Is you're steering wheel straight and true?
 

After driving my car for about a little more than a week now I noticed that the steering wheel is not perfectly centered when I'm going in a straight line. It is off by a few degrees to the right or at about the 1 minute position on a clock. Is this normal? Does it happen because for the majority my trips, I'm making right hand turns so it wears the tires in that way?

My steering wheel is round.

It happens because god hates you for making so many dumb threads.

I don't believe in god. Psha!

Neither do I, but I'm starting to since your steering wheel is off center.

^yes

Found the right search query finally. I guess the problem is with the tie rods or something, not the allignment. Just gonna add it to my "Dealer To-Do" list.

When a front end alignment is done, the steering wheel is indexed and can be clocked to any position. Its a minor adjustment.

My steering wheel is straight and false.

Well my steering wheel was of to the left about 2mins. LOL
Dealer did a 4 wheel alignment and found the right rear to off about 4 degrees ,,shocking
It is all straight now.

Man I've got too much on my list for the dealer to do now. I have to get the front brake squeal fixed, the front lower lip spoiler reattached, the steering fixed, and a minor rattle/buzzing I'm getting from the lower passenger-side door. Ugh.

Only 34.68 seconds here.

if the wheel is off it is the alignment. if the alignment was good but the sterring wheel was not indexed to it you would get a traction control fault light on th edash. the car thinks the vehicle is constantly slipping because of the difference between the angle sensor in the steeringwheel and the sensors in the front wheels

Zoom, just a thought: what if it was not off enough to turn on the light, BUT to make the system think it was slipping? Would the brakes be constantly applied? Perhaps THAT is why some people get REALLY bad fuel mileage?

Just a thought..

Unless he does not have DSC.
My God have I commited a sin and corrected ZOOM ? :nono:

no of course not ive been corrected like 3 times this week. i should have added that clarification.

no if the steering wheel is not indexed you will get the light on the dash- provided you have the TCS and DSC

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please tell us when you are going to the dealer.... if just to buy a car.

beers :beer:

yeah you're exactly right. I turn left to pull into my drive way. I have driven into my driven fast at times. How does this offset the wheel?

"you're steering wheel?"

YOUR

You're steering the car with your steering wheel

^ Thanks; ticks me off, too.

Please tell me you don't have a big dip/bump at the end of your driveway.

Good luck with your crusade. Grammar is a lost skill like blacksmithing. :Freak_ani

i always think my car pulls one way or the other, but it's just the crappy roads with ruts... or the tire pressure is off.

Hmm. I don't know. I've never really asked my steering wheel those sorts of questions.

I try to keep it simple and professional:

"Why do you insist on tramlining through the ruts on the road?"
"Why is it that I can adjust your tilt, but not your reach?"
"Must you always feel so lazy and tired at low speed corners?"

I do have a bump at the end of my driveway. Its about 1.75 inches high. Is this a problem?