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Car shoots to the left under braking

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Old 09-20-2010, 08:31 PM
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Default Car shoots to the left under braking

Hit the brakes on the freeway today and the car just shot to the left. The only thing that I can think of is that I had new rear tires put on and they might have been ballanced incorrectly?
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No. balance = only affects the "bouncy" feeling.

I had this happen, most likely you were waiting for the tires for a bit? bleed all four brakes. report back!

For me, my front brake had some air in it after sitting for a while.
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You might have a seized caliper or bad flex line.
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Mine does the same thing but my brakes are about shot; very little left on pads, rotors need turned, needs bleed. I'm thinking it's time for an upgrade.
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Check your tire pressure..

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seriously, 90% of the time that's what causes this in our cars.
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it's because you sit on the left side, duh.



bleed your brakes. that'll help... or you may have hit a patch of road where it was grippier on one side.
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Originally Posted by slackfaster,Sep 21 2010, 03:36 PM
Check your tire pressure..

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seriously, 90% of the time that's what causes this in our cars.
^^^This.
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IF its under braking like the OP is saying, it is most certainly alignment or brakes.

tire PSI will only (should only) affect throttle on/off..?
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lol my car was veering a little bit, and I checked my tires, low and behold I was 10 psi low in my FL tire! Thanks!
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[QUOTE=ikeyballz,Sep 21 2010, 09:02 PM] IF its under braking like the OP is saying, it is most certainly alignment or brakes.


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