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Post by rdes_S4 on Jan 21, 2002 21:18:39 GMT -5
No accidents or potholes, new tires, only 34k miles and the car is pulling. Dealer has re-aligned the car 3 TIMES and still not driving correctly. I have asked the dealer to look at everything I can think of. Any suggestions???
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Post by S4MadMan on Jan 21, 2002 22:47:21 GMT -5
Hmmm, that sounds weird, they aligned the car three times?
What about the tires? Have they been mounted and balanced properly? Better double check that.
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Post by mike@bostonaudi on Jan 21, 2002 23:14:01 GMT -5
If the car was out of alignment for an extended period of time, before the dealer brought it back to spec, then your tires may have worn improperly and your car will now pull.
How noticable is the pull? Can you feel it tug when you're firmly holding the steering wheel? Or does the car only start to drift when you let go of the steering wheel?
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Post by nene on Jan 21, 2002 23:23:23 GMT -5
You would be surprised how often the car pulling is actually the road that is not perfect. Since you ride mostly in MA, most roads have not been paved in a good while.
My car used to pull crazy on Route 95. Since it has been repaved, the pulling did seem to disappear for the most part. Now the pulling seems to be coming back, because the road was never really finished!
If the car has been aligned, it could be any number of things.
Tire pressure is definitely the usual culprit for me. Somehow, my driver side wheel always seems to lose air every once in a while, no matter what tires I have there. I usually check it bi-weekly, just in case.
Wheels should be balanced. That is also another usual thingy.
Also, make sure that none of your wheels are slightly bent or something.
Aside from that, I've never found my car not to pull one way or another. Mostly I just blame on the roads, and live with it.
Roads in MA are bad, bad, bad!
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Post by kirath on Jan 22, 2002 8:12:15 GMT -5
All good points. Most thing I have noticed that can affect pulling is the tires. If they are not wore properly they will pull.. If you put new tires on you probably will notice that it goes away.
I was going to suggest making sure the cambers are set properly, but I have no idea on Audis how that is set, and I would assume (yeah) that the dealer would check all that out..
Best of luck!
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Post by rdes_S4 on Jan 22, 2002 9:53:20 GMT -5
Tires are new so I think that is ruled out, although i am assuming (and you know what happens when you do that) that they are balanced. I check the pressure on the tires weekly and it may only vary by half a pound. And yes, the pulling is much more noticable when I let go of the wheel.
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