As an INFINITI driver, you enjoy wonderfully precise and responsive steering, cornering with confidence, and always fully in control of your car. You wouldn’t want poor tire alignment to diminish this flawless handling. Along with regular alignment checks at your local INFINITI dealership, pay heed to the following warning signs if they ever occur.
6 Signs Your INFINITI Needs a Tire Alignment
Increased Road Noise and Roughness
The main cause of misaligned tires is continuous small knocks against obstacles such as curbs, potholes, speed bumps, rocks, parking stanchions, and even rough patches of the road. Your INFINITI’s usual blissful quiet and smoothness is created in part by perfectly aligned wheels. If your wheels start to become slightly crooked as a result of all these bumps, you’ll feel more vibrations and hear more road noise.
Slight Veering to the Left or Right
Naturally, your car goes in the direction the tires are pointed. If one or more of your wheels starts becomes angled marginally to one side, your entire car will veer in that direction. This is quite alarming to experience and should prompt an immediate realignment.
Steering Feels Looser and Less Accurate
With misaligned tires, the connection between the tires and the steering column is worsened. As a result, your handling might feel less precise with more loose play when you turn the steering wheel.
The Steering Wheel Seems Off-Center
As crooked tires strain the axles and steering column, it’s possible for the steering wheel to be pushed into an off-center position. This makes it harder to drive straight and significantly reduces the control you have over your car.
Your Tires Are Wearing Out Rapidly
When checking your tires for air pressure and damage, study the treads for signs of uneven wear. If you find yourself replacing worn-out tires quite frequently, poor wheel alignment could be to blame.
Your Tires Are Squealing Noisily
When not perfectly straight, tires can become quite noisy, squealing when you corner. So if turning has become loud and less smooth, the fault probably lies with the alignment of your tires.
Book Routine Alignment Checks at Your INFINITI Dealership
You may not need to have your tires realigned more than every one or two years. However, you never know when one of your wheels might have become slightly crooked, so it’s advisable to have your alignment measured every six months.
This entails advanced machinery that connects to the wheel so a computer can measure the angles with meticulous precision. If your tires do require alignment, the process is quite straightforward and rarely takes more than an hour for all four wheels.
Check your alignment today at INFINITI Of Lexington in Lexington, KY. Our experienced technicians specialize in INFINITI models and can keep your luxury car in tip-top shape with prompt, careful maintenance.
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