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Automotive Suspension Repair and Alignment Services

Your automobile's suspension system needs to be able to absorb bumps smoothly and steer properly, which in turn requires a fully functioning suspension system with proper wheel alignment. Whether your vehicle has a conventional suspension system with shock absorbers or a strut-based system typical of many front-wheel-drive cars, you can trust American Pride Automotive's experienced technicians to service them both.

Maintaining proper wheel alignment extends the life of your tires, provides a more comfortable ride, and provides significantly better gas mileage for your vehicle. Typical symptoms of a car that requires suspension or alignment services are excessive or uneven tire wear, an off center steering wheel, a general feeling of wandering or looseness while driving, the car feels like it's pulling to the left or the right, or a shimmy or vibration in your steering wheel.

There are two common types of wheel alignments performed on todays automobiles; all wheel thrust angle alignment and, for vehicles with adjustable rear suspensions, all wheel full adjustable alignment.

American Pride Automotive offers a complete computerized wheel alignment service using the latest state-of-the-art equipment to ensure precision and accuracy. Our ASE certified technicians perform a complete steering and suspension system inspection with every alignment. By replacing worn suspension parts you regain steering control and handling, keeping your car ride safe and smooth.

Recommended alignment intervals:

Every 8,000 miles or 6 months
Alignment is recommended after the first 2,000 miles for new vehicles
After a purchase of new tires
After a collision or accident
After hitting a large pothole
With installation of new suspension or steering parts
Following a transaxle repair on front-wheel-drive cars

American Pride Automotive's Alignment Services Include:

Alignment Check

Inspect steering and suspension system including tire condition and air pressure

Standard Alignment

All-wheel thrust angle or full adjustable alignment
Inspect steering and suspension system including tire condition and air pressure
Put vehicle on alignment rack, mount and compensate sensors
Print out initial alignment readings
Adjust alignment angles to manufacturer's specifications
Print out final alignment readings to verify alignment is within specification
Road test vehicle

Plus Alignment

Standard alignment service
Perform a four wheel tire rotation
Balance all four tires on our state-of-the-art computerized balancing equipment

Replace worn steering or suspension parts as follows:

Ball joints
Bushings
Sway bar links
Center links

Idler arms/Pitman arms
Rack and pinion units
Tie rod ends/sleeves
CV joints/boots

CV axle half shafts
Shock absorbers
MacPherson struts/cartridges

American Pride Automotive provides automotive suspension repair amnd wheel alignment services for residents in the following Virginia cities and counties of Yorktown - York County, Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, and Gloucester.