My 2003 Civic LX {manual transmission) pulls hard left only during acceleration. We've rotated tires front to back and side to side and had the front end realigned with no help. Any Ideas? Thanks

 

bad shocks or springs? i dunno just throwing out guesses. i know when my lower control arm was messed up it went toward the right so maybe thats it?

 

can an engine mount do that?

 

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Eh...POSSIBLE.... but not LIKELY

Could be a worn ball joint, worn tie rods, something wrong with the tires, alignment.....

That is really all I could think of.

 

actually, yes a bad engine mount /tranny mount can cause it by changing the cv-shaft alignment it causes torque steer. But could also be worn suspension parts

 

Turn your wheel to the right.....lol

 

bump for more info!!

I have had this same problem for 8 MONTHS!!!!!!!

 

**DITTO** on this problem

 

Just my strut (FR) going out made my car steer right during acceleration. I changed that out and I'm good now.

 

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Well, the gas is leaking from all four of my struts, and the car rides like ***.

 

Wikipedia gives you some idea of whats going on or what could be going on.

 

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Mind posting a link?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque_steer

 

ok i just put some tein flex coil overs on my 05 lx. and my car was towing in terrably. When i forst hit on it after the install i went left HARD. if your car is lowered or has coilovers i would meassure the distance between the front and back of your front wheals. mine was a 5 CM differance. The wheals were 5 CM closer togeathe rint he fornt then they wer ein the rear. hence causing the car to pull hard either way. Thatsjust another gusse though. I fixed it by adjusting my tire rods and i still need to go to some nasty alighnment shop. My advise to you go find a nasty alighnment shop and have them try! let me know if i cna be of any better help

 

i honestly dont think torque stear is the issue. our cars dont make enough power. stock that is

 

It may be a broken motor mount because my friends ek kept stearing stongly to the right,then after about 2 weeks he broke a cv joint,replaced it and then broke the new cv joint.After all said and done, it was a broken motor mount

 

Yea I sort of have the same problem except my car doesn't pull to the left, it rattles a bit.

 

One of the bolts that holds the back motor mount in my car is stripped, but I have energy suspension inserts in all the other mounts.

 

a broken motor mount could be the cause especially when turning the steering wheel so strongly carelessly it could break also the cvt joints.The good thing is to access wikipedia or replaces those shocks instead.