Re: Brand new Duster 2016 pulls to the left; Renault uncooperative Thanks Waseem for bringing this to our notice. I think that the solution provided in #2 below might help a lot of us with the minor car pulling issue.
I see two interesting elements in the post by Heeraz.
Apologies in advance for cross posting, but I feel that the details in #1 is necessary and #2 gives a potential solution to lot of us on the 'CAR pulling left' problem.This might not be limited to Duster only.
If MODS feel that it need to be edited, please do the needful.
1.Shailesh’s conjecture was either it’s a manufacturing defect or the car could have been dropped hard from one of the rams of the trailers that carry them, it could have happened during transportation of the vehicle. Anyway the report given to me was that “a chassis check was required on the Car-O-Liner or cerletic bench. And the wider tyres were not the reason for pulling.”
Would be interested if Heeraz could get the car to be checked on a chassis straightening device and get the report. If the car was indeed dropped during transport, then all it needs is getting the chassis straightened. He will have the proof and sue the dealership for withholding information and causing trauma and mental agony. Renault can learn a thing or two about public relations.
2. More interesting was a fix suggested by Mr Joseph in the comments. Definitely worth a try :
"The Technican also gave me a real jewel of a law of automobiles, which I had never come across in my 5 decades of automobile experience.
“All left hand drive vehicles pull to the right and all right hand drive vehicles pull to the left”
After hearing this pure crap I decided the only alternative was a DIY job.The following is from my experience with cars fore more than 50 years. Maybe French cars are made differently, maybe not.
All steering boxes have a center point. If it is out of the center it will ‘hunt’ for the center.
Computerised or manual Wheel alignment without centering the steering box is absolute crap.
I went to a small shop and we found that the steering box was about 2.5 degrees to the right more than the left and the pull to the left was proably from the steering box hunting for the center.
Holding the steering box at its true center(the steering wheel was a bit tilted at this position) we locked it and set the toe and took a test drive. The left pull was solved!
Next, we were groping in the dark about the toe angle, which the Frenchies seemed to be more scecretive than the combination to Marie Antoinette’s chastity belt!
So we used my Palio’s figures instead. A total toe of 0.02 Positive.
All that was done at around 12000km on the odo."
To be honest, we have seen enough on this forum, be it Skoda, Ford, Fiat or Renault. The Japs have very good work culture, but in Japan. Upgraded for India Civics need those rubber stoppers from scraping, Suzuki(a la Maruti) offers non existent airbags.
I was once told a story in Mgmt school about a Toyota worker in Japan, who stopped by on his way from work to clean a dirty car parked on the side of the road. When probed by the American reporter on whether it was his car, he responded saying that though it was not his car, but it was a Toyota, and a dirty car on the highway,visible to everyone, would bring disrepute to his organization and his work;hence the need to clean it up.
That is customer service, a very very very alien concept in Indian auto scene. Also, it is the same set of people in management who move from one organization to other. So, not surprised that the culture of apathy has spread its tentacles.
Hope the Bawa does get his justice and his car sorted.
Last edited by aqualeo2040 : 24th May 2016 at 19:08.
Reason: adding an acknowledgement for the OP
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