I bought a 2005 TSX 6MT with roughly 17,000 miles on it about 4 months ago. Initially the car had quite a bit of problems, the steering wheel shook at high speeds and the car drastically pulled to the right. After getting my front rotors changed, the shaking wheel went away, but the car kept pulling right, and when i pumped my brakes the car sharply made a 90 degree turn off to the right side of the road.

The dealer performed 3 allignments, changed a control arm holding the right calliper in place and now the car can go straight for a good 10 seconds before it starts curiving left/right with moderate wheel holding. Then the car curves right, but soposedly that has to do with the curvature of the road.The dealer said that this is OK and that its PERFECTLY NORMAL. I can agree to that somewhat.

NOW, how about this. When I am braking, and the car is on a PERFECTLY EVEN ROAD, like BRAND NEW, it brakes fine.....BUT when I am braking on surface that's uneven, has: cracks, tears, holes, I can feel the wheel wanting to go off to either side and when I let go for a second, the wheel turns and the car goes to the side. The dealer said this again, is PERFECTLY NORMAL????

This prevents a huge safety issue for me in rainy conditions. When I am driving in rain and the car hits a hole or a crack, the wheel wants to turn and I have no idea if the car is loosing control or not. Could it just be the crappy stock tires?


I know that the TSX has sensitive steering, and I like that because it makes the car responsive, but having the car be unable to maintain a straight line in the presence of tricky pavement I dont think is normal. Thoughts?!?

I upgraded from a Mazda Mx-6 and I also own another Much much cheaper Mazda Protoge as well as an Infiniti G35....NONE of the other cars budge from their straight line when faced with bumps and holes and imperfections in the road. Is this normal?!? Is the TSX steering THAT sensitive???

.......on another note, I am also having a problem that I think relates to the VSA system. My tires are quite worn (stock Michelin MXM4) and I just had them rotated...when I start rather fast, the wheels screech and the traction control system NEVER activates, is that normal, or just due to the tires...I thought traction contol should prevent this?

Comment please.

 

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