Material in a column of type c
does not get line-broken automatically. Thus, even though you've set \textwidth
as the first argument of the tabular*
environment, there's no guarantee that the combined width of the four columns won't, in fact, exceed \textwidth
. That's what's happening in your code.
Instead of using a tabular*
environment, I suggest you use a tabularx
environment, with an overall width of \textwidth
and with a modified form of the X
column type for the final column. The specific modification used in the code below typesets the column material ragged-right while still permitting hyphenation.
Some additional suggestions:
Use the macros of the booktabs
package -- specifically, \toprule
, \midrule
, and \bottomrule
-- instead of the basic \hline
instruction.
Use l
instead of c
as the column type for the first three columns.
Load the caption
package and apply some extra mark-up to distinguish more clearly what the logical parts of the table are (caption vs. body).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tabularx,ragged2e,booktabs,caption}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\RaggedRight\arraybackslash}X} % modified 'X' column type
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht!]
\captionsetup{font=bf,skip=0.5\baselineskip}
\caption*{Tolérances d'ajustement}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}lllL@{}}
\toprule
Alésage & Arbre &Appariement & Raisons\\
\midrule
Manivelle&Axe&&\\
Roulements&Axes& M7 - js5&Charges faibles et variables, petit diamètrem bague extérieure ne coulisse pas, logement en une pièce\\
Cloches&Roulements&H7 - p6&Transmission de petits couples sans sécurité supplémentaire\\
Bielle&Coussinet&H7 - p6&\\
Coussinet&Axes bielle &IT7 - f7&\\
Palier & Tourillon&H7 - p6&\\
Palier&Maneton&H7 - p6&\\
Plateau&pales & H8 - h7& Jeu pour colle\\
Pied helice&Fixation helice&H7 - js6& incertain\\
Opercule& Axe bielle& H7 - k6& incertain \\
Palier & Goupille &M6 - m6& serrage léger\\
Engrenages&Axes&H7 - p6&\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}
{}
button from the menu above the field where you enter your text. See the ? button at the right of that menu bar for more help on formatting your text using markdown. – ph0t0nix May 28 '16 at 15:08