Winter/Wet Stability

[2003eclipse]

My buddies 2g FWD did the same, in the rain. There was a bushing in the upper rear suspension that was shot. Burned it out, pressed in a new one and the whole feeling of the ass end swaying side to side going straight down the road went away. So it happens to FWD also.
Just jack the car up one side at a time and do a shake down test on the tires. Check for loose ball joints/ bushings. Good Luck

[gofastman]

jack the car up one side at a time and do a shake down test on the tires. Check for loose ball joints/ bushings. Good Luck
X2, your tie rods should have no precevable freeplay at all. could also be an issue with caster/toe. oh and those tires suck BALLS!
can you be more specific? are you having to make constant corection to keep the car straight? if you let go of the wheel does it dart off to one side?

[1ViciousGSX]

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[CVD]

I'm going with alignment. When you have that checked they will be able to tell you if the car has any other related issues. AWD vs FWD makes no difference in feel when cruising. If you can feel a difference when you are going 70 down the freeway then either you are imagining it, your alignment is off, or your attributing some other factor to the AWD.

[thom1301]

Thanks for the comments guys. Just to clarify, I had the problem, I've since had the alignment done, and the rear toe was way out of spec. I'm hoping that cures the stability problem as well as the tire wear problem.