Well, the throttle hang and sudden drop off that ticked a lot of people off is a thing of the past. It took a while to convince my dealer that there was a flash upgrade for the car and I had to explain that they needed to get the latest Honda diagnostic software for their laptop. But once they agreed to do it everything went swell.

The increase in revs when you push in the clutch to shift is completely gone. The rev hang went from about 1.5 seconds to almost nothing. It's almost as good as driving a cable throttle. The biggest gain is that the behavior of the cruise control is greatly improved. Much much smoother when cresting a hill or starting a climb.

Also, I can now get a little lift-throttle oversteer when I want, not 2 seconds after!!

It took them about 45 minutes to do the upgrade - about 25 minutes to upgrade the laptop software and 20 minutes to actually install the ECU reflash. And, of course, it was free.

If you haven't already get it done ASAP - you will be happy.

regards,
Alan

 

Nice. Is your car in the VIN range? I am wondering because I know that I have this problem, but my VIN is in the 9000s. I see that you are from Lancaster. Bump for a local. Where did you get your si from? What color? I have a habi red and I am in Gap/Parkesburg area alot.

 

mine is 9000s too..

 

wish i could find an effing dealer that has the HDS update... they all claim to not have the update

 

Have you called David McDavid of Irving yet? Maybe they have it.

 

Also Habi Red from Faulkner Honda in Harrisburg PA but got the service at Apple Honda in York PA (who are excellent BTW)

My VIN is in the 2000-3000 range

 

any dealers in Socal????

 

my si isnt here yet should be arriving at honda in a month....do you think it will have this problem I have no vin yet

 

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I have noticed this problem and I am a 6000. I need to look into getting this done, I might call a different dealership since ours knows nothing

 

It applies to: 2006 Civic Si -from VIN 2HGFG2 .... 6H700001 thru 2HGFG2 ... 6H707606. Dated August 9, 2006 -

Got this from a different thread... but dunno somebody out of that vin range said that he had the problem too

 

another guy on here said his was doing it also. but he was in the 9000's and the dealership told him they wouldn't do it use less he is in that range.

Booo crappy honda dealerships. hooray for good honda dealerships.

 

anyone got any dealers at SOCAL??? thanks

 

yea i went to a dealership in Westminster. Honda-world

 

I went to the dealership I am within the range but they haven't installed the software yet... slow pokes, they are calling me early in the week to set it up