LJ2000

I've had my '05 TL for a little over 3 weeks now. In the last 2 weeks, I've noticed that most of the time when I'm driving completely straight, I look down at my steering wheel and see it turned slightly to the left (about 5-10 degrees). Also, I find myself turning the wheel slightly to left a lot of times to keep the vehicle in a straight line. I finally made it in for my appointment w/the dealership to get a re-alignment under warranty. Took it out of the dealership parking lot tonight and within 20 seconds I noticed the exact same problem again. The service advisor did say "we verified that your steering wheel was off centered and we fixed it with the alignment machine".

My question is whether others have similar issues w/the steering wheel. I realize that our steering wheel is pretty light and since most roads are slightly sloped to the right for drainage, maybe this is normal for most other owners? The thing that threw me off was the advisor telling that I indeed had an alignment problem. I would appreciate any inputs. There's already another thread on an off centered steering wheel but it was related to someone having changed their wheel size. TIA!

KJSmitty

One of the best ways to deal with this is to talk you're service rep into letting you sit in the vehicle while they perform the adjustment... IE while it's on the alignment rack. I've had to do this on near every car I've owned. Most of the time the "alignment specialist" either doesn't use a "steering wheel centering device" or is not as particular as most of us when it comes to "what is straight".

It only takes a few minutes for you to hold the wheel while he adjusts the linkage.

You're not alone though. My 04 TL wheel is off slightly also. However, it tracks perfectly straight down the road thus I haven't desired to have anyone mess that up trying to fix the slight visual issue.

Good luck

TranTL

I have the exact same problem, at times when i am going on the highway i would let go of the wheel and it would be perfectly strait. ............Wierd

TranTL

I have the exact same problem, at times when i am going on the highway i would let go of the wheel and it would be perfectly strait. ............Wierd

TranTL

Sorry I should be more descriptive. I am experiencing the same problem as LJ2000. But sometimes the steering wheel would sit perfectly strait when i am driving at high speeds

loulinjai

same problem...i have a 04 tsx. weird. i always have to steer to the left for the car to go straight, but the car also pulls to the left if i let go of the steering wheel. tried it on all sorts of roads...same crap. maybe i need an answer too.