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Any chance a PROGMAN upgrade changed steering effort?

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Old 10-30-2007, 07:51 PM
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Went from CIP 19 to PROGMAN 26 recently. I swear that my steering effort got lighter after the ugprade. I'm still noticing it today almost a month after the upgrade. Anyone else notice something like this?
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yes.
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crap - same thing happen to you?
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is this a good or bad thing? + how do i know which CIP version i have?
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Originally Posted by elyk' post='488254' date='Oct 31 2007, 11:02 AM
is this a good or bad thing? + how do i know which CIP version i have?
Your dealer can tell you. I believe that my steering is a bit overboosted compared to before. Could be that I had an X3 for a loaner, but I doubt it, something has unfortunately changed. Still love this car however....
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when i first got my car in 2005, my AS was loose.
then when i updated to v. 20, my AS was tight.
now when i updated to v. 25, my AS got loose again.
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