What should be and what is, often times are not the same. Don't assume any shop you use is paying for the service contract to keep their equipment up to date and/or calibrated properly.Woodie wrote:viewtopic.php?p=10208#p10208
Thew new specs should be in the machine they use to do the alignment. They're updated regularly. This was only needed when Suzuki first released the change, it's been five years now, everyone should have it.
To the OP, print the TSB and take it to the alignment shop. Way back when, the Suzuki dealer I use didn't have the correct TSB settings in their rack. They didn't even know there was a TSB until I gave it to them. The Kizashi is very fickle when it comes to its alignment. Tire wear and handling can be profoundly affected. There's little room for error, which would cause pronounced issues with either. The TSB was an attempt by Suzuki to reign in the premature tire wear we early owners were experiencing. Factory original 2010, handling was superb, tear wear was horrible. THen TSB was issued. Tire wear improved greatly but the down-side was a bit of degradation in the exceptional handling. Fair trade-off for 2-3 times greater tire wear. Have your tank 1/2 full of fuel when you take it to have your alignment corrected (yeah, it matters). If your routinely travel with extra weight or passengers, have it in there, or tell the mechanic so that he can compensate. (yeah, it matters). Your right front toe in that report is no where near good enough. In the 'green' isn't good enough. Force them to spend the time and get it set dead-nuts center band. Rotate the tires every 4-5k miles. Recheck alignment in a year. If you haven't done anything driving the car to throw off the alignment (pot-holes, curbs, speed bumps at warp speed, accident damage, etc.), it shouldn't change much at all. If it does, you'll need to start looking for the faulty part(s), or, another alignment shop with a different rack.
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