What we found
This car's software contains a complete 7-step manual mode that Honda disabled in the calibration. It also contains a good deal more: about a tenth of the code this calibration can reach is switched off by single option settings. We audited all of it.
What we have built on it
- Button paddles. In S, the cruise RES and SET buttons shift up and down through seven steps. Driven and recorded on 14 November 2026.
- Stepped automatic S mode. S shifts through fixed steps by itself, with kickdown and a driver hold. On the car and being refined.
- Gear on the cruise lamp. Built and bench-tested, not yet flashed.
Found, not yet enabled
- A speed limiter on the cruise MAIN button.
- A setting that reduces the CVT "rubber band" feel on a light lift.
We also have designs for a sharper pedal map, a Sport function on the ECON button and stronger engine braking. Those are designs only until they are built and driven.
What to know before asking
The instrument cluster on this trim does not show a gear number, even though the controller sends one. D range, belt pressure and lock-up are untouched.
Full story: paddle shifting on a Civic X CVT.
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