Cars rear end wanders?
 

When I'm driving along, ONLY when I'm going left around a curve, my rear end feels like it doesn't want to follow the rest of the car, like it almost wants to keep going straight. It only does this kinda fishtailing when I'm going left, not right, and it gets more prominent with speed. Its really quite scary, especially when another car is next to you, and you feel like you don't have control of it. I took my car in Monday to get an alignment since I put new springs and struts on, hoping it would've fixed the problem somehow, but it didn't. It also did this before the new struts and springs were put on. Also, when I had it aligned, they replaced the outer front tie rod, saying it had some play to it. What should I check to see if somethings loose that may be causing this? Or is it some weird quirk with Accents?

Mine doesn't do anything like that.

You had them check the alignment for all 4 wheels? Not just a front end alignment right?

If it was me, I would put the rear end of the car up on jack stands and see if anything has excessive play. I would look especially carefully at the control arm bushings to be sure one isn't messed up. Also check to see if anything looks bent.

Yep, all four tires got checked. I'll do what you said and put her up on some stands and give everything a look over again. Thanks floyd!

I have a simular issue on right hand turns but its only occasional, back ends feels like it wanted to continue straight but its only for a fraction of a second, havnt scared myself bad enough yet to get the rear end up an look.

Well if either of you gets it figured out be sure to post back to give others a place to start looking.

friend of mine had an accent do something like that, bad bushing on a rear multlink thing.

well looks like im kid free this weekend so if i dont sleep the mornings away (afternoons to hot) then i just might get to looking.

If you do get around to it, let me know what you find. I'm stuck pulling double shifts for everyone since no one wants to work.

Well i lifted the back end up and went in with a rubber mallet. I looked at all the bushings and there good from what i can see. I beat on all the suspension components with said mallet and nothing seemed to be loose. So its still a mystery for me.

Get a couple hundred pounds of junk (or a few bags of cement) in the trunk, and see if it still does it.

I did have my family in the car yesterday, and it didn't wobble when we went around corners, didn't get the rattle either. Does having weight in the car and it making a difference mean anything specific?

It means your car* is light in the ass! laugh.gif

If the wandering bothers you, and you have already double-checked that everything from the lugnuts to the strut mounting nuts are tight and in good order . . . keep a couple bags of cement in the boot and forget about it. If you are having too much understeer, you might try to find a beefier rear antisway bar, but unless this is something you think will get you killed or you want to race, the expense may not be justified in the eyes of the Significant Other in your home.

*I owned a 2002 Accent 4-door for about 6 months, in addition to my Elantra. Compared to the Elantra, the handling sucked BIG TIME. I suspect it was because it's a lighter, smaller car with little tiny skinny tires, and it's tuned to understeer.

i've got the back of my LC1 stripped out, sh*t's scary. it has snapped under hard cornering at around 35 mph before.

but because yours is inconsistent, i'd jack it up and look for broken components, loose springs, loose bolts, collapsed bushings, a binding bushing, busted wheel bearing?

That is crazy, My Tib is completely gutted except for two front buckets, and a harness bar. lol I can toss that B around all day, except im running 215/45/16 Faulken Zx's there good but not great, there all season ties so you cant except alot, but there holding up great, try some wider sticker tires like a 215 or you can go all the way to a 225 with no rubbage unless your slammed like me, which probably is another reason mine sticks like it is on tracks, im like a whole 4 inchs off the ground, and the suspension was tuned by a shop on all corners, to be 5 lbs within each other.