My family has an '06 Accord V6 EX-L with about 107K miles on it. When my son was home from college I drove it just to see how it was doing and when cold it made a loud growl when I turned the wheel side to side. Sure sounds like the PS pump. It goes away after warm up. The power steering fluid change is way overdue. Might I get lucky and have no more noise after it is changed? Shop scheduled for his next visit home, but I am wondering how fat a stack of Benjamins to prepare. Any help much appreciated. More:
- Fluid level is at high bar (and black as coal)
- Wheel turns smoothly no sticking
- Power never cuts out - consistent and normal.
Change the fluid but only use Honda fluid, not the generic stuff. I have read that Hondas are more sensitive to this than other cars. It might be all you need.
But you might need a pump, too. Fingers crossed that the fluid solves it.
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Air is entering the power steering pump through the inlet joint o-ring.
This is the service bulletin to repair that power steering noise;
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Nevada_545, this is a tremendous help to me! THANK YOU very much for taking time to send me this bulletin. I will give it to my mechanic and also change the fluid since it is long overdue. This is a great example of how helpful this Community can be!
That’s the answer! Happened on my old TL too (same platform). The part was something like 45 cents from Honda, and the repair took all of 5 minutes.