Test drove with the service manager today, what a conversation that was. First he gave me the old "crown in the road" theory about the wander, then when pressed for
a real answer he made my "remember for life list" of BS from a dealer by stating: "that,s a built in safety feature. If you pass out you won't cross to other side and hit someone"! When we got back I demanded to drive another brand new unit, and we did. That one drove with a significant pull to the left!! My intuition told me; alignment problems from the factory. The service manager
tried to avoid this, by offering to swap tires side to side.
I knew it was a ruse, they did, and no change. The tech was going to lunch, and I asked his opinion. He said " you need camber eccentrics. We can't adjust without adding them. He went on to state that there are no adjustments otherwise, except for toe-in. The alignemet sheet of the Hunter digital camera shows SAI(Steering Angle Included),
and Included Angle out of spec.Factory= 12 degrees 30' to 15 degrees 30' Mine were 10 degrees 37 ' to 11 degrees
27'. Also, final camber is -0.19 right front, + .05 left front.

Does anyone know if:
Camber is adjustable. Caster is adjustable. SAI, or included angle adjustable.
Has anyone had these same problems with bad drift or wander to right.
Toyo tires (factory) 16".

OR, could it be suspension, or steering box related?

 

I have noticed this on my 2001 SE as well. I am going to take it to the shop..BTW, I also have the Toyo tires..HMM

 

All I know is that you can get camber plates to adjust your angle... no answer to your other questions. Help anyone?

 

Consumer reports used to list each of the defects found in the new cars they reviewed. Quite frequently, cars had improperly infated tires and wheels that were out of alignment. Whenever I purchase a new car, I will bring it back to the dealer and tell them that the car is out of alignment. They have always done it without question. In my 2K SE I recently did the same thing. The service manager asked what the problem was, I said that the car was pulling to the left. He said, that was strange that they normally pull to the right, but that he would check and see if an alignment was needed. I thought that was interesting. In any event, they did adjust the alignment under the warranty. I also have been fastidious about checking the tire pressure given the Firestone mess...especially since the car came with Bridgestones.

 

I have the same situation with the car pulling to the right. Unfortuantely, I was going on a long road trip and never got back to the dealer. I did not think my chances were good going back to them after going on vacaction. I thought they could easily say "you've driven it too much". I don't have much confidence in the dealer anyway. I would prefer to take it to somebody I knew would do it right the first time and not give me grief.

I have the Bridgestone's and not the Toyo's.

 

My car was doing the same thing when I baught it.. had 6miles on it when i baught it.. Baught it in south carolina, drove it to my house, 250 miles. it was pulling on the hwy to the right. Next day took it to a local dealer and they try to give me a BS that all cars are alligned at factory. I told them this thing pulls to the right.. they drove it.. and they alligned it.. it was streight from there on. also I notice when U drive a car for a while it starts to pull to the right eventually. I've had it for a year and its never pulled to the left. Only to the right. and I don't hit any pot holes or curbs. Ohyeah.. they'll try to play that Crown in the road crap too. I told him Streight up. This damn thing is pulling and I'm not leaveing until U fix this ****. They put it on the rack and got it just right. and I told the guy when he puts it on the rack I wanna see the allignment specs b4 he tightens the damn thing down. The only reason I take my car to the dealer is to get the tires balanced and an allignment, other wise I do all my own work on my car. And when I'm paying for service they better do that **** right. Damn.. Am I a little upset today or what? Must be something in the Weather Ohyeah the Hurricane is comeing this way must be that. BLAME MUST BE ASSIGNED SOMEWHERE...

Ohyeah the Only reason I take the car to the dealer to get it alligned is b/c PEP-FAGZ don't have the specs to allign my car.

 

my car pulls to the left
maybe its because i hit too many road *******
remeber those?

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man We are a crazy bunch.. Now who went out of their way to take a pic of this thing? Man In california they have those Huge thing b/w the lanes. I lived in riverside for 6months and that was the first thing I noticed. hit one of those things and the Strut would come out of the socket. ... Glad we don't have to worry about those on this side. Whats the purpose of those big A$$ things anyways. when U R too Drunk to drive streight it keeps U in your lane or something?

 

I bought mine with 9 miles on it and noticed it going to the left. It seems as if the steering wheel is never straight either. I took it to the dealear and no questions asked did the alignment, said it checked out ok. Their fix was to switch the front tires, said it was a radial pull in the tire. It still does it. Thank goodness that for keeping receipts, I'm going to a dealer where I moved tomorrow and I have proof it is a recurring problem. Anyone have a problem hearing a creaking from the left front under slow compression? When you drive over a speed bump, when it comed down and compresses I hear a creaking. Blown/Bad strut?

 

The front Struts have been A issue with some of the guys here. Go about 5-6 pages down and U'll find a thread on it. Front Strut Problems or something like that.

Here's that Thread. http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.phtml?threadid=982

 

Yah, i live in riverside. Its the worst city in the world. BUt my 2k SE is mis aligned too. I must have brought it back to the dealers over 4 times to have it correceted. EAch time i got some stupid excuse. I think these maxima's are being built with bad alignment. THey need to recall these cars and fix this problem! I know its not just my car. There is something wrong with it! Also, my Maxima still pull's to the right.