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2003 Honda Accord Power Steering Rack Leaking

Tiny
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  • 2003 HONDA ACCORD
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 165,000 MILES
Recently, at night time, I hit a 50-pound steel object on the freeway with my right front wheel and fender going 55-60 mph. The tire blewout immediately, and I was driving on the rim of wheel. The bumper was also badly splintered.

I still take my Honda in for regular maintenance and the Honda mechanic always checks over the car. There was never any power steering rack leaking until it was noted the day after the accident when I had Honda check out the right front wheel to see if it the car was safe to drive.

The power steering rack is on the left side of the car. Could the hard impact of that steel object on the right front wheel of my car have caused the power steering rack to start leaking?
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Monday, June 28th, 2010 AT 12:47 AM

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Tiny
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Hi there,

The power steering rack is located centrally at the back of the engine in the body, certainly some thing may have cause this to leak as a result of the object strike, but I would expect to be able to see some physical evidence of the strike on the steering.

Mark (mhpautos)
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