2005 Escape pulls to the left when accelerating

Asked by rkred5 Mar 12, 2016 at 06:19 PM about the 2005 Ford Escape XLT FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Had the frontend aligned and the car pulls to the left when I accelerate.  Only does this when accelerating fast.

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taver91 answered 8 years ago

Are you sure it isn't just torque steer? If the Escape is front wheel drive and it only happens when you accelerate fast, it may be normal for the car. Since there is only one drive wheel out front the car will tend to pull in the direction of the side that holds the transaxel. At slower engine speeds, this is not very noticable but the harder you push the acceleration, the more pull is exherted on that one drive wheel.

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Guru95CD5L answered 3 years ago

It pulls hard enough to go off the road also it just started doing it couple weeks ago an has got worse i cant hardly pass a car when passing gear kicks in it jerks so bad

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