I had an alignment performed back in February, and 80% of my driving is done on the highway therefore I dont come into contact with many potholes, if any. Therefore I expected my alignment to hold up for atleast a year. Last month I noticed my wheel had to be tilted to the drivers left in order to keep the car from pulling to the passenger right.
Performed alignment two weeks ago, and still no fix. The car still pulls to the passenger right.
I had my steering wheel replaced around the time of the 1st alignment back in February. Would replacement of the steering wheel affect the alignment of the wheels and steering wheel?

 

It would not affect the alignment but if the wheel was not installed on the proper notch (dead center) it might be off. Best way I can put it is if the wheel looks like it is in your center position to you it might in fact be installed slightly to the right side of the scale. This might give the impression that it is pulling to the right. How does it feel when it is pulling?

 

Thanks Greekboy. Best way to explain it is for example, if I am driving on the highway in the center lane to make the road is as even as possible, I have to hold the steering wheel tilted to my left. If I try to tilt the steering wheel to the right to achieve the center position, the car pulls to the right.

 

Does it feel like a smooth "pull" or does it feel kind of rough? If it feels fairly smooth I have a feeling it might be the installation of the wheel and I would try and look more into it.

 

Its fairly smooth, so Im going to put in a call to the dealer that replaced the steering wheel to inquire and attempt to have the alignment performed under warranty.

 

Well that is the thing it doesn't really sound like the alignment itself would be out of whack but the installation of the steering wheel might be off. Here is what I would do go for a drive on a highway and keep the wheel held slightly to the left if it remains going perfectly straight with no problems it might just be the positioning of the wheel.

 

Agreed, I'll post my findings and results.

 

After I installed my shifters, i accidentally replaced my steering wheel one notch off-center, yet the issue was apparent just driving on local NYC for a few minutes. If the "misalignment" is very subtle, it's probably not your steering wheel. Perhaps a bad alignment job?

 

tires are all inflated equal??

 

Sounds like a bad alignment to me.

After i got my replacement steering wheel replaced, the wheel was tilted as well but the car tracked straight like that. It was annoying. The dealership had camber/toe out of spec and couldn't do anything more.

So i brought it in to a different shop and told them about how the steering wheel was tilted going straight.

An hour later, voila. Everything is back where it should, and they managed to get camber closer to spec and toe well within spec.