Q: Steering wheel off centre after car repair

asked by on August 28, 2017

My car got backed into in a parking lot. It's a 2017 Honda Civic Sedan. Although the damage looked minimal, I ended up with a new bumper, fender, and had a cracked airbox and cracked impact sensor. Honda told the shop no splicing was allowed so the whole harness with the impact sensor had to be replaced. As well to replace the airbox the subframe had to be removed. Since I have gotten the car back the steering seems off. Not as light and the steering wheel is off centre about 4 degrees clockwise (which is driving me crazy). My thought is when the battery was removed to so the work, the steering angle sensor wasn't properly recalibrated. I had the alignment checked and it came back clear. Any ideas what may have caused this issue, or if it's provably the SAS?

My car has 3000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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