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Old Sep 17, 2006 | 04:08 PM
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Wheel Alignment

Hi guys, I am new here and just wanted to see if anyone had experienced this before. I got my car in July, last month becasue it pulled to the right I took it back to the dealer, they said the alignment was a little off and they fixed it and everything was ok until couple days ago it started pulling to the right again . I will call the dealer tomorrow and schedule another service. Does anyone has any suggestions?

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Andrew
 
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Old Sep 17, 2006 | 04:55 PM
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Avoid pot holes and speed bumps! Really, those things will wreck your alignment every time!
 
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Old Sep 17, 2006 | 04:58 PM
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Probably a dumb question but......have you checked your tire pressure.

Also some roads are "crowned" so the cause your car to pull in one direction of the other.

Lastly, have you checked to see if your strut mounts (I can't remember their exact name) are cracked? Look inside the little hole at the top of each strut tower. (in the engine compartment)
 
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Old Sep 17, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mitchman
Probably a dumb question but......have you checked your tire pressure.

Also some roads are "crowned" so the cause your car to pull in one direction of the other.

Lastly, have you checked to see if your strut mounts (I can't remember their exact name) are cracked? Look inside the little hole at the top of each strut tower. (in the engine compartment)
Also see if the tops of the front strut towers are flat and not crowned (mushroomed). Large threads on this topic are on "Under the Bonnet"
 
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Old Sep 17, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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^^ all very good suggestions.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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FYI: If it is doing this while accelerating hard, that is also known as Torque Steer....which happends a lot of FWD cars.

-Cody
 
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