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Hello My E88 118i Convertible has a tendency to wander and be skittish when going over the crown of the road, imperfections in the road or road markings/cats eyes. I have replaced the track rods - both inner and outer (they were seized) and had the wheel alignment done, so it's now within...

Odd one - for a while now the throttle setting on my 320D sort of 'pulses' when there's very light demand. So - tootling along with very gentle power, the rev counter pulses up and down about 500RPM - say between 2500 and 3000 - every second or two. (needless to say it's an auto). It happens on...

Hi Guys Looking for some advice, Replaced steering rack following 4 wheel alignment after noticing skipping on road. Now, after gen used steering rack from quarry pulls to left, shackey, crashy and wanders a lot in any direction. Spoken to 4 wheel alignment guy, taken from test run and all...

I've recently bought a E91 325d I'm horrified at how much it wanders about on the road at times sometimes it just feels unsafe and I don't mean tram lining I know what that is and it's not that this is the first BMW I have owned anyone have any thoughts

Hi guys, Problem, the car wanders badly on uneven roads and at speed. I just had my lollipops bushes changed to poly, and had the RTAB's changed also. I put a set of meyle HD lollipops on the car, but these were ruined within 6 months. Tracking was checked and deemed okay. I had it huntered a...

Hi there, I have recently fitted coilovers to my e60. All went well and its quite low to be honest (call me stupid). Ive now noticed that the steering is fairly vague and the rear end is quite sloppy as if something is loose/worn. The front will glide over bumps but the rear seems to 'hop' left...

Hello all, My fiancee is having a bit of trouble with her 318Ci. It has had the RTABS done with poweflex, brand new front arms/ball joints, new front arm rear bushes etc, matching tyres all round with the right pressures and a full 4 wheel alignment. Yet she stills the problem of the car...

Hi Guys, Okay I would really really like a bit of advice and guidance from you out there. I have the e46 coupe wandering steering problem that a lot of folks seem to have but with varying culprits. Ok so to cut the story short this is what I have done so far on the car: 1. Replaced all...

Hi guys. Been a while since I posted. I had the classic problem of wandering steering.. especially on the motorway. I also had the problem of the steering holding on full lock. Also when I used to come up to traffic lights and apply the brake it almost always pulled to the left slightly. It was...

Hello guys just a question i am sure some of you can answer my car seems to be wonder around the road quite alot any suggestions i cannot understand it as it has just had a mot

ive got the car above, with mtec suspension, now i have replaced the lower control arm (wishbone front) bushings both sides as they were dead. cars done 85,000 miles and as far as im aware theres been no replacement of suspension or steering components (apart from the bushings that i done) had...

Hi, My last MOT was November and no advisories about suspension / steering etc. On the motorway, I sometimes find the front of the car wandering (actually more like darting) from one side to the other. It's as though I'm being hit by a gust of wind....except you can feel a gust of wind...

Hi I have just bought the above car and it is wandering all over the road. I actually struggled to drive in a straight line. Is it tyre related or the ball joints or something else Any ideas? Cheers

hi .. ive got 2003 e46 m sport diesel bmw.. at approx 71.000 flaps took a one way ticket through the engine , and turbo... anyway bmw cooper chelmsford. 31/01/2008 replaced engine and all the other bits and bobs foc.. bill should of been 7k.. now ive done 29k since wot are the chances of it...

Hi, I'm a BMW newbie after swapping classic Triumphs for a W plate Z3 2.8 with 82k on the clock. Problem I have is the car wandering badly and tramlining even when there's no obvious lines in the road ?? Reading this great forum, it looks like I need to replace the front suspension bushes and...

hi everyone..over the last few months my car has decided to become very unstable when driving about 70 it tends to be all over the road so i decided to leave it thinking it was my imagination..now its really scary at 40 its so unpredictable im gunna take it into the garage..im just to scared to...

alreet mateys can anyone help my car seems to wander on the motorway ive had the cars tracking set all ball joints and bushes checked for play they all seem ok tyre pressures are fine too theres no play on steering too any ideas lads,i have to adjust the steering from left to right to go in...