOT POSSIBLE SINCE I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO RESTART. *TR

LOSS OF POWER STEERING. IT WAS PARKED THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, IN 2011. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR A COUPLE YEARS. NOW IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, ON 06/10/2014. MOSTLY WHILE PARKED/IDLE. ONCE WHILE IN TRAFFIC. I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS ON A WINDY ROAD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS! HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL. I HAVE READ ABOUT THEIR SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE ISSUE (REPLACING EPS CONTROL UNIT.) *TR

UPON RESTARTING THE CAR AFTER A REST STOP THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOTED TO BE UPSIDE DOWN. IT COULD BE TURNED 360 OR MORE DEGREES WHEN THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING. THE STEERING WORKED WHEN THE CAR WAS MOVING, BUT AT A STOP IT MAY BE TURNED FREELY AGAIN. *TR

ONCE IN AUGUST 2013 I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THEN AGAIN THIS TIME IN APRIL 2014 POWER STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, THIS TIME I WAS GOING AROUND 45 MPH. BOTH TIMES, WHEN YOU TURN CAR OFF AND START AGAIN POWER STEERING WORKS FINE. *TR

I'VE HAD THIS ISSUE NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WHEN THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS BELOW APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES F, THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MODULE RELAY MAKES A STRANGE CLICKING BUZZING SOUND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ENGINE STARTS. THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS VERY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. THE CONDITION CAN BE REMEDIED BY TURNING THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION, WAITING A FEW SECONDS AND TRYING AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THIS CYCLE MAY HAVE TO BE REPEATED A DOZEN TIMES BEFORE THE POWER STEERING COMES BACK ON. DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ACTIVE IS DANGEROUS AS IT'S OBVIOUS THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO BE HIGHLY ASSISTED. YOU COULD FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE STRANDED BY THIS ISSUE. APPARENTLY IT'S A COMMON ONE, SO MUCH SO THAT HONDA HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR...

I STARTED THE CAR AND NOTICED THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS ON. I TRIED TO TURN THE WHEEL AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. I TURNED OFF THE CAR, LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN READ ONLINE THAT I SHOULD TRY RESTARTING THE CAR. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS STILL ON. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON AGAIN AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF. STEERING WAS NORMAL AND I DROVE TO WORK. I AM AFRAID THIS MAY FAIL AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AND I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON INTERNET WEBSITES. *TR

WAS IN THE LEFT TURN LANE TO ENTER FREEWAY ON-RAMP. ONCE SIGNAL TURNED GREEN, IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. WAS SOMEHOW ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK HOME. TURNED OFF THE IGNITION PER CAR MANUAL, RESTART CAR AND TROUBLE CLEARED (NO MORE WARNING LITE, STEERING OK). DID SOME RESEARCH ON WEB, FOUND OUT THAT HONDA HAS ISSUED SERVICE BULLETIN 09-043 TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT (IE. REPLACE EPS CONTROL MODULE). WENT TO INDEPENDENT HONDA REPAIR SHOP, NO TROUBLE CODES FOUND ON THEIR SCOPE (CLEARS OUT AFTER RESTART). CALLED HONDA CUST SERVICE (800-999-1009), BUT WAS TOLD THAT SINCE IT'S OUT OF THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD, AND NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I JUST TOOK MY CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER TO HAVE THE EPS MODULE REPLACED ($700 + LABOR), SINCE I DO NOT WANT TO RISK DRIVING KNOWING THAT THE...

POWER STEERING FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN STARTING FROM A COLD START AND ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OUT OF A PARKING LOT. INDICATOR PANEL LIGHT CAME ON. TURNED CAR OFF, THEN STARTED AGAIN AND POWER STEERING ENGAGED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS SAME SCENARIO OCCURRED A FEW MORE TIMES OVER THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, HOWEVER, MUCH MORE FREQUENT THESE LAST 2 MONTHS, NOV./DEC. 2013. HAS NOT HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD THANKFULLY. CAR BECOMES VERY HARD TO STEER. INFORMED HONDA SERVICE CENTER 12/17/13 OF PROBLEM DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, THEY PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC ($75) AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CONTROL UNIT (EPS) FOR $958. INVESTIGATED ONLINE POSTS AND FOUND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE AS WELL. SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN CONDITION BY HONDA (SERVICE BULLETIN # 09-043) AND IS A POTENTIAL AND DEADLY SAFETY ISSUE, I FEEL IT WARRANTS INVESTIGATION AND SUBSEQUENT RECALL ACTION. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILED. STEERING WAS HEAVY WHILE DRIVING. *TR

POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. WAS FINE AFTER RESTART, BUT THIS IS DANGEROUS. DEALER ONLY RESET COMPUTER. THIS PROBLEM IS ALL OVER THE NHTSA SITE, AND THE CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED! *TR

STOPPED AT RED LIGHT POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON STEERING WENT STIFF. 2ND INCIDENT. *TR

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FROZE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEFT TURN. STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON , BUT I WAS NEARLY HIT BY A CAR THAT ASSUMED I WOULD BE ABLE TO TURN FASTER. STEERING SEEMED TO RESET AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF THEN ON AGAIN, BUT DID NOTICE SOME SLUGGISHNESS WITH ACCELERATION AFTER RESTARTING. THIS IS A REALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND I NOTICE OTHER PUBLISHED REPORTS OF THIS, SO I THINK THIS WARRANTS AN INVESTIGATION AND A RECALL! *TR

WHILE GOING 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY THE POWER STEERING GAVE OUT AND THE LITTLE LIGHT ICON ON THE DASH TURNED ON. LUCKILY, BECAUSE I WAS GOING SO FAST I DIDN'T NEED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL MUCH IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR TO MOVE OFF TO AN EXIT. WHEN THE POWER STEERING GIVES OUT THE WHEEL IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. AFTER THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES I WOULD TURN ON THE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY THE ICON WOULD LIGHT UP AND THERE WOULD BE NO POWER STEERING. THEN I WOULD SHUT THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN AND THEN IT WOULD WORK AGAIN. THEN I FINALLY GOT STUCK SOMEWHERE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING COMPUTER? IT COST $600+5 HOURS OF LABOR. NOW, ALMOST A YEAR LATER, IT HAPPENS AGAIN. NOW THEY ARE SAYING THAT IT IS THE MOTOR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER HAD TO USE MORE EFFORT IN ORDER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING. COULD BARELY MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. I FOUND OUT THAT HONDA HAS A TSB OUT ON THIS KNOWN PROBLEM (TSB # 09-043). IT INVOLVES AN EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE EPS MODULE. IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL, AS THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

POWER-ASSISTED STEERING FAILED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES INTO DRIVING. WARNING LIGHT FOR STEERING DID ILLUMINATE ON THE DASH CONSOLE. AFTER TURNING OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTING, THE POWER-ASSISTED STEERING RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

ACCELERATED OUT OF AN INTERSECTION, FROM A STOP AT A STOP SIGN, CAR LOST POWER, STEERING...COASTED ACROSS INTERSECTION TO A STOP. CALLED FOR A TOW. WHILE WAITING, ATTEMPTED TO START CAR-IT STARTED. DROVE HOME AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER, EXAMINED FOR SEVERAL DAYS, COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM TO FIX. SAME PROBLEM JUST OCCURRED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR. CAR SUDDENLY LOST STEERING/POWER. GOT CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. AGAIN, IT RESTARTED ON ITS OWN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. WEATHER CONDITIONS COLD AND DRY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ACROSS A BUSY INTERSECTION, I WAS WANTING TO TURN LEFT AND IN DOING SO, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT OF THE CAR AND I HEADED RIGHT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS UNABLE TO RE-ATTAIN POWER STEERING AND HAD TO GET MY CAR PUSHED INTO A PARKING LOT. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE LOST POWER STEERING (FIRST TIME WHILE DRIVING IN A BUSY INTERSECTION). I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR AS IT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS INCIDENT. I HAVE READ ON MULTIPLE WEBSITES THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUES FOR HONDA FITS BUT THERE HAS STILL NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED. I KNOW THAT I FEEL UNSAFE NOW IN MY OWN CAR, SOMETHING I WOULD NEVER WANT ANYONE TO FEEL. THIS NEEDS TO BE ISSUED AS A RECALL TO ENSURE THAT NO INJURIES ARE SUSTAINED DUE TO THIS OCCURRING....

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A MAIN STREET AT 35 MPH. THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. AN INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH BOARD AFTER THE STEERING QUIT. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME WITH OUT THE POWER STEERING. WE FOUND A FORUM ON LINE WHERE WE FOUND THE PROBLEM ADDRESSED. ONCE WE RE-STARTED THE CAR THE POWER STEERING WORKED. THE PEOPLE ON THE FORUM HAVE COMPLAINED THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY WIFE AND CHILDREN. IF IT GOES OUT WHENEVER WHAT WILL HAPPEN THE NEXT TIME? *TR

THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM ACTS UP AND CAUSES YOU TO LOOSE POWER STEERING WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING MAKING THE STEERING OF THE CAR SUPER STIFF AT A MOMENTS NOTICE. ACCORDING TO FORUMS ONLINE THIS, PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON AMONGST HONDA FIT OWNERS AND MOST PEOPLES' ISSUE IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING CONTROL UNIT. MY ISSUE IS THE SAME FAULTY COMPONENT. *TR

