Last night, myself and me lady were poodeling along in the astra having a chat when we approached a roundabout. I go round this roundabout everyday without issue, however, this time round the back decided to swap ends with the front for no apparent reason I WAS NOT hammering it AT ALL! we were actually just talking and i was doing about 15/20mph going round the bend when it happened.

The wheel bearing seems to be in order, plenty of air in the tyres and no obvious signs of anything wrong. But there blatently is.... ive never known a 1.4 auto FWD car to just break away like that without having something fundamentally wrong with it!

any ideas? suspension seems to be all good too

 

may have been ice,oil,diesel on the road possible.

 

Your HICAS is fucked like everyones?

Sorry, wrong website

 

i would be inclined to go along with that, but for the fact that it has been a bit 'twitchy' round roundabouts for the last week or so (failed to mention that, sorry).

and its only on right hand bends it feels like its gonna break away...

 

whats in the boot???

my reno did this, on a slippery roundabout, but i have a 4wd gearbox in the boot

 

Apart from something on the road the only real things that will effect the car is the camber of the road, the width (or lack of) of the tyres, tread depth (if it was wet) camber of the tyres, and obviously other supsension geometry...
Oh crap driving can also be a factor!

 

oh yes weoght distribution too!

 

nothing worth mentioning dude nothing of any weight anyway. was deffo not road conditions, summats up with the car. you should have seen the look she gave me

 

hmmmm possibly

 

If it's an Astra thats a bit twitchy round bends - its worth checking out the anti roll bar links - they break all the time.

That wouldnt cause your end swop though.

Diesel on the road would be my guess. Filling station nearby?

 

my fiesta did this with shit old bald tyres on

i have nice new nankangs now

and it goes fine

 

all tyres have good tread, plenty of air etc, no play in bearings, dry road, no diesel... it just went

anti roll bar links are worth checking tho... ta

drove it at about 30mph round the m25 this morning any faith i had in it was swiftly swept away last night

 

Probably a combination of dirty, slippy roads, and a closed throttle

Neil.

 

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