Tracking cost?

[jamesr74]

I noticed that when I hold my steering wheel level, my car (2008 V50) is pulling to the left. I popped into kwik fit to see if they could have a look and after 10 minutes on the machine with all the lasers, they told me that the tracking is way out and would need fixed. The guy was kind enough to give me a print out of where the wheels were off but explained that they are not allowed to adjust them as my car has cruise control and DTSC. He advised that I take it to a Volvo dealer to have the wheels corrected and said that I should do it sooner rather than later as one of the front wheels is quite bad.

The service department at my local dealership is closed till Monday but I wondered if anyone knew how much I should be paying to have this corrected. I don't want to get ripped off by the dealer.

thanks

[Metblackrat]

Sounds like a load of old tosh to me. All they are doing is winding the track rod ends in or out until the wheels are pointing in the right direction. There are no sensors etc that need to be reset, it is purely a mechanical adjustment.

My local garage did mine last week. It was £29.99 for front wheel or £75 for all four wheels to be aligned (plus VAT).

I would expect the dealer to charge £100+ just to do the front wheels.

[Boris]

Sounds like tosh to me too - kwik fit did mine a few months ago - I think it was £25 for all 4 although I think this was a discount as I was buying a full set of new tyres at the same time.
And to save you having to ask my 2005 V50 has cruise control and possibly DTSC (it's got something like that but can never quite remember what!)

[andy_d]

just be happy kwikfut didnt work on your car.
go find a proper tyre center with proper 4wheel alignement gear, or main dealer.

as for "not allowed due....." utter tosh and nonsense.

[markt1]

I had 2 tyres fitted the other day and while waiting i was approached by a mechanic who asked if i could go look at my car with him when i got to my car i could see the tracking gauges fitted and i knew what exactly was coming,Sir you tracking is out a few degrees just under the legal limit HA HA i thought what frigging legal limit?I said news to me i didnt realise their was a legal limit on tracking as i used to work on the spanners and suddenly i was confronted with a rather blank face he said i can track it for £20 i said was my tyres wearing uneven at the front he said no so i said then what do i need tracking adjustment for?no thanks never heard as much bullshxt in my life.

Why try to fix somthing that isnt broken i just wonder how many motorist have fallen for this trick nationwide infact i should ring their head office and ask why i had one of your mechanics try to misinform me of the law,BTW
W-lco motsave.

[SiRS2000]

Originally Posted by markt1

I had 2 tyres fitted the other day and while waiting i was approached by a mechanic who asked if i could go look at my car with him when i got to my car i could see the tracking gauges fitted and i knew what exactly was coming,Sir you tracking is out a few degrees just under the legal limit HA HA i thought what frigging legal limit?I said news to me i didnt realise their was a legal limit on tracking as i used to work on the spanners and suddenly i was confronted with a rather blank face he said i can track it for £20 i said was my tyres wearing uneven at the front he said no so i said then what do i need tracking adjustment for?no thanks never heard as much bullshxt in my life.

Why try to fix somthing that isnt broken i just wonder how many motorist have fallen for this trick nationwide infact i should ring their head office and ask why i had one of your mechanics try to misinform me of the law,BTW
W-lco motsave.

As a none spanner type person it's always made me wonder how much tyre stealers would try & pull the wool over your eyes.

To me it's obviouse when your tracking is badly out the car will pull one way or the other instead of running straight but as you take your car to a tyre dealer you tend to trust them as thay are the profesionals so most people will be suckerd in.

[jamesr74]

Went to national tyres this morning and got all wheels correctly aligned without any problems. Cost £28 and only took about 20 minutes, job done!

Thanks for all the answers, glad I didn't ask the dealer to do this

[marky-gee]

Originally Posted by jamesr74

Went to national tyres this morning and got all wheels correctly aligned without any problems. Cost £28 and only took about 20 minutes, job done!

Thanks for all the answers, glad I didn't ask the dealer to do this

FYI the dealers in Carlisle and Newcastle upon Tyne are looking for (( 2hrs )) labour to do this at a cost of £145, absoulutly ridiculous if you ask me.

[matt182]

get mine done at frf volvo for around £55+vat

[swedishandgerman]

Strongly, strongly recommend Protyre for wheel alignment, Protyre outlets throughout the country.

They have the top quality equipment and most franchises in my area which don't have such equipment take cars there

Check free of charge, £28 for adjustments to the front, £28 for adjustments to the rear. If no adjustments are done, then there's no charge.

They're very competetive on tyre pricing too. Been taking all my cars there for years.