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January 9, 2001, on Ford Story:
I bought a 1997 Ford Probe with 15 miles on the odometer. I noticed almost immediately that the car had a tendency to pull right, and also that the tachometer would stick and not register the true engine speed (rpms). I was told by a friend that usually cars were tighly belted to the tractor-trailer and that this would cause misalignment of the front end. Not really worried about it, I took the car to the dealer, and was told that the part for the tachometer would need to be ordered. It took over a month to get the part in, and like so many others, I had to call several times. Meanwhile, they attempted to align the front end twice, but with no noticible results. I ended up taking the car to a major retailers service center, who after two attempts managed to align the front end somewhat correctly. Only problem was, the steering wheel did not line up properly (looked like it was always turning right, even though it wasn't). Well, I attributed it to the incompetence of the service t...