Nolly227 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 As well as the Spiralling amount of other problems I have with this piece of crap. The car is pulling to the left. I'm having to correct the steering by about an 1/8th. The car had a 4 wheel alignment done by the stealers a month ago and that hasn't solved it. Anyone know what it could be? wishbone bushes? etc?? Cheers in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 check your tyre pressures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolly227 Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 Pressures are all equal This occurs even with them all on 35 exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 as you say maybe you bought a crap car take it back let them sort it! hopefully YOU HPI'ed it to make sure it's not been an insurance write off did'nt you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolly227 Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 Was a private sale so no can do. Yep HPI'd it and did a VOSA MOT check to cross reference the mileage. Just my luck I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubzie83 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Seeing your other post about the ABS it's likely that the steering problem is related. From experience I would say that if you've had an alignment and it's not right that there is one of two issues; either the people that aligned it didn't do a great job and the thrust angle is too large, or something at the front end is bent. I had an accident in a previous car where the nearside front wheel took a clout from someone hitting me. The tie rod on that side got bent and I had to drive with the steering wheel partly turned to the right to go in a straight line until I got home. It could be that something like the tie rod is slightly bent but I would have thought this would have been spotted during the alignment. You can check easily yourself though. Centre the steering wheel and then look at the wheels. They should both point straight ahead. If one is pointing straight ahead and the other looks slightly turned to the left then something will be bent at the front. It's possible that if it is bent then the wheels will be turning at slightly different speeds due to the problem and this might be firing off the traction/stability control which uses the ABS to brake the wheels independently to try and even up the wheel speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Bound to be linked in some degree to you braking problem.....wouldn't surprise me if your killer abs is engaging or not fully disengaging the brake or something. Just get it to a decent garage for you die dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolly227 Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 Interesting theory guys. Didn't think whether those two could be linked. I had a 4 wheel alignment done at Nissan when I brought it but It never resolved it fully. Going to take it to a independant local to me this week and let them loose with it. Shall report back in a few days time with hopefully not a very expensive answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolly227 Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hi All, Put an update on my other post if you guys are interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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