matsquatch
Member Since: 29 Mar 2013
Location: Leeds
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Hi all - wonder if anyone can shed any pearls of wisdom. Over winter, winter wheels and tyres on, steering all ok, centred pretty well. Come April, summer wheels and tyres on.
Steering wheel now slightly to the right.
Had it into Green Oval who checked it over and couldn't find anything other than slight wear, nothing that mandated a change of component.
They swapped the wheels round, didn't make much difference.
Also going round any sharp right hand bend (a roundabout for instance) can cause the traction control to kick in, feels as though it's braking the front offside wheel. At low-ish speeds too, was ~25mph round a motorway roundabout, slightly damp, kicked in, 40mph on a right hand bend onto the A64 near York, dry road, same thing.
All tyre pressures are fine, and wear looks pretty even across the ATRs that are on now.
Guess next step is look at the tracking, but wondered whether anyone had suffered similar (and resolved it!!) before breaking the credit card out!
Cheers, Matt
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 21st Jul 2017 10:07 pm |
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grumpyoldmule
Member Since: 10 Sep 2015
Location: Scotland
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Worn bushes made mine do similar things, polybushing sorted that
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| 21st Jul 2017 10:55 pm |
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Narpy
Member Since: 18 Jul 2011
Location: Stockport
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Matt, get it 4 wheel aligned on the correct Hunter equipment.
A sure sign it's out is the steering wheel being off centre and not going level when driving straight.
Not sure about the DSC kicking in, see how it is after the alignment. 
DSC kept kicking in on my D3 when the rear upper arms were past their best and I have known this been a problem on other D3's too but, as said, get it aligned and see how it is. Mods:
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| 21st Jul 2017 10:58 pm |
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bimblephish
Member Since: 21 Jul 2016
Location: Wiltshire
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And as Narpy said make sure it's a hunter alignment system and if you don't have an IID or similar make sure they can put the suspension into tight tolerance mode while they align it
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| 22nd Jul 2017 7:46 am |
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Ja92mie
Member Since: 16 Sep 2014
Location: Newquay
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Tyre pressures? Incorrect tyre pressure can cause this too, if not I'd go with 4 wheel alignment then investigate bushes and suspension arms
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| 22nd Jul 2017 7:56 am |
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L319
Member Since: 14 Dec 2013
Location: Herefordshire
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My D3 DSC has been cutting in on LH bends whilst driving in Switzerland. I found I was having to hold it up the camber when driving on the right so am assuming Steering angle sensor and yaw rate sensor conflicting when turning on tight LH bends . Will need to get the bushes checked/ replaced and the alignment done plus calibration of sensor. Had the same problem when Steering angle sensor came loose on the column , but in that instance vehicle was not pulling in a straight line.
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| 22nd Jul 2017 8:51 am |
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Jaggz
Member Since: 13 Jan 2016
Location: U.K.
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I had issues after putting my summer wheels back on, not to the same extent though, I also use Green oval. Had an alignment done at Master Cars in Birstall
http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic47632.html
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| 22nd Jul 2017 10:40 am |
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grumpyoldmule
Member Since: 10 Sep 2015
Location: Scotland
Posts: 178
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4 wheel alignment costs money it costs nothing to Jack your truck up and check for worn bushes
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| 22nd Jul 2017 5:11 pm |
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matsquatch
Member Since: 29 Mar 2013
Location: Leeds
Posts: 129
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Thanks for the replies chaps. L319's experience resonates with me, had a steering angle sensor fault recently which lit the dashboard up, but cleared and hasn't re-occurred. Kind of feels like just a matter of time though.
Jaggz - your description seems very similar to mine. Can't say it feels bad to drive, just not "right". And with some considerable camping trip drives coming up, want to feel confident in it. Was there any reason you picked Master Cars over Green Oval for the alignment?
Prob best getting it looked at and hope the entire suspension doesn't need replacing 
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| 22nd Jul 2017 8:24 pm |
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Jaggz
Member Since: 13 Jan 2016
Location: U.K.
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Just price really green oval were around £150 and master cars about £95, Master cars have the hunter equipment and knew about putting it in tight tolerance mode and a full tank of diesel prior to the alignment so I was confident they knew what they were doing.
Can't fault Green Oval though had everything from servicing to a new engine supplied and fitted there with no issues.
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| 23rd Jul 2017 12:00 pm |
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Erea
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Munster
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£150 or £90 Sterling??  Here in Ireland I get mine done on a Hunter system for €35 
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| 23rd Jul 2017 12:21 pm |
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Alan B
Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
Location: Fife
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Rear lower arm near side
Mine did exactly the same a while ago, I asked disco Mikey his opinion, once changed all great again,
Recently I paid £70 for the hunter 4 wheel alignment at Ladybank tyres, I know that this place is of no use to you but giving you an idea on costs.
Good luck
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| 23rd Jul 2017 1:14 pm |
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Jaggz
Member Since: 13 Jan 2016
Location: U.K.
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Erea wrote:£150 or £90 Sterling?? Here in Ireland I get mine done on a Hunter system for €35
Yep tell me about did find one for £65 in Bradford but got the impression they didn't have a clue what they would do with a RRS when I rang to enquire
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| 23rd Jul 2017 5:32 pm |
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Markland
Member Since: 16 May 2015
Location: 80085 Pebkac Terrace
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Recognized as well TControl kicking in when going through a narrow right turn uphill.
It's always this one corner in all the alpine roads I'm going.
So I don't have the feeling it could be the ABS-Sensor.
Change lower and upper wishbone and ARBs. (not because of this behavior... But, to be honest, expected it to be gone, after changing these components....)
Meanwhile have new front struts, different wheels, on wheels back on again...
Only in this corner ESP/TC kicks in...
Maybe I try the ABS-Sensor next, because, if I switch off the DRS, in the same corner the wheell is not shuddering. TDV6MY07-automatic-LHD-noDPF-iidbt-ffrrMod
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| 23rd Jul 2017 7:05 pm |
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