On the road issues with my 02 Accent

Tiny
MARTINEZNICK
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  • 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT
  • 206,000 MILES
Hi,
Im having issues with my 2002 accent hyundai 4 door sedan.
I bought this car about a month ago, from the street from some guy off craigslist
the car is used and has 206, ooo miles on it.

The issue im having with this car is, each time im in a bad road the car feels like it gets pulled to the left.
The car runs fine, just when theirs a small pot hole or when I go over the train tracks it feels like like it gets pulled. I took it to 3 different mechanics, and they all first said, it was struts, so I bought new struts and took them to get installed. So I went to go try them out but it was still doing it but not as bad, so I took it back to all 3 of them and told them that it was still doing it. They told me I might need new tires and an alignment, and since I got the same answer from 3 different mechanics I assumed I should do that. SO I went and installed all 4 tires brand new and took it to get it aligned. And once again I took it for a test drive, and the problem continues just not as bad as before.

After putting all my school loan into my car I was bummed out a bit that it was still doing it, so I sat on the floor thinking of what other options I had. I was sitting on my drive way floor when I noticed something.
The lower rear control arm on the right side of my car was slightly bent. Ive been online searching and searching if thats a reason why it pulls to the left, but I havnt gotten an answer from anywhere else. And those 3 mechanics would only tell me yes I need that so I could give them more work.

Please help me or guide to what it could possibly be
Thank you

if you need any pictures ill be gladly to email them just let me know
Saturday, April 20th, 2013 AT 11:38 PM

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Tiny
KHLOW2008
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The rear does not affect the steering as much as the front. I would suggest checking the front suspension components.

Steering linkages, control arm ball joints etc.
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Sunday, April 21st, 2013 AT 12:30 AM
Tiny
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The car doesn't leak at all
And the car only pulls to the left when the rear tires go over something. And the car feels like it gets pulled to the left from the rear left not from the front at all
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Sunday, April 21st, 2013 AT 3:27 AM
Tiny
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If it is the rear that is affected, you would need to have the arm checked as it would cause vehicle to pull.
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Sunday, April 21st, 2013 AT 6:11 AM

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