Hit curb! help!! - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

kolobok_4 · 11-25-2007, 06:35 PM

I was going at around 30km/h and the car skidded and i hit the sidewalk curb with the front right wheel. Now when i drive with the wheel turned all the way to the left it's making a weird noise, i think the wheel is rubbing on the inside of the wheel well and the steering wheel is off center when the car goes straight, but sometimes it's centered. I think the reason it's rubbing the wheel well is because when it hit the curb the wheel set in a little bit, which is causing the car no to go straight when the wheel is straight, is that possible? if so how bad is the damage? Also, I have ECP coverage, will ECP cover this??
PS this Solara is an 05.

***DAMON*** · 11-25-2007, 07:26 PM

I would get the car in for an alignment and to have the suspension checked out... I had a similar incident when i first started driving in my camry and ended up with a bent rim.

kolobok_4 · 11-25-2007, 07:44 PM

Will do... thanks... is it dangerous to drive it for now (at least to the dealership which is about 5km away...)? appx how much is an alignment? and how much could a suspension repair cost?

***DAMON*** · 11-25-2007, 08:25 PM

an alignment will be about 50 bucks... hopefully that will cure the problem. It is hard to estimate suspension cost since I dont know what exactly is broken if anything, youll have to have it checked to know for sure... just tell them what happened and see if they can align it, they will find if anything is broken or not when they try to align it.

kolobok_4 · 11-25-2007, 11:30 PM

I'm gonna try to vist the dealership this week with that. Thanks.

kolobok_4 · 11-27-2007, 04:09 PM

Went to the dealership today. Turned out being just an alignment issue which they corrected. Thanks everyone for the info.

***DAMON*** · 11-27-2007, 05:24 PM

awesome, glad to help and glad nothing was broken!

[SMAN] · 11-27-2007, 11:00 PM

Was it making a clicking noise with it turned all the way to the left?

desentrix · 11-28-2007, 02:04 AM

If your warrantee ever runs out, I think that Firestone offers a lifetime alignment @ $80 or so? -- At least the one in my area does.

kolobok_4 · 11-28-2007, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by [SMAN]

Was it making a clicking noise with it turned all the way to the left?

it was making more of a rubbing noise when all the way to the left b4 the alignment... when the guy was doing it he saw me staring at the car through the window so he called me over and showed me the wheels out of alignment the left side was perfect and then the right side the wheel looked actually turned