Toyota Camry: 4 wheel or 2 wheel alignment?

Hi,

I just bought a '99 Camry XLE and the steering wheel is off centre while
driving straight. At first it didn't seem like much of a problem, but
it's bugging me more and more evreytime I drive it. I'm taking it into a
Toyota dealer Tuesday for a wheel alignment, but would like some info so
I sound knowledgable at the dealers.

The actual symptoms are when the car is pointing straight, the steering
wheel is 1/10 of a turn to the left. If I hold the wheel in that
position the car drives straight and stops straight, it even drives
pretty straight when I don't hold the wheel. I was thinking there was
just an adjustment to adjust the steering wheel position. If I count the
revolutions from dead centre, the steering whell can turn more times to
the left than to the right, hence the centre is offset to the left.

Is a 4 wheel alignment necessarry/possible on this car? From what I've
read on the net, many things can cause this problem. Is toe in the most
common cause of this type of problem? Would a simple 2 wheel alignment
be able to fix this problem, without all the extra cost of a 4 wheel
alignment?

Thanks!

Norm

PS Love the car


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Most dealerships that i know of charge the same for a 2 wheel or 4 wheel
alignment. A camry which has adjustable toe arms in the rear gets a 4 wheel.
Other vehicles that are non adjustable in the rear and have rear toe correcting
bushings have to have a 2 wheel alignment.