A mechanic explains why you don’t have to park with the wheel turned: “What we are doing is …”

Parking the car is, for many drivers, a maneuver that is performed almost automatically. We look for a hole, we turn the steering wheel, we corrected if it is necessary and, once on the site, often We forget to return the wheels to its original position. However, that gesture, that It seems harmlessyou can have Negative consequences for our vehicle. This has been warned by Juan José, a Sevillian mechanic, in his Tiktok account, where he explained in detail “why we should not leave the car parked with the steering wheel turned to one side on the top.”

The technician’s warning may surprise many, since most are not aware of the impact that this custom can have in the car mechanics. According to the expert, “it is mainly because of the tensions we create in the vehicle.” Although he explains that the matter “has several nuances”, since It is not a serious problem if it occurs occasionallybut it can become something harmful If it is repeated regularly or if the vehicle is going to stay parked for a long period of time.

“If we turn the wheel to one side, what we are doing is that the car has a suspension and direction that this has certain movements, that is, we have a bruise, we have silentblock, the shock absorbers turn, depending on the car, one thing or another will move,” details the mechanics expert. The key is to understand how the suspension and direction of the car works. When we turn the steering wheel to the top, We change the way these components are aligned and tension. “If we turn the steering wheel we are changing the inclination of the car and the position and tension of those components and those silentblock,” says the mechanic, pointing out that these elements are Designedforabsorb blows and allow some flexibility during driving, but Not to maintain a forced position for hours or days.

High -end cars with an added problem

In addition, the expert highlights that there are certain brands in which This problem can be seenaggravated. «And let’s not talk that in some vehicles when we turn the steering wheel, especially Mercedes group or BMW Group, the wheel is inclined to help the angle of rotation. That wheel that leans is making more support in a very small part of that wheel, because it is not prepared to trace, what is prepared is for the comfort of the turn to be shorter and more comfortable, ”he explains. In other words, in some high -end carsthe suspension design causes the wheel to be tilted in a special way when turning, which, parking, leaves A very small part of the tire supporting the entire weight of the vehicle.

“Therefore, if we have the steering wheel turned to the side on a downhill, we will have greater inclination and greater weight in certain points of Silentblock, of suspension and bruises of the car and, apart, in an area of ​​the tire much smaller that is not prepared to maintain so much weight and can deform it,” he says. In that sense, the deformation of the tires not only shorten your useful lifebut it can also compromise road safetysince a deformed tire has Less grip and can Generate vibrations or imbalances When circulating.

Of course, the expert clarifies that Do not fall into alarmism. “You should not leave the car with the wheels completely turned, but nothing will happen to you because you leave it,” he clarifies. That is, if, for example, we parked one night with the turned wheels we have no worry. The problem appears when this becomes a usual practice or when eThe car is going to be stopped for a long time. In that sense, the mechanic launches an especially important warning for those who park the car in this way for weeks or months. “But if you are going to leave the car two months, three months, five months stopped, do not think of leaving it with the folded addresses, with inclinations, with tensions, because that can deform the normal situation of rest of the vehicle,” he concludes.