Re: Pulling to right '93-95 90 Quattro

[Don Hoefer <hoefer@jaxom.eng.pko.dec.com>]

> After  the third or the fourth alignment, the rep
> proclaimed the car was really fixed,  and noted that the tires were defective
> and/or worn out.( Guess what is not covered by Audi's warranty.)
> A Goodyear dealer and an independent tire store  inspected the tires, and
> agreed that the tires were not at fault. The car still pulls to the right.

and ...

> Please forgive me for saying this, but I was actually told by a five time
> Audi owner that this pull to the right is "intentional"......simply to keep
> you from drifting into oncoming traffic should you doze. ???

I'll forgive you.  Trees/rocks or oncoming car/busses?  Tough design choice.
No, I'm sure that Audi's intention is to let the driver decide.

My car did this once.  Just aligned, brand new tires.  Service manager
said that they could not figure it out.  He told me that if it still did
it in a week or so to swap the LF tire to the RF and visa versa.  One week
later I did just that.  Swapped them around wheels and everything.  Fixed
the problem immediately, never had it again.  These were not unidirectional
tires.  Unidirectional tires would have to be remounted.

Don Hoefer
'82 Coupe