[chem_man]

Thanks for posting the before and after alignment numbers. I would say take it to another alignment shop - say an independent shop that specializes in alignments, tell them that it feels like it is wandering and let them diagnose it. It could be bad ball joints, bad wheel bearing hubs, a bad tire, etc.

Yes, the Hyundai shop technician that did your alignment should have inspected and checked the front suspension components to make sure they are in good working order before they did the alignment, but it appears that they did not. Are there any notes on the work order/receipt they gave you when you paid the bill?

I know that whenever I take one of my vehicles in for an alignment, the Firestone techs always check the suspension components. Now before I get flamed for going to Firestone, I have a lifetime alignment agreement with them, and I know that when they inspect the suspension system, they are going to flag anything suspicious and try and get me to spend megabucks to have them replace the component(s). So, I go in knowing they are going to try and find something wrong, and so far, they have not found anything wrong except for a bent rim which I did know about before going in.

Good Luck!

 

[chem_man]

Well, I would say that you need to jack up your front end, put it on jack stands and then see if there is any play in the wheels. Then take the wheels off and check the cv half shafts on each side as well as the wheel hubs for play, looseness, make sure all the mounting fasteners are tightened to factory spec., check the calipers to make sure that one is not retracting properly, etc. Also check to make sure your tires are not out of round. Then repeat on the rear suspension.

Have you had your tires balanced recently? A bad tire might show up while being balanced.

If everything checks out OK, then I would say take it to a specialty shop that specializes in alignments.

Good Luck!

 

[chem_man]

I hope they find nothing wrong, but something is causing that wandering and pulling to the left.

Regarding the pulling to the left, one other thought based on personal experience. We purchased a 1999 Silverado brand spanking new and it pulled to the left from the very beginning. I checked all the obvious things - tire air pressure, made sure the lug nuts were properly torqued, and I even rotated the tires and it still wandered. Took it into the dealership's service department and at the end of the day they said that the alignment was spot on. Well, on the drive home, it still pulled to the left.

I called the service department back, spoke to the service advisor who had grilled me the day before (to which I gladly answered his questions and let him know I had ordered a Factory Service Manual), and he asked me to bring it back in and meet with the shop foreman. I returned the following day, and the shop foreman and I went for a drive on a section of highway that had just been repaved, and it pulled to the left when I took my hands off the steering wheel. When we got back to the shop, he called over one of the technicians and instructed him to completely un-align the front end - to take it way out of spec, and then align it, and test drive it. Guess what. It no longer pulled to the left. It was perfect.

So, if the alignment shop doesn't find anything wrong, have them un-align the front end and then align it. What do you have to loose?

Good Luck!