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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 10:43 AM
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my 99 is pulling to right sometimes and left -had alignment-no fix!- tires have 35000 on them. any one else have this problem?
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 11:09 AM
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Under what conditions does it "pull"? Highway? Coming to a stop? Did the "pulling" just start, was it always there, has it become progressively worse? How many total miles on the car?

Do the tires exhibit an unusual wear pattern? Is the tire pressure the same in each tire? Is the tire pressure set to recommended levels (30 psi)?

Stock wheels and tires? Suspension modifications?

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it pulls mainly on lower speed roads starts when I apply brakes then recovers once I speed up. It will veer right, recover and then it could veer left the next slow down. Sometimes it is ok and is perfect. I have equal 30psi pressure in each tire, and have aftermarket 5 spoke chromes on it. The car was lowered by previous owner slightly. 37000 miles total. Dealer told me it checked out ok underneath,said maybe uneven tire wear but I can't see it. Should I get a second dealer opinion since I have 2mo on warranty? Oh yeah it has original tires, but they look like another 10000 on them at least.
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You might do a search of the archives. Sometimes the"pull" is just the result of our wide tires interacting with the road, caused by the pavement being "dished out" from traffic.

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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 01:26 PM
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I think your dished out road suggestion is probably the situation-thanks
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 01:30 PM
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check it out in a large parking lot. if the brakes are the culprit it will be more appearent. But the road does it to me all day long.
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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Thanks again- I will try it out today!
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