HOW TO REMOVE A STEERING WHEEL FROM A HONDA ACCORD

Video Transcript

Greetings, viewers. Eric the Car Guy here. Today, I'm going to show you how to remove a steering wheel on this Honda Accord. I need to get the fasteners on either side here. Now, there's no key in the ignition, and the ignition is locked, and it doesn't move. I don't necessarily need it to move, but I'm going to show you a real quick tip here as far as getting the steering wheel to move again if it's locked like this.

To remove the ignition switch, there's two breakaway bolts on the top here that you can remove, and the entire assembly will drop down. I'm going to use a hammer and a punch to do that with. Try to dig in, and then get it to spin. Once it loosens up, they usually move pretty easily. Do both sides. Now, with that strap out of the way, you can drop the entire ignition switch assembly down, and the steering wheel moves free. Next, we remove these plastic covers, and we're going to remove these Torx bits that are underneath. There's one on each side. It is a T30 Torx bit. And now that we've made the steering wheel free from the column, we can move this anywhere we want.

And in this case, we're going to have to remove the cruise control switch. Once you get the cover off the cruise control assembly, there are two Phillips-head screws underneath it. Then you can remove the switch assembly. Be careful, there's a plug in the back of it. There's a second Torx bit here to remove underneath the switch assembly. Next, you can turn it and remove the horn assembly. There's an electrical connector down underneath here that once you've got it out, push it in, then you can remove. This is also the airbag. Before you remove the steering wheel, you still need to get this electrical connector loose. There's a Phillips-head screw that retains that to the steering wheel assembly. I believe it also unclips, but sometimes it's easier just to get these screws. Here's that clip, if you can get to it. You just push up on the inner tab here, and you can pull it out. Next, there's one more electric connection at this horn right here. To remove the steering wheel, there's a 14-millimeter bolt in its center. Now comes the trick. You've got to beat on the steering wheel, and it will come loose from the shaft.

Now you can remove the steering wheel. Just be careful because these electrical connectors are going to have to pass through a passage here. And now you got a steering wheel. Just as an aside, this is the cable reel assembly. Sometimes these go bad and cause an airbag light to come on, or they cause your horn not to work. It's just a matter of removing these three Phillips-head screws, and you're going to have the switch. This is also an easier way to gain access to some of the combination switch screws as well. There's an electrical connector down underneath the steering column that you need to disconnect as well. And it's clipped up underneath it also. And that gets you a cable reel assembly.

One last thing on these. Make sure they stay in the same position when you remove them. If not, you could break the internals and render this whole part useless. There you have it: steering wheel removal on a Honda Accord. The information in this video will work for other Honda models as well, as well some Acuras. So If you run into a situation where you need to remove a steering wheel or some of the other little bits we gave you here, you've got that. Anyway, I'm Eric the Car Guy. I want to thank you for watching. Be safe, have fun, stay dirty. I'll see you next time.