smr2112 Report post Posted August 24, 2009 Now I can "crowd source" and get a collective opinion on this. Had the car a week now and droveit a decent amount on highway over the weekend. No issues, but... Somebody else wrote about steering issues, and I don't consider it major, but my steering wheelis off center (I'd guess '3 and 9' is more like' 3:30 and 9:30') - car rides straight, doesn't pull butit is like this at low speed, high speed, many different roads. On the long part of the drive it'sfatiguing to your hands because they are not in a natural position on a straight road. Very annoyingto me. I am thinking this is a new car issue in general. Every newish car I've driven and 2 I've bought overthe past 4-5 years had this same issue to a degree. On my Acura they aligned it away.On my 2007 VW beetle, they aligned it, but problem still there slightly - alignment is dead on.Tire pressure checked. Is this by design and a characteristic of FWD cars in general? I'm thinking it's me... I am taking car to dealer to finally get sill plates installed, will leave it and have a mechanic checkand report back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlwaverunr Report post Posted August 24, 2009 Mine is straight. I'm surprised that there wasn't a pre-delivery inspection that would have had the dealer take a look the steering wheel. Steering wheel straight---CHECK, etc. That stinks. Hopefully they will get it figured out. Something may have happened during delivery to the dealer. You pay too much money to accept flaws in workmanship or lack of inspection. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lrymal Report post Posted August 24, 2009 I am taking car to dealer to finally get sill plates installed, will leave it and have a mechanic checkand report back.Mine tracks straight and true. Definitely have them check it. Don't accept "it is the crown of the road", or "it is a tire resisting more than the others--take it to your tire dealer". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smr2112 Report post Posted August 24, 2009 Going to dealer on Wed. It tracks straight, but they always says "crown of the road" and serviceguy spit that out before I could finish telling him the issue, but they can put it on the lift and checkand drive it. In my experience it's NEVER the "crown of the road", I drove that same road 100x (expressway) inmy Acura and never thought about it once that car was properly aligned and wheel centered. 40 miles onthe tlattest and straightest road in swamps of 'jersey! To me, it seems the alignment is right on, steering wheel is just slightly off center. Can't fault the PDIprocess, because nobody would notice unless they drove the car for a reasonable distance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveM Report post Posted August 24, 2009 Had truck frontend realigned a couple years back and steering wheel was off center. Brought it to their attention and they fixed it in about 10 min. or so. They said they forgot to recenter after allignment.===============Going to dealer on Wed. It tracks straight, but they always says "crown of the road" and serviceguy spit that out before I could finish telling him the issue, but they can put it on the lift and checkand drive it. In my experience it's NEVER the "crown of the road", I drove that same road 100x (expressway) inmy Acura and never thought about it once that car was properly aligned and wheel centered. 40 miles onthe tlattest and straightest road in swamps of 'jersey! To me, it seems the alignment is right on, steering wheel is just slightly off center. Can't fault the PDIprocess, because nobody would notice unless they drove the car for a reasonable distance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites