Steering wheel angle

[Greg Kogut]

I recently had my steering wheel removed by the dealer to replace a faulty steering wheel angle sensor. They didn't put it on quite straight - the wheel is a few degrees to the right when the car is going straight. It's just enough to annoy me. Is this something that's easy to fix without going back to the dealer (an hour drive for me).

Thanks,
Greg

[Al]

I wouldn't recommend doing it since you need to fart around with a loaded rocket-propelled airbag unit, but......
For a regular-style steering wheel:

• Disconnect battery and wait 1 minute.
• Remove two bolts (torx T-30) from the back of the steering wheel
• Remove the airbag.
• Remove steering wheel center bolt (14mm).
• Remove steering wheel and line up the two alignment marks.
• Replace steering wheel center bolt. Torque to 45 Nm (33 ft-lb)
• Replace airbag unit, tighten torx bolts to 10 Nm (7 ft-lb)
• Reconnect battery, hope for no airbag deployment related activity.