Issues after lift, tires, and alignment

[BadCJ7]

First forgive me if this is in the wrong section. I’m new to forums and not real familiar with how it works.

I leveled my 2016 Ram 1500 with Bilstein 5100’s set to 2.8 and added airlift 1000 bags to my rear springs as I tow a 16’ dual axle trailer. After the lift I had 275/65/r20 Coopers installed and had an alignment done. No rubbing, and tires handle great. After the alignment my steering wheel is cocked slightly to the right and the truck pulls to the left. I couldn’t take it right back to the shop so I thought I’d drive it the weekend and take it back on Monday. Today I towed my trailer about 70 miles to pick up some supplies at for a home remodel. On the highway at 65mph my cruise kicked off, and the message center said “SERVICE TRALER BRAKE SYSTEM”. Now my cruise won’t work, my traction light stays on and the dash keeps displaying the message about the Trailer Brakes

I plugged in my scan tool and I have one code on the ABS U0415-00 (Invalid Data from Antilock Control Module A
One code on the EPS that says C0051-28 (Steering wheel sensor out of range)
One code on my trailer brake system that says improbable data from ABS (sorry, I didn’t write the code down)
I tried clearing the codes and I get a message that codes are cleared but faults still active. I also tried resetting the steering angle but the ABS won’t allow that to happen either.

Do you think this is all caused by an improper alignment? Could they have done the alignment wrong and didn’t zero out the steering angle? Should they be able to correct this by doing the alignment properly again and resetting everything?


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[R.L.K.]

Sounds like the signal from your clockspring is reading off like the truck is turning all the time .
Yes the realingment should fix this imo.

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[BadCJ7]

Hoping it’s an easy fix and doesn’t cost me with having to go to the dealer. I’m already getting the “You couldn’t leave well enough alone” from the wife. Lol.


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[ram1500rsm]

+1

 

[JB1]

It’s all the alignment guys fault, once they get that right and clear the codes you’ll be fine. With electronic steering they have to get it right

 

[BadCJ7]

It’s all the alignment guys fault, once they get that right and clear the codes you’ll be fine. With electronic steering they have to get it right

Probably due to the fact that he quit and the shop talked him into finishing the week to train his replacement. Had I known that beforehand, I would have bought the tires and had it aligned elsewhere.


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[jdavila99999]

Hoping it’s an easy fix and doesn’t cost me with having to go to the dealer. I’m already getting the “You couldn’t leave well enough alone” from the wife. Lol.


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Damn I am familiar with that look [emoji102]
And it sux


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[gofishn]

Probably due to the fact that he quit and the shop talked him into finishing the week to train his replacement. Had I known that beforehand, I would have bought the tires and had it aligned elsewhere.


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I think I would get it aligned elsewhere, anyway.
FInd a shop that pays their excellent alignment man enough money he stays for years, if not decades.,

I go to a truck specialist shop, one tons are pretty much their bottom end but the will align anything.
Their guy has been doing it for decades and most of teh best alignment guys, in my area, were taught by him. I am sure there is someone like that, in darn near every city.

 

[gofishn]

Hoping it’s an easy fix and doesn’t cost me with having to go to the dealer. I’m already getting the “You couldn’t leave well enough alone” from the wife. Lol.


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Say, yeah, you're right. If I had left everything well enough alone, I'd still be single.

 

[BadCJ7]

Well, I took it back to the shop and after a couple hours, they told me they still couldn’t get it and asked if I would take it to their sister store where the tech had lots of experience. I ran it over there and in 30 minutes he had the truck driving straight as an arrow. He said the other guys had it so screwed up it was like it had been wrecked. He couldn’t clear the ECM though and he suspected that I needed to drive it to get the codes to go from active to passive. Drove 20 miles home, hooked up the computer and cleared the codes. Truck drives like a dream now.


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[JB1]

Well, I took it back to the shop and after a couple hours, they told me they still couldn’t get it and asked if I would take it to their sister store where the tech had lots of experience. I ran it over there and in 30 minutes he had the truck driving straight as an arrow. He said the other guys had it so screwed up it was like it had been wrecked. He couldn’t clear the ECM though and he suspected that I needed to drive it to get the codes to go from active to passive. Drove 20 miles home, hooked up the computer and cleared the codes. Truck drives like a dream now.


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I bet your happy its fixed, sad thing is just adding the Bils. it shouldn't have been that far off to begin with

 

[Gary2]

Its all part of the nanny parts of our trucks , Jeep JKs have the same thing . If your steering wheel is not almost perfect as far as you going where the steering wheel is pointed. It thinks you are sliding and other things so it will mess with ABS and other things. The Jk is easy as you can straighten up the wheel without effecting the alignment unlike the IFS Ram's