Steering Wheel suddenly off center to the right. Causes?

[AJC]

Hey guys. This is my first post. I have a 2009 Versa and I've had some troubles lately with the people who changed my oil. They left the oil cap off, but thankfully secure under my hood, and unknown to me I drove it until most of the oil was gone. I figured out something was up when the engine began knocking. They rectified that situation, but today when I got in the car after it was serviced the wheel is now permanently off center to the right by about 4-5 degrees at least. There is no pull to the right or anything, but if I try to center to the wheel by driving it veers left as if the new center for the wheel is at this off-centered point.

So my question is if my engine knocking could have done something to knock the wheel off center? Seems unlikely, but other than that I've got nothing. The service department didn't mess with the wheels or the steering wheel as far as I know and it had no previous problem with the wheel being centered.

Thanks for any help.

[Promise Land]

Sadly my dealership did the same with my oil cap.

The engine oil doesn't have anything to do with alignment of the wheels. It'll have something to do with the steering system. Did they do any TSB work while it was in there? Mine went to the right about 5-8 degrees after I installed lowering springs a few weeks ago.

[versanewb]

They may have dropped it off the lift and knocked it way out of alignment.

[led hed]

my 09 versa's streering wheel has been off center since i bought it, i understand many are from the factory.

[iluvmyVersa08]

Sadly my dealership did the same with my oil cap.

This is definitely sad to hear!

Tomorrow I'm doing the oil change on the Versa all by myself I'm so excited!

[ADOversa]

My 08 has had alignment issues since I bought it which my dealer refuses to do anything about. Funny thing is now that the alignment warranty is up, the dealership suddenly ackknowledges there is a problem, yet refuses to cover the repair even though I have been complaining about it since day one.

Sounds like the mechanic did something to your car though. Maybe they dropped it, or even hit a bad pothole or curb while test driving?

[Mikiee]

"They rectified that situation" What do you mean? They added some oil to it? Wow, what a nice shop. Your steering wheel problem is the least of your worries. I would document what happened with the oil change fiasco, and take further action against them. Obviously, the lifetime of your engine has been compromised.