acuraman2010

I'll try to be as specific as possible. I purchased a 2010 acura RL sh-awd as a cpo 20 months ago. I have driven the car only 7000 miles. Anyway the steering felt as if it was off somehow (felt like I had to make micro adjustments of the wheel) not a pull or a drift but a constant need to kind of chase the steering very fatiguing to drive this way. It has been to dealer twice. If you jack up car you can hold passenger front tire at 3 oclock and 9 oclock and it clicks or moves ever so slightly. The drivers front is rock solid no movement. I think this is the problem however we don't know the cause. Now 1st time in they changed the inner tie rod and balanced the tires. Problem still there. 2nd time in they road force balanced the tires and swapped one wheel from front to back said it was a slightly bent rim. Got car back it is a little better but not fixed. I jacked car up still has slight rock on passenger side front tire, still feels like the steering is off and still slight vibration at highway speed. The tech said that click or wobble was within tolerance. Not my tolerance the car is $52000 retail and has a total 46000 miles on (I paid $33000 cpo). It should be a pleasure to drive and like a dream. Please help my Special Handling AWD Rl is not so special. What do you guys think.

acuraman2010

Crap. I forgot to add after tie rod replacement they did alignment also.

rlerman

Wheel bearing or bad strut(s) for vibration issue.

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

there should be zero play in the wheel bearing or ball joints... have a reputable front end shop take a look at it. #whydopeopletrustthedealer

oo7spy

Super Handling*


Make that 3 for wheel bearing.

acuraman2010

your right super handling not special handling however it is more like handicapped handling. I'm pissed that I have to fight with this dealership. I'll continue to torture the loaner cars. So far I tortured their 2015 tlx and 2015 mdx. Wonder what's next.

acuraman2010

Here it is. I love it but it needs to be fixed.

acuraman2010

It is at the dealer now. 3rd time is the charm right? Stand by for update!

acuraman2010

3Rd time not the charm. How an Acura technician and service manager can jack a car up and physically wiggle the entire hub on the spindle and say it is ok is beyond all reasonable explanation. Now they are saying there is nothing wrong with it and just to satisfy me they are going to change out the outter tie rod. Yeah I'm thinking no. It is going to a third party independent front end shop for a real diagnoses and estimate on repair. Then it is going back to Acura under warranty and they are fixing the actual problem that a sane and reasonable individual will find.. I am almost positive it is the wheel bearing.

Unfuc*ing Believable.