Q: Vehicle pulling hard left. Why?

asked by on July 20, 2017

My vehicle is pulling hard to the left when I let go the steering wheel. I checked the left side front tire it is threading as well. Tell me how to fix this issue and why it's happening
My car's transmission is unknown to me.

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