My car pulls to the right when I travel at low or high speeds. It even vibrates sometimes. I have new tires and have had a front end alignment. So what could be wrong?
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Check your brake rotors and calipers for the vibration. As for the pulling to the right that sounds like an alignment issue but since you did that have a look at your steering box, linkage, etc. If something there is loose then it will not hold a path correctly. Is there any loose feeling in your steering wheel? Does it feel responsive? Hope this helps, Good Luck
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You should not have this problem, IF, you had the alignment, with your new tires. you paid for the alignment, but are you sure you received it? Take your automobile back to the people that supposedly made the alignment. tell them the problem and let them investigate. The new tires you purchased.....are you sure they were first grade and not second grade tires? Investigate. you should not have this problem.
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I would have your right front caliper checked to see if it is sticking this will cause a low as well as a high speed pull and the vibration could very well be the brake pads and rotor on that side overheating due to the caliper sticking. The reason for the caliper sticking could be any one of the following, Piston sticking in the caliper bore, the brake hose going to that caliper has come apart on the inside causeing a restriction, the caliper slides could be frozen up. The easiest way to check for this is to jack up the front end and have someone apply the brakes then release them, Try to turn the left front wheel taking note of the effort required to turn it. Then go to the right side and try to turn that wheel most likely if the caliper is sticking it will be very hard to turn.
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Pulling to the right after what you've done--bad caliper... Vibration---warped rotor.
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Umm, there are two things I have not seen mentioned here yet and I just went trhough both of them again. 1) Bad wheel bearing - Most reputable garages won't bother aligning a car with a bad wheel bearing. Randomly variable camber and toe will do odd things. 2) What about the rear end? My car had a nice front alignment, but did the same thing anyways. It turned out that one of my rear wheels had -1.5 degrees of camber (about three times the factory spec) and 1.2 degrees of toe OUT. Depending on the car, the rear should be either zero or slight toe IN, and the excessive camber was wearing out the inside edge of that tire. But would a front end alignment fix that? Nope.
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Be sure all of your tires are inflated to the proper psi rating for the tire. I had this problem and I found this helped cure it. I think there probably are other underlying problems and the others have suggested.
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Add one more check to all of the above, Have had wheel balancing done. Vibration at low and high speeds (especially at high speeds) looks like an unbalanced wheel rim.
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Failed brake pads or calipers. Check this products from http://www.autopartsonlinecanada.com/category/brake-drum.html
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your tires may be cupped even though they are new. did u see the print out on the alignment? was it a true alignment. perhaps your rim is bent making even NEW tires go bad.
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Upper or lower control arm bushings Stabalizer Rocker Arm Check the suspension
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I have the same problem. I have brand new tires which have been balanced. I also just got brand new brake pads and rotors (not calipers though). I had a 4 wheel alignment from the dealer and saw the print out. Also replaced lower control arm, bushings, sway bar links on right side under warranty but problem persists. Any other suggestions.
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I've read some of the other answers and would like to add that quite a few years ago I had a tire that was badly "out or round" on the right front. That caused an increase in friction and a decrease in smooth rolling which made the car pull to the right and also accounted for the vibrations that I felt. I'm not saying that is your problem but it sure sounds similar to the one I had.
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A: the alignment was poorly done B: you need new brake calipers, the right one could not be letting go adequately C: something more severe could be wrong with the brakes D: it might even be the back right brake
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Have you ever seen a car on the freeway with a wheel out of whack? Boy does it look bad. One time it was very, very obvious. The wheels were going one way, and the car was going the other way. This was on a freeway.
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