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#48 of 87 Re: 2007 Odyssey EX - Pulls left (memory steer) - BBB Autoline claim [bigdadi118] by ricardo_33172 Jul 15, 2008 (6:50 am)
Replying to: bigdadi118 (Jul 14, 2008 7:44 pm) Hi, thanks for the information, but can so many tires be defective? I am sure that there must be hundreds of other people who do not even realize that they have a pulling problem. Replies to this message: walczak (Jul 15, 2008 6:58 am)
#49 of 87 Re: 2007 Odyssey EX - Pulls left (memory steer) - BBB Autoline claim [ricardo_33172] by walczak Jul 15, 2008 (6:58 am)
Replying to: ricardo_33172 (Jul 15, 2008 6:50 am) It's not a tire problem. In my case its definitely a steering issue. You can rotate the tires and even change them (which they did, with a van that exhibited no problems) and the pull on mine is to the left. It's memory steer in my case. If you go into a parking lot and make large circles and let go of the wheel it does not come back to center on left turns, but it comes back perfectly on right circles. This is what's causing the pull in my case. Honda cannot fix this. It's either a design flaw or a bad batch. In either case, Honda is too cheap to issue a recall.
#50 of 87 Pulling probably not tires by tcunningham2 Jul 15, 2008 (11:15 am)
Michelins are one of the best tires. See thread #23.
#51 of 87 by a4k Jul 21, 2008 (10:57 pm)
Bought an 08 EXL-Res few days ago. (last Thursday).   I too am having the same pulling issue. First thing I notice when I drove off the lot was the van was pulling to the left. I called my salesman immediately and I was told it could just be the tires pressure. I waited till 9 PM to adjust the pressures knowing the tires were already cold. There were differences in pressure, -+4 or so. Hmmm.. so I said maybe that could just be the problem. Drove the van the next morning, however the pulling to the left was still there. This van drives differently. My 05 Odyssey that i traded drove better and firmer where this new van drives like it has softer struts, very annoying to drive. So I called my salesman again, he told me to bring it in today for the alignment and other issue . I dropped the van off this morning and got a call from him late in the afternoon saying they could not find anything wrong other than pressure was at 40 psi. I set it at 36.5 (35 recommended) same tire gauge I have been using in my old Ody that rides fine. They left some air out, test drove the van and said they found nothing wrong with it. Oh yeah they did not even bother to do alignment check. I have to see tomorrow. I googled odyssey alignment issue that is how i got to this forum. Replies to this message: tcunningham2 (Jul 22, 2008 5:17 am) tcunningham2 (Jul 22, 2008 7:34 am)
#52 of 87 Re: [a4k] by tcunningham2 Jul 22, 2008 (5:17 am)
Replying to: a4k (Jul 21, 2008 10:57 pm) I had an 07 Odyssey that had this problem and somehow the dealer's alignment guy fixed it. Now have an 08 and at 300 miles it started pulling to the left, took to same dealer and Service Manager suggested switching tires, LF to RF and RF to LF and drive it for a while....somehow this immediately cured the problem and at about 1500 miles dealer moved tires back to their original positions and it still drives straight??? SEE THREAD #23, THIS IS A FIX THAT DEALER IN GEORGIA CAME UP WITH THAT FIXED AN ODYSSEY PULL...it appears that the Honda factories may be having some problems in assembling the struts and my guess is that my on my 08 when they were switching tires they may have somehow jogged a strut part into proper position. On my 07 the dealer originally diagnosed the problem as a Michelin tire problem (Michelin just don't have many of these problems), sent me to a Michelin tire dealer who replaced the tire AND IT STILL PULLED...that's when I took back to dealer and they corrected by doing something to the front suspension which may have just been a 'jury rig'. Lot's of luck.
#53 of 87 Re: [a4k] by tcunningham2 Jul 22, 2008 (7:34 am)
Replying to: a4k (Jul 21, 2008 10:57 pm) Also you may want to check out the soft brake pedal threads here on Edmunds. I had a case open with Honda on this on my 07 and now one on the 08, my frist letter to them last December, received phone call January 2 from I believe the zone office with words to the effect that they are working on a fix for this. Have just sent a tracer letter to Honda in Torrance, CA this month. One of the last threads on this in Edmunds is scary. I've been driving Hondas for 21 years and have never had or heard of such unresolved problems, are they getting GMitis maybe. However, other than these two issues, these Odys are very fine vehicles. The dealers don't seem to be getting help from Honda Tech Line they seem to be stonewalling on this and the pulling issue, could be a lawyer or bean counter issue. And when I purchased my 08 I tested the brakes and they seemed solid. It takes about 1000 to 2000 miles for the softness to show up. I've had one emergency stop with the 08 and it did stop OK but it gave me a scare as with the soft pedal it felt like it wasn't going to stop in time. Watch for this.
#54 of 87 5th alignment by giantman Jul 22, 2008 (9:45 am)
I am now back on the thread. Got my 5th alignment yesterday, also fixed the 11 O'clock issue. It was better at driving straight with the wheel at 11 O'clock, but noticed lately pulling to left again. They performed the alignment with steering wheel now at 12 O'clock ----- BUT THE PULLING SEEMS WORSE ----. I tried to put on more miles 5K (now 17,000 on 2007) since the last alignment, but I called the dealership today to see what they could do. They seem to think they can unbolt the suspension and make some adjustments. UGH... Replies to this message: tcunningham2 (Jul 22, 2008 10:00 am) giantman (Jul 23, 2008 4:29 am)
#55 of 87 by a4k Jul 22, 2008 (9:58 am)
found more info.. There is a TSB on alignment issue.   http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SB/A06-068.PDF
#56 of 87 Re: 5th alignment [giantman] by tcunningham2 Jul 22, 2008 (10:00 am)
Replying to: giantman (Jul 22, 2008 9:45 am) That could be the procedure in thread #23 that was done for a person in Georgia and may work. Or this could be procedure linked to in thread 55. Lots of luck. Replies to this message: giantman (Jul 23, 2008 4:29 am)
#57 of 87 Re: 5th alignment [tcunningham2] by giantman Jul 23, 2008 (4:29 am)
Replying to: tcunningham2 (Jul 22, 2008 10:00 am) This is wonderful info. I will make sure to give this to my dealer (although they should have it). Thanks for passing it along...

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