POLO pulling to left, not alignment?

[kaanage]

Is the rear axle out of alignment?

[vw74]

So now I'm worried proper! The rear axle may be the culprit? VW, a multi-billion dollar company is producing new models, the Polo, which received general praise from the industry ... that contains such a fundamental flaw ... how can this be! Thanks for the recommendations, I'll continue and let you know.

[Umai Naa!!]

Could be something as simple as the pick-up points for the rear beam pivots not being bolted up to the floor in the right spot. Loosen, re-position, re-tighten.

Mis-alignment isn't a design flaw. The car has just been configured wrong. Mid to late-'90s Hyundais suffered from alignment issues for a long time. The specs they were set to, were just not suitable for our roads and driving conditions.

[brad]

When I was at Toyota (doing PDs, AC instals & warranty) or at the independant aligner, if we had a vehicle that was beyond all our trickery, we would send it to our panel beater & they would put the car on their chassis jig & work their magic.

I used to do a lot of Ford F100s at the time. Ford had done absolutely nothing to adapt the suspension angles from RHD to LHD - we used to send them & live axle 4WDs off to the truck aligner.

There is no vehicle that can't be aligned providing you have the rights tools/equipment, persistance & knowledge.

[vw74]

Gee, thanks for the reassurance ... new car?! I'll see what happens next.

[vw74]

Look, should have let you know sooner ... dealer changed front wheels left to right and problem fixed ... claims the a tyre is badly formed! I suppose we leave tyre on this wheel until new set eventually. Now running fine!

Thanks guys.

[klboy]

I myself am experiencing a similar issue with my GTI slightly pulling to the left.

First thought that I was paranoid and over analyzing the situation but after letting my mechanic mate test out the car to get a 2nd opinion, he agreed that the alignment was slightly out. We were on a flat section of the road doing 80km/h and the car would slowly veer towards the left after letting go of the steering wheel. Also when driving on the freeway I find that i have to make a slight correction to the right to go straight.

Spoke to my dealer the other day regarding this problem (as well as a squeaking sound which appears to be coming from the driver seat when going over dips) and they said to bring it in for a checkup. I asked the question whether alignment issues were covered under warranty and they said it depends what needs to be done and only within the first 1000km.
I've already clocked up nearly 1900km, two weeks after picking up the car

Does anyone know if this is written somewhere in VW's warranty T&C?

[ATYPIC]

I myself am experiencing a similar issue with my GTI slightly pulling to the left.

First thought that I was paranoid and over analyzing the situation but after letting my mechanic mate test out the car to get a 2nd opinion, he agreed that the alignment was slightly out. We were on a flat section of the road doing 80km/h and the car would slowly veer towards the left after letting go of the steering wheel. Also when driving on the freeway I find that i have to make a slight correction to the right to go straight.

If it's only a slow and slight pull to the left then it's nothing to be concerned about. Roads are not completely flat anyway and if anything, consider it a precautionary measure for oncoming traffic....not that I encourage taking your hands off the wheel LOL. My car does it a little as well.

In regards to your seat squeak, I had this problem too, it drove me crazy so I had a warranty job done on that. They had 2 cracks at it but fixed it. Don't hesitate, get it done or you'll go mad.