Guideline on Buying Tires Auto Repairs - Tire Repair, Wheel Balancing, Wheel | Page 9

Reasons Why Wheel Alignment is
Important to a Vehicle
• Typically, when a vehicle’s wheels are poorly aligned, the tires point in a wrong direction or
angle. Although wrong alignments affect the performance of both the suspension and the
steering, it is not safe to drive in a car that’s wrongly aligned.
• Basically, a few actions can result in improper wheel alignment, they include:
• Driving fast over potholes
• Hitting a curb
• Driving into concrete parking blocks
• Basic wear and tear – As a car age, its rubber parts tend to dry and crack and this
makes ball and socket joints to loosen and the condition degenerates if left
unattended.
• To have a basic idea of how much impact damage can be, alignments are calculated in
tenths and hundredths of degrees. Once a vehicle’s wheels aren’t well aligned, the
damage can build up over an extended period if left that way.