Thread: Ford Escort suddenly veers to the left
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Old Apr 7, 2010 | 09:27 AM
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Default Ford Escort suddenly veers to the left
Hi, hoepfully somone will be able to help.........

I am currently having a problem with my Ford Escort Mk5 (Yr: 2000). The issues is that it is veering to the left, but not constantly as seems to be a common issue for this type of vehicle. The veering seems to happen randomly every 50-90 seconds; the intensity obviously increased by speed. It has a similar feeling to that of somone reaching across and giving a short sharp tug to the left on the wheel.

I am aware that the lower bush arms are a common issue on Ford's, but i know this can't be the issue as i had the arms and the bushs replaced about 6 months ago and the still look good. I also had the tracking done 3 months ago and this seems to still be ok too.

With this in mind i took the car down to Formula 1 Auto Centre and HiQ and both took a look at the car and were confused as to what it is, so couldn't help (although they said something didn't feel right with the steering when driving it).

They confirmed the following;
  • The springs look fine (although one does sit slightly further back than the other).
  • There is no play in the wheels
  • Lower bush arems look ok
  • There isn't slack in the steering wheel (although it doesn't feel right)
  • The bushes look ok (although according to F1 only the passenger side is starting to show signs of wear bu the driver side is fine, where as HiQ said the same about the passenger side, but said the driver side had become un-bonded). I haven't noticed this and neither did F1 - hmmmm.
A friend of mine has suggested that it could be the steerign rack starting to go and this could be causing the sudden, random veering to the the left.

Has anyone got any ideas, or comments to what you think it could be; as you're probably aware this can be a real pain to diagnose what's causing the issue.

Any help is much appreciated
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