Ya It came with a 12 month 12000 mile warranty and then I also purchased an extra 2 years.
Hopefully there will be a complete resolution to this soon.

 

@bigjacksauto
I think you mentioned that you had to purchase a tire and three were replaced was the odd tire on the left front?
Just watch the tire wear as you drive it.

 

OK, thing is with potholes; with the type and design of the HHR suspension, if you hit a pothole hard enough to change the geometries of the suspension, then you BENT or BROKE something which must be REPLACED not adjusted. Since cars are "marketed" to be used on "normally" maintained roadways damage caused by potholes is not a "manufacturers defect", rather a broken part due to a) normal wear & tear or b) mis-use or c) an accident, try your insurance company instead. I am sure that 843de, our resident lawyer could write a treatise on the subject, that's not an invitation.

The main reasons for the use of McPherson strut suspension in modern unibody cars is it's ease of maintenance (none) & installation & cheapness and ease of design.

Even if you only bent a tie rod end, which makes the toe go out (the only thing that can be adjusted), after it is adjusted to the correct reading the geometry will be wrong at any other angle than straight ahead.

 

If it pulls a little to the left under hard power, thats normal with the FWD. If it pulls to the left just cruising a part throttle, then something is not right. I would suspect that one of the front tires is making it pull a little to the left, first, and suspenion second. "Moon'

 

It appears to be fine now after the adjustment of the toe
As I mentioned the camber is barely out of specs and from a couple guys I know that get into detailed race alignments they said that little out on the camber .01 would not cause a
Pull
I still have to get all my info together and get a hold of gm
I am confident that they will take care of this hopefully and go through the front end and see if anything is bent or worn.

 

one would be surprised to see how much the camber could change once the driver is seated. ive had to align cars with the driver in the car to correct camber issues and pulls. smaller cars are more critical. HHRs are not very big cars. Im not saying all hhrs are the same either. Some could have weaker springs than others and driven over different roads that cause spring fatigue.

 

I agree when we set all our drag car street car alignments its with weight as if it was at the line

 

I had some pulling issues, turned out to be separated belts in the Goodyear F1as. New tires no pull, funny I switched to the same tire you have now.

 

Love the looks and performance of the potenzas can't believe how many different model potenzas they make

 

According to the information available to me, adjustments needed on passenger cars and light duty trucks to correct defects in material or workmanship are covered under the Bumper To Bumper coverage except for wheel alignment/balance which is covered after 500 miles and before 7,500 miles only.

It is the technician's diagnosis to determine if an alignment is covered after the above mileage due to a defect.

Michelle, Chevrolet Customer Service