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Car model: Honda Civic (Tenth Gen) 1.5 Turbo (bought it brand new back in 2018 August)
Issue: Very very poor throttle response. Throttle feels very very tight and repulsive. Only hard steps on the throttle can the car push forward and even that the push factor feels very poor. I have leg and back aches now whenever I drive the car. This is how bad the issue is!
When did it happened: Issue started immediately after original headlights were changed to after market custom headlights. My initial thought was I was being paranoid and sensitive. However, I have no issue nor had leg and body pain while driving my dad's and wife's cars. Both cars are of lower litre and horsepower/torque
Observations of the issue:
- After the installation, the custom headlights worked except the high beam. The installer had to stick his hand in and adjust the headlights sockets/connectors to make it work
- After the installation was complete. The audio player froze. I had to do a reset
- After the installation, one of the charging port was not working as well. Issue was solved after I off and on the engine
- Weak sounding car starts lately
- Throttle response always seem to get better when the car is not driven for a few minutes to hours but issue will re-surface after a few minutes of driving
The following was done to the car to try to solve the problem but to no avail:
- Changed the headlights back to the original set
- Car battery had fallen to 79% (no idea if it was caused by the after market headlights). Changed it to a brand new one
- Turbo oil and filter were changed recently
- Took the car to the service center and they did an ECU reset
- Took the car for a dyno test and found out that the car's horsepower has dropped from the original 174hp to 163
- Did an ECU remap to boost the hp to over 174hp. Car felt like a monster for a day before the problem re-surfaces
- Went to the service center again and they ran a system/diagnostic check. No error message found. Service center proclaimed the car is in a clean bill of health
- Left the car overnight at the service center but was informed the next day that they could not reproduce the problem
I do not know what is wrong with the car. Has the after market headlight screwed up some eletrical component? I am at my wits end! Can anyone shed some light on this? What could be the problem. Where to look?
Thanks in advance : (
Issue: Very very poor throttle response. Throttle feels very very tight and repulsive. Only hard steps on the throttle can the car push forward and even that the push factor feels very poor. I have leg and back aches now whenever I drive the car. This is how bad the issue is!
When did it happened: Issue started immediately after original headlights were changed to after market custom headlights. My initial thought was I was being paranoid and sensitive. However, I have no issue nor had leg and body pain while driving my dad's and wife's cars. Both cars are of lower litre and horsepower/torque
Observations of the issue:
- After the installation, the custom headlights worked except the high beam. The installer had to stick his hand in and adjust the headlights sockets/connectors to make it work
- After the installation was complete. The audio player froze. I had to do a reset
- After the installation, one of the charging port was not working as well. Issue was solved after I off and on the engine
- Weak sounding car starts lately
- Throttle response always seem to get better when the car is not driven for a few minutes to hours but issue will re-surface after a few minutes of driving
The following was done to the car to try to solve the problem but to no avail:
- Changed the headlights back to the original set
- Car battery had fallen to 79% (no idea if it was caused by the after market headlights). Changed it to a brand new one
- Turbo oil and filter were changed recently
- Took the car to the service center and they did an ECU reset
- Took the car for a dyno test and found out that the car's horsepower has dropped from the original 174hp to 163
- Did an ECU remap to boost the hp to over 174hp. Car felt like a monster for a day before the problem re-surfaces
- Went to the service center again and they ran a system/diagnostic check. No error message found. Service center proclaimed the car is in a clean bill of health
- Left the car overnight at the service center but was informed the next day that they could not reproduce the problem
I do not know what is wrong with the car. Has the after market headlight screwed up some eletrical component? I am at my wits end! Can anyone shed some light on this? What could be the problem. Where to look?
Thanks in advance : (
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