My car has 29xxx kms run, was serviced for the steering column
sound. After the service, I found that the car steering does not want to
center itself when turned left. This problem showed itself due to tight
steering column, which otherwise was loose/worn. When the car was left
to run straight without holding the steering, it had no issues until the
tyres go in a ditch. Chowgule service centre could not fix the problem.
I always doubted the left stud(shock absorber) and recently asked
them to replace it with a new one. The dumb fellows did not believe me
and had no ability to test drive. They changed the stud and did the
wheel alignment. The idiots must have fitted the sensors on the wheel
caps(I once saw this done by them) or purposely kept a right side
tendency for the car so that the fault which they never believed
existed, could be corrected. They never believed that the stud was
faulty. I have to waste one more day for this, again.
The stud was faulty as I noticed another improvement on replacing it.
The car, when driven above 70 kmph was behaving like it was running
on a rumbled road(in the front). This stopped on replacing the stud.
This problem existed even during warranty and I thought it to be normal
with Maruti ALTO(Indian variant) as this is my first car.
The service centre personnel believe that the stud is defective only when it makes duk-duk sound.
What could be the problem in the stud that made it behave so unstable.
Gajanan Phadte
Maruti ALTO Shock Absorber Issues
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