Scooby WRX '04 plate. Pulling/tracking problems
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Bought an 04 Scooby WRX dual import from a main dealer(albeit a peugeot main dealer).It was imported after 1 year so has been in this country 4 years.
Noticed a strong pull to the left on test drive, so strong it would take you from the wrong side of the road all the way back over very quickly.
They agreed to fix it but when i picked the car up i wasnt happy. anyway.....
Took it back toaday to get a 4 wheel track and now its even worse, not only that but the "caster" readings are way out on the left and apparantly the "caster" cant be adjusted.
They say something must be bent and pointed out that seeing as the bottom arm is aluminium its the most likely cause so are going to replace that first , obviously at there expense.
Can anyone else shed any light onto possible reason for this and do you think that replacing the bottom arm will solve it?
Car has full main dealer service history and has only done 26k, apart from this its in mint condition.
The car is also HPI'd and there are no visible signs of any accident repair.
Noticed a strong pull to the left on test drive, so strong it would take you from the wrong side of the road all the way back over very quickly.
They agreed to fix it but when i picked the car up i wasnt happy. anyway.....
Took it back toaday to get a 4 wheel track and now its even worse, not only that but the "caster" readings are way out on the left and apparantly the "caster" cant be adjusted.
They say something must be bent and pointed out that seeing as the bottom arm is aluminium its the most likely cause so are going to replace that first , obviously at there expense.
Can anyone else shed any light onto possible reason for this and do you think that replacing the bottom arm will solve it?
Car has full main dealer service history and has only done 26k, apart from this its in mint condition.
The car is also HPI'd and there are no visible signs of any accident repair.
It sounds to me like the car has had a quiet accident with a large kerb and too much velocity. Scoob suspension is pretty damn tuff so it would have to be quite a hard smack to bend it.
If it's pulling that badly and there is no sign of worn bushes then something under there is properly bent!! If it were me alarm bells would have been ringing and i probably would have walked away.
Good luck with it.
If it's pulling that badly and there is no sign of worn bushes then something under there is properly bent!! If it were me alarm bells would have been ringing and i probably would have walked away.
Good luck with it.
Any number of things could be bent, but i wouldnt worry too much about it at this stage as you still have the warrantee so if they change a dozen parts it will only benefit you in the long run. If i were you though i would pop along yo your nearest Impreza specialist, not a main dealer, and ask them to take a quick look for you, they will shed more light on it than the dealership you bought it from.
It does take a big impact to bend something on a scoob, but, it is easy to do without any body or chassis damage so it is probably due to a heavy kerbing as the above says.
Good luck with it, but dont worry too much at this stage
It does take a big impact to bend something on a scoob, but, it is easy to do without any body or chassis damage so it is probably due to a heavy kerbing as the above says.
Good luck with it, but dont worry too much at this stage
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