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Old 11-20-2006 | 07:42 PM
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Pulling to the left?

I've had the car for over 3 weeks and since the day one I felt like it was pulling to the left. I even took it back to the dealer to have them check the allignment and they didn't find anything wrong with it.

I feel like the car is constantly pulling to the left when I hold the wheel with one hand and it usually happens on the freeway. I would even let the wheel go for a few seconds with the same result. Anyone else have this?
Old 11-20-2006 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by klas
I've had the car for over 3 weeks and since the day one I felt like it was pulling to the left. I even took it back to the dealer to have them check the allignment and they didn't find anything wrong with it.

I feel like the car is constantly pulling to the left when I hold the wheel with one hand and it usually happens on the freeway. I would even let the wheel go for a few seconds with the same result. Anyone else have this?


Nope. But on other cars I have. Did you try rotating the tires? Either swap the 2 front ones or put the front tires on the back
Old 11-20-2006 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by klas
I've had the car for over 3 weeks and since the day one I felt like it was pulling to the left. I even took it back to the dealer to have them check the allignment and they didn't find anything wrong with it.

I feel like the car is constantly pulling to the left when I hold the wheel with one hand and it usually happens on the freeway. I would even let the wheel go for a few seconds with the same result. Anyone else have this?
Yes, same thing here. We have only taken one road since new, so around town it is not noticeable. When on the freeway, it is a slight pull to the left. I am going to have the dealer look at it when we take it in for the 1st LOF.
Old 11-20-2006 | 10:28 PM
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Check tire pressure as well. My 06 5AT used to pull like a mofo because one tire's pressure was like 6 below the recommended psi.
Old 11-21-2006 | 01:21 AM
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Same problem too. I hadit aligned by Acura and by others. Same issue. less noticable when driving on right side of crown of road. After my 40000 service notice much more pull to left and a slight more noise.

Have been reading about this and found some documents indicating a run-out condition.

Run Out Imbalance: Excessive radial and/or lateral movement resulting from tire or wheel/rim non-uniformity, improper
bead seating, or improper match mounting of the tire and wheel/rim assembly. This can be corrected by measuring the
amount of tire and wheel/rim assembly run out (lateral and radial) with a gauge, and replacing the component having
excessive run out.
Old 11-21-2006 | 01:45 AM
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Same problem too. I hadit aligned by Acura and by others. Same issue. less noticable when driving on right side of crown of road. After my 40000 service notice much more pull to left and a slight more noise.

Have been reading about this and found some documents indicating a run-out condition.

Run Out Imbalance: Excessive radial and/or lateral movement resulting from tire or wheel/rim non-uniformity, improper
bead seating, or improper match mounting of the tire and wheel/rim assembly. This can be corrected by measuring the
amount of tire and wheel/rim assembly run out (lateral and radial) with a gauge, and replacing the component having
excessive run out.
yeah, driving on the right side of the road doesn't seem to be a problem or less noticeable... so have you been able to correct this issue? Is this something that deal can/should do?
Old 11-21-2006 | 02:05 AM
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i just found out that there was TSB 06-007. Does anyone know where I can look up all TSBs. I found out there is a TSB 06-039 for similar issue, but not 007.

http://www.alldata.com/tsb/Acura/116...039/60391.html
Old 11-21-2006 | 02:13 AM
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oh I guess I didn't mention that I have 06 TSX but it looks like TSB 06-007 is for 04-05...
Old 11-21-2006 | 02:39 AM
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mine had the same pull when i got it new. Took it into the a tire shop, they said it was radial pull due to the rubber on the tire. Said that as the tire wore down it would go away. they were right
Old 11-21-2006 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by tsxGoldenBear
mine had the same pull when i got it new. Took it into the a tire shop, they said it was radial pull due to the rubber on the tire. Said that as the tire wore down it would go away. they were right
do you have a 2006? how many miles did have on your tires after it went away?
Old 11-23-2006 | 12:01 AM
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My '05 has had that issue since new and still does after 30K. My car is out of the VIN range noted in the TSB, but it definitely has the left pull issue. No change since new despite different wheels, and a replacement of upper right rear control arm under warranty. Gonna have Comptech take a look at it soon, will probably have to install Ingalls rear camber kit.....provided it actually is the right rear wheel out of camber spec. Need to get an alignment check again.

Its the only thing I hate about this car, but its solveable.
Old 11-23-2006 | 10:05 AM
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my 04 has been pulling to the left since day one. Not nearly as bad in the beginning as now. Acura only will do an alignment service to fix(which doesn't fix it).
Old 11-23-2006 | 12:08 PM
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I had this problem when I got new tires about 6,000 miles ago

I got brand new tires, Yoko V4s. Once I got these tires the car was pulling to the left. About 1,000 miles later I got an alignment, but the car was still pulling to the left. My mechanic told me that the tire didn't break in correctly and that I should have gotten an alignment with the new tires. He swapped the front tires with the back tires and now the pull has stopped completely.

If this suggestion doesn't fix the problem then try the TSB. My mechanic told me the alignment can only adjust the toe, but not the othe two parts.
Old 11-27-2006 | 01:32 PM
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took it to the dealership, we test drove it. (btw, I totally hate how technicians drive our cars) he started explaining that surface is uneven and steering is stiff on TSX, blah blah... basically they only thing they can do again is allignment... but I know that it will not fix the pull which is very noticeable on the left lane at highway speeds.
Old 04-06-2007 | 08:53 AM
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Here's all the forum postings on this issue, has anyone figured it out?
http://www.acura-tsx.com/forums/show...699#post683699
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ight=alignment
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=06-039
Old 04-06-2007 | 09:03 AM
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Please refer to the TSB 06-034 found here:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24738
Old 04-06-2007 | 09:04 AM
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Please continue discussion in this thread as this is becoming a copy.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36429

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