I recently had new tires put on my 04 TSX. Car did not pull at all prior.
Tires were mounted and balanced at sears, ordered from tirerack.

I did not have an alignment done that day b/c the following weekend I was swapping in my new suspension and wanted it aligned after that was finished.

When I test drove the car around the mall parking lot it felt fine but when I got on the highway that night I noticed it pulling left (obv i needed more speed / higher RPMs on the wheels to feel the pull). I obv figured it was a bad alignment and figured it would be fine.

Fast forward 2 weeks.

Suspension is done, and alignment is finished. Car still pulls left. Guy at the shop said the prev alignment was pretty off. I can post up the alignment summary if anyone here wants to look at it.

Any ideas as to why it is still pulling? Thanks

 

if the alignment was pretty off for 2 weeks, your tires are going to be unevenly worn and will contribute to the steering.

just making sure, youre factoring in the the crown of the highway, right?

id take it back to the shop to get aligned again anyway. tell them the direction it pulls and they can set it back.

next time get an alignment with a new set of tires. always.

 

thanks. I figured that might be the problem & yes i was taking into account the slope of the road. So just to be sure, if the alignment is now good, there is no way a suspension issue would be causing this, correct?

will the tires correct themselves over time??

 

you could also have bad tie rods and balljoints that do not give an accurate reading. ask the shop to check for play.

 

ok, thank you sir.

 

and check the wearing of the bushing too!! this will also effect your alignment.

 

Swap the front tires and see if the pull changes direction. It could be a bad tire.

 

directional tread.. I swapped it to the back but it still does it.
what i really need is someone in the area with the same lug pattern and similar tire size to throw them on lol