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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by venusaur@lemmy.world to c/mechanicadvice@lemmy.world

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@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Understood but shouldn’t the dealership be able to control all available adjustments when doing an alignment? Camber shouldn’t be an issue.

I know it’s not the slope of the road because I’ve driven in the middle of a road, and even on roads that slope to the left and same issue.

This car also has drive by wire so no direct connection. I wonder if I could just adjust that somehow if the wheels are truly aligned properly.

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I can't say what your car does or does not have in terms of adjustment.

Was it ever perfect? Do you know the entire vehicle history personally and has it been hit? I can the you several ways to determine crash history empirically. Never trust dealers or Carfax like reports.

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