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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 04:57 AM
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Steering wheel turned to right and car goes straight (Crashed)

Crashed yesterday didnt hit a car but avoided it and hit a curb and a sign.
The lower part of the bumper (is it called lower balance?) is destroyed.
apart from that all seems fine car tracks straight but the steering wheel is turned right when car going straight , it is not aligned.

Is it just a thing of taking iut the steering wheel and re located or more complicated?
 
Old Nov 3, 2009 | 05:58 AM
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Sounds like the suspension may be messed-up, probably bent tie-rods. I'd have it inspected, sorry to hear it!
 
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 06:21 AM
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No warning message or nothing and the air suspension goes up or down as usual.
Also feels fine while driving
 
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Have the alignment checked, maybe they just need to reset it. Hopefully there is no damage.
 
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i see a bent tie rod there. have it replaced and re-aligned for 800 bucks (part+labor).
Sad to hear that... After the realignment, the crooked steering wheel will be fixed
 
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The mechanic dissasemblied everything and nothing is bent or broken i the suspension this SUV is built like a Panzer seems to be miss aligned.
 
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^sorry...but nice offroad picture.
 
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Originally Posted by motoadve
Crashed yesterday didnt hit a car but avoided it and hit a curb and a sign.
The lower part of the bumper (is it called lower balance?) is destroyed.
apart from that all seems fine car tracks straight but the steering wheel is turned right when car going straight , it is not aligned.

Is it just a thing of taking iut the steering wheel and re located or more complicated?
holy god that looks much worse then explained lol.

its the lower VALANCE not balance haha
 
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the way you explain the accident is a lot different the actual situation lol. I thought it was just a little accident, but the picture says a lot different things hahaha..
 
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WOW, hope you are alright.
 
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