Hey guys! Question for the mechanically-inclined among us.

When I'm braking at very slow speeds (usually approaching a stop), my steering wheel sometimes pulls to the left pretty hard. It's strong enough that if I wasn't holding the wheel, it would do an entire revolution before coming to a stop.

What's up with that? Uneven brake pad wear? Bad wheel alignment? It only happens about 15% of the time while braking at slow speeds, but the wheel always tends to want to turn counter-clockwise a bit easier while braking.

It hasn't bothered me enough to have looked at since it's easy to counter-steer, but I'm curious about the problem.

BTW, this is with a relatively new 2007 GT Z (3500 miles).


Thanks!

 

could be many things but start with looking at yoru pads if they are worn one one side maybe have a sticking caliper and the next big cause of that is alignment.

 

Does your car pull in any direction while just driving around? If so, then your alignment is most likely off. Although it's odd to be having alignment problems with such a new car.
+1 about the braks pads though, check those before anything.

 

woudlnt warped rotors cause this too?

 

something's horribly wrong, take it in for service

 

actually i had this happen in my corvette. turned out that there was an air bubble in the brake line causing the one caliper to not grab. at least thats what i was told caused it.

i could be way off here.

 

that sounds the best to me. if your pads are worn poorly, they would adjust, just like they do every time you stop. i've driven with some warped rotors, and it never would pull to one side, it's just like you are running over a line of pot holes.

I didn't think about air in just one side. When you brake, pump it and then try. Normally there will be the spongy delay from the air not really pushing the caliper in, but if you try and pump it it moves the air out of the caliper (for a moment) and if that is what is wrong it should brake true.

Or bring it in to a shop, that sounds dangerous.

 

I would have it checked out. This is way too early to have such problems for a new vehicle.

 

probably just a crowned road , every car i have owned has done that from time to time.

 

Have you checked the air pressure in your tires?