qqq1970

My car skid on black ice on left turn and right front wheel hit curb at an oblique angle at 20mph / 30 kmh. Did 4 wheel alignment but steering wheel is off center to the right by 5-10 degrees depending on speed. What could go wrong and what should be done?

Edit: It seems the car is not pulling to left or right and goes straight when hands off the wheel, just steering is off center 5-10 degrees depending on speed.

gk1

Have it re-aligned. Unfortunately they "eyeballed" the centering of the steering wheel prior to adjusting alignment. So alignment may be fine but steering wheel is off. Why for the life of me they don't use the built in steering wheel angle sensor is beyond me, but it is too much to ask.

nhdoc

+1. The first step in any alignment is centering the steering wheel before making any adjustments. Your shop did a sloppy job of it and it needs to be redone.

In the old days you could just remove the steering wheel and move it a couple of teeth on the splined shaft to correct this but now it requires the wheels be re-aligned.