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Old 04-26-2006, 10:52 PM   #18 (permalink)
honda11
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SiGTI

If you can think of anything let us know.

I have no complaints with my service dept as they were more than helpful to me. I offered to pay for tires if that would help - and I think it would help with the dartiness somewhat - but service dept felt it was a bigger issue than that. Basically they were saying that tires would help improve road feel but at low speeds I basically have none, so if you are starting at zero.....in my case, tires would be a waste of money.

They were even willing to try something more drastic like adjust the power steering valve, etc.. but after checking books saw there was no way to do that on this model. I even checked with engineering to see if the there was a chip controlling the speed sensitivity that could be pulled, anything that could be done within reason my dealer was willing to do as they totally saw the problem.

I really wonder if there is not an additional issue with the suspension geometry or something else like the first poster said as this just feels so "off" to me. I didn't press that aspect with the dealer as service manager stated that mine drove like the other civics and they were all like this. Who knows....I get the distinct impression that since this vehicle is so new, even the service people haven't figured everything out yet.
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