One of the most important procedures performed on any car, truck or SUV, is the alignment. It's also one of the most dreaded tasks in the care and feeding of your Ellwood City Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram (CDJR). The first telltale sign that something might be up with your Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, Chrysler Pacifica or Ram Truck is it's tendency to pull left or right on its own. Far from a safe practice, it may cause the handling characteristics to be less than optimal, causing premature tire wear that puts you, your loved ones and your vehicle at risk.

Second on the list of vehicular bugaboos, is a vehicle's tires being out-of-balance. You'll know it right away because it will feel as though you are driving on a rippled highway. That highway may be glass-smooth but without balanced tires, a repetitive "thud-like vibration is likely felt up the steering column. Small weights are glued to the inside of alloy rims typically found on Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles or clipped to the outside lip of steel wheels to help balance a tire.



As overlooked as these issues sometimes are, they can be the leading cause of excessive tire wear, suspension failure, and general wear and tear on your Elwood City CDJR car, truck or SUV. Simply put, it's a case where your wheels are pointing, even slightly, in different directions. It's as though your Dodge Charger or Jeep Wrangler are cruising around with a slight or even a radical case of pigeon toe. This accelerates excessive tire wear as well as actually depriving you of intense driving pleasure because you are constantly fighting the steering wheel to keep your Ellwood City Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Ram truck running straight and true. Easily correctable, your Ellwood City service department is ready to step up and straighten it out for you.
How does a car go out of alignment?

Cars, trucks and SUVs can go out of alignment for numerous reasons. Perhaps it's a piece of road debris, or running off the edgeof the road, or through a pothole or even hitting a parking lot curb outside the local grocery store. There's always the chance you might not even realize a problem exists until you suffer a blowout or uneven wear renders your tires balder than actor Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, who it so happens can buy all the tires he wants, because he is the highest paid actor in the country, but we digress.



An unsightly by-product (at least to your wallet) of wheel balance and alignment woes is the high cost of specialized tires used on today's high-performance cars and trucks. A vehicle that wears out your tires faster than normal will end up costing much more than the price of an alignment.


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Napleton's Ellwood Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

1000 Lawrence Ave
Directions Ellwood City, PA 16117-1852

  • Sales: 8552649170
  • Service: 8552651752
  • Parts: 8004641332

Sales Hours

  • Monday 09:00AM - 08:00PM
  • Tuesday 09:00AM - 08:00PM
  • Wednesday 09:00AM - 08:00PM
  • Thursday 09:00AM - 08:00PM
  • Friday 09:00AM - 06:00PM
  • Saturday 09:00AM - 04:00PM
  • Sunday Closed
A Napleton Pro-Tip: Always have your tires balanced and rotated at the same time you bring your CDJR vehicle in for alignment. That way you know your Ellwood City Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram are as close to factory standards as possible for miles and miles of enjoyable driving ahead.



A good rule of thumb is to have a specialist check your tires during every other oil change. That way you'll know that your new Ellwood City CDJR vehicles are at the top of their game. No one knows your Dodge Chrysler Ram and Jeep vehicle like the service technicians at Ellwood City CDJR. Please call for an appointment today.