lexxus86

Hello all as it says I had my alternator changed and when I got the car back my steering wheel was turned to the right like at 6 o clock but my wheels are straight. Along with the steering wheel my check vsc light check vrsc light as well as the afs light and the abs light are on.... I made a huge mistake and had the work done at midas... Which is still no reason for them to tear my car up... But now they are being difficult saying they have no clue how it got that way. Cars throwing the codes c1289 and c1304. I'm going crazy and it sucks my car is like this now. Please help lol.

SILENTM

Have you tried making a couple of circle/ fig 8 turns. did they remove the steering to change the alternator? may need to reconnect the steering correctly then do and alignment and reset/calibrate the steering angle sensor.

lexxus86

They had a machine to calibrate steering at another shop ran the test and it did nothing. And as for the figure 8s I have done some hard turning but no figure 8s. They lifted car to change alternator didn't take steering off I don't think. I'm pretty clueless and the shop isn't trying to help me fix what they did.

burny

keep us updated on this one. have not heard of this issue before. thanks and good luck

Wht95scort

The lights are all on because the steering wheel is off center. The steering angle sensor sees this and is setting the codes. Why they messed with your steering is beyond me. Have them set it back correctly as in making sure the rack is centered to the wheel. Not them just doing an alignment and causing one inner tie rod to be maxed out ready to fall off and the other all the way in.

msgs350

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This happened to me a few weeks ago when I got my alternator replaced, it ended being a loose battery terminal connection.

I only found it because i thought it was a bad gas cap so I bought a new one and swapped it. When that didn't clear the dash lights, i attempted to clear it by removing the negative terminal....that's when i found the loose connection. I tightened it up, and the problem went away.

lexxus86

I have to check into this. The shop disconnected battery and tried turning wheel to original position and still no go... And when it was fixed your wheel just went back to normal position??

lexxus86

Shops being funny wanting me to take it to Lexus and have them figure it out. Lol after they screwed it up.

msgs350

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I never has an issue with my wheel or steering wheel? I'm not even sure why they would need to mess with it to get to the alternator. Curious, what did you pay for parts and labor for the alternator replacement?.

lexxus86

Labor was about $171 and i forgot how much the alternator was itself. I'm just really confused about the steering wheel.... It's blowing my mind.

warandcar

maybe you can take it to lexus have the tech figure out what they did wrong. write that in the report and see a lawyer for reimbursement.

lexxus86

Yea guess I'll have to do that... Sucks I have to shell out $$ cause they screwed up... Changing am alternator shouldn't have created this problem and I shouldn't have to deal with these issues... Ashame how this country works... I'm a disabled veteran had my bod tore up to get treated like crap by some civilians... Ashamed folks won't own up to a mistake that they made.

Gotcha350

I agree...but I truly believe they don't have a clue as to what happened or how to fix it. I would take it to Lexus and pass the cost back to Midas or whoever did the work. If they don't want to pay then it's time to get a lawyer. Make sure you let Lexus know what work was done so they can document the reason this is happening. Good luck!

roland89

I had the lights problem but not the steering I suggest to put an oem altnator I did aftermarket n not even a year n it went on me

GS350Lexus

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Ouch, smart suggestion take it to lexus to have it figured out and have Midas pay for it.