Steering wheel offset right of center

[coleAK]

so have 100 miles on my 3 AWD LR. My steering wheel is turned about 10 degrees right of center when going straight. I called Tesla and they told me to make sure the software was up to date and drive it for 50 miles and it should calibrate and be straight. It tracks straight when I take my hands off the wheel so dont think it’s alignment.

I’ve searched the forum and seen some mention of this on model 3 and X without any clear answer of how it is fixed. Anyone else have this and had it fixed? I’m going to call Tesla again Monday.

 

[Kermee]

It might require a service center or mobile repair visit. There was a similar thread here.

Steering wheel might have been installed off-center.

 

[Snerruc]

It might require a service center or mobile repair visit. There was a similar thread here.

Steering wheel might have been installed off-center.

I personally don’t know of a single Tesla with the steering wheel centered. Most I have seen are one spline tooth down to the left. Also on S’s, the headlights are aimed too low.

 

[VT_EE]

Mine is perfectly centered. I had seen this issue on the forums so I asked a Ranger last week how it gets resolved as the steering wheel itself is not adjustable (I confirmed this as I watched him replace my steering module). He stated that an alignment is how the steering wheel angle gets adjusted. Even though you are tracking straight, the alignment is off if your wheel is cockeyed.

 

[zippy]

Mine is perfectly centered, in terms of rotation. If yours isn't, it's most likely the service center will fix it easily as others have said.

But.

Look closely at the position, left and right, of the steering wheel and column relative to the driver seat. You will find that the steering wheel is not perfectly centered in front of the driver seat, but rather is offset perhaps an inch or less, to the left. I think this is a (irritating) design flaw.

(As I understand from some discussion of so elsewhere, it is not unique to Tesla either; for various reasons there are other cars where the steering wheel is not quite perfectly centered in front of the driver seat.)

 

[mspohr]

I personally don’t know of a single Tesla with the steering wheel centered. Most I have seen are one spline tooth down to the left. Also on S’s, the headlights are aimed too low.

My personal Tesla has a perfectly centered steering wheel. (The headlights are also perfectly aligned.)

 

[03DSG]

so have 100 miles on my 3 AWD LR. My steering wheel is turned about 10 degrees right of center when going straight. I called Tesla and they told me to make sure the software was up to date and drive it for 50 miles and it should calibrate and be straight. It tracks straight when I take my hands off the wheel so dont think it’s alignment.

I’ve searched the forum and seen some mention of this on model 3 and X without any clear answer of how it is fixed. Anyone else have this and had it fixed? I’m going to call Tesla again Monday.

My wheel was 5 deg left of center at delivery. When I was having the drivers headlight replaced for the LED signature fault early on they also did a 4 wheel alignment centering the steering wheel and drove it to recalibrate the cameras. Fine for 7k since.

 

[Nocturnal]

I had the same issue. They fixed it when I went in for something else. Minor thing but it was driving me crazy.

 

[mcbarnet007]

take it in for an alignment. It's an easy fix.

 

[coleAK]

I called Tesla service. They currently have a moble service unit in AK and they are going to meet me tomorrow.