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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 04:25 PM
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Picked up my car with 6 miles and noticed that the car keeps wandering off. I decided to take it to the dealership and sure enough, both the Steer Ahead and Toe were off. Warning to all the new owners not to assume that just because your car is brand new that it will have a perfect alignment. Bad alignment is one quick way to wear your expensive tires down.

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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:41 PM
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Mine was off also but didn't fix it until a year after and had to pay out of my pocket. It still seems like it wants to go right even after alignment. Not sure what's going on with this car.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:58 PM
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Mine was off also but didn't fix it until a year after and had to pay out of my pocket. It still seems like it wants to go right even after alignment. Not sure what's going on with this car.
Roads have a natural slope that do generally steer cars to the right. They do this to prevent pooling on the roads. This could be what you're experiencing even after they aligned your car.
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Old Aug 26, 2014 | 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by mrkjsn
Roads have a natural slope that do generally steer cars to the right. They do this to prevent pooling on the roads. This could be what you're experiencing even after they aligned your car.
Unless you're driving on the freeway and in the middle lane. Experience drivers should be able to tell the differences.
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Originally Posted by mrkjsn
Roads have a natural slope that do generally steer cars to the right. They do this to prevent pooling on the roads. This could be what you're experiencing even after they aligned your car.
That's what I thought too but when I drove other cars I don't experience this...and my steering wheel is a little crooked to the left. I already went back to dealer, they straightened it out but still looks slightly crooked.

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