TX george
never drove honda or front wheel drive car before, and abs in
ford-mercury sounds much diffrent,
on other hand went to dealer to fix pasangere air bag cover, popped
out on the right side slightly after 1 week of driving

"paranoid and psychotic"
td


George Macdonald <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> wrote in message news:<uodch05m4kt5edal9p85qs9da0gq96e879@4ax.com>. ..
> On 6 Aug 2004 19:30:43 -0700, t_lak77@hotmail.com (t_lak77@hotmail.com)
> wrote:
>
> >geoffl@rocketmail.com (Geoff) wrote in message news:<7ba263c3.0408051113.682184cd@posting.google. com>...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Sorry for being very vague here. Okay, so problem happens like this:
> >>
> >> When I start from my parking lot, I usually take a left turn at very
> >> low speed. Most of the time when I am about to turn my steering
> >> straight, I feel some roughness on my pedals (accelerator/Brake). This
> >> roughness lasts for about 1 second. It is similar to going on a short
> >> patch of grooved road. Feels like some spring/metal cranking.
> >>
> >> I have about 3000 miles on it. It use to happen right from start
> >> though.
> >>
> >> I did not feel this roughness while driving even at slow speed. It
> >> only happens after starting.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >> Geoff
> >
> >Just bought 2004 accord 6V- , noticed the same "rouhness", have no
> >idea what to think about it. Happens right after the start at the
> >morning.
>
> If it's just a brief "burp" lasting about a second, it's the ABS pump
> priming the high pressure chambers in the modulator - I believe 6kph is the
> nominal speed for that to happen. If you get a sudden temp drop it might
> last slightly longer and when the ABS activates you'll hear the pump run
> almost continuously. BTW it's generally considered good to activate the
> ABS from time to time by braking hard on a slippery surface when you get an
> opportunity.
>
> Rgds, George Macdonald
>
> "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??