2009 1,8 steering, wandering car

[mflorant]

Dears,

My car is having issues on driving on flat, straight road. I did twice wheel alignement at two different garages but my car is a little bit going to the side of the road. I have to slightly turn my steering wheel a bit to the middle of the road. I had the same issue on my previous T27 as well, I sold it ...

Do you have any suggestions why it may pull a little bit to the side of the road even if alignement is properly done?

Types are brand new summer tires.

[Bernard Foy]

Properly aligned steering may gradually drift to the near side due to slight camber on the road, which allows water runoff. Tyre pressure imbalance can also be the cause. 

[TonyHSD]

As explained it is normal occurrence. 

[avetoy]

Unfortunately, the T27 is a wanderer... The aligments could be done (against all the instructions) so that the car goes straight like a train, but then the tires would wear out quickly. Told me by the local Mr T service boss. Back then he had a T27 and had tried that.

[jimtaxi]

Track control arm which has very slight wear, not enough to fail MOT, but can cause this effect. Had both changed on my T27 and car returned to steering straight as a die but was it worth approx £800 ? Probably not.

[mflorant]

On 8/10/2024 at 11:40 AM, jimtaxi said:

Track control arm which has very slight wear, not enough to fail MOT, but can cause this effect. Had both changed on my T27 and car returned to steering straight as a die but was it worth approx £800 ? Probably not.

Thank you! Which one of the track control arms can cause this, front or rear. Do you happen to have a part number for it? Mine is a 2008/12 may have been worn and never changed, haven't checked it.