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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Tread depth and wear indicators
Fig. 147 Tyre tread: wear indicators First read and observe the introductory information and safety warningsTread depth Difficult driving situations demand the deepest possible tread depth for the tyres and the same tread depth for the tyres on the front and rear axles. This applies in pa ...

Tire Wear, One Sided
In many causes, this is caused by driving style, but sometimes it is also caused by incorrect axle adjustment.     Increased One-Sided Wear One-sided wear, in conjunction with scrub marks on ...

Tires, Dismounting
Remove the valve insert.   Note If equipped handle the glued-on wheel trim carefully. Surface slightly scratched. Replace the damaged rim wheel trim.     ...