So my 02 max with 180652 miles, has incredibly bad torque steer as of late, if I'm going 70 around a bend or in a straight line, and I accelerate the car shifts and when I release the accelerator it shifts in the lane like half a foot, at first it wasn't this bad, that was last week, now it is almost scary enough for me to avoid bends, anyone else have a similar problem?

 

I know this sounds simplistic, but check your tire pressure and alignment

 

What up murph. I just had my core support done and it completely solved my wheel hop issues and most of the torque steer. Spinning tires in a fwd always causes torque steer though.lol

 

Just had my tires balanced and rotated, had an alignment 3 months ago, anything else it could be?

 

Check tire pressure. Then I would check tie rods for slop then sway bar end links and sway bar bushings. If things aren't "tight" up front the car tends to skate around.

 

what about motor mounts, would that have anything to do with it?

 

Possibly but that's also something you would also notice in any driving situation. Even sitting still. Excessive wheel hop and vibration.

 

i only get torque steer when i accelerate, there is not excessive vibration at all, it does sound like a hub is starting to go out... but not to sure about it though... it does however fall back to normal drive when i'm not accelerating

 

What you have described is a lower control arm with bad bushings. If you have an oil leak, that eats the bushings faster, especially a power steering oil leak.

 

i just replaced my lower control arm 2 months ago... well the left side at least and it pulls left, if that has anything to do with it

 

I forget if a pull to the left means a bad left side lca or not. But the right side lca goes bad more frequently because of power steering oil leaks.

 

i'll check that tomorrow, both sides are on warranty, so its not a big deal, but i would assume that logically, if the right lower control are went out, that it would pull left, because the bushing would slide backward out of socket, going back and inward (right?) causing the car to shift to the left and the steering to correct left due to the sudden off-balance of the forward acceleration of the car and the wheel falling slightly back and inward, this may be me overthinking this but does this make sense to you?

 

take a look on your outer joint cv axle.... my 2001 max got a dangerous problem on my driver side cv axle... its locked up and when i was accelerate it was hard to stay straight....

if you got time to spend i will take them out and see if its moving all angles good


(sorry my first language is french... hope this helped you)

 

@frank0011 I'll check my right side today, and by the way, your English is pretty good

 

It makes sense in some respects, but the way I think of it is somewhat different in how the worn parts move.

First, a properly aligned car has toe-in. This would mean that the right wheel is pointing slightly to the left and would cause the car to go left. But this is counter-acted by the left wheel pointing to the right, so the car goes straight.

If the rear bushing of the right side LCA is worn, the pull of the wheel to the left will "twist" the lca in a left turn direction, causing the rear end of the lca to move/swing outward to the right, increasing the toe-in of the right wheel and allowing it to overpower the left wheel.

As far as the lca moving backwards, I think it would go forward if it does move. This is because it is attached to the driving force, the wheel, and would be "pushing" the car.

 

It pulls right, I had it messed up in my head

 

So that means I don't know. But get the lca bushings checked and see what is what.

 

So replaced a tie rod end on the driver side, replacing a sway bar link in a while, as soon as I can find a lug wrench, left mine at home like an idiot...