# 95 Accord w/loooose steeeering

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-accord-w-loooose-steeeering/16959>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 20, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-accord-w-loooose-steeeering/16959 "2008-07-20T14:10:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![NYSonInLaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/67e7ee/32.png) [@NYSonInLaw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYSonInLaw)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-accord-w-loooose-steeeering/16959/1 "2008-07-20T14:10:31Z")

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My mother-in-law’s well-maintenanced Accord LX has 80K miles on it. She commutes by train, so she uses it for errands, except for 6 or so times a year when we drive to family events out of state (my wife & I have no car). 6 months ago, I took the wheel on one of these trips and on regular streets had no isues, but I was surprised when I got on the highway: The steering had a significant delay! I had to be very careful to increment my corrections to avoid oversteer. At times I felt I was hydroplaning (with not a raindrop in sight). Mom took the car in to the Honda dealer who proclaimed that the fluid levels were fine & there was no “problem”. This was just due to the age of the car & that a lot of money could be spend fixing/eliminating it. I just drove it 300 miles and quite frankly, don’t want to take it on any more long trips without getting the problem fixed. Is this an expected result of wear & tear? Nothing’s leaking, so I’m thinking the dealer is just trying to sell her a new car.

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-accord-w-loooose-steeeering/16959/2 "2008-07-20T14:32:54Z")

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The dealer isn’t doing [i]anything{/i]. Take it to an independent repair shop. Something is worn in the steering. One can guess at what those parts may be; but, the only way to actually know is to inspect it. The repair won’t, necessarily, be expensive. The steering sounds dangerous. Don’t delay.