I have a 2007 Honda Odyssey. Recently I noticed, when I try to park I hear whining noise from steering area.
Is this due to power steering pump issue? I took it to dealership and they could not hear the noise (my bad luck, it does not happen always) hence they did nothing. I was wondering anyone had this issue before?
Also, I had to replace battery, due to dead battery. I am surprised new HONDA has these issues?

Thank you.

usually when the power steering pump whins theirs something wrong whether its bad or just the wrong fluid, Honda makes their own power steering fluid and if you put different steering fluid in it will make a whining noise. Hope this helps you out a bit

My 3 years old honda civic starting making whining noise this monday morning for less than 60,000km run. Noticed that there are power steering fluid overflow out from the reservoir due to over pressure. Honda confirmed it is because power steering pump is failing soon. But too bad that they are running out of spare and I need to barev with this noise for another 3 to 4 weeks. Hope that the pump can last before fully breakdown. The whining noise has became louder and louder every day.

I had the same whining or groaning noise, with my 2005 odyssey, happening when I would turn the steering wheel driving or at stand still. I took it in to the a dealership. Of course, they could not simulate the noise and sent me away.

I just took it in again, to a different dealership, because the noise was happening more often. I told them this was the second visit concerning this problem. They put my van with the master mechanic. He was able to simulate the noise and actually had literature sent to him by Honda concerning this problem.

They flushed the steering components and and replaced the steering pump! Still under warrenty also! I'm picking it up tomorrow!

Hope this helps.

P.G. in California

Usually, if the steering wheel is stationary, meaning that the steering rack is not "asking" for assistance from the high-pressure fluid from the pump, there's little or no noise. As the steering wheel is turned and the steering gear asks the pump for assistance, the pump might whine or howl a bit.

Here's a simple test. Buy an aerosol can of brake cleaner, install the little plastic extension nozzle, open the hood with the engine off and find a safe way to spray the aerosol on the ribbed side of the belt. Make sure clothing, fingers, etc., won't get caught in the belt. Start the engine, and while you're hearing the squeal, spray the aerosol on the belt. You can try this on both sides of the belt. If the squeal stops instantly, then restarts several seconds later, the noise is being generated by belt slippage. If there's no change in noise, the problem more likely is associated with one of the belt-driven accessories.

Whenever the power-steering system is opened on this engine -- to replace the pump, hose or fluid -- it might require "bleeding" with the engine shut off.

Some "Bar" soap like Ivory will work for the above test too !

Howdy gang. Craig here. I'm a newbie to this forum and have a 2007 Ody with P/S pump noise too. Here is a link to a TSB on that issue:

http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SB/A07-005.PDF

Also, for pinging under moderate to heavy acceleration:

http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SB/A08-071.PDF

Happy reading and fixing!

Craig (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

Perhaps strange but it worked for my 2005 Odyssey. I had a front end collision and after the repairs were made I started hearing the whining noise. Never heard it before. Body shop said it had to do with the power steering pump which was not affected by the collision and it was just coincidence that I started hearing it when I pulled out of the body shop. I don't believe in coincidences. My local repair shop raised the hood and forced the noise to happen. Definitely power steering pump issue. I didn't want to lay out the money to replace it so I lived with the noise for a year with it getting louder and happening more often, almost all the time. As luck would have it, my battery finally died. The battery was replaced. No more power steering noise. That was 5 months ago and I haven't heard a whine since. I am wondering if when the original repair was done and they disconnected the battery, was a wire or some bracket moved when they reconnected it which could have interefered with the PS pump to make that noise? Might be an idea to disconnect your battery, check that it isn't pressing on anything else and reconnect it. Not a peep since the new battery was installed.