Gotta

Has anyone had a continuing alignment problem? I have a 6MT with @ 2,000 miles, and the car has been back to the dealer 2 times because of a slight pull to the left. Both times they told me they did a 4 wheel alignment, but I still feel like the car is off. Any suggestions?

sepatel

I was just in the dealership with 1500 miles on the car with a slight pull to the right. I was told that it was due low tire pressure in one tire. It's just been under a week since we've had the car back so I'll keep you posted...

Machster_

I have have my Tl in twice for pulling to the left. It was a little better after the first attempt, but not much. This time i was told that the tires are defective and I will be contacted by a warranty specialist. I believe he used a fancy word for being out of round.

Gotta

Did the dealership give you a hard time?

KevinWebber

Hey, I've experienced similar problems too... My dealership flew in some Acura engineers who diagnosed the problem and installed new tires and rims. This only solved 75% of the "pulling to the left" problem. The car still pulls left especially at higher speeds in the left lane of the expressway (also pulls left in other lanes). How many others have experienced this pulling/drifting to the left problem? My Acura dealership tried to convince me that this was “normal” behavior of a “sporty” suspension. I’ve since dropped the car off for maintenance and hopefully a final solution

Machster_

No, They did not give me a hard time. They said the tires were experiencing roll off. I will push to get different tires. The dealer has been great. They seem to care about the owner, but we will see if this can be fixed.

Tuetatesu

I wrote this in this post... http://www.acura-tl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91739

Few things... if your area crowns the road at high angels then any properly aligned car will pull to the right because of the slope of the road. Another issue may be the alignment system last used. Speaking from experience... I have a story I'd like to share.

I had a Honda Civic SI and a few months after I bought it I curbed it in a snow storm. It really bent the right front pretty bad. After getting the parts fixed it never felt the same and it did seem to pull to the right until one day I took my car to a very nice shop.

This shop had a laser alignment system. They noticed that the car was out of alignment. Now mind you this was years after I curbed the car, but recently had tires, brakes, and with that alignments done by several shops who used the standard wire or electronic system. The shop where I took the car had the only laser alignement system in the state. I can't remember the exact name of the system but it was something like this...

http://www.rtitech.com/Catalog%2020...20Alignment.htm

After the alignment was done with the laser system it was so incredible! Felt like a race car on a rail. Then later I had my drive axles replaced and a different shop. It to had the basic alignment system again. Guess what... it pulled to the right again and felt horable. So, I took it back to the good shop and wham I was happy again. It was so much smoother.

Anyhow... it does make a big difference where you get your car aligned. Check out what kind of system they use. The shop I took it to is called Park Place LTD in Bellevue WA. and it is a pretty exclusive place thus may be the reason why they had such an alignment system. http://www.parkplaceltd.com/

Oh one more thing... after the great laser alignment the car had much less torque steer as well!