Help! Steering off center and pulls to the right, cracked sidewall on rear tire...

ace008 · 04-06-2008, 12:32 PM

I was driving last night, not very fast, maybe about 40 or so and all of a sudden, bam... I hit a huge pothole. 5 secs later my low pressure on rear left tire warning comes on. So I pull over to see what the damage was and part of the sidewall has ripped... These are on the stockrun flats. I'm about 4 blocks to my house, so I drive home slowly. I noticed that my steering wheel is about 15 degrees off center and pulls to the right when I try to straighten it out. Then the DSC malfuction light comes on... Any idea what I could have damage? Could it be because back tire is blown out? Tie rod? I'm a lilttle hesitant to take it back to the dealer since I know they will require me to get a new rear set of runflats as I was planning to change rims soon... Any help would greatly be appreciated!

ace008 · 04-06-2008, 07:54 PM

Any ideas on what I should do now? The car made it back to my house, so its sitting in the garage. I was thinking of getting a new set of CSLs installed and getting an alignment with it. Any other suggestions?

04-06-2008, 12:32 PM	#1
ace008 Second Lieutenant 16 Rep 226 Posts Drives: 2013 F10 535i Join Date: May 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 335i [0.00]	Help! Steering off center and pulls to the right, cracked sidewall on rear tire... I was driving last night, not very fast, maybe about 40 or so and all of a sudden, bam... I hit a huge pothole. 5 secs later my low pressure on rear left tire warning comes on. So I pull over to see what the damage was and part of the sidewall has ripped... These are on the stockrun flats. I'm about 4 blocks to my house, so I drive home slowly. I noticed that my steering wheel is about 15 degrees off center and pulls to the right when I try to straighten it out. Then the DSC malfuction light comes on... Any idea what I could have damage? Could it be because back tire is blown out? Tie rod? I'm a lilttle hesitant to take it back to the dealer since I know they will require me to get a new rear set of runflats as I was planning to change rims soon... Any help would greatly be appreciated!
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04-06-2008, 07:54 PM	#2
ace008 Second Lieutenant 16 Rep 226 Posts Drives: 2013 F10 535i Join Date: May 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 335i [0.00]	Any ideas on what I should do now? The car made it back to my house, so its sitting in the garage. I was thinking of getting a new set of CSLs installed and getting an alignment with it. Any other suggestions?
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