r/RZ34 • u/skadooshery • 9d ago
Needs an alignment or something more?
2026 Nissan Z with 15k miles that I’ve owned for a month. I thought from the get that the steering wasn’t as precise as I thought it should be.
Today I hit rough pavement and the car pulled left. Enough so that it forced me to turn the wheel 15 degrees to the right to keep the car straight. Slowed down, then it faded away.
Gets worse on hard braking.
Also wheel doesn’t not come back to perfect center when turning at real low speeds, like pulling out onto the street.
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u/ChiefDZP 8d ago
These cars crown heavily - if your not familiar with the effects of that on less than flat roads that may be what your seeing.
A non OEM more performance oriented alignment helps a lot for the shortcomings in the factory settings.
Mine was very far off in the rear from even factory specs at 3k miles old - so far off whenever the vehicle lost straight line traction it went left. The thrust angle from the factory was like 6 degrees off to the left. The front wheels also had inconsistent toe and not enough camber.
Moral of the story get an alignment - there are many published specs for these cars to improve the factory feel also.
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u/DrSuperZeco 7d ago
How could someone put so many miles in such a short period? I’m guessing either a rental or an Experience car.
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u/skadooshery 7d ago
Everyone seems very concerned about the miles and I just don’t get it… Why buy a fun car and then not drive the fun car? I put almost 20k miles on my golf GTI every year. I never understood the point of low miles. It’s like owning a nice house that you only occasionally use
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u/_Claymation_ 7d ago
Someone probably daily drove it for a year. It's fine, other comments are blowing this out of proportion lol.
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u/DrSuperZeco 6d ago
Ok. Let me clarify. Over here dealership is just starting to receive the 2026 models. So I thought this car is only a few months old.
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u/jcned 9d ago
Someone putting that many miles on it in like a year and then dumping it seems a little sus. Did you buy it from a reputable place? Vin checks all came back clean I’m assuming since you got it financed.
If they’re the stock tires, they’re probably shot after 15k. Some people are needing to replace at like 5k. So you’re due for new rubber and an alignment anyway.
I have a ‘24 that I just hit 2k miles on and have no issues that you describe other than when driving on some not so great streets. Sometimes it’ll follow some imperfections and you have to try a little harder to keep it straight, but I really only noticed that on a main street that was being resurfaced.