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Jaecoo 7 pulling to one side

Owners of the Chery and Omoda models built on the same platform as the Jaecoo 7 report cars that pull or drift to one side, in several cases from new, some with an off-centre steering wheel. A wheel alignment cured two cars with a slight drift, but several owners went through repeated alignments, at one or more dealers, without curing the pull, and no source gives a confirmed cause.

Affected versions
1.6 TGDI petrol, SHS hybrids (SHS-P, SHS-H) · 7-speed dual-clutch, hybrid DHT · 2025, 2026
Owner reports
12 owners: Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max 6, Omoda C5 4, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro 2
Typical mileage
2,700 km median (about 1,700 miles); range 2,000 km–23,000 km, from 3 reports that gave a mileage
Most common fix
Alignment repeated several times, at one or more dealers, with little or no improvement (7 of 12 reports)
Covered by a recall?
No UK recall found
Last updated
November 2026

Platform-level evidence. No report comes from the Jaecoo 7 itself; all come from sister cars on the same platform with the same part.

20–505–20120–40040–70070+Mileage when the fault appeared (thousand km)
Owner reports by mileage, Jaecoo 7 pulling to one side. Only reports that state a mileage are counted (3).

What owners report

  • An Omoda C5 1.6T AWD pulled to the right; the owner went back to dealers 12 times in a year for alignment, under warranty and at his own cost, and the pull never went away. [9]
  • A Tiggo 7 Pro Max pulled to the right from new, and three alignments did not cure it. [8]
  • By 23,000 km a Tiggo 7 Pro Max owner had been through five alignments; the car still pulled hard on a straight, smooth motorway and needed constant correction, with only a slight improvement. [1]
  • An Omoda C5 drifted slightly right with the steering wheel a little off-centre at 2,700 km; a dealer alignment under warranty put it right. [3]
  • A 2025 Tiggo 7 Pro Max 1.6T AWD pulled slightly right from delivery and tracked straight after the second alignment. [13]

Evidence comes from: Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max (6), Omoda C5 (4), Chery Tiggo 7 Pro (2). Platform-level evidence: the reports come from the Tiggo 7 Pro, Tiggo 7 Pro Max and Omoda C5, built on the same platform as the Jaecoo 7, and none from a Jaecoo J7 owner. We did not check whether their suspension and steering parts or alignment settings match the UK car. All evidence is from petrol cars.

Known causes

  • No confirmed cause. On one Omoda C5 that pulled left, an independent garage later found heavy play in the steering rack; the owner does not say whether the rack repair stopped the pull. [5]

How dealers have fixed it

What was doneReportsOutcome reported
Wheel alignment reset; slight drift cured on the first or second attempt2 of 12Fixed
Alignment repeated several times, at one or more dealers, with little or no improvement7 of 12Not fixed
Pull or off-centre steering wheel reported with no repair described3 of 12Not stated

Reports that did not say what was done are left out of this table, so the rows need not add up to 12.

What to ask your dealer

  • “The car pulls to one side on a straight, level road: please give me a printout of the alignment readings before and after the adjustment.”
  • “If the readings are within specification and it still pulls, will you check the tyres, track rod ends, suspension bushes and steering rack rather than repeating the alignment?”
  • “Could the lane-keeping or steering assistance be causing the pull, and does it still pull with those systems switched off?”
  • “Is the alignment work covered by the warranty, given the car has pulled since it was new?”

Is it safe to keep driving?

A steady, mild pull is tiring rather than immediately dangerous, but it means constant steering correction and can wear the tyres unevenly. Have the car checked by a dealer. If the pull appears suddenly, gets worse, or comes with a knock, vibration through the steering wheel or a warning light, stop driving and contact the dealer, because it can point to a steering, suspension or tyre fault. This page gives no DIY steering advice.

Questions

Does a wheel alignment fix the pull?
It did for the two owners whose cars drifted only slightly, on the first or second attempt. Owners with a stronger pull describe several alignments, at more than one dealer, without a lasting cure. No owner report or official source names a confirmed cause.
Has any Jaecoo 7 owner reported this?
Not in our data. The reports come from Chery Tiggo 7 Pro, Tiggo 7 Pro Max and Omoda C5 owners, so treat this as a platform-level fault until Jaecoo 7 owners report it.

Related faults

All 24 known Jaecoo 7 faults, ranked by owner reports

Sources

Facts are restated in our own words; nothing is translated word for word. Follow the links for the originals.

  1. Owner review, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max, 2022, 1.5T CVT, 23,000 km (drom.ru, in Russian)
  2. Owner review, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max, 2022, 1.5T CVT (drom.ru, in Russian)
  3. Owner review, Omoda C5, 2024, 1.5T CVT, 2,700 km (drom.ru, in Russian)
  4. Owner review, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max, 2023, 1.6T DCT (drom.ru, in Russian)
  5. Owner review, Omoda C5, 2024, 1.6T DCT, 2,000 km (drom.ru, in Russian)
  6. Short owner review, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro, 2022, 1.5T CVT (drom.ru, in Russian)
  7. Short owner review, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro, 2021 (drom.ru, in Russian)
  8. Short owner review, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max, 2023, 1.5T (drom.ru, in Russian)
  9. Short owner review, Omoda C5, 2023, 1.6T (drom.ru, in Russian)
  10. Short owner review, Omoda C5, 2023, 1.6T (drom.ru, in Russian)
  11. Short owner review, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max, 2023 (drom.ru, in Russian)
  12. Short owner review, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max, 2023 (drom.ru, in Russian)
  13. Short owner review, Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max, 2025, 1.6T (drom.ru, in Russian)

Last updated 12 November 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us; we correct errors within 72 hours.