Wheel alignment

[spen2811]

Does the auris hybrid 2016 require 4 wheel alignment or just the front i beleive its 4.but local dealer says they dont do it.when questioned about being in the full service they said it was broken.

[eygo]

4 wheel alignment is what all cars should have done periodically.

at the service it is only a check so your not missing out on much

any garage that has a hunter geometry equipment will be able to

carry out the check and adjustment ,we use our local kwikfit

and they have been great for alignment adjustments.

 

[Countrylad]

+1 for hunter alignment. Can be pricey (I paid £80 on my Passat a few years ago), but crikey, what a difference it made to the handling. Avoids uneven "sawtooth" wear on tyres, too, which can save you the £80 all on its own.

There's a video about it at https://www.oponeo.co.uk/tyre-article/saw-tooth-tyre-wear . By chance, it happens to feature a Yaris. Enjoy the robo-voice!

As mentioned, KwikFit do Hunter alignment at many of their centres now. All I have to do now is believe that KwikFit aren't still the same bunch of baboons that they were the last time that I used them.

 

 

[Steve Whits]

personally I wouldn't trust Kwikfit to even wash my car.  Search for Hunter alignment in the area you live and then check it out for reviews.

I used to have a Mazda MX5 which I had aligned after recommendations on the MX5 forum.  You could always ask for help on there as loads of them use specialist alignment companies.

https://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/ 

Couple of suggestions are Jeff Fowkes at Ibstock or 5 Speed at Hucknall

 

[eygo]

i can only vouch for the branches near me and they have always done a good job and all seem to be competant.

[Countrylad]

13 hours ago, eygo said:

i can only vouch for the branches near me and they have always done a good job and all seem to be competant.

LOL lucky you. Ours dropped my wife's car onto a trolley jack and dented the sill.  And another time it fitted a completely wrong tyre size to my mate's car. For two month he was driving around with back wheels that were 2cm bigger than the fronts, until the MOT failure pulled it up. "Oh yeah, 'im" said the Kwikfit manager, " 'E don't work for us any more." Triffic.

[st901]

My local Kwitfit replaced both replaced  rear tyres on by 2013 Auris with Michelin Primacy  .

All was well for 3months until I noticed that one of my rears had 0psi in it and a screw in the tread  . Strange thing was it didn't look flat at all .

Was only  then that I noticed the ZP ( Zero pressure )  on the sidewall of my tyre .

Therefore I had been driving with Run flat tyres without TPM and only a routine pressure check revealed the presence of a puncture .

Turned out OK in the end as both tyres were replaced with Pilot sport 3s free of charge .

Certainly won't be providing them with further business though .