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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 03:26 PM
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I have a 2001 Accord. I replaced the tires about 35,000 miles ago. The last year my car has been pulling to the left. I had it aligned and the tires rotated. It stilled pulled so when I took the car to the dealer for recall work I had them check the alignment. They said it was out of alignment and performed a new one. Sorry to say the car still pulls. The service department told me if the alignment is good it has to be a tire problem. Could there be anything else causing the problem? HELP
 
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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How often have you rotated those tires in the last 35k miles?

One possibility that occurs to me is the following scenario...
- Alignment is off for who-knows-what reason
- Tires begin wearing funny because of alignment & no rotation
- Eventually you align the suspension
- By that time, the tires are worn funny & THEY now cause the pulling

Maybe the one shop had alignment fixtures that bad. But by rotating your tires you could have evened that out equally among the tires. Then a proper alignment would have been good.

If you've been rotating them all along, then I'll have to think of other possibilities. None occur to me right away...
 
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