BMW pulling to the left...

Firestar_3x · 27 Jan 2017 at 19:14

Sticking brake caliper would be my guess, 14k and bushes doesn't add up.

[TW]Fox · 27 Jan 2017 at 19:47

Firestar_3x said:
Sticking brake caliper would be my guess, 14k and bushes doesn't add up.

Far more likely to manifest itself as red hot brake discs and excessive vibration surely.

Dis86 · 27 Jan 2017 at 19:50

You'd also notice compromised braking.

Firestar_3x · 27 Jan 2017 at 19:57

[TW]Fox;30445493 said:
Far more likely to manifest itself as red hot brake discs and excessive vibration surely.

If the caliper had seized to a reasonable degree then yes you would feel hot brakes / wheel & smell burning, however perhaps the brake is at the beginning of its failure cycle and is merely resulting in a pad not retracting a quickly as the other side.

Might be wrong, but i simply don't buy the other reason.

Dis86 said:
You'd also notice compromised braking.

It pulls to one side when braking, which could mean the brake efficiency on one side is greater than the other

Nasher · 27 Jan 2017 at 21:05

If it was only doing it when braking then it's the brakes. But doing it randomly is a weird one

Barks · 27 Jan 2017 at 22:18

Is this not a simple tracking issue?

Gaygle · 27 Jan 2017 at 22:52

I await the OP informing us as to what tyres are on the car and if there is an odd one out.

Minstadave · 27 Jan 2017 at 22:59

Barks said:
Is this not a simple tracking issue?

No, that wouldn't be intermittent.

Ahleckz · 27 Jan 2017 at 23:23

Casdawer said:
We want it to booked by the sales guys / Manager due to the issues we've had with them since we've had the car.

You do realise that when you get through to the sales guy/manager, all they will do is walk over to the service desk and book it in stating that you've got a 12 month unlimited mileage warranty.

Just do it yourself.

Casdawer · 30 Jan 2017 at 13:38

Hi guys,

No tyre information as I'm an idiot and forgot to note them down! (I'll try and remember today, promise!)

BMW are collecting the car on Tuesday and will investigate the bushes which they say are covered under warranty BUT they won't be if they prove that they've been damaged by a pot hole or 'curb crawling! (How can they prove this?!) They mentioned this before and we told them that we've not hit any pot holes!

Another new random thing that happened yesterday (though this might be due to the heavy rain we received yesterday) but when I was driving and the car was changing gear (automatic), the car felt like it was breaking and then a millisecond later, the car would be fine.

I'm not sure if something is sticking but this happened about 4 times last night when driving from Chichester to Havant.

Blackhawk47 · 30 Jan 2017 at 13:42

Casdawer said:
BMW are collecting the car on Tuesday and will investigate the bushes which they say are covered under warranty BUT they won't be if they prove that they've been damaged by a pot hole or 'curb crawling! (How can they prove this?!) They mentioned this before and we told them that we've not hit any pot holes!

Curb crawling is the act of visiting the red light district area and picking up prostitutes isn't it?

[TW]Fox · 30 Jan 2017 at 13:46

Casdawer said:
Hi guys,

No tyre information as I'm an idiot and forgot to note them down! (I'll try and remember today, promise!)

BMW are collecting the car on Tuesday and will investigate the bushes which they say are covered under warranty BUT they won't be if they prove that they've been damaged by a pot hole or 'curb crawling! (How can they prove this?!) They mentioned this before and we told them that we've not hit any pot holes!

Another new random thing that happened yesterday (though this might be due to the heavy rain we received yesterday) but when I was driving and the car was changing gear (automatic), the car felt like it was breaking and then a millisecond later, the car would be fine.

I'm not sure if something is sticking but this happened about 4 times last night when driving from Chichester to Havant.

Get a free wheel alignment check first. Drive to any half decent tyre place.

pepsilol · 30 Jan 2017 at 13:49

Just take it to Kwik Fit for the free alignment check. All have Hunter machines now which IIRC are the newer ones with the fast clamps and OBD2 Vin decoder straight to the Winalign.

Diddums · 30 Jan 2017 at 13:57

What you've bought is the extremely rare "considerate driver" pack. This is the car drawing your attention to the indicator stalk.

Nasher · 30 Jan 2017 at 13:57

Yea, but Kwik Fit will find a way to mess it up.

pepsilol · 30 Jan 2017 at 14:14

For reading it's fine. Adjusting is a different route.

Nasher · 30 Jan 2017 at 14:39

Blackhawk47 said:
Curb crawling is the act of visiting the red light district area and picking up prostitutes isn't it?

Optional extra on BMWs

adolf hamster · 30 Jan 2017 at 21:09

Blackhawk47 said:
Curb crawling is the act of visiting the red light district area and picking up prostitutes isn't it?

of course, and as we all know repetitive motion will prematurely fatigue the bushes :eek:

Scania · 31 Jan 2017 at 00:20

Casdawer said:
Hi guys,

No tyre information as I'm an idiot and forgot to note them down! (I'll try and remember today, promise!)

BMW are collecting the car on Tuesday and will investigate the bushes which they say are covered under warranty BUT they won't be if they prove that they've been damaged by a pot hole or 'curb crawling! (How can they prove this?!) They mentioned this before and we told them that we've not hit any pot holes!

Another new random thing that happened yesterday (though this might be due to the heavy rain we received yesterday) but when I was driving and the car was changing gear (automatic), the car felt like it was breaking and then a millisecond later, the car would be fine.

I'm not sure if something is sticking but this happened about 4 times last night when driving from Chichester to Havant.

You'll struggle to prove it's not caused by damage inflicted by you unfortunately whereas had you returned the car as soon as you noticed the back in October they wouldn't have had any wriggle room, I hope your lucky if not it'll be a needless cost incurred, hope you've learned the lesson!

The latter sounds like traction control kicking in perhaps?

gEd · 31 Jan 2017 at 01:12

Casdawer said:
Another new random thing that happened yesterday (though this might be due to the heavy rain we received yesterday) but when I was driving and the car was changing gear (automatic), the car felt like it was breaking and then a millisecond later, the car would be fine.

I had this with my Volvo and it was due to a sticking parking brake shoe but this itself may have been caused by a sticking brake calliper which you may be able to diagnose by feeling if the wheel is hot when the problem occurs.