My girlfriend bought a 04 and I have noticed when the car is turning at low speeds the steering kind of makes this grinding noise. Is it because it's new? Is this a normal thing or should I take it to the dealer? I would take it there and ask them but they are 100miles away and I thought if this is normal I would save myself the trip.

BTW, I ran a search and found nothing on this topic.

Thank you in advance

 

the powersteering pump is an electric one. very strange that you have a grinding noise - i think you should go back to the dealer to get it fixed.

 

grinding? or squeaking? my car squeaks from the steering rack..take it back to the dealer

 

any grinding is bad, especially if coming from what steers you car. go to the dealer

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the powersteering pump is an electric one. very strange that you have a grinding noise - i think you should go back to the dealer to get it fixed.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Only the Civic Hybrid and the Civic Si have the EPS (Electronic Power Steering) system. All of the other civics have a conventional belt driven power steering system

 

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Only the Civic Hybrid and the Civic Si have the EPS (Electronic Power Steering) system. All of the other civics have a conventional belt driven power steering system</TD></TR></TABLE>

your funny!