Why annual wheel alignment is a myth that can harm a car

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Discover why wheel alignment is corrective maintenance, not preventive, and why unnecessary adjustments can actually risk damaging your car.

1. The service that sells itself

2. What wheel alignment actually is

3. The myth of gradual drift

4. The damage done by unnecessary alignment

5. The factory intentional misalignment

6. The signs of genuine alignment problems

7. The tire rotation confusion

8. The suspension wear confusion

9. The pothole season exception

10. What owners' manuals actually say

11. The cost of unnecessary alignments

12. The final verdict: align only when symptoms appear

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Walk into any tire shop or dealership service center, and you will hear the same recommendation. "You should align your wheels every year or every 10,000 kilometers. It"s preventive maintenance. Like changing your oil." The recommendation sounds reasonable. Wheels take abuse from potholes, curbs, and rough roads. Surely they drift out of alignment over time. Surely checking and adjusting them annually is cheap insurance against uneven tire wear and poor handling. This belief is wrong. Wheel alignment is not preventive maintenance. It is corrective maintenance. Performing it without a genuine problem does not protect your car. It introduces risk.

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