I have asked this question a few times before Can steering while car is stationary in drive cause any sort of damage to a car. I was messing around with my car one day and turned the steering all the way left and all the way right about 15-20 times. The steering wheel felt slightly tight to one side so I thought maybe there might be some air in the power steering pump, and I thought that would help get the air out. But since I did this, the car seems to be running rough. When I let off the accelerator the car does not coast and seems to lose speed rapidly. And just recently it has started to occassionally sputter on acceleration. When I accelerate for the first time I will hear a light thunk near where the cas pedal is but it wont do it again after that. Now the car seems like it takes about 2 seconds to go into gear from park. Could this wheel turning thing damaged a joint which in turn has started damaging my transmission? Would what I did be consiedered abuse to the vehicle, and void my warranty? Don't people steer stationary all the time, like when parellel parking and getting out of tight spaces? My car is a 2009 CRV. If anyone has any kind of information or advice they could give me, I would greatly appreciate it. I have taken the car to the dealer and they claim nothing is wrong but I think they are just ignoring these problems cause they don't want to fix it under warrantly These problems have greatly frustrated me, and I am afraid I did something to mess up my brand new car. If anyone has any advice or input I would greatly appreciate it.
A. "staionary Steering", as you call it, is undesirable in that it wears the tire tread, stresses the tire casings and strains all steering parts. It is best to let the car creep a bit while turning the steering wheel.
B. All parts of the car are strong enough to survive your actions.
C. The symptoms you describe sound like the Fuel Injection/Emissions Feedback loop is out of range, resulting in poor idle quality and take off.
The system "learns" how you drive and adjusts itself within it's defined parameters to suit what you demand of it. You may be able to reset it by disconnecting the battery negative cable for a few minutes. Only do so if your have the alarm and radio codes and know how to restore the radio and clock settings.
D. Your drivability complaints should be covered under your new car warranty. Return to the dealer and do not settle for unsatifactory service.
Ask your dealer to check for Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) covering your complaints.
The manufacturer pays the dealer for warranty work, they ought to welcome you.
Although repeated turning lock to lock whilst staionary isnt a good idea - it does impose quite a load on the mechanism - I have never heard of doing so causing the problems you describe, not can I imagine how doing so would cause such problems.
If the car is under warranty, then insist the dealer has another look for the problem - ask a member of their staff to accompany you on a test drive so you can show them exactly what happens. If they still cant help, take it to another dealer.
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