Ive searched through this forum and couldn't find an answer to this ....
I ve got a 2k2 Auto with 1100 miles on it .. the car constantly wants to drift to the left. When i steer left it kinda falls into the curve (very nice by the way) bu when I steer right it has a strange resistance ... i also find myself constantly correcting to the right when on a straight road. Its almost like constantly pushing the steering wheel to the right to get it to drive straight.

I took it to the dealer and they did an alignment and told me when i picked it up it was now "dead on" " beautiful ride etc etc.

I took it home and the next day when i drove it, its still doing the same thing. I called them to tell them and they said the car is in spechs and not much they can do. My question i guess is what the hecks wrong with it then ... Im not a fanatic about cars but this is annoying .. And if the alignment is perfect as they say then whats causing this? any suggestions would be appreciated I want to get this fixed before warranty runs out. Should i go to another dealer or is this just something i have to live with?


Woz

 

called road surface...happens alot, worse comes to worse, rotate your front two tires left right, and drive it, if it does the same thing, then its road surface, if it goes the opposite way, then one of your tires is bad.

 

Yea most roads are beveled to one side or another for drainage...
if you're on the highway, try driving on different sides of the road or the center. the car will usually drift a little toward the lower side of the road.

 

I had this same problem.

Could be a radial pull. Although they are rare, sometimes a tire will want to drift your car one way. Do a front to rear rotation on the left side first and test it out. If solved at this point, your front left (now rear) tire is defective.

Then if it still does it (do this even if the problem is solved after the first tire was moved), move the front left tire to the rear. If THIS solves it, then you have and EXTREMELY rare radial PUSH and your front left (now rear) tire is defective.

My problem was so bad that is caused a pull on the rear axle as well. I will never buy Kuhmo tires again.

 

Well, guys I just got an alignment today and my car pulls to the left. On the interstate and on a road that was paved like last week it will pull to the left. I did not have new tires put on at the time of the alignment and I know that the right side tires have worn a little unevenly. I think they wore more toward he inside of the car. Could that wear be enough to pull, or I guess push, the car to the left? I suppose if the right tires are worn a little more toward the inside of the car the tires would lean ever so slightly over toward the inside of the car as well, and I suppose that could be the reason for the veering to the left. But I don't know how sensitive steering is to that kind of stuff. What do you think of my problem?

 

Also check tire preasure make sure they are the same all they way around.

 

This was happening to me the first few weeks I got my Maxima. But its not happening anymore...
I'm guessing the reason is because I drove a ghetto '86 Volvo 740gle (awesome car!). The car always pulled to the right even in the cleanest roads, and I was always forced to compensate and steer to the left a bit to go straight (never figured out why).
Well, when I got my my Maxima, it seemed to me that it always pulled to the left. I probably got used to steering a bit left in a straight line from the volvo.
Well, it coulda been that I peeled out alot on some right turns and got uneven tire wear too (wish I had LSD). Just make a massive peelout on a left turn to even out the wear like I did....j/k
Oh, and maybe your tires arn't balanced correctly either.
Anyhoo, drive the car a bit more. After 2k miles, it might dissapear like me.

Sorry for the long post, I'm kinda bored.
-Frank