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Old Dec 4, 2013 | 08:40 AM
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Got a strange one here, sometimes whilst going round a corner the car turns sharper than I turn, it’s kinda like the opposite of understeer but the car is a front wheel drive!!! Another way to describe it would be, if I’m taking a corner and my steering wheel is at 20 degrees, about halfway round the corner the car suddenly turns a little sharper even though I didn’t move the steering wheel…. It’s still at 20 degrees!!!

Anyone ever heard of this before?
 
Old Dec 4, 2013 | 10:26 AM
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I would get that car on a lift , check front & rear end out real good. Front upper control arms & outer tie rods are very common & dangerous.
 
Old Dec 6, 2013 | 04:14 PM
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Had the car looked at, apparently it's the traction control doing it's thing because I was understeering!! Kinda makes sense as the two corners it happened on where pretty tight and it was a frosty morning, but I wasn't understeering at the time unless it was so minor that I didn't even notice??
 
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