Wheel auto-return after sharp steering?

[Marconelly]

I apologize in advance if my first post and question here is going to sound dumb, but this is probably the best place to ask. I searched and I couldn't find an answer to this:

We are planning on getting an EX35, and both wife and I took a test drive at separate times. I felt everything about the car was perfectly fine, was highly impressed with it. Wife had an interesting comment. She said that as she was making a 90 degree turns from one street into another, that the steering wheel wouldn't unroll back to the neutral position by itself as she was accelerating into a new street. I thought it was unusual comment because I thought I would notice something like that immediately, but then again my test drive was very short. I was under impression that every single vehicle made in the last 20 or so year had this automatic steering wheel unroll, that it was more the physics of the road and tires that do this, than anything car manufacturer has to do...

Is her complaint valid, or was she maybe just not giving enough gas as she was going out of the turn (I notice on our current car the steering wheel also won't unroll back at the full speed if I don't push gas at a certain rate). If what she's saying is true, does something like this become annoying? It sounds like it could.

[zarar]

Personally in my 2010 EX35, I definitely don't have this issue it is extremely responsive, if doesn't unroll then yes it is REALLY annoying. I traded in my Mercedes ML and it wouldn't roll back even if you floored it, eventually it takes a toll on the shoulders, you might want to try testing it out again to be sure, from my previous cars I personally thought it had an outstanding response (I believe it also comes with a speed sensing steering wheels, the slower you go the softer it is and faster you go, the tighter the steering wheel gets from what I remember).

[Marconelly]

Thank you zarar. The model we tested was 2009, but we are getting a 2010 one for ourselves. I have actually noticed that the car accelerates faster than what I'm used to with the car we have right now, so when I was getting out of the dealer driveway, I accelerated a bit too fast and had to correct steering and gas a bit. But I think after I got used to it, I didn't notice anything strange. Maybe it just has to do with throttle input.

[jmess]

Wheel alignment can impact how the steering returns to center. I have purchased new cars in the past that weren't aligned properly.

http://www.familycar.com/alignment.htm