Nissna Micra 2019 heavy steering wheel and fuel economy not as good as expected.

[danny96l]

Hi I just bought a used nissan micra 2019 sv. It has gasoline 1.6l engine with 4-automatic transmission. I noticed that the steering wheel is heavier than other cars (kia-forte for example) and its not fully returning to the center on low speeds. Also I drive 70%city and 30% highway but I am getting 8,7/100km on avg (reseted when I bought the car). I don't do sudden acceleration nor brakes. I was wondering if these are normal for micras or if its just mine with issue. Thanks

 

[Asla]

Did you check your tyres for air?

 

[Spectre]

Hi I just bought a used nissan micra 2019 sv. It has gasoline 1.6l engine with 4-automatic transmission. I noticed that the steering wheel is heavier than other cars (kia-forte for example) and its not fully returning to the center on low speeds. Also I drive 70%city and 30% highway but I am getting 8,7/100km on avg (reseted when I bought the car). I don't do sudden acceleration nor brakes. I was wondering if these are normal for micras or if its just mine with issue. Thanks

Generally steering wheel feels heavy when front tyres pressure is considerably less each than what is recommended; may be check for punctures?

Steering wheel not returning to centre / default position after turning:

This could mean that the car could use wheel alignment or that the previous wheel alignment was not done perfectly; especially after getting new wheels or after suspension replacement.

There are around 3 different alignments to be made but misalignment / lack of alignment of only one of those causes the issue you have described with steering wheel not returning to centre; atleast this is what I have learned recently.

Sent from my time-killer.