So i just got my second cobalt ss/sc about a month ago. its a 2007 with 15k miles now. its gm pre-owned certified. From day one i thought that the tires in front were cambered in way too much. I did an alignment at my work today and the camber is at -2.4 on both sides. Its not lowered and my previous cobalt was on h&r springs and the camber wasnt that bad. I take it to the dealership and they say nothing is wrong, and that alignment issues arent warrantied.
My question is... If both sides are that bad and my insides of my tires are completely bald, isnt that more than just an alignment issue? Does anyone have this issue? im pissed, and i dont wanna be going through tires every 10k miles

 

Thats an Alignment issue and your Dealership should fix it if you just bought it.

 

Ya, I would take it to another dealer or fight it with your current one. That's kind of a lot to be off. I'd definitely do something about it. If you really need to, contact GM directly. Maybe that will get the dealership moving.

 

yea im taking it to where i bought it monday. im pissed. i took it there for that reason and becasue the steering was loose. they gave me new steering linkage and said nothing is wrong with the front end. BS! im furious

 

yea that ridiculous

 

f dealers thats all i have to say

 

alignments are not covered, get a camber kit from nappa and adjust the camber +


i think alignments are only covered for up to 12k miles. camber kit is only 30 ish dollars and easy to do

 

yea buy why would i need that on a car with only 15k miles? its brand new... something has to be wrong and i feel like it should be covered. especially when it was just gm pre-owned certified from the place i bought it

 

well if the strut tower isnt damaged really only thing it could be is worn springs but with that low of mile thats weird, and if the cradle was off it would show more positive camber on one side and more negative on the other u sure it isnt lowered?

 

Might want to investigate and find out if it was wrecked before YOU got it.

Just tossing that out there.

 

No help but funny to see your cars in your sig....I'm coming from nearly the same stuff just GTP's earlier

Had an 01.5 Audi 1.8TQMS which I later traded in for a 01 S4 Bi-Turbo, both where santorian blue


Now the 09 TC. I was able to go 4 years w/o needing cars due to work/travel schedule for work. Figured I would support the general some again

 

my a4 was santorin, and my a6 was ebony pearl

i got a complete carfax and there was no accident reports... the car was a dealer car before i bought it. A dealer in michigan used it. One of the employees drove it. Thats all i know. im positive the carfax was clean

 

well man you cant do a damn thing about it lol.... you can fix the problem or you can buy tires every 8 thousand miles.

whats the cross camber/caster? do any of the parts have stickers on them... like the control arm strut ect?

 

I just did an alignment on mine this weekend.....put some new nittos on and get some camber adjustment bolts...like 12 bux each side, worked like a charm.

 

why cant I? is that really something that wouldnt be covered under warranty? i have had the car only 30 days, and the carfax is clean. i remember seeing a sticker on the driver side, but i dont know what it was on, like what part or anything. im in the city and my car is at home in the suburbs so i cant look until tomorrow

i would do that, but if its off that bad, and im not even lowered, think of how bad it will be when im lowered on my H&R's.. what if i cant correct it?

 

well, lowering the car will probably affect your toe settings more then anything really. And you will be able to correct it. If you can't find the cam bolts with enough adjustment in them, you can use the factory bolts and elongate the slots in the strut to give you more room to work with.

 

yea i see what your saying. and i could do that, but i feel that this really shouldnt be necessary for a almost new car with only 15k miles.. my other cobalt had 18k miles, and i dropped it with the H&R's and i didnt even need a camber kit with those. it was green all the way

 

yea, but you also don't know how the guy before you drove the car......he could of had it lowered, tore the tires up and put stock stuff back on and traded. If you wanted to keep the car...talk to the dealer and see if they can help you out. Put fresh good tires on, and put it on the rack and see how it does and get it sorted out.

 

yea im gonna take it there tomorrow morning. atleast see if they are willing to do anything, find out what is wrong