Steering

Vehicle pulls to one side

    - Defective tyre
    - Excessive wear in suspension or steering components
    - Incorrect front wheel alignment
    - Accident damaged to steering or suspension components

Wheel wobble and vibration

    - Front roadwheels out of balance (vibration felt mainly through the steering wheel)
    - Rear roadwheels out of balance (vibration felt throughout the vehicle)
    - Roadwheels damaged or distorted
    - Faulty or damaged tyre
    - Worn steering or suspension points, bushes or components
    - Wheel bolts loose

Wandering or general instability

    - Incorrect front wheel alignment
    - Worn steering or suspension joints, bushes or components
    - Roadwheels out of balance
    - Faulty or damaged tyre
    - Wheels bolts loose
    - Defective shock absorbers

Excessively-stiff steering

    - Seized steering linkage balljoint or suspension balljoint
    - Broken or incorrectly-adjusted auxiliary drivebelt -power steering
    - Incorrect front wheel alignment
    - Defective shock absorbers

Excessive pitching and/or rolling around corners, or during braking

    - Defective shock absorbers
    - Broken or weak spring and/or suspension component
    - Worn or damaged anti-roll bar or mountings

Excessive play in steering

    - Worn steering column intermediate shaft coupling joint
    - Worn steering linkage balljoints
    - Worn steering box
    - Worn steering or suspension joints, bushes or components

Lack of power assistance

    - Broken or incorrectly-adjusted auxiliary drivebelt
    - Incorrect power steering fluid level
    - Restriction in power steering fluid hoses
    - Faulty power steering pump
    - Faulty steering box

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