[h0llyw00d]

Hello all!

I have an Anvil Trailhawk that I have had for a little over a month. I currently have ~3200 miles on the car and love it! Recently I have noticed that on the highway my vehicle has developed some wavering. The best way to describe it is that it constantly requires micro steering adjustments to stay strait. If you let go of the wheel at 70 mph the car will slowly wander to the left 70% of the time and to the right 30% of the time after roughly 3-4 seconds. My tire pressure is 35 psi cold on all four corners. I took it into the dealership last weekend for service on this topic and no alignment issue was found. My steering wheel was slightly off-center but was corrected. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Any known resolutions? Is this typical of a jeep? This is my first ever SUV/off-road type vehicle. Thank you all for the help!

 

[syzygy]

Do you have lane sense fitted?

 

[h0llyw00d]

No I do believe I do. The Trailhawk was not available with Lanse Sense in the U.S.

 

[syzygy]

I have no knowledge of US roads, but in the UK you would normally veer to one side or the other after a few seconds due to the camber.

 

[raz-0]

I've randomly gotten something similar. I expect a car to drift due to the road crown, but occasionally the renny seems to drift opposite or hold straight with a really severe crown. It's weird. I haven't run into it at highway speeds though, and it is pretty intermittent and minor compared to my last two cars. They had really quick turn in and tried to track with every bump in the road.

 

[Copperhead]

The Renegade is equipped with electric power assisted steering. That allows Jeep to programmatically compensate for things like road crown to make for a more comfortable ride. Maybe the effects you're feeling are the Jeeps programming trying to make your drive better.

 

[raz-0]

The Renegade is equipped with electric power assisted steering. That allows Jeep to programmatically compensate for things like road crown to make for a more comfortable ride. Maybe the effects you're feeling are the Jeeps programming trying to make your drive better.

That's what I suspect. It just sometimes gets it wrong. I've actually got a short stretch of road(s) that reproduces it pretty reliably, but outside of that, I don't get the odd behavior much.

 

[astrobdean]

Mine always pulls slightly to the left. I haven't asked for it to be addressed as I've never had an alignment issue improved by someone fiddling with it. I get tired of having my cars returned to me with off-center steering wheels or even worse, vibration issues. Disappointing in a new car, but hey, what are you gonna do...

Most small issues I leave alone because of lack of faith in service departments.

 

[raz-0]

Mine always pulls slightly to the left. I haven't asked for it to be addressed as I've never had an alignment issue improved by someone fiddling with it. I get tired of having my cars returned to me with off-center steering wheels or even worse, vibration issues. Disappointing in a new car, but hey, what are you gonna do...

Most small issues I leave alone because of lack of faith in service departments.

Yeah I know what you mean. The oddness of this is that the pull varies in both intensity and direction, and most of the time it isn't there at all. Which pretty much eliminates all the causes I am familiar with in traditional hydraulic power steering. It's nothing major, and not a big deal IMO, but it does set off my curiosity.

 

[MONTTU]

I have similar sumptoms:


Steering is fine when you are actually turning, but on straight line it a bit annouing. Similar feeling as motorcycle or bicycle with worn out bearing on steering stem, keeps strongly on straight line but when you need to correct a little it feels stiff and resists to turn. Then suddenly it moves and turns too much. What makes it funny is that really resisting force seems to change depending of road surface and angle.

 

[raz-0]

I have similar sumptoms:


Steering is fine when you are actually turning, but on straight line it a bit annouing. Similar feeling as motorcycle or bicycle with worn out bearing on steering stem, keeps strongly on straight line but when you need to correct a little it feels stiff and resists to turn. Then suddenly it moves and turns too much. What makes it funny is that really resisting force seems to change depending of road surface and angle.

I don't think you are describing the same symptoms. We are describing dift, it sounds like you are describing steering effort. And the renny does have speed sensitive steering assist. Which make the steering heavier as you go faster.

 

[wadeesay]

I have come down from a Tahoe and Silverado to the TH. I sense a need for very slight corrections in the vehicle's track, but I attribute that to a combination of a different steering assist system, road surface variations and, most importantly, to the very SHORT wheel base on the TH making small corrections seem necessary that would probably not have even been noticed in a longer vehicle.

 

[MONTTU]

I don't think you are describing the same symptoms. We are describing dift, it sounds like you are describing steering effort. And the renny does have speed sensitive steering assist. Which make the steering heavier as you go faster.

I think we are talking about same thing with different approach. I think the drift comes from varying steering effort added with short wheelbase. Steering effort changes even cruise control on depending of how much road is leaning right, bumps on road etc...

 

[rhafe123]

Mine does it too.I'm constantly having to make steering adjustments. It's a pain. Even my 17 year old Rav 4 with 280K tracks better.

 

[jellywhopper]

Have not noticed any problems with steering so far, thank goodness----no wandering issues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DogsRule]

I can only say I notice the electric steering assisting with less than a mm of turning the steering wheel. It is a very tight, very sensitive setup so I will often let the wheel 'float' when I drive the straight and level roads. I don't see a need to tax the system with constant input from resting my meaty mitts.

Now, I have the Goodyear SR-A highway-tread tires ( I am getting Geolandars soon) and have read where the AT tires grip the ruts in the road lane and cause a slight climb up one side or the other due to added traction. Making it feel like its wandering.

We'll see.

 

[ridders]

My tire pressure is 35 psi cold on all four corners.

On mine (UK Trailhawk - with lanesense) the tyre pressures are supposed to be higher on the front than on the rear for Unladen/Medium loads: In PSi its 35 Front 32 Rear (2.4 Bar & 2.2 Bar).

 

[kevinfourlegs]

On mine (UK Trailhawk - with lanesense) the tyre pressures are supposed to be higher on the front than on the rear for Unladen/Medium loads: In psi its 35 Front 32 Rear (2.4 Bar & 2.2 Bar).

If I'm thinking correctly (the missus says that is open to debate) my 1.4 Longitude has the same pressures when cold. It has been a week or three since I last saw tyre pressures on the dash display.

 

[raz-0]

Since this got necroposted, I'll put in my new $0.02.

The weird tracking for me way back when was happening ona specific stretch of road I drive pretty frequently, and the tracking was weird and not really compliant with physics, so I assumed it was the software tweaks to help the vehicle avoid pulling from crowned road surfaces.

I'm still of that opinion, mainly becuase I have had multiple flahses for the steering, and upon seeing this thread realized I haven't experienced the weird tracking in quite some time despite still traveling that stretch of road quite often.

 

[Oggy]

For my sins I'm a long term Alfa Romeo driver and compared to them, which invariably have a quick rack, our Renegade TH is rock steady on the road. No wandering or following the camber that I can recall. This is with Goodyear 4seasons tyres on UK roads.