Wheel alignment system and method for vehicles having steer-by-wire steering system

摘要

The present invention provides for a wheel alignment procedure (50) for a vehicle having a steer-by-wire steering system. The wheel alignment procedure (50) includes determining (68) an offset alignment value for a road wheel of a vehicle. The offset alignment value may be determined as the difference between the sensed wheel angle and a measured true angular position of the road wheel (12A). The method further includes the step of adjusting (70) the road wheel position as a function of the offset alignment value. Accordingly, the vehicle road wheel (12A) can be aligned by adjusting a calibration value in a controller (30) without requiring physical adjustment of a mechanical linkage. <IMAGE>