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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by venusaur to c/mechanicadvice
 

Hi again. I took the car back to the dealer to re-align and the wheel is still turned to the left a little when driving straight. The tech showed me the numbers and that they leveled the steering wheel.

Is something wrong with my suspension, or should I try alignment somewhere else? Just live with it?

EDIT: when I let the wheel go and I’m going straight on a stretch of road the wheel is off center by about 10 degrees.

EDIT EDIT: called the dealership and they said alignment doesn’t include resetting wheel sensor via obd tool. Crazy.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Apparently there’s no nice pictures of it on google. But roads are slanted outwards to help with water drainage.

If there’s nobody around and it’s safe try driving on the wrong side of the road for a second and see if it turns the other way.

[–] venusaur 2 points 1 month ago

It’s not this. I understand the road angles but I’ve driven on all sorts of roads, in the middle of the road, on roads that slope towards the median and the wheel is still angled to the left to drive straight.