The 2013 Honda Accord Crosstour has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 691,726 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the steering. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
AIR BAGS18V0420002018-01-09691,726 affected
Defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2010-2013 Acura TSX, ZDX, Honda Accord Crosstour, Fit, Insight and Pilot vehicles, 2011-13 Acura TSX Sportswagon, 2010-2012 Honda Accord,, 2010-2011 Honda Civic, Civic NGV, Civic Hybrid and CR-V vehicles and 2013 Honda FCX Clarity and Fit EV vehicles ever…
Consequence
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began February 16, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are B0K and L0J.
Complaints by component
STEERING
7
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
3
POWER TRAIN
1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1
Total complaints12
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Eps (electric power steering) light on dash lights up followed by almost total loss of steering. Takes extreme amount of force to steer car when system cuts out. Once car is stopped and engine switched off light will reset and power steering will return.”
“The starter fails to start the car. The starter throws out the pinion ,but fails to engage the fly wheel and crank the motor. Starts out intermitent and steadily gets worse. I have replaced the starter 3 times, one after market refurb starter failed right out of the box. Honda has a service…”
“While driving the power steering went out. After multiple restarts of the engine it did not work. I was able to drive it to a nearby honda dealer, with much physical effort to turn. The dealership saw the light on and ran the code, but after a later check the eps light went off. No resolution.”
“While driving the eps light starts flashing and I have no power steering. I pulled over and turned the car off and on many times, but it doesn't fix the problem.”
“Loss of power assisted steering. Event 1. The eps light on the dash illuminated on start, unable to exit parking space. Shutting down the car and restarting it, cleared the condition. Event 2. Within 15 minutes of event 1, the eps light lit and loss of power assisted steering while driving at ~30…”
“Takata recall... My dashboard is displaying a steering wheel symbol and that warning sign is restricting my wheel to steer properly.”
“Tl* the contact owns a 2013 honda accord crosstour. When the vehicle was started, the contact heard a strange grinding noise coming from the starter. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent and occurred several times over the period of three months. Napleton's river oaks honda (17220…”
“Tl* the contact owns a 2013 honda accord crosstour. When the vehicle was started, the contact heard a strange grinding noise coming from the starter. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent and occurred several times over the period of three months. Napleton's river oaks honda (17220…”
Defect investigations
InvestigationEA21001 Opened 2021-05-06 · closed 2023-08-25
Loss of Direction Control
On May 6, 2021, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Engineering Analysis (EA21-001) to assess a sudden loss of steering control, in Model Year (MY) 2013-2015 Honda Accord vehicles. Consumers alleged while driving the steering wheel would pull to the left or the right independently. Steering pull may pose…
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2013 Honda Accord Crosstour as of
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