Ahh this one thread is about the best Relevant(to me) ctr info I’ve read so far. I'm an Audi technician & 2 months ago bought me an 05 plate premier with just under 20k on the clock. I've plenty experience in fault finding with similar faults as have been listed in this thread & my car seems to suffers from a few of them
Here comes my take on it so far.
Steering pulling & self centring problems.
I feel my car pulls about the road slightly when driving @ slow speeds (30ish), not consistently following the camber of the road surface but it just has a wandering feel about it & when briskly pulling out a junction with a fare bit of steering lock on it doesn’t seem to centre properly. I have no noise from the steering & Tyre wear looks even enough. Both symptoms can be compensated for with steering input & are tolerable for now. I intend to do a full 4 wheel alignment on it myself then if needs be buy camber adjusters & line it up. Apparently Hondas factory alignment tolerances are pretty wild
,if so all Ctrs should drive/feel better after an accurate full alignment.
Heat shield & intake manifold rattle.
The Silver plastic cover bolted to the intake manifold was rattling so has been removed for the time being. I still have the heatsheild rattle from cold, I've not looked @ that yet but I'm used to Hondas so just see that as being part of there character
Window Rattle.
My passenger window rattles its tits in only when it’s down part way, somebody wrote that this can't be fixed, I believe otherwise and will sort it when I get the time.
Dash rattles.
My Drivers air vent on the right side of the steering wheel rattles, this is even more annoying than the window & is on the "sort it when I get the time" list. The dash board seems to have developed a rattle from just left of the Radio area since the induction kit got fitted, this doesn’t bother me to much as it only happens when the intake noise changes on Vtec & frankly when that shits going down who cares about the rest!!
Knocking from front suspension.
My car has a knocking noise from the front suspension that happens occasionally @ slow speeds/town driving, mainly passenger side, It sounds just like strut tops or roll bar links/inner bushes. (another one for the list).
Road Noise.
There is alot of road noise/wheel bearing type resonating drone. This is a common complaint for cars with stiff suspension & low profile tyres, although it can be loud @ higher speeds it is normal.
End of the day I don't care too much about these niggles, I luv the car & Would recommend one to anybody.
I may update my list as & when I get round to sorting things.
Cheers Ewan