2012 ACURA TSX Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY THE 'CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM LIGHT' CAME ON AND LOCKED MY STEERING WHEEL. THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND CONIDERED LIFE RISK- NO PRIOR WARNING AT ALL GIVEN. MY CAR ONLY HAS 74K MILES, NEVER THOUGHT THIS COULD HAPPENED AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE.

TWO DAYS AGO I WAS DRIVING ACURA TSX 2012 ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD A MESSAGE WARNING CHECK POWER STEERING AND THE DRIVE WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED. IT LASTED A COUPLE OF MINUTES. TOOK THE CAR TO AN ACURA SERVICE CENTER AND HAD TO REPLACE THE ESO UNIT. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH PRIORITY BEFORE PEOPLE DIE OR A TRAGEDY HAPPENS. IT IS NOT BEING ATTENDED AS IT SHOULD AS A HIGH LIFE THREATAMING ISSUE. ACURA HAS THE NUMBERS OF THE REPLACED UNITS AND NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION. I EXPECTED MORE FROM A HIGH QUALITY COMPANY. WHAT DOES IT NEED IN ORDER TO BE CALLED IN RECALL, THIS IS AN ANTICIPATED DEATH THAT CAN BE AVOIDED.. PLEASE TAKE IMMEDIATELY ACTION!

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING ALL SUDDENLY MY CAR POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILED.

VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 57K MILES AND FANTASTICALLY MAINTAINED. WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 3.5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THIS AFTERNOON, THE POWER STEERING LIGHTS AND MESSAGE CAME UP AND THE STEERING IMMEDIATELY FAILED CAUSING PANIC FOR MY DAUGHTER'S AND MY SAFETY. THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM ADVISED OF THE PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED TO TURN VEHICLE OFF THEN BACK ON AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED FOR THE NEXT 4 MINUTES OF DRIVING THEN A MANDATORY STOP WAS MADE, VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND SAT FOR 20 MINUTES THEN STARTED AGAIN AND PROBLEM WAS NONEXISTENT BUT WHILE DRIVING FOR ANOTHER 4 MINUTES, THE SYSTEM SHUT OFF AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. LUCKILY I WAS NEAR MY HOME ABLE TO PARK. THIS WAS AN AWFUL FEELING AND I FEARS FOR MY DAUGHTER'S AND MY LIFE.

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, THE POWER STEERING QUIT COMPLETELY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE EPS CONTROL UNIT AT A COST OF ABOUT $1800.

DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND SUDDENLY THE CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ALL POWER STEERING TO THE VEHICLE. THE WHEEL WAS ABLE TO BE TURNED WITH SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH BUT WILL NEED TO GO IN FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE EPS SENSOR.

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR ROAD POWER STEERING FAILURE MESSAGE APPEARED AND STEERING WHEEL INSTANTLY BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. FORTUNATE ABLE TO WRESTLE STEERING AND TURN INTO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODCOMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. TURNED CAR OFF TO INVESTIGATE ISSUE. UPON TURNING CAR BACK ON NO FAILURE LIGHT APPEARED AND NOW APPEARS OK TO DRIVE? IT WILL BE TAKEN TO SHOP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT LIKELY THIS IS THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT. IF THIS HAPPENED SUDDENLY ON A A HIGHER SPEED TURN OR CURVE DRIFTING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC MORE THAN LIKELY. AN INABILITY TO STEER YOUR CAR JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH NO EXTERNAL EVENT IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM.

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO A WEDDING IN SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA WE LIVE IN VALLEJO CALIFORNIA WE WERE GOING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AND IT BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER MY HUSBAND PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION AND WE SAT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND IT WAS RESET IT WAS GOOD ABOUT 3 DAYS LATER I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 80 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY GOING ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN IT BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER I TRIED TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD BUT THE SLOWER YOU GO THE HARDER IT IS TO STEER IT WAS VERY SCARY AND CARS WERE COMING PAST ME VERY QUICKLY I HAD TO PULL OVER IN AN UNSAFE AREA I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE AND APPARENTLY IT'S THE EPS MODULE THAT HAD GONE OUT IT'S HAPPENED TO A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE BETWEEN 60 AND 81000 MILES SINCE THIS IS A ELECTRONIC MODULE PROBLEM I THINK THAT ACURA SHOULD PAY FOR IT IT'S ALSO VERY UNSAFE TO HAVE YOUR STEERING GO OUT WHEN YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND IT BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN TO GET OFF OF THE FREEWAY OR TURN DOWN A ROAD I'M LUCKY THAT NOTHING HAPPENED

AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THE EPS INDICATOR CAME ON AND I LOST POWER STEERING. I WAS DRIVING 65 MILES AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL BY MUSCLING THROUGH IT BUT IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN AND I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ANY TIGHT OR SHARP TURNS.

STATIONARY VEHICLE. WITH NO WARNING, ALL MY POWER STEERING SENSORS STARTED BLINKING AND CHIMING WHEN TURNING ON MY VEHICLE. THE ELECTRIC STEERING IS COMPLETELY GONE. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, IT TURNS OUT THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM FOR ACURA AND HONDA AND YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE??? INSTEAD HONDA/ACURA ARE CHARGING, AND I QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM THE ACURA TECHNICIAN 'OVER $1000, UNDER $3000' TO FIX THE ISSUE. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL? THIS CAN TECHNICALLY HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING, WHEN THE CAR IS AT SPEED. SOMEONE WOULD BE KILLED, EASILY, ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING ON ROADS THAT HAVE TURNS AND/OR CURVES.