Note: Before diagnosing suspension or steering problems, check tire pressure, tire type, and brakes.
The car pulls to one side
- Tire faulty ("Weekly checks").
- Excessive wear or improper adjustment of steering components
- Incorrect installation of the front wheel (Section 10).
- Damage to steering or suspension components (Section 10).
Wheel runout and vibration
- The front wheels are unbalanced (vibration is felt through the steering wheel).
- The rear wheels are unbalanced (vibration can be felt through the car)
- Wheels are damaged or distorted (Section 10).
- Defective or damaged tire ("Weekly checks").
- Worn steering or suspension joints, bushings or components
- Wheel mounting bolts are loose (Section 10).
General instability
- Incorrect front wheel alignment (Section 10).
- Worn steering or suspension joints, bushings or components
- The wheels are unbalanced (Section 10).
- Defective or damaged tire ("Weekly checks").
- Wheel mounting bolts are loose (Section 10).
- Defective shock absorbers (Section 10).
Steering is too tight
- Lack of steering gear lubricant (Section 10).
- The steering rod end or suspension ball joint is jammed
- Auxiliary belt broken or incorrectly adjusted - power steering (Section 1).
- Incorrect front wheel alignment (Section 10).
- Bent or damaged steering columns or struts (Section 10).
Excessive play in the steering gear
- The universal joint of the intermediate shaft of the steering column is worn out
- Worn steering tie rod (Section 10).
- Worn rack and pinion steering mechanism (Section 10).
- Worn steering or suspension components, bushings or joints
Insufficient efficiency of the power steering
- The auxiliary belt is broken or incorrectly adjusted.
- Incorrect power steering fluid level.
- Power steering hoses clogged.
- Defective power steering pump (Section 10).
- Defective rack and pinion steering mechanism (Section 10).
- Excessive tire wear.
Tires are worn on the inside or outside edge
- The tires are underinflated (wear on both sides)
- Incorrect camber or caster angles (wears out on one edge only) (Section 10).
- Worn steering or suspension joints, bushings or components.
The tires are worn in the center of the tread
- The tires are overinflated ("Weekly checks").
The tires are worn unevenly
- Tires/wheels are unbalanced.
- Incorrect wheel or tire type.
- Worn shock absorbers (Section 10).
- Defective tire ("Weekly checks").
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