Hi Simon, thank you for the reply, the EPS light was'nt on so assuming no codes, not sure what make of motor but will check later. To be honest other than checking for siezed ball joints etc. I did'nt get too involved with this yesterday. We decided to take the car to our local dealer because following a telephone conversation they suggested that it would get repaired under warranty. They phoned later to say that honda would only make a contribution and we would have to pay the £800.00 surplus I should have known it was too good to be true but you know how it is when someone builds your hopes up Obviously decided to collect car from them today and look into it further ourselves! I will post the answers to your questions later. Thank you, John.