Do you know why some cars pull to the right while going down steep hills?

Question

While pumping the brakes on some cars, and going down a very STEEP hill they are known to pull to the right.otherwise they drive okay on flat ground.

Answer 1

i own a repair shop,and a lot of it is the way they bank the road so that the water will run off of it,, it really don't have much to do with the car,mine does it going down certain hills if they didn't have some kind of slope on them the water wouldn't run off of them very good at all,and there would be a lot more accidents on the roads,but this is probably why you have noticed it,not all hills have a good bank on them ,but some do,good luck,i hope this help,s.,,PS if it were your brakes it would do it all the time,good luck.

Answer 2

In the first place it's NOT good to pump the brakes!!!...unless you're driving a car without anti-lock brakes, like a classic or antique.

Sounds like a brake problem to me....caused by pumping those brakes.

Alignment problems can cause the brakes to pull to one direction or the other, also. This can either be Front End Alignment or Body Alignment. A front end alignment is a LOT easier to fix than some problems with Body Alignment.

Answer 3

To maintain control.

Whatever the fastest speed is that you can stop from safely, on a flat, level road, then going round a bend or down a hill, you need to go SLOWER in order to still be able to stop OK.

I do this in my Corvette - I've tried it the other way & now I do it the safe way. And I pull over to the right to let the idiots go past, on their way to maybe killing themselves - some people have a very poor understanding of what their vehicle will do & won't do. I've wrecked a few cars in club racing & now I know how far to push the performance envelope.

Answer 4

The brakes are heating up at different rates, u might have a stuck caliper or worn pads on one side. Alignment could be a factor as well. Dont pump the brakes, always downshift and let the engine help slow you.

Answer 5

The quite tiny pin that locks the transmission in "Park" become never designed to hold the burden of the vehicle and can fail or slide out of "Park" whilst too plenty weight is pushing on it. that's why you employ the PARKING BRAKE and turn the front wheels in direction of the decrease whilst parking on a hill no count while you're dealing with uphill or downhill. The onwers instruction manual could desire to provide help to recognize to set the parking brake FIRST and then positioned the vehicle in PARK. comparable with a instruction manual tranny which you will out in first kit or opposite to help sluggish (not stop) the vehicle if it rolls on a grade. stable luck!

Answer 6

There is often crowning on roadway surfaces to allow for water run-off. This will then cause a vehicle to pull to the right depending on the degree of slope caused by the crown.

Answer 7

if it pulls when you hit the brakes, that indicates a problem with the brakes, being on a hill or not doesn't mean anything.

Answer 8

For most cars, second gear is the workhorse. It will get you up (and down) steep hills as well as through congested downtown.
The clutch pedal is located at the far left and is used when moving up or down from one gear to another. The clutch is disengaged when the pedal is pushed to the floor.
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Answer 9

that mean your right break are work harder than you left break, take your wheel out check your break pads your right brake would be thinner than your left break, easy fix breed your break or change your break cylinders.

Answer 10

its either your brakes or your alignment is off