Hi! today i was on a little trip on the highway when i noticed that my car is fishtailing slightly at high speeds, around 90-95mph. What could be the reason?
Please drive =< your state’s speed limit.
could be lift being developed under the car
What kind of car are you driving? Could be anything from bad tires to suspension issues.
I have a Honda City, which is a sedan. I had recently replaced all my struts, springs and mounts. Since then the car sits much higher, done deliberately by Honda since the roads in India are not exactly amazing.
Probably the guy behind you bump drafting.
That's a very high speed for a normal car which may cause the effect.
Perhaps for smaller cars with more powerful engines.
I guess but I have done that speed before and a bit more too. I hadn't noticed that then. Granted it was a while ago but still. The car seemed really stable then.
What on earth are you doing, driving at 150kmph on Indian roads, in a Honda City?! You must have some kind of death wish..
What do you mean ‘the car sits much higher’ & ‘done deliberately by Honda’? The Honda dealer should’ve changed everything with stock parts and had the vehicle within factory specifications. Are you using the stock tyre size?
It was a high way and it was for a few seconds while I wanted to overtake a few cars, came down to the speed limit immediately after that. 🙂
They are original parts fitted buy the dealer. Apparently Honda has made a suspension kit wherein they change all four struts, springs and mounts. The overall components are a bit oversized and designed by Honda itself since the car originally sits quite low and my car was sitting even lower due to the wear and tear.
I’m super curious about this ‘suspension kit’. Do you mind sharing the part numbers of all the parts fitted to you car, which were a part of the kit? If you raise the ride height of any vehicle, it will naturally raise the centre of gravity & cause the vehicle dynamics to be adversely affected (less stable) at high speeds. Did the dealer say by how many mm/inches has the ride height increased?
I guess the center of gravity may be the issue. No, the dealer did not say how many inches the car is raised.
Does the part number on the box (from your photo), match the part number that’s mentioned on your bill/invoice?
@InThrustWeTrust I am attaching the photos of the suspension that the service advisor sent me. The suspension assembly seems to be the same height but the car has been raised, I am not completely sure how, I am guessing fatter mounts. The part number is on the box.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XOV4w2TR3KXEf2-lV0SNMrtyFd15WXQ3?usp=sharing
Wow, so the brilliant guys at the dealership have installed the wrong parts on your car..
What they have installed (going by the part number on the box) is the entire strut assembly of the Honda City 2012+ https://boodmo.com/catalog/part-damper_assy_l_fr-38623232/
What they SHOULD have installed is this - https://boodmo.com/catalog/part-shock_absorber-4457569/
Both the above part numbers are for the LH front strut assembly.
That's what I was concerned with too but they had told me that it is a deliberate kit which is oversized. I checked boodmo too. I was a bit concerned. They seemed to have installed it on quite a few honda citys since there were like 3 honda citys there for a suspension job.