Recently, my steering puts out this whining sound whenever i turn the steering to the left. At first i thought it's the power steering fluid, as i saw the level was on the low side, but when i went for service recently, they told me it is the steering rack problem, and thus the need to change it arises. They told me it would take 1-2 days to order the part from HQ (if they have one) and another day to install it. Which brings the question :

Why is my car's steering rack giving me problems when i've only used the car for about a year? And i need to bare for the labor cost, although the problem comes from Honda's part?

Secondly, my driver side window keeps bouncing up and down again. The problems, they say is dust accummulating on the rubber.Another flaw. Was advised to put some oil once in awhile to keep that from happening.

Lastly, the knocking 'tung!' sound coming from the left hand side of the vehicle. I have went for service for 3-4 times now and complained about that each time, but everytime i test drive the car with a mechanic, the noise dissapears like magic!

I love my Civic, but due to the lack of quality service and parts/manufacturing, i will never buy another Honda again. (if i can afford it!)

i suppose urs is a 1.8 ?

So far I have not been charged labor for the warranty claims I made..

about the window bouncing up and down when you try to put it up,

I have this problem too.. sometimes, its just impossible to push the window up.. WHat i can do is to just pull on the drivers door handle to lessen the pressure on the window before winding up the window.

Strange but it occurs.

All the compromises that we have to made for our beloved HONDA.
Sometimes, it feels like driving the previous car that was sold to buy the new Honda. So sad..

My usual type of remedy? Press the accelerator hard and enjoy the road. Add in some pedal shifter technique here and there and the sad feeling goes away. Repeat as necessary.

i used to have the driver side windows goes up and down..sc said is my tinted and the power window is sensitive and they actually fix it for me.but there are still so many problem on my civic 2.0s
the aircon smell bad when i tarik to 7000rpm for 1st to 3rd gear
lots of cabin noise

i never ever buy STUPID honda again!

How many members here with the steering rack problems? How do you 'activate' the noise? Gotta check mine got sound or not also.

i tot i'm the weird one wit noises on my steering.. so i am not.. luckily.. i've also got the same noise.. but in my case, it doesn't matter if its left or right turn... it'll still be the same...

as for the window thingy, i also have the problem as well.. but just not as often... but again, if its an issue that need to be solved, then i need to inform my SC as well on the next service...

and i thought only Proton have this kind of small issues... DAMN!! this is ridiculous...

nothing is perfect in this world... at least Honda can replace it FOC within warranty... a hassle tho but still FOC. P@@ton has warranty too... any success claim tho for power windows???

Honda SC will sure try to fix or do workaround but at the end they will replace whatever after they giveup or the symptoms get worse. This surely requires lots of patient.

My FD1 currently has the same symptom with the steering whinning and even worse during corners got whirring noise from front wheels. Complained and they checked wheelbearing but bearings are OK plus the tyre noise is pretty bad as already 43K km usage.

Thanks to your insights I finally changed new donuts and the SC technician can now differentiate the noise. I'm expecting for part replacement (loose/worn steering rod or shaft.. not sure) within a week or so. Hopefully that will solved it.

Anyway to be truthful, I'm the kind of driver that pushes my car darn hard.. not only engine or speed but potholes or speed bumps don't matter much to me as long the sportrims can take the force. So at the end of the day if Honda can replace the parts FOC .. I'm totally satisfied.

Now my FD1 clocking 44K km with under 18months of ownership.

eric84 wrote:

i tot i'm the weird one wit noises on my steering.. so i am not.. luckily.. i've also got the same noise.. but in my case, it doesn't matter if its left or right turn... it'll still be the same... as for the window thingy, i also have the problem as well.. but just not as often... but again, if its an issue that need to be solved, then i need to inform my SC as well on the next service... and i thought only Proton have this kind of small issues... DAMN!! this is ridiculous...

i also face the same probs for my new FD1. The windows prob can be fixed since this is due to the tinted and the tightness of the rubber. I have no prob for almost 2 months++ after i went to the service center. They open my driver's door and d re-constructure the allocation.
For the steering rack's noise...still can't figure out how to trigger it to show to them when i go for my 2nd service...

went to SC to check on the steering rack noise.. damn.. they told me that can't confirm if its the steering rack.. so the only way to tell is to totally flush out the power steering oil.. and add in new oil... which costs me RM150!! i asked why is it not under claim and they said its not part of the warranty claim...

and after all the hassle confirm its the steering rack problem... SC said 2 weeks to order and 2 days to install.. now its the 3rd week.. and no one called yet!! they're goin to get it from me soon!!!