Ok let me provide you all with some back story:

About 2 months after I got my 04 S2K I started having a problem with my car pulling to the right. I had to keep the wheel turned slightly to the left, and then more so once a passenger was in the car. I took it in for an alignment at my Honda dealership (where I bought the car). The alignment didn't change anything, and they seemed to think that it was a problem with the front right tire, a bent belt is what they said. A local Firestone dealership ordered a replacement, which Honda installed and re-did the alignment. After this the car was great.

This brings me to today. I have had the car back a little over two weeks and it has driven beautifully! That was until Saturday night when my wife and I were in the car, I again had to hold the wheel slightly left... UHHHH, ITS BACK AGAIN!!!! So, we get home, I drop her off and take the car back out by myself, it seemed fine. However, it was not pulling at all with a passenger in the car after they first fixed it.

My wife and I work at the same place now and we normally drive the Element to work but today we took the S. It did not seem as bad as Saturday, but I could tell that it was not right. At lunch I had to run to the bank and I lined up the wheel level, it slowly pulled. I was the only one in the car at the time so I know the problem is coming back. However, it is very subtle right now.

I am going to call the deal and take it back into them, I think there is something wrong with the suspension, there HAS to be! Does anyone have any advice, or suggestions as to what it might be? Could it be the back wheel instead of the front right? Have there been reports of problem such as this with this car before?

It's a car that if not aligned correctly becomes a very unfun experience to drive; to me anyway.

Thanks in advanced!

 

You've probably already done this, but make sure the tire pressure is the same on both front tires and both rear tires...

 

I'm sure there's little chance that both you AND the dealer could have overlooked something like this...but I did once.

Did you check your rear tires for pressure? once I had a leak and didn't know it for like a week, and only when I posted on here did someone say "check your tires" and they were right...so maybe?

It would be the right rear tire if the car's pulling right, but again, I'm sure either you or the dealer would have thought of this.

EDIT- Looks like diamonddave beat me to it by a minute!

 

i have the similar feeling of my02 "pulling to the left side". i thought it was the alinement, might be a different problem. dosent really bother me though.

 

my first thought would be to check tire pressures too- good advice above.

mine never pulled, but it tracked like something was in the road-
had it aligned for aggressive driving (your dealer wont do this) by a speed shop.
cant believe the difference!
it handles like it should now- sticks to the road likes its part of the road...

so, as others have suggested, i would first check the tire pressures- then i would have it aligned for aggressive driving by a speed shop or other alignment specialist.

 

When I would shift gears my car would pull hard right, I took it to the shop and found out I had screw in rear right tire and the tire pressure was low. The shop plugged the hole, put the proper pressure in and problem solved.

 

Thank you for the suggestions! I did check both the front and rear pressures on Sunday morning, the car was cold, they were equel. I will check them again tonight. thanks for the tips and knowledge...

 

How about checking all 4 shocks to assure that the dealer removed the delivery spring spacers/stops? Since it is not tire pressure, and assuming a shock/spring is not broken, those spacers/stops could account for a "pull" if they were left on a single shock (when both driver and passenger are in the car) ? maybe?

-Justin