Auto steer when breaking

[bermyandy]

A silly question no doubt. Used to have 4wd golf, under heavy breaking wouldnt notice any movement of the steering wheel. However, have noticed that sometimes when i break heavily, i feel like i am fighting the steering wheel a bit from turning to the left.

Is this just the nature of the car or just need to get the geometry reset maybe?

[BliarOut]

That does sound like a geometry issue to me. Probably worth getting a four wheel geo check done before looking any further for causes.

[bermyandy]

Thanks for that - anyone know of somewhere in the south? Machtech?

[henry-f]

My first thoughts would be towards the brakes themselves rather than the geometry. If the left front brake is gripping better it will pull to the left. Whilst geometry could be the cause I would have thought that would show it`s self in normal driving rather than, or as well as, under heavy braking.

Sounds more like a disc / pad / caliper issue to me.

Either way let someone look at the car rather than second guess.

Henry

[Pickled Piper]

Try braking instead of breaking!

On a more helpful note it could be any of the above or just severe tramlining. Best get it checked.

pp

[hartech]

I think Henry-f is right - it is more likely to be to do with brakes - and most likely the front ones - but a rear brake can also cause steering problems as can tyre pressures, springs and dampers, geometry, anti roll bar rubbers or brackets etc.

Someone used to driving lots of these cars and analysing faults will probably find the fault quicker than even a good automotive engineer who is not used to such comparisons. This is then one of those "take it to an expert" situations.

Baz Hartech