[zeng]

Originally Posted by rev_to_redline

Also, this is third visit to to service centre, and every time the alignment numbers came up in red, even when I only drove the car under 500 KM in each visit.

The alignment #s may be undesirable leading to current predicament.

However you seem to have no issues with consistent steering wheel off centre to one side with firm hands whilst driving straight ahead, NO pulling of vehicle to one side with hands off the steering wheel whilst driving on a straight road.

Care to upload a relevant complete front and rear wheel alignment report?

[rev_to_redline]

Originally Posted by zeng

Care to upload a relevant complete front and rear wheel alignment report?

I have been lazy and didn't keep the alignment report after I verified all the numbers being in green. Will take one in the next visit.

Originally Posted by Bsilver

No, Audi's return back to centre quite easily, from the experience of a daily 1.3L driven A6.

Then I need to TD few other Audis to convince technician that mine is problematic.

Originally Posted by Bsilver

You would need to look at the chassis for any damage. If all the suspension components are good, then there can be sub frame alignment issues as well

I asked them to check for chassis damage in first visit, but they didn't find any. In next visit, I will try to do it myself. I also googled for subframe misalignment, and I feel that I might have noticed some of the related symptoms in past few hundred kilometers. So will get it checked for that too.


Apart from steering slightly sticking to direction of turn, I have noticed that steering sometimes doesn't return to centre in a continuous motion.
Even at speed of 20KMPH, it stops for a moment couple of times before settling near dead centre.

Recorded a brief video where I am nudging steering wheel left and right with a finger and leaving it be. Notice how it sticks to direction of turn(Or nudge in this case). And then after U-turn, notice how it doesn't come back to centre and leaves the car going towards divider.

[zeng]

Originally Posted by rev_to_redline

I have been lazy and didn't keep the alignment report after I verified all the numbers being in green. Will take one in the next visit.

Appreciate and await your upcoming upload of relevant complete Front and Rear wheel alignment report #s.

In the absence of the above, my hunch is your predicament could likely be resolved with an accurate and near 'perfect' Front and Rear wheel alignment by a quality and 'perfectionist' type of alignment tech without wasteful parts replacement.