I bought my honda Civic Si 02 EP3 brand new from the dealership. Ever since it has had a bad pull that worsened over the years. For a while Honda said that was natural as a design flaw or whatever but then I started telling them to fix it after I found nobody else was having this issue. They then kept telling me it needed an allignment. Well four allignments and 3 honda dealerships later the problem is exactly as bad *** before. However, now it is getting so bad that my stearing wheel is starting be mis aligned. What could be causing this problem. Nobody seems to think it is anything but an alignment issue but I have a hard time beleiving 3 different places messed up all four times. I am thinking it could be the strut, the power stearing, that differential thing that allows the tires to spin at different rotations, or a frame issue. Any ideas? Need help. Warranty is out now and the problem was never fixed. Can't afford to keep this thing in shop every other week for the same repair as if it worked last time.

 

is it lowered?

 

Sounds like some component of the front suspension is bent or damaged. Have you put the front end on jack stands and inspected the tie rods and other suspension components for damage and abnormal free play?

 

No, it be all stock.

 

I can't feel any free play in the wheels themselves. I don't know how to check a suspension component for damage other than wobbling the tires. Other then that I would have no clue. I suppose people may have checked that and varified it but I still have the issue

Do you have a diagram link or something so I can possibly check to see what my tie rods should look like and compair it to what they do?

 

Start by putting the front end on jack stands. Remove the front wheels to make the suspension components more visible. Compare components on the right and left sides -- they should be identical mirror images. Also grab all rods and bars extending from the wheel hub -- they should not be loose. The tie rods are the bars coming from the steering gearbox. Make sure the ball joints are not damaged.

 

Do you have a diagram I could look at?

 

 

Thanks, Ill let you know in a couple days how it looks.

 

have you ever driven a front wheel drive vehicle before? under power they do something called Torque-Steer. Some more than others, but an EP3 is not immune to it. Your wheel becoming off center can be completely unrelated. Different tire sizes can cause that. when was the last time you bought tires?