And for an update, we have now done 3,500 kms since the corrected toe in spec (including a trip to the snow) and front tyres appear to be wearing evenly - so hopefully I'm out of the woods with this!

"Have you noticed anything in the steering under hard or full throttle acceleration from a low speed?"

My issue was the steering not centering from full left or right lock and scrubbing outside edges of front tyres. I had not noticed any issues with the steering when accelerating from low speed.

15 mm toe in is substantially out. The negative toe-in (or toe-out) has for a dozen years been suggested on P2 models. The rear bushings on front control arms have compliance and when the torque is applied to front wheels to propel the vehicle the bushings yield and the front wheels move to more ...

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Please attach the print out of the alignment spec.

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I had another wheel alignment done today, given the new poly bushes were only installed in the lower control arms yesterday. As you can see from the second page of the attached wheel alignment specs, the toe settings were out by a mile ...

In answer to your questions: the car has not been involved in an accident nor hit a curb. Both front struts were replaced not the springs. Wheel bearings have not been replaced. I have used Penrite LDAS power steering fluid, fully synthetic Volvo 1273.36 and 30741424 spec. The problem was there ...

Apologies in advance for the long post - you'll see I am a pedant who is trying to resolve this issue that has been going on for 18 months.

In December 2018, I went put some new tyres on the front of my 2008 Volvo XC90 D5 AWD. The car then had 135,000 kms (about 80,000miles) on the clock. Have had ...