Car skates or slides left to right under hard acceleration

[Fonzie]

Hmm. Will be interesting what they find. On a straight run I don't feel this but if I'm cornering and floor it I do.

I wish I could think of an effective way to shoot a video demonstrating the situation. If you could imagine going 20mph, keeping the wheel straight and flooring the throttle - instead of the car pulling dead straight on a line, the nose would drift left/right and need to be corrected to stay going straight.

 

[dsm363]

I wish I could think of an effective way to shoot a video demonstrating the situation. If you could imagine going 20mph, keeping the wheel straight and flooring the throttle - instead of the car pulling dead straight on a line, the nose would drift left/right and need to be corrected to stay going straight.

Ok, I understand now. That's not what I'm feeling (back tires feel loose for a bit). Hopefully it is just alignment.

 

[dsm363]

I wish I could think of an effective way to shoot a video demonstrating the situation. If you could imagine going 20mph, keeping the wheel straight and flooring the throttle - instead of the car pulling dead straight on a line, the nose would drift left/right and need to be corrected to stay going straight.

Ok, I understand now. That's not what I'm feeling (back tires feel loose for a bit). Hopefully it is just alignment.

 

[Fonzie]

Ok, I understand now. That's not what I'm feeling (back tires feel loose for a bit). Hopefully it is just alignment.

Hopefully! I've been searching the heck out of this great forum and have learned something as easy as being taken off a transport truck can bump the alignment out of whack. The car was trucked from NC to FL this past week, so it needs a good inspection from Tesla Service anyway. I'm hoping to have decent news to report tomorrow.

 

[ToddRLockwood]

Be sure they check the torque on your lug nuts, as well as the tire pressures. My car had this same behavior until I re-torqued the lug nuts.

 

[cinergi]

I have the same problem, if the terrain is right. Trying to artificially reproduce it is probably hard for me, but I've definitely had those aggressive moments and I had to constantly correct my direction under hard acceleration.

 

[brianman]

look approx 80% new

I don't know how to translate this into remaining tread.

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Be sure they check the torque on your lug nuts, as well as the tire pressures. My car had this same behavior until I re-torqued the lug nuts.

+1

Mine wasn't "bad" but it felt noticeably improved when I had them check the lugs. They said something like "10 low" and when I left the service center I floored it several times to check for a difference in feel. It was easily observable.