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My car was in a pretty bad accident on late May this year. I got the car back in July and while I was waiting, the people who had my car said that they were replacing the "right axle." So I'm like okay... I get my car back (in not such a good condition to where the car was nearly flawless before), and now it's mid-September and my bro tells me that my front axle is making this noise. It occurs when:

a) I turn the steering wheel when the car is stopped, it knocks.
b) When I press on the gas pedal to accelerate (in any gear but it's most noticable in 1st when I begin to move the car). It ESPECIALLY happens when I'm going uphill. It makes a LOUD knocking sound.

It doesn't happen as often while I'm driving to say make a simple right turn at a corner. This problem made me stop driving my Civic because it seems like the more I drive, the worse it sounds so now it's just parked. I'm not at all worried about getting the car fixed due to the fact that it's still obligated by a body shop to get fixed through insurance.

What sucks is that I had to leave from my job because of this. My job is a delivery driver so no car = no work. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/IMG] No work = no check and I've only been working since August 24th for 5-7 days a week. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG] I had to tell my boss about the situation and fortunately she understood. (I think.)

Now here come my questions:

a) If I lift the front of the car up on jack stands, is there a way where I can at least find the problem myself? I know I'm just gonna need someone else to assist me with turning the steering wheel.

b) How bad is this? I'm sure not many people have had this issue with the 7th gen Civic since it's not a Civic problem but just an accident issue. If anyone else has had this problem, how serious is it? Is it too serious to at least drive my car to the store and back?

c) If possible, anything I can do myself to fix it? If not, no worries.

Thanks,
ZeLL

 
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Sounds like a CV Joint is going bad, its not unsafe to drive but I wouldn't push it. The tire isn't going to fall off but the sooner you get it fixed the less damage will occur to the joint.

 
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It should be safe to drive, that is, right back to the people that were supposed to FIX it, with paperwork to prove that the isht thats messin up now was supposed to be fixed.

 
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It's crazy... this is more of the story...

When I got my car back all the way from Monterey M2 Collision body shop (200 mile round trip from my house which was where the accident occured) I called my insurance company and told them that my car was not finished with it's repairs and they told me to take it to a body shop that I wanted it to be fixed at (which would be Quality Body and Fender). There me, Quality, a guy that represents a man who looks over all the body shops in the Bay Area (his name is Mr. See), and an M2 representative all looked at the car. The clearest. I showed them EVERY problem I had with the car, like the roof somehow had dents in it, interior pieces were messed up, the exterior paint finish was fish eyed and had calcium on it! The car wasn't even aligned properly. The car came with no working lights anywhere! (Fixed that myself.) Stuff like that. I showed them everything as everything was approved Mr. See so that M2 could write out a check to Quality to fix everything...

The check is late getting to Quality... I learn it eventually gets to them when I wanted to get another estimate for my car.

I decide to finally take my car in when the axle starts making that noise and then I discover that M2 AGAIN screwed me over. Quality only received a $1,000 check to repair $1,000 worth of damages and that ONLY went into the roof of the car. I was PISSED. I didn't leave my car there to get repaired.

And now, not only did the front axle started to mess up, the reverse lights on my taillights don't work and the interior pieces are coming apart near the entry way.

Quality told me to call Mr. See (they had the wrong #)... I called insurance, insurance gave me Mr. See's #, Mr. See told me to call his boss, Mr. Brian Torok (the guy who watches over all the body shops in the Bay Area). Some people don't think I should deal with this guy again but I dunno. I am going to call him and b>tch, b>tch, b>tch. Letters are going to get sent out and a coupe of reimbursements need to be dealt with.

Whew! That was long. That's about HALF of my story, too. M2 Collision did a bit more than that.

 
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Sounds like the cv is going bad for sure. It isn't really unsafe to drive but when that cv goes, so does the power to the wheels and it will leave you stranded. Happened to my wife in her accord once. If they replace the axle or cv and it is going out this soon, I can pretty much guarantee you that they didn't use honda parts. People put those cheap aftermarket cv js and axles in their car thinking they saved some money. However, they break very quickly. It's amazing how much better honda cvjs are than aftermarket. That is one part you gotta go oem on.

Also, if the outer cv joint is going out, you need to get it fixed immediatly. If it does go out while you are driving, it will cause the inner cv joint to break and thus, the repair bill will be 2x as much. Trust me, I have been driving hondas for a long time.

