Why Do Cars Need Wheel Alignment?

[Music] when your vehicle is out of alignment three basic problems may occur irregular tire wear handling problems and a crooked steering wheel a common indicator of misalignment is a regular tire where the wear begins on the shoulder of the tire or tires and continues until corrected which may lead to a significantly short entire life another indication of misalignment is a pull to one side or the other requiring constant correction to maintain a straight path additionally a crooked steering wheel indicates your vehicle needs in alignment especially if your vehicle has driver assist systems which typically rely on data from the steering angle sensor to function properly so if you see a shift in the position of your steering wheel a regular tire wear or if your car is pulling to one side or the other get an alignment check as soon as possible some alignment conditions can be corrected with simple adjustments while others may require parts replacement ignoring these signs can make your alignment problems more expensive to address down the road can reduce the life of your tires and can even cause driver assist systems to malfunction

Channel: Hunter Learning Channel

Views: 244,335

Keywords: wheel, vehicle, car, alignment, front end, out of, four, pull, pulls, pulling, tire, wear, crooked, steering, hunter engineering, hunter, engineering, safety system, ssa, driver assist, winalign, hawkeye, elite

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Length: 1min 20sec (80 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 17 2017