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2014 Odyssey: pulling to the left or right depending on speed.

  

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I have a 2014 Honda Odyssey Ex (automatic) with 121k miles on it. 

The van pulls moderately to the right if it is under 65mph, and pulls significantly to the left if above 65 mph. 

A few details that may help diagnose: I have checked the air in the tires (which are worn and I intend on swapping out soon.) The air in all tires are the same, 40. All the tires are proper size, van needs an oil change but is in good condition. We bought it used at 65k miles "certified" (Ha!) but never had any issues except a door actuator that pops (which is a known issue in these vans). We don't have any issues with the eco-drive, but I bought a VCMuzzler II just to try to extend the life of the vehicle (I haven't installed it yet.)

Everywhere I have looked I've only seen it mention pulling in one direction if the car needs a wheel alignment. Can anyone help give me an idea why this might be happening? 

I take the car into the dealer tomorrow, and all the auto repair places around me that I've found so far are terrible / try to scam you. Please help me figure this out before they try to take me to the cleaners!


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Start with new tires. If you have warrant tires, all bets are off and all kinds of weird things can happen. Both tires have to have a lot of tread in the same amount of trend to be the same exact size.  otherwise weird things can happen just like that. Now you could have an alignment problem too. So I would go to an alignment shop in the beginning with your old tires on and they will look at your old tires then see okay. This part is one because this tire is a certain wear pattern. Any other tire is a certain wear pattern. It's best to leave them out and have an alignment. I look at it first


Thanks for responding Scotty. I am taking it to the shop today. I'll bring the 2 new tires, and see if they can swap them on before the alignment and see if that fixes it. I appreciate all your videos and this forum, you are a gift to us all. God bless you.


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