> > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:25:33 -0500 > From: Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> > To: "Mercedes@okiebenz.com" <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: [MBZ] OT Volvo Wagon Question. > Message-ID: > <a0121bfa28702c4fa69fc5d9ceb56d08018db9e49...@mtsqhexc2.mtsqh.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > My mother has a 2003 Volvo XC70 Wagon with the 2.5Turbo engine and > AWD. Recently, she replaced the tires and they put them on the rear. > The front tires should be replaced fairly soon. She claims that after > that the car started riding oddly and just didn't seem very tight. I > drove it last week to see if I could feel it. It seems to have two > problems. One is at low speed, it kind of wanders. I would call it a > "duck walk." If that is it, I would assume the front tires are bad. > > BUT, here's the much bigger problem. In tight turns like into a > parking space or as I was driving around the cul-de-sac, halfway > through the turn, the steering with lurch into the turn. It is REALLY > fast. If you are turning left, half way through, the steering wheel > will just shoot to the left very fast. I am dreading the problem > because I think it might be the steering rack. Anyone have any other > ideas? It also just seems a little jerky and rough when driving down > the road straight - almost like the tie rods are bad. But, I don't > think that could cause the steering wheel issue. > > Donald H. Snook >
Isn't this the exact reason that you should always replace tires in a set of 4 on an AWD vehicle? I would suspect that the rear tires are larger diameter. Dave Liddell _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
