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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:57 AM
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Weird Braking Issue

Sometimes when I am braking, I can feel the car pulling towards the right.

Othertimes, I don't. This only happens at low speeds like when I'm crawling up to a red-light or behind someone else.

Never when I'm parking or whatnot, just in a straight line decel/break.

Could this be a concern? it only has 1.1k miles on 'er.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:00 AM
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Make sure it is not just the road, when I got this car I noticed how it would all of a sudden pull me in odd directions, but in all reality it was just riding the grooves in the road.

I say that because it is so new

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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 10:09 AM
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You have warranty, right? Just hit up your dealer and have them check it out.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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hmmm, same shyt happened to me at 3k miles also so i checked my rotors to see if it was grooved & concaved from bad heat exchange from the pads and i was right. So see if your rotor is grooved and concaved. i got 4 brand new rotors for free too.. =]
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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brake is sticking on one side. Could be dirt in the slave cylinder walls.
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 05:51 AM
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Try a Parking Lot

Greetings: You may wish to try breaking on a perfectly flat, smooth surface
(large parking lot) to see if it's you or a tire/brake problem. Male sure all tires are at the same pressure. Center the stearing wheel and break slowly but firmly from about 20mph. This will eliminate any tramiling problems. This site explains it better than I. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=47
But then again, I'm old and senile.
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