Strange expierence, steering while accelerating hard... - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

plisken · 30th July 2004, 16:25

I had a wierd feeling in my car today, and I think it has possibly happened 2, perhaps 3 times before.
While accelerating hard, 100mph or so, I found the steering was quite difficult to keep straight. (That gust of wind feeling)
Now normally when at speed, the car drives straight as anything else I have ever driven, at lower speeds etc (30mph or so), it does have a tendancy to wander, sometimes to the left and others to the right.

But when this happens at speeds of 100mph or so, when accelerating it can be quite off-puting. Last time it happened, I put it down to the camber of the road, as I was accelerating up a slip road and jumping lanes, so that is perhaps one explination.

Frightening stuff...

Garcia · 30th July 2004, 20:34

For the sake of Safety and your life, you should probably have your car check out mechanically (steering? front suspension?), just a suggestion as I've had my M5 between 100 - 160 numerous times, even with side winds and I"ve never experience drifting, M5 are like missiles at the speed, straight and true unless given input by the driver or the missile computer.
A concerned M enthusiast

kevinpayneuk · 31st July 2004, 00:03

I agree it shouldn't be jumping across lanes unless something is wrong.

graeme_t84 · 31st July 2004, 09:22

There's something seriously dodgy about your steering.Get it checked out soon!

vadas1 · 31st July 2004, 11:44

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Originally Posted by graeme_t84

There's something seriously dodgy about your steering.Get it checked out soon!

ditto

ralph (vadas1)

plisken · 31st July 2004, 19:38

Thing is that it has been checked, checked again and then double checked

I've had quite a bit replaced up front over the past 6 months, and will be mighty pi#@ed off if there is somehting they have missed.

I'll have it checked out again during my oil service, probably asking to have the rack tightened, as a few people on this board have mentioned.

kevinpayneuk · 31st July 2004, 21:57

Please make sure everything at the back end is checked as well because something wrong there does have a tendancy to get you to only look at the front

plisken · 1st August 2004, 12:37

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Originally Posted by kevinpayneuk

Please make sure everything at the back end is checked as well because something wrong there does have a tendancy to get you to only look at the front

I'll have the whole suspension/steering checked out again, just to make sure.