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Follow-Up - Alignment Off - 2019 Atlas (lemmy.world)

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

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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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[–] venusaur 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for all the info! I’ll slowly check things out. At the end of the day, if it was in an accident causing the alignment to be off, I would need to take it to a shop to identify what’s off. Unless it’s obvious I wouldn’t be able to do that myself.

The steering system is electronically assisted and can be calibrated. I have a feeling that’s what was missing from the shop’s alignment. The steering is still connected directly in the event the electronic assist fails.