RDMerBC
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- Vancouver, Canada
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- 2016 Civic Touring
I appreciate your input. I think your experience of your Touring CVT appears to be different from that of those who've reported the problem. I've experienced engines compensating for road grade etc. while maintaining set speeds while using cruise control, but this is a different beast and occurs on long flat level stretches of new pavement (on a calm day) where the engine would normally be humming along at a constant RPM.That "surging" sounds like it may be pretty normal to me from my experience. Keep in mind, things like wind, road grade (angle), and surface material will all effect the stress put on the engine, and as such, what RPM it decides to stay at. My guess is that if you put it in Sport mode, that "surging" would be gone. This may not be a defect at all, but more a feature to ensure you don't do what's known as "dog the engine" which is put high loads of stress under low RPMs. My other car will go so far as to drop a gear or two just based off the angle of the car, even if I do nothing else. The CVT, since it lacks gears, tries to do this in its own right by moving up or down in the ratios while attempting to keep the same speed as best as possible. Could also be a technique to avoid running at the same RPM / ratio for too long which isn't terribly good for the drivetrain.
In any case, just my $0.001, could very well be an issue, though I haven't really noticed the car doing this myself.
It's encouraging to hear you do not have the problem, though. My Touring did not have the problem during the first week of ownership (arrived at around the 1000 km mark), which I take to mean it CAN run properly.
I have an appointment for servicing at Honda this morning and I'll let the list know what transpires. Thanks again.
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