Hi, Zee... "Did your dealership address this without requiring you to pay for an alignment? In other words, was this covered through the warranty?" Yes. I took it to them 3 times to address the issue. Altogether, they had my car about 4 weeks as they tried to align the steering wheel and brought out engineers from Infiniti corporate. Yes, the steering alignment changed, from slightly left to now slightly right--so, still annoying AF. I took it back and had their master tech drive it with me last week, and they did not see an issue, so basically, they're not willing to fix it anymore. I guess when the engineer signs off on it, it's done with little recourse. I'm thinking of having them just un-align the steering wheel even less slightly back to the left. If they say it's aligned, fine, I disagree, now move the steering wheel to the left a little--in my eyes, it will be aligned at that point.
But, yes, there was no cost involved in any of this. 2 loaners for about 4 weeks, and I didn't pay them anything.