Note: Before diagnosing suspension or steering damage, check tire pressure, tire type, and brakes.
Car pulls to one side
- Tire faulty ("Weekly checks").
- Excessive wear or misadjustment of steering components
- Incorrect installation of the front wheel (Section 10).
- Damage to steering or suspension components (Section 10).
Wheel wobble and vibration
- Front wheels unbalanced (vibration is felt through the steering wheel).
- Rear wheels unbalanced (vibration is felt through the car)
- Wheels are damaged or distorted (Section 10).
- Defective or damaged tire ("Weekly checks").
- Worn steering or suspension pivots, bushings or components
- Loose wheel bolts (Section 10).
General instability
- Front wheel misalignment (Section 10).
- Worn steering or suspension pivots, bushings or components
- Wheels are unbalanced (Section 10).
- Defective or damaged tire ("Weekly checks").
- Loose wheel bolts (Section 10).
- Defective shock absorbers (Section 10).
Too tight steering
- Lack of steering gear lubricant (Section 10).
- Stuck on tie rod end or suspension ball joint
- Broken or incorrectly adjusted auxiliary belt - power steering (Section 1).
- Front wheel misalignment (Section 10).
- Bent or damaged steering racks or columns (Section 10).
Excessive steering play
- Steering column intermediate shaft universal joint worn
- Worn steering tie rod (Section 10).
- Worn rack and pinion mechanism (Section 10).
- Worn steering or suspension components, bushings or pivots
Insufficient efficiency of the hydraulic booster
- The auxiliary belt is broken or incorrectly adjusted.
- Incorrect fluid level for the power steering mechanism.
- Clogged power steering hoses.
- Defective power steering pump (Section 10).
- Defective rack and pinion mechanism (Section 10).
- Excessive tire wear.
Tires are worn on the inside or outside edge
- Tires under-inflated (worn out on both sides)
- Incorrect camber or kingpin caster angles (wears only on one edge) (Section 10).
- Worn steering or suspension pivots, bushings or components.
Tires worn in the center of the tread
- Tires are inflated ("Weekly checks").
Tires worn unevenly
- Tires/wheels are unbalanced.
- Wrong type of wheel or tire.
- Worn shock absorbers (Section 10).
- Defective tire ("Weekly checks").
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