OVER THE YEARS I HAVE EXPERIENCED MY POWER STEERING FAIL AND IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN THE OLDER THE CAR GETS. WHAT HAPPENS EACH AND EVERY TIME IS WITHIN THE FIRST 5-10 MINUTES OF DRIVING IN THE MORNING AND USUALLY ON A DAMP AND COOL DAY IS THE POWER STEERING WILL STOP WORKING AND A INDICATOR LIGHT WILL COME UP ON MY DASHBOARD. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I DID WHAT THE MANUAL SAID AND PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND RESTARTED IT. IT WAS FINE AFTER THAT AND ONLY HAPPENED ABOUT TWICE THE FIRST YEAR. WHEN I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THAT SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND SAID TO DO WHAT THE MANUAL SAID. AFTER TELLING THEM THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR THEY WERE NEVER CONCERN OR CHECKED ERROR MESSAGES FROM THE ELECTRICAL MODULE. I'VE BROUGHT THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION...

2007 HONDA SPORTS FIT. POWER STEERING FAILED A FEW TIMES ALREADY WITHOUT NOTICE SINCE I BOUGHT IT LAST WEEKEND. POWER STEERING DID NOT LOCK UP AND WAS JUST FINE DURING TEST DRIVE. A FEW DAYS AGO, WARNING SIGN CAME ON. STOPPED THE CAR AND RESTARTED AGAIN A FEW TIMES AND WARNING SIGN WENT AWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND HONDA SHOULD RECALL THIS ASAP. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. WHILE DRIVING ON A MOUNTAINOUS ROAD APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLY TRAVELED OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE. THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED COMPLETELY OVER AND LANDED BACK ON THE WHEELS. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE CONTACT AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. BOTH WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY MEDICAL EVACUATION. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED AS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A COLLISION FACILITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY SEIZED UP, RANGE OF MOTION ABOUT 10 DEGREES EITHER WAY; PS WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON DASH. WAS ABLE TO SLOW, TURN OFF ROAD, PARK, CONSULT MANUAL. RESTARTED ENGINE, PS WARNING LIGHT WENT OFF; WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY TO DEALER SERVICE DEPT. FOR ADVICE. THEY SAID CONTINUE DRIVING, RETURN IF ANY FUTURE INCIDENTS. *TR

POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER CAR WAS STARTED, AND STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. CAR WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE FOR EVEN A SHORT DISTANCE. TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON 15 MINUTES LATER AND PROBLEM WAS GONE. PROBLEM, HAS NOT RETURNED SINCE. WEATHER WAS 60 DEGREES, HAD RAINED EARLIER IN THE DAY, HIGH HUMIDITY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY REPRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT AM UNCLEAR WHAT ACTION TO TAKE: 1) IMMEDIATE DEALER REPAIR, -OR- 2) WAIT AND SEE IF THE PROBLEM RETURNS. I WANT A STATEMENT FROM HONDA CORP EXPLAINING TO OWNERS WHAT TO DO IN VARIOUS CASES AND CLEARLY STATING WHEN IT IS SAFETY ISSUE AND WHEN IT IS NOT. EXAMPLE: 1 OCCURRENCE... DO THIS. MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES... DO THIS. SPECIFICALLY, WHEN IS IT SAFE, AND WHEN HAS IT NOT SAFE TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR ? *TR

POWER STEERING FAILS INTERMITTANTLY AND CAN BE ELIMINATED TEMPORARILY BY RESTARTING THE CAR. SERVICE BULLETIN 09-043 DELINEATES THIS PROBLEM AND HONDA DEALERS WANT IN THE VICINITY OF $1000 FOR THE FIX. AS THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY PROBLEM, I AM REPORTING IT NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2007 HONDA FIT SPORT. THE STEERING LIGHT IN THE DASH CAME ON AND I LOST POWERING STEERING AND HAD TO DRIVE MY CAR HOME IN SNOWY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER MY CAR HOME I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I DROVE VERY SLOW AND CAUTIOUS BUT I GOT HOME SAFELY. I GOT HOME AND TOLD MY HUSBAND AND SON TO LOOK AT MY CAR. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WHEN THEY TURNED IT BACK ON, THE STEERING LIGHT TURNED OFF AND I HAD POWER STEERING AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY I STARTED MY CAR AND THE LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN AND I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE LIGHT WENT AWAY AND POWER STEERING CAME BACK. I WAS FORTUNATE THIS TIME I DIDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE IT WITHOUT POWER STEERING. WE DID SOME RESEARCH...

