Car pulled all over the road

[robbygraham]

Recently upgraded from a 1.2 to a 182, and since the upgrade the car seems to be being pulled into every pothole and dip in the road, my 1.2 never did this. I have looked at other threads to see but no definite answer, I have checked to make sure everything is tight and inflated properly but the car still does it. Sometimes can be a little scary if you accelerate hard then the car pulls left or right into dips in the road.

 

[Matthew]

Possibly the alignment is out mate, mine does this abit, get it to your local tyre place maybe?

 

[nicholls172]

I have this, had this checked by a garage who couldn't find anything on it. Just seems to go where it wants to, especially under acceleration in any gear>?

 

[SimonR.]

Could be numerous probels, alignment, low tyre pressure, buckled wheel, sticking calliper, do check these all too.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

First (easy) port of call is tyre pressures. Whenever mine have been out I have noticed a huge difference when corrected. Next, I would say get your alignment checked.

After that, you're probably looking into investigating whether certain suspension parts are on their way out.

 

[Mister_G]

I had this issue.

Turned out my rear shocks were knackered, and I had a rear coil spring go as well. Replacing these improved the handling.

I also had budget tyres on which really didn't help, once these were replaced that also really helped!

The cars, in my opinion, are quite twitchy anway.

 

[Mister_G]

I have this, had this checked by a garage who couldn't find anything on it. Just seems to go where it wants to, especially under acceleration in any gear>?

Mate, I had 6 garages look over mine and not one of them noticed the rear shock was completely knackered. I even specifically asked them to check the shocks!! lol

The only way you'll know for sure is to check them your self. It's surprising what kind of difference one failed rear shock makes. It's literally two bolts to remove it, then just try compressing it by hand. If there is no resistance it needs changing.

 

[robbygraham]

The car has decent tyres on the front but the back are pretty rubbish from what i remember, waiting for them to wear out so i can stick some michelin exalto's on. As for tyre pressures what should i be running, i have 32psi all round for now.

 

[Mister_G]

The car has decent tyres on the front but the back are pretty rubbish from what i remember, waiting for them to wear out so i can stick some michelin exalto's on. As for tyre pressures what should i be running, i have 32psi all round for now.

Think it's meant to be 30psi front and 27psi rear. I just run 30psi all round.