4 wheel alignment?

[shagnat]

Genny is my first RWD car in a few decades...... so do we need to do the 4 wheel alignment? Or is an alignment like it was waaaay back when and just do a front-end alignment?

 

[DeadRun]

They can (and usually) do a 4-wheel alignment on the Genesis, but it is dependent on the symptoms causing the alignment. There is a TSB that has a flowchart that guides their decision making process on 2-wheel vs 4-wheel alignment. But I would be most dealers don't follow it and just do their best at a 4-wheel alignment and assume that is good enough.

What are the symptoms that make you ask the question?

My 2012 4.6 is very slightly out of alignment, but I am afraid to let them touch it for fear of making it worse rather than better.

(My fear has nothing to do with Hyundai dealers but with dealers and their mechanics in general. Probably totally unfair.)

 

[italiabrain]

Genny is my first RWD car in a few decades...... so do we need to do the 4 wheel alignment? Or is an alignment like it was waaaay back when and just do a front-end alignment?

In general you're probably going to want a 4-wheel if it needs one. The old cars you're referring to were likely live-axle rear suspensions that can't really be aligned except thrust angle.

 

[homeofstone]

4 wheel.

 

[shagnat]

In general you're probably going to want a 4-wheel if it needs one. The old cars you're referring to were likely live-axle rear suspensions that can't really be aligned except thrust angle.

italianbrain, you're exactly right. I was thinking of the live-axle rear suspension, and not the current independent rear suspension.

Thanks everyone for your help.

BTW, I'm not experiencing any issues, it's just a thought I had when I noticed a discount at my dealership's service department last week so thought I'd come here to find out the real scoop before even thinking of asking the service writers.

 

[427435]

I had the wife's Explorer aligned a couple of weeks ago. A 2 wheel alignment was 59.95 and a 4 wheel was 79.95. That's a no-brainer decision with anything with an independent rear suspension. And the Explorer did need some adjustment on the rear.