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Does anyone know what exactly the difference is in the suspension and handling package between a stock S, SE, SEL and the Sport model. I'm being told that is why my 2011 Sport pulls to the left. Well that and lower profile tires. All the SE & SEL tracked down the road straight. The 3 2011 sports I have driven all drift and pull to the left. Dealer even thought that was weird as well.

Got the car back tonight. Still drifts to the left most of the time but is better. Does anyone know what the spec range is for an alignment and if changing the thrust line would help keep the car from drifting to the left. One curious thing about the way the car drive is if you set the wheel to the right by making a slight jerk to the right then it will go straight longer. Then trail off to the right. Dealer took out another Fusion sport with almost no miles on it and it performs the same way. I'm still wondering if this is normal for all 2011 fusion sports. I'm also wondering if the car needs to settle in some how and if I should wait a few thousand miles to see if it works it's self out.

Update on the car pulling left. After a talk with the dealership owner and him going out to the service department with me. I left the car at the dealer last night. Called them over lunch to see if they found the problem. According the the tech the rear was out .5 deg but everything else is within spec and non adjustable. I going to test drive again tonight to check it out. Also figured I would have them print out the the alignment sheet to see what tolerance is allowed for both front and back.

I will keep you informed and thanks for the advice and info. I will let you know what they say. So far I have not been impressed with the service depart there. Guess they are not use to people calling them on BS.

Hello I'm new to this forum and actually new to all forums in general as this is my first posting. If I'm not be in the correct spot then any help as to where I should post this would be greatly appreciated. I just purchased a new 2011 Fusion sport. Before this I owned a 2008 SE. Loved the car but due to a unfortunate winter accident the insurance company now owns that car. After testing driving several cars, SUV's and Crossovers I did decide on another Fusion. I wanted to upgrade from the I4 to a V6 so I drove a SEL and the sport. I really liked the sport but noticed it pulled to the left when driving. I mentioned this to the dealer and went on figuring it just needed an alignment. After several test drives of different models with different packages I decided on a silver sport with with the 402a option package. The dealer I was working with didn't have the exact car I wanted on their lot but they were able to get one from a different dealer and have it transferred to them. As I was driving the car home I noticed that it pulled to the left just like the first sport I drove did. Not really a drift but a good pull on both of them. I took it back to have it aligned and was told by the service manager that all fusions are designed to pull to the left because of the crowning of the road. I asked him then why did all the other cars and Fusion I drove not pull to the left, but just the sport model. He had have a reply. They did check the alignment and even adjusted it a bit as well as moved tires around. That helped greatly as the car now just drifts to the left instead of pulling hard to the left. The dealer claims there is nothing that can be done and its a factory setting. I'm concerned about tire wear as well as my old school belief that anything that takes me into oncoming traffic is a bad thing. I'm curious if the dealer is right about cars being setup from the factory to pull to the left or if this could be an upper control arm or bad tire issue as discussed above. Has anyone else seen same issues? Also all the tires do have proper pressure in them. Thanks for any suggestion.