pulling right hard while breaking!
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pulling right hard while breaking!
After a couple weeks of driving I am absolutely sure that this is happeneing and I am NOT, repeat NOT hallucinating.
Occasionally (20% of the time?) while breaking smoothly to a stop-light or something the steering wheel pulls hard to the right! If I let it go it will go about a 1/4 turn round.
Breaking performance seems perfect, but what's with this pulling?
Could it be the crappy Michigan roads?
What's the word?
-rb
Occasionally (20% of the time?) while breaking smoothly to a stop-light or something the steering wheel pulls hard to the right! If I let it go it will go about a 1/4 turn round.
Breaking performance seems perfect, but what's with this pulling?
Could it be the crappy Michigan roads?
What's the word?
-rb
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Mine do it too.
From what I've read in car mags, it means
your brakes on the left side of the car are
weaker than the ones on the right... it could
be caused by a frozen piston (really bad)
or a brake line that has a bit of a blockage,
or it could just be the tires.. if it's really
bad, as in the car is unbalanced under hard
braking even when your hands are on the wheel,
than complain to everyone in the world.. Otherwise,
I'd say bring it up at the next service interval,
and keep your hands on the wheel ready to correct
if necessary. I've decided to go with a
brake upgrade kit and SS lines.. hopefully
that will fix the problem. However, my car
did this a bit with OEM tires, and does it now
with aftermarket tires + rims. Dealer just
checked the suspension and found everything
(control arms and tie rods) to be in very good
condition. The springs and shocks are brand
new, so are the tires and rims, and the car
just had an alignment done a little while ago.
SO.... for MY personal car, I'd say it's got
something to do with my braking system.. For
your car, it might not.
your brakes on the left side of the car are
weaker than the ones on the right... it could
be caused by a frozen piston (really bad)
or a brake line that has a bit of a blockage,
or it could just be the tires.. if it's really
bad, as in the car is unbalanced under hard
braking even when your hands are on the wheel,
than complain to everyone in the world.. Otherwise,
I'd say bring it up at the next service interval,
and keep your hands on the wheel ready to correct
if necessary. I've decided to go with a
brake upgrade kit and SS lines.. hopefully
that will fix the problem. However, my car
did this a bit with OEM tires, and does it now
with aftermarket tires + rims. Dealer just
checked the suspension and found everything
(control arms and tie rods) to be in very good
condition. The springs and shocks are brand
new, so are the tires and rims, and the car
just had an alignment done a little while ago.
SO.... for MY personal car, I'd say it's got
something to do with my braking system.. For
your car, it might not.
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