We've been having an issue with the Pilot lately.
The car will pull to the left sometimes. To the right sometimes and sometimes drives fine. This all started about the time that I put the Michelins on it. I've had people tell me that the side walls are stiffer and that could cause this. I say bologna! It aligns fine; the tire wear is fine too. The camber on the driver’s side is above spec. There is no adjustment; I have to replace the arms to get it fixed. Not sure if this could be the cause or not?????
I'll list what I've done and the order below:
1 Replaced the shocks and struts, still had the old Yokohama tires on and drove fine.
2 Had vehicle aligned to OEM specs.
3 Put new Michelin Defender LTX tires on and started to notice the random pulling.
4 Had it aligned again to OEM specs.
5 Went back to Discount Tire to have them rotate the tires, thinking it might be one of the Michelins having radial pull.
6 Noticed that the front sway bar links had torn boots, so I replaced those. I haven't done an alignment since I put these on, but I really shouldn't need to, do I????
After all of this, it still randomly pulls. It makes no rhyme or reason either. Sometimes you look at the crown of the road and say, OK it should be pulling to the right, but the car is pulling to the left. Other times, the wind is blowing hard onto the passenger’s side, so I would think it should be pulling to the left, but it's pulling to the right.
I did notice the other day that if I make a left hand turn, the car then seems to pull to the left after that. Then if I make a right hand turn, the car seems to pull to the right after that. I might just be imagining that, it doesn't seem logical to me, but that is what it seems to be doing.
Does anyone have any advice for me on this one? It's making me crazy LOL. Thanks!
The car will pull to the left sometimes. To the right sometimes and sometimes drives fine. This all started about the time that I put the Michelins on it. I've had people tell me that the side walls are stiffer and that could cause this. I say bologna! It aligns fine; the tire wear is fine too. The camber on the driver’s side is above spec. There is no adjustment; I have to replace the arms to get it fixed. Not sure if this could be the cause or not?????
I'll list what I've done and the order below:
1 Replaced the shocks and struts, still had the old Yokohama tires on and drove fine.
2 Had vehicle aligned to OEM specs.
3 Put new Michelin Defender LTX tires on and started to notice the random pulling.
4 Had it aligned again to OEM specs.
5 Went back to Discount Tire to have them rotate the tires, thinking it might be one of the Michelins having radial pull.
6 Noticed that the front sway bar links had torn boots, so I replaced those. I haven't done an alignment since I put these on, but I really shouldn't need to, do I????
After all of this, it still randomly pulls. It makes no rhyme or reason either. Sometimes you look at the crown of the road and say, OK it should be pulling to the right, but the car is pulling to the left. Other times, the wind is blowing hard onto the passenger’s side, so I would think it should be pulling to the left, but it's pulling to the right.
I did notice the other day that if I make a left hand turn, the car then seems to pull to the left after that. Then if I make a right hand turn, the car seems to pull to the right after that. I might just be imagining that, it doesn't seem logical to me, but that is what it seems to be doing.
Does anyone have any advice for me on this one? It's making me crazy LOL. Thanks!