Car pulling to left but alignment is OK???

Orothon · Post by **Orothon** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:23 am

Hi,

My car has been pulling to the left for a while now so when it was in for its MOT yesterday I thought I'd have the alignment checked. The wheels were aligned but upon driving it home I found it still pulls to the left. Driving down a straight road with no camber the steering wheel rests naturally in a position a few degrees anti-clockwise from striaght on, causing the car to pull slightly to the left.

Anyone any ideas what could be causing this?

Thanks

adam_0612 · Post by **adam_0612** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:46 am

so tracking has been done?

i dont know but you might need camber/caster doing?

also have you checked tyres are evenly inflated?

ihpj · Post by **ihpj** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:53 pm

Had this problem on a Vectra once upon a time - turned out to be the Pirelli P6000 tyres and the tread these tyres had. They just seemed to 'read the road' that way and pull to the left (have a left bias if you will) - changed the tyres problem solved.

I know how frustrating it can be. As an aside, just check to see that you have exact same tyres on each axle with matching tread depth - some tyres can be overly sensitive to any variations.

HTH!

pip_polo · Post by **pip_polo** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:02 pm

swap back tires with front.

my dads volvo did this with tires i scrubbed on one side.

whitegtipolo · Post by **whitegtipolo** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:53 pm

mine does slightly to the left ?! going awsome for full wheel alignment anyhow ill let ya know if it changes anything!