My wife told me the car was pulling to the right. So I took it out and it does some times but ever so slightly. Almost undetectable at times. She said it seemed worse at highway speed, I ran it up to 70 and it tracked pretty well. At 90 the thing was perfect. There does seem to be times when it pulls though, even on the flatest of roads. It aint much, but I was wondering if anyone else had this happen. Not sure I want someone screwing around with the stearing on this car already, since the problem is almost not really a problem, You know how it goes sometimes the cure turns out to be worse that the problem.

Any thoughts. :?:

 

flathead,

Just an idea... do you think it could be caused by the "crown" in the road making it pull ever so slightly to the right? Different roads have different slopes, that's where I've experienced cars drifting or pulling to the right.

Another thing to think about... the Xfire has a well tuned suspension and I'm thinking that just the slightest crown would cause the car to pull or drift. I'm not a suspension pro so it's just a guess on my part and I wouldn't get too concerned unless your tire wear gets way out of hand. :wink:

 

Check the tire pressures

 

Yep, that'll do it too. ops: ops: ops:

 

Tire pressure is fine, Not caused by the crown in the road, I checked all that out. This car has only 500 miles on it so far. I'll wait a while and if it seems to get worse I'll have to get it checked. I'll keep ya posted.

 

Mine has 160 miles on it and is experiencing the exact same thing.
The slight pull/drift to the right when I drive becomes magnified when I brake hard at a stop, then the steering wheel turns almost 45 degrees in my hands, with some force. That doesn't sound like tire pressure, does it? It sounds like alignment. Or I am wondering if the ESP maybe has a quirk.

I was in to the dealer yesterday on the "routine" radiator hose position change (they called ME) and I told them about it, but the tech said "get some miles on the vehicle first." I didn't think alignment was something that needed breaking in.

 

I have the same problem...Car pulls to the right. I bought a DEMO from the dealer that has 3000 miles. Still pulls

My 2000 230SLK never did this, unless it needed an alignment, so I called the dealer and told him.

I'll keep everyone posted on this.

 

The pulling problem went away for me when I change to Green Stuff front break pads.

But, before the new pads the only time that I really noticed a "pull" was when coming to a slow stop. During hard braking to was always fine.