Art brush not following path

I have an art brush that I created to achieve an offset on an open path. In some location the brush doesn't follow the path. I have attached an image. The narrow pink line is the actual path. The thicker pink line is the art brush I created for the offset. You can see at the top of the image what the style is supposed to look like. Once the path starts curving towards the bottom the path and the brush get out of alignement. I have tried adding points, which works on other types of brushes, but doesn't seem to work on art brushes.
Any ideas on how I can fix this? Thanks.

It only occurs around certain curves and bends. Here is other path with the issue. You might be able to recreate if you draw a shape like this. Also, I am using CS4. I don't know if this is a bug that may have been fixed in CS5. I don't have any effects applied to any of the strokes. The only items listed in each line of the appearance is the stadard. "Opacity: Default"
Sometimes if I just redraw the corner using the pencil it will help, but not always. And sometimes adding an extra anchor point at the beginning or end with help, but again not always. It is very strange and the reason I avoid art brushes if possible. However, I can't find other way of offsetting a stroke on an open path.

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