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Tue 11 Sep 2018 20:56
Smax - Smax steering - John Davis 3
We recently purchased an smax and I have an issue with its steering and this may just be how they are but I wanted to see what people thought about it


I will try to explain it as best I can...

If you drive the car relatively normally and not aggressively everything seems fine but When you get more aggressive and heavy footed the steering feels slightly unpredictable. Especially when pulling away quickly. The steering seems goto one side but it doesn’t goto one side in particular it kind of wobbles. It does seems to be dependent on the road sometimes but not always.

Does this sound familiar to anyone. I’m not sure if there’s a problem or not, I think the tyres on the font do need balancing but I’m not convinced that is the reason. Maybe they are just crap cars..

I would appreciate people’s thoughts

Cheers

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Tue 11 Sep 2018 21:37
Smax - Smax steering - elekie&a/c doctor

As you have just bought the car,have you checked the condition of the tyres and that they are at the correct pressures.? Lot of people make the mistake of reading psi and bar incorrectly .

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Tue 11 Sep 2018 22:38
Smax - Smax steering - John Davis 3
Hi

Thanks for your reply.

I haven’t checked the type pressures. The tyres do look good I think they were either new or nearly new when we got it but I don’t think they were balanced as I do get bit of a wobble at around 50 or 60 mph.

I’ll check the pressures tomorrow.
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