Car pulling to left

[t_sheen]

my cup slightly pulls to the left when i let go of the wheel! my bro who is a trainee vauxhall mechanic says this is normal on new cars he tests and that it is a safety feature but my dad seems to think its not ment to do it!

What is everyone elses opinion?

 

[Tonys]

tracking? tyres not enflated evenly?

 

[Illusion]

Mine also does this too mate, it also pulls to the left when brake.

Im hoping its a tracking problem, so im gonna get it looked at when I get the new shocks fitted.

 

[t_sheen]

i only had the car 3 days

 

[Darren555]

Quote: Originally posted by t_sheen on 25 November 2003



my cup slightly pulls to the left when i let go of the wheel! my bro who is a trainee vauxhall mechanic says this is normal on new cars he tests and that it is a safety feature but my dad seems to think its not ment to do it!

What is everyone elses opinion?

It must be true then

Safety feature my arse!

 

[Djw John]

Mine does exactly the same and ive had everything bar the driveshaft checked so its looking like it must be that unfortunatetly.

 

[edde]

Could it be the road being uneven? the road is rounded so try and drive in the middle of it (use an empty road BTW). If that stops the pull them you knwo its the roads to blame.

EDD

 

[CUPPY]

hi mate..i had this problem..renault have said that what it is basically the cup is a standard clio right...because of the big engine they have to conpensate as the car would pull to the right..they make the cars pull slightly to the left to compensate...sounds like bull but that it what they told me????

 

[D-CUP]

I havent noticed it on mine but it could still depend on the road you are on.

 

[aledw]

Mine pulls too...

Ive had the alignment/tracking checked twice, so I recon its down to road camber. Theres a strip of road close to home which slopes to the right and the car pulls right along this. On bumpy roads it pulls everywhichway, good fun tho!

 

[MIKE-CUP]

Remember that the steering geometry and castor angles have been altered over a standard 172, couple this with a natural camber to the left on the road and it might explain it.

Just a suggestion

 

[cliopower]

tight suspension on the left and if the spring isnt fitted properly. tracking is the only real thing but its acceptable for them to pull by 0.1mm

 

[pennga]

mine does it too, going in on friday to renault for it. even pulls to the left on right cambers, bizarre

 

[jpmad4it2]

Quote: Originally posted by aledw on 25 November 2003


Mine pulls too...

Ive had the alignment/tracking checked twice, so I recon its down to road camber. Theres a strip of road close to home which slopes to the right and the car pulls right along this. On bumpy roads it pulls everywhichway, good fun tho!

haha dito

 

[t_sheen]

Cheers people! i think it must of been the road!

I took it on a duel carriage way and its nice and straight!

 

[JAY172]

they are designed to very slightly go to the left(in the case of driver error so that they will drift towards the kerb rather than into oncoming traffic).most of the time you wont notice it but on some roads with excessive camber you might notice it slightly.If you ever notice a large amount of pull though then theres probably something wrong with it.Glad to hear this time yours is ok though.Happy motoring

 

[pennga]

just got the motor back from garage, they realigned the tracking and swapped wheels front to back, it seems to have cured it.

Also the knocking is gone from suspension.

they also replaced the window regulators due to the cracking noises i was getting when putting the windows up/down.

All in all excellent, however i was mega pissed off at getting charged £65 for a bloody oil and filter change!!!!