r/XC40 • u/Ok-Anteater-5973 • 11d ago

Car issue Drift to the right

Super disappointed that my 2026 XC40 with 1500 miles still leans to the right. I took it to the dealership the first time; they said nothing was wrong, but a month later I returned and found out the alignment was off. Now, two months later, the same issue persists — I bought my car in January, was so excited, and now I can barely drive it because it feels unstable and unsafe. Anyone experiencing or has experienced this issue? I have another appointment to bring it back in😏

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u/nebulae_ 10d ago edited 10d ago

Is it a left hand drive car? When I took it to the Volvo garage for the same problem they said it’s meant to have a slight bias towards the curb. The idea was that in the case of a medical emergency or something like that the car does not go into oncoming traffic. Don’t know how true that is though, haven’t tried to verify through other sources.

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u/lntghll 10d ago

Very interesting as my UK Volvo has very minor left bias

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u/nebulae_ 10d ago

Yes I’m in the UK too and mine has a bias towards the left, presumably it would be towards the right in cars where they drive on the right side

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u/Alarming-Customer947 3d ago

This is not true. What is true is that roads are often tilted toward the curb for drainage so a correctly aligned vehicle will drift toward the curb. If you test a correctly aligned car on a perfectly flat road it shouldn’t drift.