A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE STEERING LIGHT UP ON THE COLUMN BUT WE WERE ABLE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN WITH THE ISSUE RESOLVED. HOWEVER, THIS TIME WE WERE DRIVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE LIGHT TURNED ON AND NEVER TURNED OFF AGAIN. POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETELY GONE. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEEL AND DRIVE THE CAR AT ALL. *TR

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST WOULD FAIL ON START UP, PARTICULARLY AFTER SOME OVERNIGHT RAIN. WITHOUT THE STEERING ASSIST THIS CAR BECOMES DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO HANDLE. RESTARTING THE ENGINE HAS CORRECTED THIS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SO FAR, BUT IT POSES A CONSIDERABLE DANGER, ESPECIALLY IF THE STEERING ASSIST WERE TO CUT OUT DURING HIGH SPEED DRIVING. *TR

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING HAS FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE DURING DRIVING AND CAUSED NEAR MISSES OF OTHER CARS. FAILURE MOSTLY OCCURS AT STARTUP, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE CAR. IT TENDS TO OCCUR WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS CLOSER TO FREEZING BUT IT HAS OCCURRED IN THE SUMMER. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 09-043 HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ON SEVERAL FORUMS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM DISCUSSED IN NUMEROUS FORUMS AND IS A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE 2007 HONDA FITS. A RECALL IS REQUESTED AS IT POSSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO HUMAN LIFE AND LIMB, PARTICULARLY WHEN FAILURE OCCURS DURING DRIVING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE POWER STEERING FAILED. AT THE SAME TIME THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO SAFETY INTO A PARKING LOT. I SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE POWER STEERING FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. SOMEONE WITH LESS ARM STRENGTH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MANEUVER TO SAFETY. THIS PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED TWICE SINCE THEN.

WE ARE HAVING CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH RUBBING AND SQUEALING NOISES WITH RIGHT TURNS. IT IS VERY CONCERNING AS THE RUBBING HAS TO BE DAMAGING THE STEERING SYSTEM IN SOME WAY. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY GOING WRONG HERE. IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

AFTER HAVING PURCHASED MY FIT, ONE MORNING AT ABOUT 10,000 MILES, I STARTED MY CAR A POWER STEERING INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, THE ORANGE STEERING WHEEL LIGHT ON MY DASH. MY POWER STEERING WOULDN'T WORK. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON THEN THE POWER STEERING REENGAGED. THIS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST FROM BEING COLD. AS I CONTINUED DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT STARTED HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY, USUALLY WHEN THE CAR WAS COLD IN THE MORNING AND NOT VERY OFTEN IN THE SUMMER. I HAD MY DEALERSHIP LOOK AT IT AND GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE ON THE CHARGES SINCE IT WAS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. THE COST WAS VERY EXPENSIVE AND SINCE IT WAS INTERMITTENT I THOUGHT I WOULD WAIT UNTIL IT FAILED COMPLETELY. HONDA REFUSED TO COVER THE ISSUE, EVENTHOUGH I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A VERY RARE INCIDENT AND SHOULDN'T BE...

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY SHUTS OFF - THE EVENT HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS: TWICE WHILE DRIVING - SERIOUS SAFETY RISK AS CAR BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER WITHOUT WARNING; AND THREE TIMES WHEN STARTING THE CAR - NO POWER STEERING IMMEDIATELY UPON START. DURING ALL EVENTS, THE EPS LIGHT CAME ON. DURING ALL EVENTS, SHUTTING THE CAR OF THEN TURNING IT BACK ON REMEDIED THE SITUATION, BUT THIS IS VERY HAZARDOUS WHILE DRIVING. *TR

ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK, SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING OUR HOME, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY ROUGH AND STARTED TO SHAKE THE CAR VIOLENTLY THROUGH A TURN AND THE EPS MALFUNCTION INDICATOR CAME ON. SHE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND THE ISSUE REMEDIED ITSELF AND THE EPS LIGHT TURNED OFF. THIS PAST WEEKEND, AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, THE SAME ISSUE PRESENTED ITSELF. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER STEERING CAUSED ME TO VEER INTO OPPOSING TRAFFIC. LUCKILY, OTHER DRIVERS IN THE OPPOSING LANE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND AVERT AN ACCIDENT. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE, INCLUDING ON POPULAR HONDA-SPECIFIC FORUMS, WHICH I AM A MEMBER OF, SUCH AS HONDA-TECH.COM AND FITFREAK.NET, AS WELL AS GENERAL AUTO FORUMS SUCH AS ON EDMUNDS.COM. IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AMONG OWNERS OF HONDA FITS,...