My 2005 Camry (49k miles) drove straight as an arrow until I replaced the old Continental Tires with new Cooper Tires . The car began pulling left and still pulls left after an alignment and another brand new set of Cooper Tires. Can someone tell me why the car pulls left and how to fix it. Also the car hasn’t been wrecked - thanks
try rotating your wheels and see what happens.
Thank you
ok so you've rotated THESE new Cooper tires and it didn't help. And you've had a front end alignment. (I guess they couldn't be bothered to fix it) And it started when you got the Coopers. An no other work was done? The tire pressures are the same all around and match the door sticker?
Well then try inspecting the brakes.
MMJoe is right. If it's a tire issue, then rotating the tires will reveal if a tire is defective. (It's the old adage: New is not the same as known good). But be aware of the possibility that when the tires are rotated again, the problem may well re-occur, when they're in their original configuration on the vehicle.
You should consider the possibility that a tire has what is known as conicity. It's a defect that comes from misaligned tire belts, when the tire is built at the factory. If the belts aren't perfectly even, and the layers are off-center, the tire inflates unevenly. The result is a tire that pulls either left or right, because each side is inflated to a different psi (even if the overall psi is correct. It's the differential distribution of air in the tire that is the issue). In a quality tire, the belts are square. In one with a manufacturing defect, it's more cone-like (hence the term conicity).
The main thing is that conicity isn't readily visible to the human eye. So . . .
In my estimation, the sooner the tire goes back to the vendor you bought them from, and you inform them of the potential for a conicity issue, the more likely they will replace it no-charge. Wait, and they'll blame other factors, such as chronic low tire pressure or excessive wear and you'll have to live with the issue.
Thank you both for the suggestions- the thing is they rotated the tires and it didn’t change a thing- also they replaced the tires & still no improvement + did an alignment— can you think of any part under the car that could have become damaged & wow not be easy to identify by just looking?
I’m thinking the odds are pretty small that I got 2 defective tires
Are the tyres mounted correctly (directional)?
