Audi A4 pulling to the left and steering wheel not straight!
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Sorry to bring this up again but I’m struggling to find what the issue is, I have 65 Audi A4 saloon bought it on 17 thousand miles and had the issue since new, the steering wheel is slightly turned right when going straight and then when I straighten the wheel up it drifts off to the left,
I’ve had the tracking checked twice and all the tyres are the correct pressure, I took my steering wheel off this morning and that’s lined up straight, if I let go of the wheel the car pulls to the left, any advice would be much appreciated, thankyou.
I’ve had the tracking checked twice and all the tyres are the correct pressure, I took my steering wheel off this morning and that’s lined up straight, if I let go of the wheel the car pulls to the left, any advice would be much appreciated, thankyou.
I’ve had a phew cars and only having this problem with this car, I had a 66 plate corsa and did the same commute I do now and that never did it, it’s like it’s fighting to go left when on the motorway, abit dramatic but can’t think of a better way to explain it? And what you mean about the tyre symmetrical thing you mentioned?
louiechevy said:
I would suspect something is worn a ball joint or track rod end, any play will allow the wheel the side the wear is on to move slightly pulling the car left or right hence the need to steer slightly the other way. Tracking will self centre so if it's towing in or out equally the wheel will still be straight.
Would something like that come up on a MOT it passed its first MOT at Audi and It had the problem before it went in? Kawasicki said:
Get your alignment results up on here so we can all point and laugh!
No, seriously...post them up.
Have you tried swapping tyres right to left?
I’ll post the results, i had 18 inch alloys on but I’ve changed them to 19s now and it’s still the same no worse or better, they are genuine Audi wheels and 2 continetal run flats on the front and some other brand on the back which are a pair also No, seriously...post them up.
Have you tried swapping tyres right to left?
[quote=M4cruiser]I had the same problem with a Nissan a few years ago, and it is very difficult to solve.
Try the following procedure:-
- check the tyre pressures
- check the alignment
- interchange the front two tyres
- change one front tyre for a different brand (maybe the spare or off the rear)
- if all this doesn't work (it didn't for me) then run the front tyre pressures 10 psi different. I had the offside at 25psi and the nearside at 35psi. Everyone will say this is not recommended, it's dangerous and will kill you and wear out the tyres (in that order). But it works.
Thanks for that, is there anything underneath that could be checked? The cars had this issue since I bought it on 17 thousand miles :/
Try the following procedure:-
- check the tyre pressures
- check the alignment
- interchange the front two tyres
- change one front tyre for a different brand (maybe the spare or off the rear)
- if all this doesn't work (it didn't for me) then run the front tyre pressures 10 psi different. I had the offside at 25psi and the nearside at 35psi. Everyone will say this is not recommended, it's dangerous and will kill you and wear out the tyres (in that order). But it works.
Thanks for that, is there anything underneath that could be checked? The cars had this issue since I bought it on 17 thousand miles :/
Kawasicki said:
Start with getting a garage to even the toe front and rear.
Your front toe in is asymmetric, which pulls the steering wheel in the direction of the larger toe value, to the left in you case.
Your rear toe is also asymmetric, and that points the whole car in the direction of the high toe in wheel...so to the right...which means you have to steer left to compensate.
Make sure the car is fully tanked before you go...but otherwise empty (no dead bodies in the boot)
The angles are only small, but they matter, especially with stiff tyres. Other than that it looks pretty good.
Get back to us when you have 10’ of toe on each wheel. Only then car we move on.
Personally, I can’t wait.
Thanks for the replies everyone, I just wanted other people thoughts on what the issue could be my boss said he will look at it Monday seen as tho he’s been a mechanic all his life and currently looks after 107 fleet vehicles I’m sure he’ll have a good idea I just wanted other people’s thoughts also I’ll update use on Monday if anybody wants to know
Much appreciated for all the responses, I tried something this morning, I drove in a straight line meaning the steering wheel was slightly right, when stopped I straightened the wheel out and the wheels was pointing slightly left so something must be out, so where do I go from here as mentioned I’ve done as much as I’m able to do I know you’ve all given ideas but where do I start?
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