Good Morning Audi Fans,

I recently purchased a '02 Audi A4. About a week after I got it I
noticed it pulling to the right slightly, which it may have done from
the get-go but I just didn't notice. I brought it to the dealer who
aligned it which made it feel quite a bit better, but a week later it
was pulling to the right again.

Back to the dealer again, and this time their machine broke, so they
couldn't finish the alignment.

Now, Les Schwab, a large tire company around here who does alignments
says they can't align my car because it has the sports suspension.
Anyone know what this is about?

Anyone have similar recurring alignment issues or know what that may be
caused from? I'm relatively certain the car has been in no accidents.
There is absolutely no evidence of that.

 

Haven't heard about any recurring issues, but perhaps something is bent
under there. It wouldn't take an accident to do that, necessarily - a
hard shot in a pothole or against a curb could do some damage. Any idea
if the tires and wheels are the original ones?

As far as Les Schwab, perhaps the car is too low for their equipment?
The only thing different about the sports suspension is the height -
it's like 20 mm lower than stock, something like that. I'm sure the
shocks and springs are different from standard, but the only thing I
can think of that would make a difference to them is the height.

You probably need to get underneath the car and look at the control
arms.

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA

 

Haven't heard about any recurring issues, but perhaps something is bent
under there. It wouldn't take an accident to do that, necessarily - a
hard shot in a pothole or against a curb could do some damage. Any idea
if the tires and wheels are the original ones?

As far as Les Schwab, perhaps the car is too low for their equipment?
The only thing different about the sports suspension is the height -
it's like 20 mm lower than stock, something like that. I'm sure the
shocks and springs are different from standard, but the only thing I
can think of that would make a difference to them is the height.

You probably need to get underneath the car and look at the control
arms.

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA

 

Haven't heard about any recurring issues, but perhaps something is bent
under there. It wouldn't take an accident to do that, necessarily - a
hard shot in a pothole or against a curb could do some damage. Any idea
if the tires and wheels are the original ones?

As far as Les Schwab, perhaps the car is too low for their equipment?
The only thing different about the sports suspension is the height -
it's like 20 mm lower than stock, something like that. I'm sure the
shocks and springs are different from standard, but the only thing I
can think of that would make a difference to them is the height.

You probably need to get underneath the car and look at the control
arms.

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA