Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 02/22/2013 | 79000 | ||
| The power steering has been intermittently going out on random occasions for up to 20 seconds at a time. this happened several times while driving on the freeway and in the middle of turns. i can handle power steering going out, but if it happens to happen at the wrong time, that is a major safety issue. i have taken it to two different mechanics and neither have been able to figure out what is wrong. | |||
| 03/10/2010 | 6000 | ||
| While driving the power steering suddenly became tight to turn, and the eps indicator light came on. the engine had to be turned off, and when restarted the steering got back to normal again, and the eps indicator light was off. however, it happened again several times, sometimes back-to-back during the same drive. it happened at least 20~25 times in the past couple of years; and finally i took it to the honda service shop for repair recently. | |||
| STEERING - COLUMN | |||
| 02/01/2010 | 4444 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 honda fit. when attempting to start the vehicle she noticed that the electronic power steering warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel, and the steering column was locked. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and the technician located an angle sensor error code. however since the technicians could not duplicate the failure, they did not make repairs. the failure mileage was 2200. the vehicle identification number unavailable. updated 12/07/09 *aa the manual stated to restart the engine to reset the eps and it worked after several tries. the consumer drove the vehicle about 1 mile when the power steering failed again. the power steering failed again when the mileage was 2570. the vehicle was returned to the dealer. again there was an angle sensor error code. the eps control unit was replaced by the dealer. updated 12/09/09. contact says the vehicle failed again on 2/1/2010. contact says the power steering rack was replaced by the dealer but the part still failed. failure miles were 4444. current miles are 4450. contact chose not to give vin. aa | |||
| STEERING - ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 10/19/2009 | 2200 | 2 | |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 honda fit. when attempting to start the vehicle she noticed that the electronic power steering warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel, and the steering column was locked. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and the technician located an angle sensor error code. however since the technicians could not duplicate the failure, they did not make repairs. the failure mileage was 2200. the vehicle identification number unavailable. updated 12/07/09 *bf the manual stated to restart the engine to reset the eps and it worked after several tries. the consumer drove the vehicle about 1 mile when the power steering failed again. the power steering failed again when the mileage was 2570. the vehicle was returned to the dealer. again there was an angle sensor error code. the eps control unit was replaced by the dealer. updated 12/09/09 | |||