A few months ago, I noticed that something was awry with my Camry, as it had a nasty tendency to pull right. Happened all the time, so I figured it was just alignment. Took it to my Firestone shop, and the guys there aligned, balanced, and rotated all four tires. When I drove away from Firestone, it seemed that the problem had only gotten worse - now I had a violent rattling on the wheel and a SERIOUS right pull.
So back to Firestone I went while the tech tried to explain to me how they signed off on a car which was obviously not fixed.. Finally I left. Thank god for free lifetime alignment.
That was two months ago. And the right hand pull never went away. Even the day after I left the shop, it still had a tendency to veer right.
I got sick of fighting it today, so back to the shop I went. According to their machines, everything was within .1 of being perfect. I can post the printout if it would help. All the tires were still at 7/32" tread and the balance and rotation was completed as well. I took a tech out for a drive, and to illustrate I accelerated to 45mph and let go of the wheel. Within 10 seconds, the car was three lanes over and still going. But he failed to diagnose any problem (and charged me for the time..). I'd like to get this fixed so I can take a road trip, because I sure don't trust it now.
Anyone have any ideas? The car's got just shy of 143k on it, and aside from tires and some new steering gasket years ago and new brake pads everything but the tires are stock still. Could I have a bad shock/strut? Bent arm? Rim? Anything? And how much do you suppose it should cost to fix? I'm not savvy enough to even attempt anything more than a tire change so a shop would do it.
So back to Firestone I went while the tech tried to explain to me how they signed off on a car which was obviously not fixed.. Finally I left. Thank god for free lifetime alignment.
That was two months ago. And the right hand pull never went away. Even the day after I left the shop, it still had a tendency to veer right.
I got sick of fighting it today, so back to the shop I went. According to their machines, everything was within .1 of being perfect. I can post the printout if it would help. All the tires were still at 7/32" tread and the balance and rotation was completed as well. I took a tech out for a drive, and to illustrate I accelerated to 45mph and let go of the wheel. Within 10 seconds, the car was three lanes over and still going. But he failed to diagnose any problem (and charged me for the time..). I'd like to get this fixed so I can take a road trip, because I sure don't trust it now.
Anyone have any ideas? The car's got just shy of 143k on it, and aside from tires and some new steering gasket years ago and new brake pads everything but the tires are stock still. Could I have a bad shock/strut? Bent arm? Rim? Anything? And how much do you suppose it should cost to fix? I'm not savvy enough to even attempt anything more than a tire change so a shop would do it.