 
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Oh, and you always and I mean always, take a honda to the honda bodyshop to be repaired. There are only a few and are spaced pretty far apart. However, they will make the car look like nothing ever happened. Even the paint will match flawlessly. I have wrecked a few hondas in my time. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

 
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I couldn't take my car to the a Honda body shop as I didn't know what was down in Monterey anyway so I took what insurance recommended. The body shop I want to take my car to (Quality) was the body shop the Honda dealer around here brings their cars to for body work. They worked on my car before and like you said they made the car look like nothing happened to it. (As well as how to SOUNDED too cuz my car makes a few noise.) The paint matched flawlessly. M2's paint matching was flawless but the quality of the job was bullsheet.

M2 Collision used a few aftermarket parts on my car that I noticed (such as the clips that hold the bumper on... they were SCREW clips and they screwed them in so tightly that getting the thing out required me to break one of them off. Anyone knows that screwing anything plastic or anything into a plastic holder, you're not supposed to screw in too tight or you may never get it out! I still have them... cuz replacing the clips are $3 EACH from Honda.) I will be infuriated if that CV joint is aftermarket. Aren't body shops obligated to use the original manufacturer parts? I think M2 actually advertises that they do! I feel like suing. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]

It's funny because body shops know that insurance companies can't make them do sh*t. M2 Collision doesn't want a ruined image. Since Geico recommended M2 Collision, I feel they're more responsible than anyone and that they shouldn't just throw me at this @$$wipe who's in charge of the body shops when evidently they're "friends" in this business and no one wants to take the fault. I am so f**king sick of this as I get more of nothing than something closer to getting my car fixed...

And I lost the phone #s to all these fu(*tards!

 
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Just like Mbow and I said,"CV JOINT" period, it doesn't matter who fixed it before, its the CV Joint!!! Take it in and get it fixed!!![IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

 
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damn zell...thats maad problems to your car..i say ditch it and get the integra since u love it so much! hehe..man, like i said before, thats too bad about tha shop u went to...but u know, m2 isnt that bad...at least here its not....thats actually the shop that honda told me to go to (its right next to my dealer) and yeah..they did an awsome job...hmmm, i think ima just go get my rear fixed there...cuz yeah..looks like u got mad problemos dude..heh..uhh yeah.

 
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The shyt is hella gettin on my nerves.

I can't blame the M2 Collision you went to. Just the one in Seaside but that one does make me go against M2 ever standing 40 feet within my car and I would not bring my car to another M2 Collision "Care Center" again. I only dog M2 because of their crappy service and the guy who wrote up the estimate for the check to get my car fixed. Their service actually irritates me more than the job they did on my car because they kept on promising me my car would be done as I went 400 miles to get my car twice and got nothing but excuses, false promises, false accusations, and a lazy job on my car. M2 is a state-wide business. They're not gonna shyt on all their customers, just one out of 500 Honda Civics a year. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

They should've totaled the car from the start. If I sold my car now, it wouldn't add up to the price of a DC2R and I don't have any more money. I got an insurance hike from the last accident and having a small sports coupe isn't gonna help that unless I changed insurance companies. Right now, the last thing I want to deal with is the insurance company, but now I have to deal with a body shop who's dedication to fixing issues is just as frustrating an insurance company and more. I almost want to file a lawsuit against M2.

 
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dude, i dont blame u man..[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/IMG]

 
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I'm at the point where no one wants to take the blame. Quality blames Mr. See from Geico. Mr. See tells me to talk to his boss, Mr. Torok. Mr. Torok TRIES to blame Quality AND Mr. See with a load of BULL$#!T. He's so convinced that the money he gave M2 Collision for fixing my car is a done deal and that they did what they were supposed to do. He says he's going to contact M2 Collision about the axle and it was my mistake for letting him buy some time. He claimed that he'd call me back.

He didn't call me back. (Nor did he tell me when but last time he told me he'd call me back he never did!)

He doesn't need to contact M2 Collision anymore... M2 is not the problem anymore, Geico is.

 
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Well, i never trusted geico insurance. i have state farm and they are really good about wrecks and things

 
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Geico deserves to suck my c0x0r.

 
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I now have to investigate Quality Body & Fender and see if they were responsible for giving an estimate to M2. So far, I now need to give them an estimate. They give it to whoever (M2 I guess) and M2 pays...

I am going to take advantage of someone.