300C pull to the right

[elrod]

My 300C has the dreaded pull to the right. SuperDave sent me a link to a discussion board that touches on this as a TSB FROM Chrysler. (Thanks Dave). My dealer does not SHOW any active TSB for a "pull to the right", however. I have an appointment on Thursday to get it looked at. DOes anyone else have this problem? By the way, I have been checking here everyday for the TSB:

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr.../tsbsearch.cfm

[Jerry C]

Hi folks,
Picked up my new 330C last Friday and on the way home noticed the car has a tendency to go slightly to the right. At first I thought it was the curvature of the road until I had come to a flat section of road. Same thing happened. How many people are HAVING this problem?
Jerry in De.

[Mr. Tibbs]

My 300C veers more right than Pat Buchanan, in fact it requires that I keep at least one hand on the wheel at all times (which makes eating a burger while talking on the phone and entering info INTO my laptop extremely difficult while negotiating curvy roads at a high rate of speed).

I've only logged about 150 miles, but the lean machine is definitely intent on hugging curb. I too thought it was the road at first, but it's all the time, every surface, more noticeable on the freeway than anywhere else.

I am cursing myself for not catching it when I picked the car up...but...uh...I was overcome with excitement and just wanted to leave the ditzy salespeople behind and carve up some asphault. Which I have!

It leans, sure, but man is this car a blast!

Where can I get this TSB in writing? I'd like this fixed before I slap new wheels on it.

[SuperDave]

My car drifts right too, but I don't have the official info on the TSB yet. I'm still looking!

[BrilliantBlackHemi]

Whats the fix? Revised Toe/Caster/Camber specs? Shims? Anyone know if this is being corrected on car be built now, like new orders?

[GWAZI]

Well, this does not inspire confidence. What seems strange is that the degree of the pull is different, but it's always to the right. Anyone have an idea what is wrong?

[300C on 22's]

Has anyone taken theirs back to the dealership yet? What did they say the problem was? Alignment?

[EasyRider300C]

If they CHECK the alignment and all is ok, it could be a tire problem. To CHECK it, have them rotate tires front to back. If car rides better, then it may be a bad tire. This was a problem in the early 300Ms but those cars came with Goodyears.

[Greeneyej]

Mine has a slight pull to the right as well.
If its an alignment problem I hope that Chrysler reacts faster then Nissan did w/ the 350Z and its alignment issues.

Jay

[adaptabl]

It may be a design issue and you will have to live with it.

[BlackMagnum]

Not. That would be known as a lemon....

It may be a design issue and you will have to live with it.

[dodgeatheart]

Sounds like a suspension geometry problem. They'll probably fix it, then never issue a recall - only repairing the vehicle when someone brings it in to be fixed. It has been done before (Jeep Cherokee).

[E8502]

Not. That would be known as a lemon....

It may be a design issue and you will have to live with it.

Well BlackMagnum, did you read Bob's post about this issue over at Allpar (It was a few weeks back)??

[BlackMagnum]

Haven't read it. In California they've got 30 days in the shop to fix it or they can have it back. I would be especially agressive with a known condition.

http://caag.state.ca.us/consumers/general/lemon.htm

Not. That would be known as a lemon....

It may be a design issue and you will have to live with it.

Well BlackMagnum, did you read Bob's post about this issue over at Allpar (It was a few weeks back)??

[E8502]

Here is some quotes FROM a Chrysler Engineer (Bob Sheaves):

"The closer to neutral a car handles, the more quickly it is affected by road crown, etc., including ignorant drivers that are not used to less than 10 percent understeer in the suspension design. The more steeply crowned a road is, the more "pull" (which is not what is really happenning) there is to the low side. Correcting the tendency requires a change of basic geometry in the design. This is another case of ignorance being touted as "proof" of a problem."

"...A "camber bolt" (added: actually an offset washer for the bolt to go through which is called an "eccentric"---RWS) is a damn sight different than a control arm. In this instance (assuming this is all that is being replaced) the bolt indicates that the net punches that put the holes in the frame brackets for the UCA to mount is off and needs to be shimmed on way or the other. Not a big deal at all."
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