Tire rub on right turns

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I noticed on right turns my vehicle's tires rub. The size is stock @ 205/65R15. Any ideas why this would be happening?

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Which one rubs and where, Inner fender front of tire, inner fender rear of tire or top of tire?
 
Could it be a wheel bearing noise, normally the noise will be heard for one side turns.
 
Stock tires are sized to not rub. If the springs are worn they are limited by the rigid suspension components.

What remains is...
Fender/body movement
Rigid suspension components like bushings and ball joints.

Sometimes clearance on 'stock' is only 1/4".
 
Ha! Honestly, IDK at this point. I felt pressured to get something quickly and am regretting the purchase. Should have listened to my gut. It was a tough call because I needed a vehicle and wanted to skate by without making payments, but I also had a certain criteria to meet for my wife's needs, and I couldn't find a cheap get-around car that provided that.

I should have put half down and gotten a newer vehicle in the $10k range. Lesson learned.

I emailed the service manager and told him I was very dissatisfied with it, whatever good that will do of any.
Burt Gummer said:
Time to trade it
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Original wheels or no? If not the offset is too great for the model. Was the vehicle ever wrecked? Could be frame alignment issues.
 
Need to put it up on the lift, I had similar problem and it ended up being the left rear tire had a radial pull,
very slight but just enough to make a rubbing sound when making left turns.
 
When you say on right turns - does it do it when the wheel is turned all the way to the right or just some of the way?
Do you know if the car has wheel spacers fitted between the wheels and the hub?
If you take a look under the car is there anything loose that might be causing it? Perhaps an access flap in the fender liner? Look around the inside of the fender well for where the rubbing might be hapening - you should be able to see it. You may also be able to see a rub on the tire, which will let you know roughly where to look (IE inside tire shoulder, outside etc. )
 
Last time I ran across this, it was on my son's '06 Wrangler. Right side tire was rubbing on something at slow speeds when the wheel was turned all the way to the left, just like when taking a sharp turn around a cul-de-sac or to do a u-turn. Found the sway bar was disconnected from the link on the right side. The bushing was completely separated. Like others have said, get it up on a lift, or take to someone who can look at it. There's probably a very simple explanation for the rubbing noise.
 
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OutLore said:
When you say on right turns - does it do it when the wheel is turned all the way to the right or just some of the way?
Do you know if the car has wheel spacers fitted between the wheels and the hub?
If you take a look under the car is there anything loose that might be causing it? Perhaps an access flap in the fender liner? Look around the inside of the fender well for where the rubbing might be hapening - you should be able to see it. You may also be able to see a rub on the tire, which will let you know roughly where to look (IE inside tire shoulder, outside etc. )
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It's slight on a normal right turn, but heavy on a hard right. Definitely gets worse the sharper the turn is.

Idk if it has spacers or not, and I can't see anything obvious when I look in the wheel well. I work with a girl who's husband is apparently great with cars so I'm going to buy the guy some beer and see if we can have a look.

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Look at the bushings in the suspension.
I had a '87 535is and changed them all out to poly.
 
Yeah its going to be lower control arm bushings, done several when I was an alignment tech. Stick a prybar in there and see if there is any play with the weight off the suspension. The most expensive vehicle on the road is a 10+ year old European.
 
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