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I have asked my dealer to perform a wheel alignment during the first schedule service. I was told that cars with Adaptive cruise control needs special wheel alignment and they don't have the equipment to do that. Which absolutely made no sense to me. Has anyone performed normal wheel alignment on a car with ACC?

Edited 2 April, 201511 yr by Sak

Happy Easter to All.

I have asked my dealer to perform a wheel alignment during the first schedule service. I was told that cars with Adaptive cruise control needs special wheel alignment and they don't have the equipment to do that. Which absolutely made no sense to me. Has anyone performed normal wheel alignment on a car with ACC?

Beem discusssed to death on another forum I use.

In summay, the 4 wheel alignment does not need special equipment, but the ACC may need recalibrating following the adjustment It is this piece of equipment I would guess they don't have.

Chances are it won't need recalibrating, but if it doesn't work properly or it critically failed afterwards they would be found liable for not recalibrating.

I had mine done and was praying it didn't knock the sensor out of alignment. Luckily it didn't

Worst thing is, they've quoted 500 AUD to perform the Alignment and the car has to be driven to the nearest AUDI dealer. That is way too much for a wheel alignment!

Edited 2 April, 201511 yr by Sak

If you were in the UK you could get Kwik-Fit to do a free 4 wheel alignment check to see if it needs adjustment. I would ask if your garage would carry out a free check, if not find a good specialist.

 

Mark

If you were in the UK you could get Kwik-Fit to do a free 4 wheel alignment check to see if it needs adjustment. I would ask if your garage would carry out a free check, if not find a good specialist.

 

Mark

NOOOOOOOOO!!

 

There is a big difference between a 4 wheel alignment check and a geometry check (Hunter rig).

 

On a 4 wheel alignment check they align the fronts to the rears, assuming that the rears are correct. Every Octy I have had taken for a geometry check the rears needed adjusting. Go and have a read in the Octavia II section on the many threads around saw-toothing.

I should add I had mine done due to sawtoothing of the rears

Saw toothing on rear tyres has nothing to with wheel alignment....apparently. VW tech told me the other day it was due to the tyre compound on certain brands of tyres not being good enough. Still not sure I believe him.

Saw toothing on rear tyres has nothing to with wheel alignment....apparently. VW tech told me the other day it was due to the tyre compound on certain brands of tyres not being good enough. Still not sure I believe him.

Well after phoning my Skoda service contact about a nasty wheel bearing sound he got me to check for sharp edges on the tyre and lo and behold he said they were saw toothed and Id have to get it 4 wheel aligned.

 

After getting new rear tyres (they didnt have much left) I got it aligned on a hunter rig.  Funnily enough the guy who did it did my mkii VRS which had done the same thing (sawtoothing and was a common problem)

 

He mentioned they'd had a lot of golfs in from the mqb platform for the same thing

 

The new tyres solved the wheel bearing noise and hopefully now it wont return as easily after the alignment as it was out.  Im also going to rotate mine now as Ive noticed my F1's arent directional.

Whats the ball park figure for four-wheel-alignment?

Whats the ball park figure for four-wheel-alignment?

£80 - £100 is what I usually pay , might be less depends on what's adjustable

The VW tech is partly right , correct geo won't stop sawtoothing but will make it much less of an issue

£80 - £100 is what I usually pay , might be less depends on what's adjustable

The VW tech is partly right , correct geo won't stop sawtoothing but will make it much less of an issue

Thanks for that 'Richf' I didn't think it would be quite that expensive.

Charge is long way off the usual £25 run-of-the-mill type wheel alignment check..

As andyvee pointed out there is a big difference in what you are getting as well as the level of expertise of the operator , this is even more important if you car is lowered etc

I travel a long way to get my geometry done I use wheels in motion

Thanks for that 'Richf' I didn't think it would be quite that expensive.

Charge is long way off the usual £25 run-of-the-mill type wheel alignment check..

You get what you pay for.

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Saw toothing on rear tyres has nothing to with wheel alignment....apparently. VW tech told me the other day it was due to the tyre compound on certain brands of tyres not being good enough. Still not sure I believe him.

Unfortunately it is both, the alignment causes the issue, some tyre compounds are more forgiving than others. At the end of the day the root cause is the alignment.

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The garage I use for 4 wheel alignment appears to be the hunter setup, and its free for a check, then £25 per axel. My front and rears were marginally out. 

The garage I use for 4 wheel alignment appears to be the hunter setup, and its free for a check, then £25 per axel. My front and rears were marginally out. 

In which case it is a geometry check as the thrust and steer ahead angles are set relative to the centre line of the car, not another wheel