All cars occasionally suffer from misaligned wheels. In a vehicle as finely engineered as an Acura, you’re sure to notice the slight reduction in steering precision created by wheel misalignment. As the months pass, if you neglect to realign your wheels, your handling, performance, and overall road safety will steadily worsen. Regular wheel alignment at your local Acura dealership is a straightforward way to keep your luxury car performing perfectly for the years to come.
Precision Wheel Alignment for Acura Vehicles
How Wheels Become Misaligned
As you drive, your car’s suspension must withstand a great deal of pressure; over time, ball joints, sway bars, control arms, and springs can gradually wear down, allowing the wheels they support to come slightly out of alignment. Knocks over potholes and bumps against curbs only make this misalignment worse.
When misaligned, wheels are no longer exactly parallel on the caster, toe, and camber angles. The result is a variety of handling and steering issues along with damage to the tires and other connected parts.
How Your Wheels Are Realigned
During an alignment procedure, our technicians attach a special machine to each wheel, which allows us to measure the wheel’s angles with fine precision. We can then carry out adjustments and repairs to the suspension components and steering system until the wheels are perfectly parallel once more, just as they were when your car was new.
Signs Your Wheels May Be Misaligned
With one or more wheels edging out of alignment, you’ll start to feel less confident in the accuracy of your steering. Your car might not corner in quite the same way and could even pull to one side while you’re trying to drive straight.
The steering wheel and tires are also impacted by misaligned wheels. Your steering wheel will feel looser than usual and might become slightly off-center. Your tires may wear down unevenly, start squealing when you corner, and become generally less safe to use. You’ll also feel more vibrations than usual, and when you look at your vehicle from the outside, its ordinarily perfect symmetry will be thrown off by any clearly crooked wheels.
Check Alignment at Your Acura Dealership
How often your wheels require realignment depends largely on the quality of your local roads, your driving habits, and how well you maintain the suspension and tires. It’s generally recommended to have alignment checked twice a year when you go in for an oil change. If our technicians notice serious misalignment, they can promptly set things straight. Most drivers will need a full alignment service every year or two.
Have your wheels checked today at Open Road Acura of Wayne in Wayne, NJ. Our courteous, specialist technicians provide high-end customer care to match the prestigious Acura brand.
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