Hey Everyone. Apologies in advance if I'm asking this in the wrong forum. I just bought a new 2006 Honda Civic yesterday, 8/18. While on test drives if I took my hands off the wheel on a straight road, the car would pretty much stay straight.

I took my car over to a buddy's house tonight to show him and while checking it out and trying to show me something he turned the wheels while the car was in park. I don't think he had the key fully turned and so was turning the wheel without any power steering. Now on a straight piece of road the car will pull about 10 feet to the right within about 40 feet.

Could he have damaged something, or am I just being a drama queen? Suggestions on what to do, besides breathing into a paper bag and hyperventilating?

Thanks.

Jeremy

 

Doing that shoulndt have messed up your steering. Maybe you hit a pothole? that will get your steering unaligned, to get it fixed you have to get the cars steering aligned.

 

hm...thats weird. i would say that you did hit a pothole or something in the road. to get it fixed just take it to a local shop and get an alignment. it will run you about 60 bucks or so.

 

Don't take it to a shop, since you bought it yesterday just go back to the dealership and tell them it was doing that since you got it.

A little white lie never hurt anybody.

 

yes its wrong but its cheaper

 

Hehe its not only cheaper, its absolutely free if they take care of that problem.

 

yep just take it back to the dealership and have them fix it.