Does you euro have drift to one side tendency?

[badthing]

Well, i just got my car back from the 10,000km service this morning & at normal driving speed (around 60kph) it still drifts to the right slightly. At <20kph as i'm slowing down at a right-hand bend/corner in the road, the steering wheel pulls heavily to the right.
I was told that they performed a wheel alignment on the car..

[Euro76]

Yeah my Euro steering drifted to right as well, even on the straight line. I guess I have to do wheel alignment.

[tony1234]

Good news! Honda agreed there was a problem with the tyres and replaced both front tyres.

Thats good.The only problem is what happens when at approx.10k you rotate the tyres?Same problem again i'll bet.

[Woogler]

Thats good.The only problem is what happens when at approx.10k you rotate the tyres?Same problem again i'll bet.

Dead right. HA only replaced my front tyres as well. The local service manager agreed that the problem will return once my rotation is done in the next month. He can't seem to get HA to provide the replacement for the rear two tyres at this time. It should be noted that during the fault finding process some months ago, the tyres were rotated and the problem was the same. Pulling hard to the right. So the current rear tyres are faulty and have been identified by the service manager as such. Interesting warranty policy Honda!

[tony1234]

Dead right. HA only replaced my front tyres as well. The local service manager agreed that the problem will return once my rotation is done in the next month. He can't seem to get HA to provide the replacement for the rear two tyres at this time. It should be noted that during the fault finding process some months ago, the tyres were rotated and the problem was the same. Pulling hard to the right. So the current rear tyres are faulty and have been identified by the service manager as such. Interesting warranty policy Honda!

Out of interest what brand of tyres did they give you?RE040s i'll bet.

[Woogler]

Correct. Its like throwing petrol on a fire to put it out...

[tony1234]

Correct. Its like throwing petrol on a fire to put it out...

Dickheads.I suggest you trade the 2 new ones you have and the spare(which should be new)and get 4 new tyres (another brand of course).

[tiger266]

Did you guys know that roads are not horizontally prefect? They are more of a triangular shape.

[Woogler]

Had 10k service. Back tyres were put on the front. It pulls to the right again. Waiting for HA to do something about it..... It is like herding cats!!

[tony1234]

Had 10k service. Back tyres were put on the front. It pulls to the right again. Waiting for HA to do something about it..... It is like herding cats!!

Surprise surprise!!!!

[Woogler]

New tyres getting fitted tomorrow. I had no choice on the type due to it being a warranty job. Getting a wheel alignment as well.

Does anyone think that having faulty tyres on the rear of the car, which are tracking to the right, would have some effect on the car? Even on the rear? I am asking because when you get a wheel alingment, the rear wheels are done, so I am thinking it must have some bearing on the cars tracking. Any thoughts?

[tanalasta]

Some tyres, especially uni-directional ones like the REO40's do track slightly on one side. Tyre manufacturers sometimes draw a line to indicate which side the tyre tends to drift towards and the trick is finding the same tyre in a different batch that drifts slightly to the other side. If you luck out then the tyre may drift.

Hmm... then again - everybody's car seems to drift to the right.

Mine stopped being a problem (don't know what happened) and after the last wheel alignment and balancing it tracks perfectly straight.