Front end alignment brand new vehicle?

[Eddie Haskell]

Just picked up a 2019 4R SR5 and it seems to wander around on the road more than I feel it should. It isn't horrible but...
Is this the way it is or should I take it back and ask/force them to give it a front end alignment? Curious what other owners have encountered.
Thanks

 

[tm965]

my experience thus far with dealership alignments is dont waste your time. find an independent shop run by non-mouthbreathers

 

[kcp1158]

Bought a new Highlander a few years ago. Alignment was out it from the factory, it worn out the front tires in 2500 miles. Dealer replaced tires and the alignment was way off. Tried to blame it on our driving. Take it back to the dealer and have them check the alignment and drivetrain. Free under warranty.

 

[doxidad]

I had a 2015 SR5 that was all over the road. Took it back to the dealer with 100 miles on it and complained. They did an alignment and said the caster was out. Drove great after that. Also, they said that the port inflates the tires to 50psi and when the dealer gets them one of the checkups is to make sure the tires have the correct pressure. That's the first thing I checked on when I got my '17.

 

[doxidad]

I had a 2015 SR5 that was all over the road. Took it back to the dealer with 1000 miles on it and complained. They did an alignment and said the caster was out. Drove great after that. Also, they said that the port inflates the tires to 50psi and when the dealer gets them one of the checkups is to make sure the tires have the correct pressure. That's the first thing I checked on when I got my '17.

 

[Woz1976-MT]

my experience thus far with dealership alignments is dont waste your time. find an independent shop run by non-mouthbreathers

I've heard of many anecdotal reports of all makes of vehicles being out of alignment straight from the factory. I paid to have it done on my 4Runner TE (partly because I put my own tires on it right at the dealer).

FYI, there is no point is aligning only the "front end". What are they aligning the front tires to? On all vehicles, you do either a four-wheel alignment (independent suspension) or a thrust-angle alignment (solid rear axles, like the 4Runner). In any case, it always involves all four wheels.

 

[tm965]

I've heard of many anecdotal reports of all makes of vehicles being out of alignment straight from the factory. I paid to have it done on my 4Runner TE (partly because I put my own tires on it right at the dealer).

FYI, there is no point is aligning only the "front end". What are they aligning the front tires to? On all vehicles, you do either a four-wheel alignment (independent suspension) or a thrust-angle alignment (solid rear axles, like the 4Runner). In any case, it always involves all four wheels.

fyi by independent i meant non dealership

 

[ayeyothisiskyle]

Go to Firestone and sign up for their Lifetime Alignment. Right now there is a $20 off coupon online. (Offer detail page in HTML | Firestone Complete Auto Care)

Luckily, the Firestone locations I go to are in areas where lifted trucks are abundant, so they know to max out caster and correctly align the 4runner. If it feels weird, just go back, you paid for lifetime alignment.

$.02

 

[Hans Moleman]

You alignment is covered under the adjustment warranty (1yr / 12k miles) so there is no reason for you to pay another shop to do it.

My 2018 SR5P had a bad alignment from the factory as well. It would always pull to the right but took the dealer twice to get it right which was all covered under warranty.

1st time the toe was out of spec and they adjusted that. I knew it was not going to work because from past experiences toe does not affect pull.

2nd time they adjusted they added more caster to the right side which fixed it.

Your problem could either be caster or camber or both.

 

[Tuco S.]

Could be that the poor quality oem tires are a contributing factor. The Bridgestones on mine don't exactly track straight, but it also doesn't pull to one side.

 

[QwikKotaTx]

I've heard of many anecdotal reports of all makes of vehicles being out of alignment straight from the factory. I paid to have it done on my 4Runner TE (partly because I put my own tires on it right at the dealer).

FYI, there is no point is aligning only the "front end". What are they aligning the front tires to? On all vehicles, you do either a four-wheel alignment (independent suspension) or a thrust-angle alignment (solid rear axles, like the 4Runner). In any case, it always involves all four wheels.

I highly doubt the thrust angle is adjustable on a solid axle vehicle.

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Well I’ve heard enough to know that I am going to check the tire pressures (I have no idea why I haven’t already done that, assumptions I guess) and I will make an appointment to have it aligned...all 4 wheels

 

[Tejas]

The 4Runner has an inherently a darty/floaty front-end, we've owned three and they've all been this way It's one of our air complaints about the vehicle in general.

 

[6172crew]

My rigg had 2 miles on it when I bought it, took it to a buddy and they found 1 side out my 4 or 5 degrees toe-in.

 

[ryan87]

I highly doubt the thrust angle is adjustable on a solid axle vehicle.

its not, you would need adjustble.. panhard bar/ rear control arms

 

[QwikKotaTx]

its not, you would need adjustble.. panhard bar/ rear control arms

I still don't see how any of that would change the toe angle. With what you mentioned you can get both sides even so that the toe is the same left to right but with a fixed axle, thrust is already set.

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Checked the pressures, they were consistent, wrong all the way around at 39 psi, I dropped them all down to 32 psi and will see what happens