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I noticed on the road today, that my steering wheel is slightly rotated when going straight. Is this something I should be concerned about, or should I just live with it?

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I lived with it like that. It eventually went straight. Then it went right about 3x as bad by the time my front tires were worn out. They fixed it while my truck was in service this last time and replaced the front tires. Have no idea if it's just going to repeat but it drives pretty straight now.
 

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Mine did the same thing and I lived with it for 7500 miles. As long as your truck isn't pulling to the side, I would just ignore it. Once you get new tires or need an alignment, you can have them fix it.
 

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Does your Driver+ work with the askew wheel?
My wheel if off by about 4 degrees to the left but the vehicle pulls slightly to the right.
Mobile service told me today that the driver wheel askew is causing my Driver+ to not function.
 

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Took two visits to the Boston service center for them to fix mine and it's still not perfect, but it's acceptable. I think they are having trouble dialing in the alignment on the truck. The super nice service center reps implied it's not an uncommon issue when we discussed it.
 

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Does your Driver+ work with the askew wheel?
My wheel if off by about 4 degrees to the left but the vehicle pulls slightly to the right.
Mobile service told me today that the driver wheel askew is causing my Driver+ to not function.
driver+ works perfectly fortunately
 

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Does your Driver+ work with the askew wheel?
My wheel if off by about 4 degrees to the left but the vehicle pulls slightly to the right.
Mobile service told me today that the driver wheel askew is causing my Driver+ to not function.
I was able to enable driver+ as soon as the truck entered the freeway, but it caused it to dart sideways before correcting. After disabling it once to change lanes or waiting more than a second, it would refuse to re-enable for the rest of the drive. oP's steering error isn't enough to upset it I wouldn't think.
 

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driver+ works perfectly fortunately
Join the "within spec" club.

Don't worry, if/when they inspect your front drive unit, you get a free alignment 👍
 

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Most likely a minor alignment issue. It will wear your tires and front end parts out faster.
Probably worth putting in a ticket but not rushing to get it done.
 
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Update: Service center quoted me $240 to address it. They said if I had mentioned it shortly after taking delivery they would’ve addressed it for free.
 

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Update: Service center quoted me $240 to address it. They said if I had mentioned it shortly after taking delivery they would’ve addressed it for free.
Mine is identical to yours. Slightly left, truck pulls slightly right though. Kinda crazy they are gonna charge you... keep us posted as to what they say when they address it!
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