Slight pull to right…possible alignment…maybe from shipping??

[hockeyplayer]

I feel a very slight pulling to the right on my limited that is not from any of the safety features. I’m bringing it to the dealer on Thursday and want to know if anybody else had the same issue. Tire pressure is perfect.

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[OnePunchPan]

Slightly on mine. Will prob get it re-aligned later on

 

[TN4R]

Sounds perfectly aligned. The roads are built peaked in the center and slope down to the sides for water runoff. Given the slope, a perfectly aligned car will pull slightly right on a straight road. Most alignment shops know this and to satisfy the customer they over compensate by making them pull slightly left. The end result is the two offset each other and the car will go straight down the road.

One way to test(at your own risk) is to find a straight, flat, open stretch of road where it pulls right. Repeat, but drive down the other/wrong side of the road(make sure it’s clear!) and see if it pulls slightly left.

 

[4RunnerTony]

As TN4R said do a test drive but find a parking lot instead of on road test. May be more safe than driving on the wrong side of the road.

 

[hockeyplayer]

I feel a very slight pulling to the right on my limited that is not from any of the safety features. I’m bringing it to the dealer on Thursday and want to know if anybody else had the same issue. Tire pressure is perfect.

 

[Who?]

Mine was pulling to the left. Wound up being the front toe was very out of spec, dealer fixed and it rides perfectly straight now.

 

[hockeyplayer]

So after bringing my Limited back to the dealer three or four times they were able to verify my concern that it was pulling to the right when traveling down a straight road at any speed. They did three prior alignments on the vehicle and the pull was still present so they attempted to cross rotate my front tires and the pull still existed. They then attempted to rotate the tires front to rear and it still was pulling right so they cross rotated again and it was pulling. They roadforce balanced the tires and all the tires roadforce balance out with minimal weights and due to the alignment being perfect as per the Hunter alignment machine and software, they decided to swap tires with a brand new incoming 4Runner and apparently the end result was the radial tire pull and improper manufacturing of the tire was the cause. I am getting a new set of four OEM Dunlop tires next week. Finally.
I have to say the Toyota dealership that I bought this from were really great and even had Toyota corporate involved to resolve.

 

[OnePunchPan]

Kind of a dumb question here, but how does one get "corporate" involved with these scenarios?

I don't think I need this option at the moment, but curious how it's even done or where one even gets started with such a process

 

[sixfourgarage]

mine was totally straight from day 1...........(lol)

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