do i need an alignment already?

my 2012 has 15k on it, and if im on a straight away, if i let go of the steering wheel afte rmaybe 2 seconds at most im done over the middle line in other lane!...seems to pull to left a decent amount. i wouldnt think it could be out of align this soon..what u guys think?

 

make sure your on a flat level road, if thats the case then yes, you should get an alignment.

even the slightest pothole or curb can throw your alignment off, so if you do alot of off roading or if you let your girlfriend/wife drive i would suggest firestones lifetime allignment

 

tire pressure is even?
no strange wear?

its possible....not sure what ur driving areas are like and how the roads/lack of are maintained.

make sure its not the normal "crown" of the road pushing u over.

no brake burning smell I assume?

heck maybe it was delivered as such and u didnt notice?

 

I've have a brand new 2013 with less than 1500 miles that I thought drove like crap and was all set to have the dealership check alignment when I thought, hmmm, maybe I should check all my air pressures first. My pressures were allllllllllll over the map. The closest two tires were 10psi apart. They ranged from 44lbs to 26lbs. My Taco didn't really have any pulling to one side or the other issues but it felt like it was on top of the road. It felt like I was driving on marbles.

After setting all the pressures to 28lbs, I like lower air pressures for winter driving, it helped quite a bit but it's certainly not perfect.

I think these Tacoma's lack positive caster and positive caster is what gives you directional stability. Remember in the old days, you would go around a corner and you could almost let go of the steering wheel because it would quickly and automatically steer itself back straight, that's positive caster. Seems as though newer cars have less positive caster.

 

A few months back when I took my 2012 with five thousand miles for the shudder/tsb they rebalanced all the wheels and realigned, it was out of alignement.

 

dont feel to bad man this is how my steering wheel looked when i was going when i hit 4k miles in my 2012.... never off-road and dont drive much.. but my alignment was off pretty bad its all good now dealership fixed it in about 30 mins!

 

thanks for info guys...ive only had it offroad once, i may have hit a pot hole or two who knows..i just rotated my tires and all PSI is the same..and the stretch of road i tested it on is all flat at straight. my steering wheel isnt off center that much, it just has that pull to the left pretty bad...im gna get new tires soon so ill get them to a front alignment when i get them mounted