my car tracked straight until I put on 4 new Michlein Pilot Sport A/S tires. I took it to Mercedes for a 4 wheel alignment. Still drifted right. Tire store pit on 2 new front tires. Still drifts right. Mercedes says it must be the tires. What do I do?

Rotate the tires to see if the drift changes.

Thanks for your reply. Is it OK to reverse the front tires even if they are directional. As you know the fronts and backs are staggered. If I reverse the fronts and it still drifts right does that confirm that the alignment is not on spec?

Alignment specifications are not edicts from Olympus. My ‘from the hip’ guess on this situation is the dealer is standing fast on his “by the book” specifications as read on his equipment while the tire dealer has done all he can to prove that the tires are not defective, leaving you in the Catch 22…

Thanks very much Rod. I am thinking since I already paid $190.00 to the MB dealer to have him drive the car with me in it. if you take your hands off of the sterring wheel regardless of the pitch of the road you can see that the steering wheel cantors very slightly to the right. I appreciate your r…

I agree with Rod. I have experience with the Michelin Pilot tires and they are very good tires. I recommend them all the time. The alignment was botched by the dealership.

I’ve fixed this problem by rotating the front tires side to side. In your case, you’re going to have dismount and remount the tires since they’re directional. Ed B.

Any chance the alignment is off? If you have the printout of the alignment could you check or post the specs on the alignment? (especially as regards caster and to a lesser extent, camber) Hopefully the track (or thrust angle) is correct also. (something that can kind of get overlooked) Pulling c…

Simple test: Swap the front tires side to side. If the drift completely chnages direction, the problem 100% in the tires - a property called conicity. If the drift doesn’t change at all, then the problem is 100% in the vehicle - likely alignment. If the drift disappears, or is substantially chan…

You don’t show how or old or new your MB is. However just a quick check you can do is check the air pressure in the tires to hopefully triple confirm at this point.

Car drifts to the right after new tires and alignment

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Wha-Who April 18, 2010, 3:40pm 10

It is entirely possible that the alignment was done poorly, either due to operator error or equipment out of calibration. My bet is on either of those, not the tires. Another possibility is that a car jockey at the dealership hit a curb too hard and does not want to tell anyone.

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