My steering wheel is off. When I'm driving straight I noticed I have to hold my steering wheel alittle to the right in order to stay straight forward. Why is it doing this and should I take it in to the dealership?

 

have you done any suspension work lately?

your alignment might be off.... i would get it checked out if you think it's a big problem

 

No I didn't do nothing it just started doing that.

 

it shouldn't hurt to have it checked out.

 

alignment woes
the dealership will charge you an arm and a leg to do an alignment
a decent shop should be able to get it done for around $60

 

Same problem here. I always keep my hand on the wheel anyway, so it doesn't bother me

 

i would check the tire pressure too
that sometimes can cause the car to steer to one side

 

The dealership would charge me even under warrenty? It's only 3 months old.

 

i dont think alignments are under warranty.
most "maintenance" unless specified by the dealer is not under warranty.
most allignments go out of wack because of bad roads and pot holes. the dealer will simply tell you that you have to pay to get this fixed since its "normal wear and tear" on the car

but you could try your luck, who knows

how many miles are on the car? the average alignment should be done around every 6k miles - varying of course.

 

I second that.

 

i just recently got my 5000 mile oil change. But I now remember probably why it's off. I hit and curb pretty good. But that was back in october I don't know why it would start affecting it now.

 

ooh.. that might've done it right there...

not sure why it's doing it now.... maybe didn't notice

but yea... should find a good shop to take a look at it... ask the local scion guys.. they should know a good place.

 

Thanks Squall you are sthoo sthuper!!

 

change the tires (left to right and vice versa) and see if it goes the other way... it might be a wear pattern in the tire... there is a TSB about front end drift under normal conditions... first test is to switch tires... if it starts to go the other way than its a wear pattern and you need new tires to correct. if it stays the same way then an alignment is convered under warrantee for that TSB. hope i helped.

 

is there a TSB? i didn't see one...

i guess i'll have to check when i can.

 

i work for a dealership... i noticed something about that issue on alldata the other day... i dont have it so i dont worry about it but when i saw someone else having that issue i figured i'd pipe up.

 

same here.... i tried anything to alignment, balancing, tire rotation. it still steer to the right slowly. i have TRD springs and everything is well-installed. everytime i go slow down to stop light and let go my steering wheel, it went to the right slowly. i dont know what really is the problem it really bothers me alot!...

maybe front strut bar will help?? any suggestion??

 

i'll check for the TSB again tommorow and if it was indeed for the tC (i get confused easily it coulda been for my corolla but i dont think so) i will e-mail it to myself and cut and paste it on here tommorow afternoon...

 

yeah.. i have TIS access too... (just not at home) ... i've never seen anything with regards to that.

and as far as it drifting slightly to the right... i think that's normal for safety reasons.. but only slight...

 

like i said i will check tommorow.