A steering system and method are described for a vehicle having steerablewheels.A steering device may be coupled to one or more of the wheels. A parked stateof thevehicle and a present orientation of the hydraulic steering device may bedetermined. Thepresent orientation of the steering device may be compared with a neutralorientation ofthe steering device. Based upon a determined parked state of the vehicle andthecomparing of the present and neutral orientations of the steering device, thesteeringdevice may be moved from the present orientation toward the neutralorientation.
