My 2011 Dodge Journey, V-6, auto, awd, pulls hard to the right on hard acceleration. It always pulls just as the transmission shifts. My dealer’s service manager said its due to the front drive shafts being different lengths and torgueing differently. I’m not certain I’m ready to buy that as I haven…

The first step would be to test drive another 2011 Journey on their lot and see if it behaves the same way. Granted, I think pretty much every FWD car I have seen has unequal drive shafts in the front, and none of them have pulled to any side-unless when they have had alignment issues.

You’re describing torque steer and that can be normal on some FWD vehicles with some being more prone to it than others. For a more detailed explanation here’s a link. http://www.aa1car.com/library/torque_steer.htm

Excellent posts both, and a great link by OK4450. As suggested in the details of the link OK4450 attached, there is one thing that can help. Alignment. The ends of your steering rack are connected to links that connect it to the steering knuckles. If the vehicle was aligned at some point without ha…

Yes, it sounds like torque steer. And, yes, many FWD vehicles are prone to torque steer. My first FWD car, a Chevy Citation, had a really vicious amount of torque steer. However, the OP told us that this vehicle has AWD. I don’t know about other AWD vehicles, but none of my Subarus has ever exh…

Heavy torque steer is a sign of poor design and engineering. All FWD cars will exhibit some torque steer in severe situations, but it should not be a big factor in light to moderate acceleration. The Dodge Journey is not the most sophisticated design so some torque steer is expected on this car. …

Thanks for all the input. I don’t feel any pull at normal or moderate acceleration. It’s only on the rare occasion that I floor it (passing, etc.) that I feel the car pull to the right. Although an AWD, the car is driven mostly by the front wheels most of the time (percentage varies with speed or if…

Dodge Journey pulls to the right

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Google Torque steer.

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Dodge Journey pulls to the right

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