A few months ago, I took my car (2003 Camry 144k miles) in because I was getting vibration at highway speed. Thinking it was a tire/alignment problem, I took it back to the shop where I bought my tires, which had about 15k miles on them. Sure enough, they were out of alignment, but they showed me where the boots on 2 of my struts were leaking and another torn and faalling off, and since theye were the original struts, I had them all replaced. Front sway bar links as well, and tires rotated plus alignment. Afterword, the vibration was gone, but I noticed a slight drift to the left if I let go of the wheel. I took it back after a couple of weeks, and they checked, and it was out of alignment, which they re-aligned at no charge. That still didn't fix it, so a few weeks later, I took it back again, and it was out of alignment again. No wrecks or potholes or anything, but another free alignment, plus swapped the tires front to back. Now it pulls to the left even worse. If I can't get it figured out myself, I'm taking it to somebody else next time. In the mean time, I'm hoping it's something I can diagnose and fix myself. I know tire presssure is good, and tire wear looks normal. Thoughts and suggestions appreciated!
car pulling to the left
- Thread starter mojoe
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You likely have worn ball joints, worn tie rod ends, or worn lower control arm bushings, any of which would cause your car to fail to hold alignment because of play in them.