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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 05:25 PM
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My 2017 has an issue where it pulls to the right extremely bad almost as if it is going to make a 90 degree turn. All four corners of the truck sit at different heights and the passenger leaf spring gap is about .5" smaller than the driver side. I took it into the dealership and they claim everything is fine and that it is the roads I am driving on. I have never had this problem in any other vehicle.
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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 06:16 PM
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stock suspension?

1. does it do it all the time?

2. does it do it on the same roads? does it go away on other roads?

3. have you checked tire pressure not by the dash but with a actuall gauge?

4. jack up front end and see if both front wheels turn the same by hand.
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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 06:19 PM
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The truck is 100% stock. It doesn't it all the time on every road. I have jacked up the front end and everything was tight and turned like it should
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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 07:25 PM
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If you took it to the dealer you should have an alignment printout. The dealer had to check it to confirm or deny issues with teh alignment. What are the numbers?
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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 07:51 PM
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The truck is 100% stock. It doesn't it all the time on every road. I have jacked up the front end and everything was tight and turned like it should
you say it doesn't pull on every road so i would say you are experiencing radial pull very coman problem - makes me think your truck has wider lower profile tires?

radial pull caused from uneven tire ware in the road surface you will notice this more with lower profile or wider tires they like to fallow the surface of the road.

the only other thing i can think of is a intermittent sticking caliper if this was the case the wheel on the pull side would get hotter and turn the brake dust on the rim a rust color that won't scrub off.
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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by motsco
you say it doesn't pull on every road so i would say you are experiencing radial pull very coman problem - makes me think your truck has wider lower profile tires?

radial pull caused from uneven tire ware in the road surface you will notice this more with lower profile or wider tires they like to fallow the surface of the road.

the only other thing i can think of is a intermittent sticking caliper if this was the case the wheel on the pull side would get hotter and turn the brake dust on the rim a rust color that won't scrub off.
sorry. It was supposed to say it does it on every road. I feel the dealership is giving me the run around because I am young and they don't want to have to deal with the problem.
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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 08:02 PM
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Take a test drive with the dealer to show the problem. Or have another dealer take a look at it. If it's pulling that much and wheels turn freely when jacked, sounds like a sticky brake issue.
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