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What could cause this in my car?
Hello all savvy mechanics here on Yahoo Answers. I have a question regarding my Ford Taurus. It's a 1993 GL. 3.0L V6 U Series motor. Recently during a snow storm, I was driving home, and out of nowhere my wheel jerked to the left. I proceeded to slow down to try and see what the fuss was about.But because of snow, I wasn't able to pinpoint the source of the issue. My steering wheel is slightly turned to the left now (positions 9 and 3 are now at 8 and 2 or 7 and 1 depending on speed. If you remember what you were taught for where to place your hands on the wheel then you know what I mean by these numbers.). And that's to keep it straight. Whereas my left front wheel is straight, and my right front is turned out at least ten degrees. When I originally purchased the car, I was told that the tie rods were bad and would need replacement soon. I inspected my car, and I didn't see any differences between any of my tie rods, inner ones or outer ones. Nothing looked bent out of shape. Maybe I'm not looking in the right spots? I haven't been able to get it to the shop yet. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Sounds as though you ran into a curb, and bent a tie rod or something. Unless you now what it looks like unbent, you won't know that it's bent. Dont drive it any more than absolutely emergency necessary til lit's fixed by a competent front end shop. Tire wear is horrible, handling is compromised -- danger to self and others.
Source(s): old mechanic - Robert MLv 78 years ago
YEAH! I think so TOO! a HUGE snow bank power hit can bend metal, and I also believe that you have BENT tie rods and broken tie rod ends. CAREFULLY get car to any service center where they can HOIST up the car and examine for you. MOST of these check-ups are FREE! It is one slight flaw with a TAURUS< but most of the factory tie rod ends last at least 100k miles or more. GOOD LUCK!! GM tie rods are even worse on OLDER gm vehicles from the OLD gm! Anyways, a a whole TIE ROD can bend if over stressed by a high SNOW BANK and a bent TIE ROD is easy to spot. Get SOMETHING checked out BEFORE you get into SERIOUS trouble on the road. The WEAKESET link on OLDER taurus suspension was the plastic STABILIZER BAR links. GOOD LUCK!
- Country BoyLv 78 years ago
First you must understand what tie-rids are. Your car has only one on each side. They're a solid piece of steel They never go bad unless the car has been is a serious accident.
You meant to say tie-rod ends in which case your car has four of. Ford Taurus Cars go through more outer tie-rod ends than any brand of car.
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- Anonymous8 years ago
Well having no experience in driving yet, so you don't have to listen to me lol, but you could have hit an open man hole and bent a tire rode or misaligned a alignment adjuster that was already loose
