pulls to the left a little when accelerating, not so much when you step on the gas easy,
but settles back down when you let off, get back on and it’s fine…wondering what this is,
and how to fix it, thx for any help
Bad control arm bushing. Replace bushing or control arm.
In the future, please post year, make, model and mileage. Yeah, make and model are in the title but that is not always accurate.
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Have you had the vehicle a long time and it just started doing this?? Or has it been doing this for a long time??
Bad suspension parts as Mustangman already said, but also bad motor/engine mount(s) letting the engine/trans shift a little, or tires not equal tread and or air pressure, unequal length cv axles, I think the left is the short one (nothing you can do about that basically) …
Like Mustangman said, knowing all the vehicle information including the miles and FWD or AWD would help us…
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Unmatched tire pressures can cause a pull.
Have you checked the tire pressures?
Tester
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The left pull, on vehicles built for right-hand drive markets, has since the early 2000s been “designed in”, via a variety of ways:
Alignment angles: unequal side to side camber or caster can cause a drift/ pull to one side or another.
Wheel setback/unequal wheelbase: The car will tend to pull to the side with the shorter wheelbase. Even as little as 1/8th to 1/4 inch difference in wheelbase measure can cause a pull.
This is done to counter road crown/camber, which tends to cause a vehicle to drift toward the curb or shoulder. It’s built-in, but can be corrected somewhat, by manipulating the rear toe to create a thrust angle to offset this built-in pull.
2011 nissan murano 129000 miles
yes, all are good, i check tire pressure like every couple weeks
i’m thinking front lower control arms
i think i can attempt this myself as i have a flat garage and plenty of tools,can i do it in one day, i just want to make sure this is the problem and not have to waste a day, then go to the mech…
Then what you ,might be experiencing is torque steer.
https://www.jdpower.com/cars/shopping-guides/what-is-torque-steer-and-how-do-you-stop-it
Tester
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but i don’t hear any clunk
There should be no clunk induced with torque-steer, lest there are parts worn-bent-or-broken.
I’ll add a vote to the suggestion to check cold tire pressure at all four corners, and make sure you’re going by door frame sticker pressures, or up to 2psi over is fine, not the maximum tire rating.
Also make sure tires all match in size and category, whether Orig. Equip. size or aftermarket size.
Check tread wear. do all four tires exhibit similar tread condition?
Suspension: Have a shop check for play in control arms, knuckles, or strut mating points, etc.
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Just a service bulletin with info for you or others that might read in the future.
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I’m think you are a major procrastinator….. 2 years and you are still concerned about this? Have you been driving this car all this time? How many pairs of tire have you worn out in the meantime?
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mustangman, tires are very good, no uneven wear,
i don’t really drive that much, maybe 20 miles a day on average,
and yes i am somewhat of a procrastinator..
IMHO, after 129,000 miles the driver should know what torque steer feels like.
while that may be the issue, the question is how to fix it
No, the question is; What is causing it
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Torque steer can’t be “fixed” on a production car after purchase, assuming everything in within specifications. The engineers try to minimize it during design and testing phase of new car design. Mustangman might be able to explain more. I have had some cars that had pronounced torque steer, others not so much.
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well, yes, and then how to fix it…