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Help Please! Car Jumps when I Hit the gas/Let off
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:34 PM
Hi everyone! Geez its been forever since i been on here. Been really busy and not even driving the car much but now im back on it and going to fix it up. Ok to my problem....

Ok so the problem started off when i slid in the rain and slammed into a curb really hard. It bent the control arm pretty bad. So after fighting to get that off and replacing that i take it to get an alignment. He did the thing right, well the paper work shows its good. Right when i left it started to do this.. When i give the car gas it jumps to the right, and when i let go of the gas it jumps to the left. Its pretty bad it already ruined my tires i had on it. I just got new tires and i don't want it to happen to those. I took it back right after i left the shop and he told me it was probably a bolt i did not tighten good enough when i put the control arm on.

Has anyone heard of something like this happening before? Maybe someone knows what i need to tighten? Or maybe its something else? I am really stuck on this one and desperately need information from you experts
If you need any more info please let me know. Thanks for reading!!

My car is a 97 Sunfire GT

Re: Help Please! Car Jumps when I Hit the gas/Let off
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:34 PM
Sounds to me like you need to find a different front end alignment shop with a tech who knows front ends not just alignments. I used to do alignments and I always jacked up the front end leaving the tires hanging just above the ramps and shook everything and if that seemed alright I then took a long prybar and lifted the tires up and down slightly while watching for any loose parts. Most likely if you didnt have the problem B4 it was induced by what you did or didnt replace. Do the prybar thing with a helper while you watch underneath. I'll bet you'll find the culprit part.
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