"Matthew Fusfield" > wrote in message
m...
> My wife has a 2001 SL2 with about 45000 miles on it. We've been
having
> a number of problems lately and so far all the dealer has really
been
> able to say is "we can't find anything" - but a few Google searches
> have turned up some answers that have then solved the problem, so
I'm
> hoping someone can help here.
>
> Today, about 50 miles from home, she pulled off the road because
every
> time she steered to the right, she would hear a grinding noise and
the
> steering wheel would shake a bit. After a few minutes she noticed a
> burning smell and decided it was time to call for help.
>
> It was towed back to the dealer; they called to say they could find
> nothing wrong. She is going in for a test drive with the mechanic
> tomorrow.
>
> Any ideas? We are getting really frustrated with the dealer but just
> want the thing fixed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt

That grinding could be a bad caliper or warped rotors, if could be a
bad set of brake pads that are grinding on the metal of the rotors it
could be a bad strut housing or strut, it could be any number of front
end suspension parts. Usually the tugging from one side to or the
other could be a hung up brake component.

Elector