car pulls to left at random times

2001 FORD FOCUS
150,000 MILES
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KATE M
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Car has been aligned, new tires, and balanced. When acclerating car****** to the left. This will happend in 3rd or 4th gear and up, also when higher speeds and changing lanes or going around a sharp curve to the left it will***** like one tire is trying to run in front of the other.
Jan 5, 2012 at 7:49 PM
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FIXITMR
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have you had front suspension parts checked for faults?
Jan 5, 2012 at 7:55 PM
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FIXITMR
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dod you know if car was ever in wreck/fixed?
Jan 5, 2012 at 9:31 PM
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KATE M
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yes in accident but repaired. just changed rack and pinion with used unit.

could it be transmission fluid in manual transmission
Jan 5, 2012 at 9:48 PM
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FIXITMR
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fluid? no. unless it's empty/low? so this happened after wreck/fix? was it immediately noticed?
Jan 7, 2012 at 9:20 AM