OK... So go ahead and call me and idiot, bad driver etc.. etc.. Ive already heard it lol...

2 weeks ago I was driving through a mall parking lot. I was turning right into a parking lane and wasn't paying attention and ran over a curb, I mean RAN IT OVER HARD. I parked the car and looked underneath to find my exhaust hanging loose along with an annoying leak. The front right wheel was knocked way out of alignment. That is about all the physical damage that was done. Now onto the real part... The battery light, check engine light, eps light and abs light were on, and my power steering was out. I made it halfway home (about 20 minutes) and my headlights started to cut in and out, so I pulled over. As soon as I was about to get out of the car I turned the steering wheel and everything just cut out, I turned the wheel back and it all came back on. So basically my car has a mind of its own. I got it home, checked the battery and it had a dead cell. So i replaced the battery, and the car still acts funny. So I automatically thought alternator. I have that rebuilt and I re-install it... Only to find that it wasn't the source of the problem either... So my car now sits and my friends house, thats a mechanic. He's had it for a week and a half and has been through EVERYTHING, and still cannot figure it out. So I'm stuck... Sorry for the long story, but you get the jist of it. Any advice?

 

Go back under the car and see if some how cut / grounded any wires. It sounds like you are shorting something. Check around the steering rack or where you hit the exhaust.

 

All that has been double checked... Have any other advice?..

 

Anybody have any ideas? Its going to Honda service today if I cannot come up with something :/

 

As was stated earlier, it sounds like cut wires (or the main battery cable) shorting somewhere on the chassis. This is one repair I'd leave to professionals.

 

Still Sounds like a charging problem regardless of parts replaced. About how long did these symptoms start to occur after you hit the curb or w/e? That maybe unrelated and coincidental.

 

Btw if available voltage drops below a certain point, the eps will stop assist. Also the vsa/abs light will come on as a low voltage dtc. The check engine light will come on as a residual dtc. Unless you have a a true issue aside from what's stated.

 

Hi Waldo,

I am having similar issues as described by you. Any luck with finding out what seems to be a cause of the problem?