Vehicle Drifting/Pulling to the Left

[SoulJacker]

Hello all, I've been ghosting on this forum every since I got my 2020 kia stinger gt2 rwd back in May '22. I've noticed the car always pulled to the left and after getting an alignment done 3x in the time I've owned it, the vehicle still pulled to the left. On the first alignment back in May '22 a alignment and tire shop technician said, "it's still pulling to the left, if I had more time I could try to find out what's causing it." I had a chance to run into him at a different branch last Saturday, guess he transferred, this time he found out, "your front left camber and caster are out, they are unadjustable, caster is causing your vehicle to pull to the left." I have an appointment with a kia dealer to have them look at the front suspension closely later this week.

The alignment and tire shop technician kindly told me, "I can align it if you want but you'll probably still have the same issue." I told him not to worry since the caster and camber needs to get checked out at the dealership. I got the car used, 2nd owner, no reported accidents and only had 11k miles in May '22. Since then, I'm at 19k miles and I'm purely stock lol. Can anyone chime in on this lol? I'll also mention the technician didn't notice any frame damage from what he could see but also mentioned it might be a bent strut or other components. Looking at the three alignment sheets there wasn't much difference in the front caster and camber as it showed they were always out.

 

[rpoffen]

Hello all, I've been ghosting on this forum every since I got my 2020 kia stinger gt2 rwd back in May '22. I've noticed the car always pulled to the left and after getting an alignment done 3x in the time I've owned it, the vehicle still pulled to the left. On the first alignment back in May '22 a alignment and tire shop technician said, "it's still pulling to the left, if I had more time I could try to find out what's causing it." I had a chance to run into him at a different branch last Saturday, guess he transferred, this time he found out, "your front left camber and caster are out, they are unadjustable, caster is causing your vehicle to pull to the left." I have an appointment with a kia dealer to have them look at the front suspension closely later this week.

The alignment and tire shop technician kindly told me, "I can align it if you want but you'll probably still have the same issue." I told him not to worry since the caster and camber needs to get checked out at the dealership. I got the car used, 2nd owner, no reported accidents and only had 11k miles in May '22. Since then, I'm at 19k miles and I'm purely stock lol. Can anyone chime in on this lol? I'll also mention the technician didn't notice any frame damage from what he could see but also mentioned it might be a bent strut or other components. Looking at the three alignment sheets there wasn't much difference in the front caster and camber as it showed they were always out.

My previous performance car was a 1998 SVT Mustang Cobra, and I had a bad pull to the right. Took it to a performance alignment shop and they said it wasn't alignment, but a bad tire. To prove it, they swapped the tires in the front (by dismounting and remounting on the other rim since they were directional tires) and it pulled the other way.
New tires fixed the problem.

 

[SoulJacker]

Here are the alignment sheets. Take note the front left caster and camber consistently being out of spec.

 

[SoulJacker]

For anyone following this or future readers, the car got dropped this morning at the dealership. Ultimately, I was given a loaner car because their specialized suspension tech couldn't find anything. They even had another tech look and found nothing. My service advisor, guy I've been going to for years, said they have all the parts but they just want to make sure because at the end of the day someone's money is being spent whether it's the delear, kia, or myself. At one point the tried something but it ended up pulling to the right instead lol.

 

[Ozstung]

There's pages and pages of stuff relating to your issue, you may have to use the search button to find those threads.

The long and short of it is you may need the camber/caster kit and or the megan racing arms.

You say its a stock car this issue of pulling to one side normaly occurs when the car has been lowered. Double check to see if anything hasn't been bent first.

 

[SoulJacker]

There's pages and pages of stuff relating to your issue, you may have to use the search button to find those threads.

The long and short of it is you may need the camber/caster kit and or the megan racing arms.

You say its a stock car this issue of pulling to one side normaly occurs when the car has been lowered. Double check to see if anything hasn't been bent first.

Thank you for the info! Hopefully I get my car back soon and the issue resolved. I'll update this thread accordingly for future users.