I've been doing an alignment today, no luck.
I came in with the steering wheel off center to the left and left with the steering wheel off center to the right!
The tech used good laser measurement equipment and fastened the steering wheel in the correct position (maybe he did a poor job there?).
After my test drive I came back and told them that they have to fix it again and they told me that position will be hard to get right if its been in an acciden (BS, it has never been in an accident) the tracking is perfect now though which is good. Just the steering wheel that is off center.
But what the hell is the problem with the MKV?! I've been to two different respected shops and they both f**k up! Is there something else to it? Do I have to calibrate the steering angle sensor as well? I talked to the dealer and they didn't know anything (the experts are on vacation now), they said that either fix the toe or reposition the steering wheel(?!).
If this crap keeps up I won't keep the car for much longer (18 months old now). It really sucks driving it now, totally anoying.
This pic show's the wheel position when going perfectly straight:
YOUR steering wheel is EASILY straightened!!!! They are being dicks and don't wanna do it right... Seriously, yoru steering wheel being off center the little mount that yours is, IS A LAME EXCUSE to get rid of your car... If you read this thread we described how to get your steering wheel perfect without removing your steering wheel (plus if you reposition YOUR steering wheel, based on the pic, it will then be off to the left). I'm gonna try to explain to everyone STEP-BY-STEP on how to align your steering wheel, if it's been aligned at a shop within specs, but is just BARELY off center(as your's is)...
1) Drive the car and determine which way the steering wheel is off-center...
2) In your garage, set your steering wheel where it was when you were driving it.
REMEMBER your tires were just aligned, SO THEY ARE NOW STRAIGHT AHEAD...
3) Straighten your steering wheel. Here's where you need to pay attention!!! Now that your steering wheel is straight, you now know which way your tires point when your steering wheel is straight.
A easy explination -
If when you are driving,
Your STEERING WHEEL IS OFF TO THE RIGHT, you then straighten your steering wheel, your WHEELS WILL NOW BE POINTING TO THE LEFT... So you know now that you need to adjust the front of your wheels to the right...
Which means on MKV's you will need to adjust the left tie-rod
OUT and your right tie-rod
IN
If when you are driving,
Your STEERING WHEEL IS OFF TO THE LEFT, you then straighten your steering wheel, your WHEELS WILL NOW BE POINTING TO THE RIGHT... So you know now that you need to adjust the front of your wheels to the left...
Which means on MKV's you will need to adjust the left tie-rod
IN and your right tie-rod
OUT
(when I say IN/OUT I'm meaning, thread the adjuster IN/OUT the outer tie-rod)
Adjust your tie-rods EVENLY, meaning if you adjust one side a 1/4 turn adjust the other side the same amount...
I should make a video on how to do this because I feel like a lot of you guys will miss interpret how to do this and fuck up your steering even worse.
NO YOU DO NOT NEED TO CALIBRATE THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR!!!
I just aligned my car MYSELF at work and it is PERFECTLY STRAIGHT!!!
I just wish I had a video camera...:frown: