thex1231

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum as a registered member but I have been following the posts for quite some time now and it has helped me a ton.

I have a maxima 00, This is my first maxima and I have replaced a few suspension parts since they were worn out but the car was recently aligned and it tracks straight unless I step on the gas. When I do so the car starts going left, could this be the control arm bushings????

Here is the list of what I have personally have replaced on the car.

1. Motor Mounts all around including the transmission mount done today.
2. Inner and Outer Tie rod ends.
3. New struts all around.
4. Sway bar links
5. Stut Mounts

I have also replaced other things like the rad and fans, the maxima is tip top now but I have this little problem where I have to hold the wheel under acceleration since it tracks a little left but when I let it glide it will stay straight.

I hope you guys can give me some advice, I am planing to replace the control arm bushings with some from energy suspension but I was wondering if anyone has had anything like this happen to them before.

Thank you.

dared3vil0

Front wheel drive+ 220 foot pounds= torque steer. Unless your talking MAJOR pulling to the left.

QT1 5MT AE

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if major pulling then it might be a busted passenger side axle.

dared3vil0

IF Major pulling perhaps, However with him saying it just "tracks" to the left, it leads me to believe, as he has done all the maintenance it's just a bit of torque steer.

EuroDriver

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Doesn't the torque steer pull it to the right?

Gizm0

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Torque steer pulls mine to the right.

joesae01max

iTrader: (6)

Check your control arms. bushings might be worn out.

thex1231

Thank you for all of the input, that is completely right, it doesn't pull hard, it only kind of tracks to the left, even when I maintain a constant speed and not necessarily has to be hard acceleration it will I have to hold the wheel or otherwise it will start to go to the left and it was aligned only a few days ago.

Do you guys think the align shop could be the culprit (should I take it back) or could it be a part of the suspension I haven't addressed.

J2FRESH

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Torque steer would be my guess

Edit: well when you put it that way it is possible the alignment could be off or maybe a suspension part is worn like others mention above

EuroDriver

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There's also something called "radial pull." It occurs when there's a defect in one of the tire's radial belts which causes the car to pull to one side. The easiest way for check for this: Swap your tires from left side to right side & vice-versa. If the car then tracks to the right, your problem will likely be one of the tires.

dared3vil0

I thought you meant only under hard acceleration. If it's only while accelerating at any pace that's extremely weird it wouldn't also do it while coasting. Perhaps it does but you don't notice it as it's less serious at low speed? Just a shot in the dark buy perhaps check to make sure all your tires are at the correct PSI.

EuroDriver

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The alignment shop should have given you a printout showing your before & after alignment specs and the vehicle tolerances. That should tell you if they aligned it within specs. Pay particular attention to the toe parameters. If the after readings aren't within specs, or if they didn't give you one, then definitely go back.

NismoAce

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I vote ball joint.

thex1231

I checked the ball joints and they are good, I pulled on the tire and there is no movement whatsoever, I will change the tires from left to right and give it a drive to see if it pulls to the other side. I'll update you later today.

Thank you.

thex1231

I took it back to the alignment shop and they are going to check all the suspension components and swap the tires to rule them out.

I decided to take it back since it is only a few blocks away from my house and they left the steering wheel a bit crooked, that is really distracting for me. I'll update you later on the outcome.

dared3vil0

The steering wheel being a bit crooked worries me, (not the actual steering wheel it self) but if they didn't fix that completely, what else did they half @ss?

thex1231

So I am back from the alignment shop (BRIDGESTONE SERVICE CENTER) and they checked everything (that is what they told me) and said that the tires were bad, they ended up switching some of them around and it now drives way better, I have some michellin MXV4 tires and they look good to me, what can be wrong with them? or is it maybe they just need to be balanced?, well the good news is that everything is back to normal as far as I can tell.

The only thing is that the tires that they placed in the front are much more worn than the ones on the back, the tires on the back have about 87% of life still in them and the ones in the front about 60 or so.

What do you guys think???

luvlexus101

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Is the tread wearing evenly?

thex1231

The tread seems to be wearing evenly yes.

Finchum

i was gonna say tire pressure variances between left and right front tires.

dared3vil0

You were going to, but i already did (kidding)

OP, by bad tires do they mean uneven tread wear?