Volkswagen Polo Service & Repair Manual: Vehicle Pulls to One Side

Wear Spots

Wear spots are caused by a hard stop with locked wheels whereby the rubber compound is abraded from the contact patch. When the tires slide across th ...

General Information

Perform a road test to determine if a vehicle pulls to one side and if so, when and to which side. If the vehicle pulls to one side. Refer to → Chapt ...

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Tires, Bringing to Mounting Temperature
  Caution There is a risk of damaging tires with strong heat. Never heat the tires with a heater or a hot air gun. Warm tires with warm water or warm ...

Loading the trailer
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warnings Trailer weight and drawbar load The trailer weight is the weight that the vehicle can pull . The drawbar load is the weight that the towing bracket exerts on the ball coupling vertically from above . The figures for tr ...

Driving in a fuel-efficient manner
Fig. 118 Fuel consumption in litres per 100 km at two different outside temperatures First read and observe the introductory information and safety warnings By adopting an economical driving style and anticipating the traffic situation ahead, you can easily reduce fuel consumption by 10- ...