Something is majorly wrong with my dad's car. It's a 1999 Pontiac. Grand Prix?

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wolf girl

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I loaned my dad my SUV to go out of state with. I'm using his car until he gets back. I noticed when you first put the car into drive, the steering is stiff. But what worries me most is when I'm driving the car, I can feel something grinding under my feet. It also always wants to go to the right. I have to struggle to keep the car stright. The car also smells strange after I drive it. One of the fluids in the car I believe is causing the smell, It smells hot. The car's been like this seance I've been driving it.

What do you think may be wrong with his car? Is it more than one problem?
 
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dodgecummins1

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you have a steering fluid leak and needs to be fixed as soon as you can. first check the fluid in the resevior located on the passenger side of the engine compartment check to see if there is any fluid in it. if there is get a couple of bottles of steering fluid from local store with automotive section and you will have to keep adding fluid until you get it fixed, if you let the fluid run completly out most likly the pump will seize and add more costly repairs. if this does happen dont worry you will still be able to steer the car but it will be difficult the slower you are moving, but buy that point you might as well pull over and shut the engine off because you will eventually end up wearing out the belt and breaking it then you will have just open a new can of worms because this car has a serpintine belt that runs most things on the engine. hope this helps. :)

ihave a add on the other thing that might be wrong could be the halfshaft (drive shaft) which is on both sides of the car to turn your wheels, if the car is pulling to the right most likely it is the right side halfshaft wich would cause the pulling to the right, and as far as the smell all of the grease has come out of the halfshaft and is burning on the exhaust pipe. thats why you always smell something burnig and hot, may want to get that replaced asap, known to cause wrecks when it seizes up.
 
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Chigga

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Sounds like more than one problem. If you're having to struggle to keep the car straight, sounds like it's an alignment and balance problem with the wheels. As for the smell, do you notice the temperature gauge going up? Is it too hot?

As for the grinding noise...that's hard to figure out withtout looking at the car....does the grinding happen all the time or only above a certain speed? If it's only above a certain speed, it could be related to the wheel alignment.
 
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Chigga

Rookie
Sounds like more than one problem. If you're having to struggle to keep the car straight, sounds like it's an alignment and balance problem with the wheels. As for the smell, do you notice the temperature gauge going up? Is it too hot?

As for the grinding noise...that's hard to figure out withtout looking at the car....does the grinding happen all the time or only above a certain speed? If it's only above a certain speed, it could be related to the wheel alignment.
 
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Chigga

Rookie
Sounds like more than one problem. If you're having to struggle to keep the car straight, sounds like it's an alignment and balance problem with the wheels. As for the smell, do you notice the temperature gauge going up? Is it too hot?

As for the grinding noise...that's hard to figure out withtout looking at the car....does the grinding happen all the time or only above a certain speed? If it's only above a certain speed, it could be related to the wheel alignment.
 
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