So the car still pulls to the left. When I had my loaner I conducted the same tests and it went straight. Dealer says air pressure was off but a week prior they added Nitrogen and made tires the same. Their feeding me a load of sh*t. "Can't replicate". Even the noise by the B pillar "it's normal". What the ..... I know I'm not crazy because I went to another Honda tested a new sport and it didn't have none of my symptoms. Also my sport tires have a lot of wheel weights on it is this normal?
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Try crossing the front tires. If the left pull remains, it's time to look at the alignment. 9th gen Accords have no caster adjustment but they do have about 1/2 degree of camber adjustment available at the upper strut mount. Decreasing the left camber and/or increasing the right camber should fix it.
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make sure that your alignment is good. once that checks out, swap out the tires (different brand and tread patter, perferably) and see if the pull continues.
if that doesn't work, then there is a TSB out there that might need to be used to get the car tracking straight.
how long has this issue been going on?
if that doesn't work, then there is a TSB out there that might need to be used to get the car tracking straight.
how long has this issue been going on?
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My early production 300C had the dreaded right pull well known to fi=orum members and there was a TSB. It needed shims placed in the front subframe cradle to correct it. AFAIK, this is not a wide spread issue with Accords. If crossing tires made no difference, I agree alignment (including rear wheel) is suspect.
You might try crossing rears as well. In my experience, rear tires can cause a "drift" but I don't think ever a "pull" from the front end. A drift requires mild pressure on the steering wheel to correct, a pull requires active, firm pressure on the wheel to correct -that is not in stone, just my definition.
You might try crossing rears as well. In my experience, rear tires can cause a "drift" but I don't think ever a "pull" from the front end. A drift requires mild pressure on the steering wheel to correct, a pull requires active, firm pressure on the wheel to correct -that is not in stone, just my definition.
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it's funny you say that. the first time that i talked to the service manager at checkered flag honda, the guy looked at me like i was a freaking idiot, and tried to blow off everything that i was telling him about the car. :thumbsdow
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I find the steering in this car to be very sensitive to ruts, crowning, bumps etc. I've had many cars with lower profile / larger tires so its not that. It's the electric steering imho. It's also near impossible to tell if its pulling due to alignment issues like the old hydraulic setup.
Yeah the tech said crowning so I switched lanes same thing. He tried to ignore it. Btw, why do my sport rims have so many wheel weights it's not common....
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Crowning and drift could easily be better with electric steering if programmed. Crown and wind compensation are some benefits of EPS. MB and Lincoln among others have this feature.
TRW developed "Comfort Drive" for Newmar Motor Homes in '07 which is revolutionary. In a conventional rig, some people report cranking the steering wheel 90 degrees to compensate for the wind. Of note, my Citroen had self centering steering. A buddy drove to the Westminster dog show 500 miles in a Class C Ford and his neck and shoulders were sore for 3 days after the trip because of fighting the steering.
http://www.newmarcorp.com/why-newmar/newmar-difference/comfort-drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcZovhAGvsA
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I'm on the same boat as you OP regarding Wind Noise. They gave bs about that being "Normal" as well. Well I tested another 2013 yesterday and there was no Wind Noise! I open up case again, but this time I'm going straight to Honda HQ because the Honda HQ engineer told them it was normal last time I brought the car in.
Since another vehicle off the lot is clear of wind noise, I'm sticking to that and force them to fix it. At least the non wind noise car exist, so this is a defect that need to be fix. I also told Honda as well that I'm documenting this and if it's not corrected, I'm filing it as a lemon.
Since another vehicle off the lot is clear of wind noise, I'm sticking to that and force them to fix it. At least the non wind noise car exist, so this is a defect that need to be fix. I also told Honda as well that I'm documenting this and if it's not corrected, I'm filing it as a lemon.
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Because the guy who balanced the tires sucks....
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