Aligning steering wheel 2011 sonata

Thing is. Don't remove the steering wheel to make it straight, doesn't work ever.. The wheel being off is from alignment of the tires.

Unless you have had an accident or Kerbed the wheel it is probably your tracking is out/ track rod end loose!

Your steering wheel needs to be removed and realigned.Park the vehicle and have it dead even straight,and remove steering wheel and realign.Give me your year,make.model and engine size and I will send you a how to remove guide if it's available to me.

check for play in gear box and the dampner in steering shaft

Do you have a warranty?If so take it back,it may have a recall.

No the **** has to fix that with toe adjustments to each side to bring the wheel to center. or the wheel has been removed on another realignment and centered at the wheel which is NOT the way to do it.

In the UK we would say 'have the car tracked' .. the wheel alignment checked and adjusted, which is a relatively straightforward and easy job.

However, be aware that there are other causes of tyre wear which isn't rectified by having the wheels aligned.

A bent or damaged steering arm can cause tyre wear. I once owned an old Mercedes that quickly wore one front tyre. Despite having the wheels tracked - aligned - three times, the tyre still wore. It wasn't until I looked under the car myself and found a damaged steering arm ...

A worn ball joint or worn/soft rubber bush can cause tyre wear. Having the wheels aligned cures nothing without first identifying the fault. I own a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee which, I am aware, has worn rubber bushes in the front steering/suspension set up. The front tyres wear badly, caused by the worn bushes. The tyres need replacing soon anyway, but I'll wait to get the tracking-alignment- done until after I've replaced the rubber bushes/tyres.

You've had wheel alignment done a couple of times and the problem of worn tyres is still there. It's not the wheel alignment at fault .. there's some other reason such as worn ball joint/rubber bushes or maybe impact damage to a steering arm.

The best option is to get a workshop to put the car up on a hoist for inspection. Tell them that wheel alignment ISN'T the cause of your uneven tyre wear. Any half-decent workshop should be able to find the cause within a few minutes.

A car which has suffered severe side impact - and has been repaired - can have a twisted/misaligned body. This too can cause uneven tyre wear

this is a specialised job and requires a tracking gauge and plumb lines and lot of patience to re-align to ackermans principles .i assume that the spokes on the steering wheel are not in alignment so someone has tracked this vehicle without adjusting each arm equally resulting in this fault ,and if its not reset right then you will have 2 turns to the right and 1 and a half to the left or similar so it has to be done properly and not just the steering wheel taken off and turned a bit on the splines .

My opinion, not a good car. But that is a different story. It would be easiest to bring the car in for an alignment. The technician will tell you what the car needs to do the alignment. But if you want to do it yourself then you will need to inspect all the steering componants (tie-rods,struts, lower ball joint, wheel bearings, brakes, wheels, tire wear,tread pattern, and tire pressure, and lug nuts (loose or overtightened). Good luck.

When they did the alignment it's possible that they used a tool that locks the steering wheel straight while it's on the alignment rack.If they put too much pressure on the wheel when they used the steering wheel seat lock tool it may have stressed you tilt lock mech causing it not to lock where you want it.Hope this helps