My 2003 tiburon pulls to the right, i have had the tires rotated and the alignment done and it still pulls.

First you need to check the lug nuts and make sure they are tight. I can tell you horror stories about shops that don't tighten them and they came loose. Most modern cars can have a 4 wheel alignment done on them but in most cases it is only the front wheels that are aligned. You should take it back to the place that did the rotation and tell them about it. Chances are they caused the issue.

If the wheel alignment has been done recently and you haven't hit any major pot holes/curbs check tire pressure first to make sure all are even. You may have a bad tire causing the pull as well. You can rotate the front tires to the back and retest for the pull.If pull is still present, you may have a torque steer issue or steering/suspension problem. Has the ride height been modified? Check font end components ( tie rods/ball joints/control arm bushings for wear ). Make sure you are using a flat road surface to determine the pull. Most engineers design the road crown for water to flow off on the right side so the vehicle will always want to go to the right slightly. Keep this in mind

it may be just an alignment problem, but could also be a stuck brake caliper on the passenger side front if it pulls to the right when you let go of the sterring wheel. do you smell brakes hot around that passenger front wheel after you've driven it for say 20 miles or so? if you do smell the brakes hot, then you probably have a bad brake caliper on that passenger front. if no smell, then you're on track with the alignment. hope this helps and thank you for choosing fix ya.com

this sounds like you may have a bad tire, i would also have the alignment done and maybe balance all the tires if this has not been done in a while but the problem you list is more like a bad tire, good luck, hope this is helpful.

ok this is a good un? first change the left tires,,,for a new one as i think its a faulty tire,,,and you dont rotate tires!!! they only turn one way,,and thats normaly marked on them if its turning/spinning the wrong way it could well strip the tred off it,,,
if the tire has been spinning the rong way you could be hearing whats called "tramping" its the tire bouncing up and down on the road this happens at speed only,,,and the tire wont last very long before it shaters!!!! if you have a spear put that on the left hand wheel,,,if the car still pulls to the left its all down to the steering alignment..the "X + Y + Z" angles,,,and if i tryed to explain all of them your head would explode,,,but its like a shoping trolley if the wheels are not turning in right and are to up-right the barn this just wont go in a strate line,,,
sorry i cant help you more with this,,,i could fill a book on it?
just swop the left hand tire first,,,,

i'm unsure what "tracking" means but first thing to do is check tire pressure... if that is normal i would get your tires rotated, if the problem is gone it is a tire causing the problem... if problem is still there you know it isnt a tire problem, check brakes when car is in the air you might have a stuck caliper... see if the front wheels will spin easily on their own, especially the drivers side being that is the direction it pulls. if everything is good you probably need an alignment or possibly have bad front end parts... i worked in a shop for 3 years and i have dealt with so many cars that pull one way or the other and nine out of ten times it is a tire problem. how i would check this problem is i would either rotate the tires front to back or i would swap the front tires. if the pulling switched to the right then you have just determined it is one of the two tires causing the problem.. usually buy tires in pairs so pitch em both, used tires arent any good, they came off someone elses car for a reason.....

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sounds like a wheel bearing. typically when you take weight off bad bearing noise goes away. to replace bearing you will need a press to get it off and on

Did they cross rotate the front tires to check for a radial tire pull problem? And could you please let me know what the right and left caster readings are. Thanks

My Answer:

The one thing you never mentioned was if you had your Jeep SUV Front-end Aligned after you had the new tires installed?

I'm guessing/hoping you did???

Where did you have the work done at? Be specific here!

Was it a 2-wheel or 4-wheel alignment if that applies here? Big difference it was done RIGHT or if it was done WRONG? That's just maybe part of the problem though if it was indeed MIS-ALIGNED. When you say PULLING - that is a BIG CLUE right there of a possible MIS-ALIGNMENT!!

Not sure what size tires you had on it originally or which size new tires you had put on, but if the new tires were over-sized then you are rubbing on the mainframe or possibly rubbing the front fender wells??

This has happened before, as sometimes they don't pull the right size tires from stock, and then don't double check them before mounting them.

Esp when you are running bigger rims and lower profile tires, which might be your case, as you didn't say anything to the contrary.

If we're talking about STOCK tires for STOCK tires here then your driver side door decal will state the factory installed tires as to their proper size. Any modification to that as to bigger rims and lower profile tires has to be done to factory recommended specs. Lets hope so anyway!

If I were you I would be double checking everything, as to what was actually done, and as to what tires, etc were put on your SUV.

The clue to your problem lies right there to start with! After all nothing was mentioned about any "pulling" before you had the new tires put on.

Here's one last big clue as to if you actually got a "bad alignment" on your Jeep SUV.

Have someone else drive behind you on an empty straight flat street (or else have someone else drive your Jeep and you follow behind about 4 to 5 car lengths back). If your Jeep's body is trying to track crooked (as if on an angle diagonal to straight ahead) as the tires are trying to track straight ahead - then you definitely just got a bummer mis-alignment!

I'm putting my money this is the case, as I've seen it so many times it's not funny.

It called a "shade tree alignment" and for good reason.

Let me know I was right?

Frank