Steering wheel not centered...

[jeebus]

well, I went the appropriate route and took the car back to the alignment shop. They fixed the steering wheel centering and all is well.

They also seemed to think that our cars auto-zero point during startup. But I'd take their advice about that with a grain of salt since our cars don't even show up in their computer.

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Originally Posted by jeebus

well, I went the appropriate route and took the car back to the alignment shop. They fixed the steering wheel centering and all is well.

They also seemed to think that our cars auto-zero point during startup. But I'd take their advice about that with a grain of salt since our cars don't even show up in their computer.

i thought id chime in on this part. I seem to recall the car jerking the wheel a bit during a start up, maybe thats the auto zero point? My wheel is off centerd a tiny bit but not pulling. All of this just happened to occur right after I got an alignment, and it was my theory that during the tiny wheel jerk is when it went off center.

it could all be a coincidence and my wheel could just be off center haha, just a thought.

[jeebus]

Originally Posted by omx

i thought id chime in on this part. I seem to recall the car jerking the wheel a bit during a start up, maybe thats the auto zero point? My wheel is off centerd a tiny bit but not pulling. All of this just happened to occur right after I got an alignment, and it was my theory that during the tiny wheel jerk is when it went off center.

it could all be a coincidence and my wheel could just be off center haha, just a thought.

They just did your alignment slightly off. I know it's trivial, but my car feels a lot better with the wheel centered.

[mact]

Here's a tip:

Center the wheel to the point where you are happy with, and align 2 pieces of tape, one on top of the steering wheel, and the other on top of teh column.

When you go to the alignment shop, specifically ask the tech to align the 2 pieces of tape before making adjustments.