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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:02 PM
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Have about 10K miles on the truck.
Around 5K miles when I took it in for first oil change and rotation and dealer I had them check the alignment as I felt when doing down the hwy straight the steering wheel was leaning slightly to the left. The truck still tracked straight. Wasn't sure if it was the slope of the hwy or alignment off or wheel off. Either way it drove me nuts to be driving down the road and not see the wheel level with the column. Dealer said alignment was slightly off and they adjusted no charge and said it was minor and it wasn't hinder wear of the tires.
Get the truck back...now I felt wheel was slightly tilting to the right!
Arg!
Took it in this week for 10K miles oil etc. and told them to check it again. Very minorly off...so they adjusted slightly.
Wheel is the same...slight tilt to the right.

Am I being too **** and could this be due to slope in the roads. It is more noticable on some roads than others but never seem to be 100% level with column.

Any others experiencing this?
Should I bring it back into dealer and have the wheel adjusted?

Thanks for the thoughts.
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:13 PM
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I don't think your being ****. If it bothers you, it bothers you. There are things that bother me that wouldn't necessarily bother others, but that's just human nature. I would take it back, laugh about it, and ask them to give it one more try so you can sleep at night.

Also, try to keep in mind it may be just one of those things that is unique to your truck. Good luck.
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:22 PM
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That would bug the crap out of me
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:37 PM
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Road crown.
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:41 PM
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My 2010 FX4 did that. Bugged the **** outta me. Dealer could never get it right. Or right enough for me...

My 2013 is perfect. Getting a level and new tires next week. Will see how perfect it is after that. Geez if the wheel is off, its gonna drive me nuts
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by chim-chim7
Road crown.
I thought same thing. but it happened to me over time. Wasn't always there
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:45 PM
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On the test drive of my 2013 I told the salesman it was off, I didn't have have them fix it and when I got it home I realized it had a ton of camber too. I never bothered to have it fixed because I lowered it before the first oil change and needed an alignment for that anyways.
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:47 PM
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The dealership has been awesome and I was suprised originally when I brought it in they didn't charge me for the alignment (either time). Maybe since this is my first new vehicle ever I didn't think it would be covered.

My drive to work is about 17 miles each way and about 80% of it is hwy...so I'm always looking down now to see if the wheel is straight as I'm going straight.

If it was road crown wouldn't it lean to the left when in the fast lane and lean to the right in the right lane?
It leans to the right any lane I'm in.

The dealer is right near my work so dropping off in the am and having the shuttle take me to work is easy. I guess I'll just bring it back in and tell them to take it on the hwy and see if they can make it better.
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 02:08 PM
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Do you have it leveled? I had my dealer install a level and they aligned it. I had a similar issue it was just barely noticeable. They said electric power steering is really hard to dial in perfect dead center with a level due to the suspension geometry.
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by MEDIC_5.0
Do you have it leveled? I had my dealer install a level and they aligned it. I had a similar issue it was just barely noticeable. They said electric power steering is really hard to dial in perfect dead center with a level due to the suspension geometry.
Truck is 100% stock except spray in bed liner and Boostbars
(Thinking of adding airbags to the back for when towing my old Stang)
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