Hey All, I have a 2001 Mustang V6 Coupe with 17" Bullitt Rims and stock 245/40/17 tires. The car was recently involved in an accident where the front passenger wheel was wrecked. Insurance repaired the car (cdn$6000 damage), brand new front-passenger tire and wheel installed, new lower control arms, new struts and frame shop told me they were able to get all numbers back to stock. This was done at a Ford dealership. Before the car got into the accident I noticed the steering wheel would pull pretty hard along the grooves of the road. I thought that was normal and kinda just figured it was time for a wheel alignment, however I never actually took it in to get checked. Now after the accident, after everyone telling me its all 100% aligned the car still follows the grooves of the road pretty hard. Is this normal on all mustangs this model?? However now this is not the only problem. The car is also pulling slightly to the LEFT. So to go straight, I have to keep the wheel slightly tilted to the RIGHT... It gets worse on some roads, and much better on other roads. Some roads the wheel stays PERFECTLY straight, but most times it has to be kept tilted RIGHT to go straight. I took it back to the dealer, they checked the alignment numbers again. Rotated the tires and it told me there's nothing wrong. But I still feel the exact same thing. Anybody have any suggestions on what could be causing this? Since the guys at the dealership are saying everything is alright, my next move is to take to another alignment shop to see what they say. But before I spend money on this I would like to get opinions. Thanks a lot!
It may be the Tires (UNIDIRECTIONAL) they tend to PULL to one side or another,I got the same thing after the alignment the Car is pulling to the right-it`s the TREAD pattern on the Tires........
I got the 18" Steeda Ultra-lites with Nitto 285/35 tires and I noticed that my car grabs at the grooves in the road. Since my car is in the shop, I've been driving my mom's Corolla, and it was quite interesting getting use to driving on those itty bitty tires again.
That's the first thing I noticed when I went from my 15" stock rims and tires, to my 17" '95 Cobra rims, with 275's... The thing jerked my steering wheel all the time. Everybody that drove my car noticed it... I had to go back to my 15's at one point, and it felt much better... But now I'm back on with the Cobra rims and 245's instead. It's much better, but still tends to follow the road curve. No biggie, just gotta get used to it...
