{"nhtsa_id":10152446,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-01-05","date":"2018-12-20","document_id":"CL_JT6_12202018","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Customer letter - The Electric Power Steering (EPS) torque sensor in a small number of 2013–14 Accord, 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid, and the 2014 Accord Hybrid vehicles may contain a manufacturing defect. If the EPS control unit detects a torque sensor failure, it is programmed to generate an error code and will disable the power assist. A software update is available that will change the control unit to allow partial power steering assist in the event of a torque sensor failure.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10152446-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10152446-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10152446","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"HONDA","model":"ACCORD","year_from":2013,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_honda_accord","2014_honda_accord"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"ACCORD HYBRID","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2014_honda_accord"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"ACCORD PLUG-IN HYBRID","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2014_honda_accord"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}