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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 07:45 AM
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I have a 03 350z. Yesterday when I started to drive my car I noticed a weird problem. My streering wheel keeps swerving to the right, little by little on regular intervals, like every 2 seconds. It turns to the right side probably 5 degrees or so and then a little more and more and so on. So I had to keep a tight hold on the steering to make sure it doesn't.

Any ideas? I checked all the lugnuts and tire pressure and everything was fine. I did not hit or run over anything either, it's just strange. Have owned the car for a while now without any issues.
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 08:51 AM
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I have a 03 350z. Yesterday when I started to drive my car I noticed a weird problem. My streering wheel keeps swerving to the right, little by little on regular intervals, like every 2 seconds. It turns to the right side probably 5 degrees or so and then a little more and more and so on. So I had to keep a tight hold on the steering to make sure it doesn't.

Any ideas? I checked all the lugnuts and tire pressure and everything was fine. I did not hit or run over anything either, it's just strange. Have owned the car for a while now without any issues.
check sway bars and endlinks. is there any play in your steering wheel. When my endlinks went the steering felt real loose. You should jack your car up and look at suspension parts to look for any worn parts. If you are not sure take it to an experienced mechanic.
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 01:26 PM
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Email Rush Limbaugh. He might like it like that.
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 07:40 PM
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OP did it ever occur to you that your Z might need a front end alignment???
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Old Dec 4, 2013 | 05:39 AM
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Alignment and the tires are cupped. Sway bar will have nothing to do with that.
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Old Dec 4, 2013 | 11:01 PM
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Could also be something wrong with the rack and pinion steering system.
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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 05:21 PM
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Based upon the problem description, I'm going to say that it's obviously alignment.
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 09:23 PM
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if you haven't taken it to the shop yet you can try swapping the front wheels and seeing if it pulls the other way, then again i'm posting this pretty late..
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