Well not long after my last post we had a bad snowstorm with over 15 inches of snow. My poor snowblower had a work out. It got to the point I could no longer see over the snowbanks and trying to blow the snow to the top of the banks was a losing battle. I did get the driveway cleaned and that was that.

Now on Tuesday I was driving home from work and my steering felt loose. I thought that I was low on air. I checked the pressure and the one tire needed some air. Problem solved I thought, boy was I soooo wrong. I pulled out of the gas station and when I stopped at the light my steering wheel turned to the left on its own. I thought, what the f**k? I started to travel down the road and the whole front end started to shake like it was possessed. I put the 4 ways on and pulled over. I do not have a cell phone so I decided to try and get home. Well I started out good until I hit a bump. Then the shaking started again. I pulled over and tried to fiqure out what to do. I started off again and made it to a pay phone. I called home and said I was taking it to the garage I go to but I needed a ride home from the garage. Then I changed my mind and decided to come home. When I got home the stupid hydro started to go all wonky. It would go out, come on, go out again for at least an hour.

As I was talking on the phone getting a ride arranged to work the next day I remembered that I had a letter from General Motors about work that needed to be checked for the Tracker. I found the letter and guess what everything that the letter said the car would do it was doing. There was a problem with the 1999-2000 trackers that they were fixing at their cost. A front suspension crossmember did not receive adequate corrosion protection. In short the rust causes some brackets to rust away and the steering is affected. More in part two of the story of me, the tracker, the dealer and gm head office.