2008 Chevrolet HHR complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON THE CITY STREETS THE DOORS SUDDENLY UNLOCK THE LIGHTS FLICKER OFF AND BACK ON AND THE CAR JERKS AND THEN THE CAR DOES THE SAME THING AND LOCKS THE DOORS AGAIN AND THEN UNLOCKS THE DOORS AGAIN WITH THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT AGAIN AND BACK ON AGAIN JUST AS QUICKLY. IT DOES THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHILE DRIVING TO WORK OR TO RUN TO THE STORE OR WHERE EVER. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY CANNOT TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. NO CODES ARE SHOWING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I HAVE HAD IT TO THREE DIFFERENT GARAGES AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THE LAST DEALER TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR THERE AND EVERY TIME THEY GOT INTO THE CAR TO DRIVE IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD DO IT AGAIN FOR THEM IT WOULD COST ME RIGHT AROUND $130.00 EACH TIME. I CAN'T AFFORD THAT. I ASKED THEM IF IT COULD BE THE IGNITION AND THEY SAID NO. I DID HAVE THE RECALL DONE ON THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT AFTER READING MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS IT MAKES ME THINK THAT MAYBE IT HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. HELP *TR

WED. DEC.21 CAR FLOODED WHEN RAINED. TOOK TO DEALER WAS TOLD OVER $4000 TO FIX. REWIRING, CARPETS RIPPED OUT AND REPLACED NEED TO BE DONE. CHECKED ONLINE. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL. NO RECALLS.COULD NOT AFFORD SO PICKED CAR UP. IF THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS WIRING (POTENTIAL FIRE) DOES IT NOT ALSO AFFECT BRAKES,STEERING,ETC.IS THIS NOT A HAZARD?CAR HAS LESS THAN 36,000 MLS ON IT. SEEMS TO ME TO BE A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING AS MINE IS NOT THE ONLY CAR THAT HAS THIS ISSUE. SHOULDN'T MANUFACTURER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. A CUSTOMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DRIVE WITH THEIR FEET SITTING IN TWO INCHES OF WATER WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. SHOULD THEY?

TAKATA RECALL, DON'T KNOW IS THE AIRBAGS ARE IN MY VEHICLES. GOT A AIRBAG RECALL LETTER. HAVE CALLED DEALER TWO TIMES WROTE DOWN DATES. DEALER SAID PARTS WEREN'T IN THEY WOULD CALL US WHEN PARTS ARE IN THEY ALSO TOLD US VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. VEHICLE . IF ITS A SAFETY RECALL AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING HURT AND KILLED HOW IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE? I HAVE A NUMBER OF RECALL LETTER ON MY HHR. HOW MANY ARE TO MANY ? IF YOU READ ALL RECALLS THE VEHICLE IS A ROLLING DEATH TRAP. YOU NEED TO KNOW I WROTE CHEVROLET A LETTER 05-31-2015 TO ASK THEM IF MY VEHICLES WERE IN THE AIRBAG RECALL CHEVROLET DID NOT WRITE BACK THEY CALLED I RECORDED THE CONVERSATION. THE CHEVROLET PERSON I SPOKE WITH TOLD ME THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON MY VEHICLES .I DIDN'T BUILD THE VEHICLE SO WHY AM I GETTING PUNISHED FOR THERE MISTAKES.SOME OF THE RECALL LETTER FROM GM RECALLS THEY WANT FIX UNLESS YOUR HAVING TROUBLE. IF THEY SEND YOU A RECALL LETTER WHY WANT THEY FIX IT RIGHT THEN. ON ONE RECALL I HAD FIXED IT TOOK THEN 2 YEARS TO FIGURER OUT THEY HAD NOT FINISHED THE REPAIR. DO YOU CALL THAT SAFE? CHEVROLET HAS MADE A VEHICLE THAT'S LOADED WITH PROBLEMS. I FEEL THAT I AM DUE A FULL REFUND. CHEVROLET (GM) MISLEAD PEOPLE ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE A NUMBER OF RECALL LETTERS I'M SENDING YOU. I ALSO HAVE A RECORDED AIRBAG RECALL PHONE CALL. THE AIRBAG RECALL IS ON MY 2009 CHEVROLET TRUCK. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW...IT IS NOW 8 YEARS OLD...170,000 MILES ...IT IS DRIVEN IN THE NORTHERN IL AREA MCHENRY COUNTY ...I PUT ABOUT 80 MILES PER DAY ON THE UNIT...FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS MY FUEL MILEAGE HAS DROPPED FROM 26 MPG TO 22MPG...SO I TUNED UP THE UNIT AND THE MPG REMAINED THE SAME...ON 11-16-2016, I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROUTE 12 HEADED HOME ,MY RIGHT REAR TIRE SENSOR CAME ON SO I PULLED INTO A BEST BUY PARKING LOT TO CHECK THE TIRE, IT MIGHT BE GOING FLAT. AS I WAS DOWN ON THE GROUND LOOKING FOR A NAIL IN THE TIRE , I SAW A WET SPOT ON THE PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE... I WENT THERE TO CHECK OUT WHAT THAT MIGHT BE AND IT WAS FRESH GASOLINE...THEN LOOKING UNDER THE VEHICLE I SAW A PULSATING FLOW OF GAS COMING FROM THE STEEL FUEL LINE MOUNTED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR AT A PLASTIC RETAINER HOLDING 2 FUEL LINES COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK HEADED TO THE ENGINE ALONG WITH 2 BRAKE LINES...I DROVE THE HHR HOME AND INSPECTED THE FUEL LINE CAREFULLY... IT WAS RUSTED COMPLETELY THRU INSIDE THE PLASTIC LINE RETAINER...THE RETAINER SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM...IT CATCHES AND HOLDS ROAD SALT INSIDE THE RETAINER...IT TOOK 8 YEARS TO RUST COMPLETELY THRU THE FUEL LINE...A GREAT FIRE HAZARD...I'M VERY LUCKY THAT MY TIRE SENSOR MADE ME LOOK UNDER THE HHR AND SEE GASOLINE LEAKING... I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WILL NOT EXCEPT RESPONSIBLY FOR RUSTED FUEL LINES... ITS NOT UNDER WARRANTY...I TOLD THEM THAT IT TOOK 8 YEARS TO RUST...THEY SAID THAT IT HAS 170,000... IT PAST

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS A CHIME AND AN INDICATOR LIGHT. POWER ASSIST RETURNED AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. *TR

POWER STEERING WAS LOST ON THE EXIT RAMP OF THE HIGHWAY. DIDN'T USE THE CAR FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, THE NEXT MORNING DROVE FOR 15 MINUTES AND NO LOSS OF POWER STEERING... UNTIL A COUPLE DAYS LATER. LIST POWER STEERING WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC. HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE REGULAR, NOW HAPPENING AT LEAST ONCE A DAY OR SEVERAL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES AS YOU TURN A CORNER OR TRY TO LANE CHANGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE TO YANK THE WHEEL! YOU HAVE OTHER CHEVERLOT MODELS RECALLED FOR THIS, THE 2008 HHR NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS. NOT SAFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT WANT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR FREE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000.

FUEL LINES IN FRONT OF DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL COMPLETELY CORRODED THRU. PARTIALLY DUE TO HEAT SHROUD, RUBBER COVERED WITH FOIL, INSTALLED DUE TO LOSE PROXIMITY TO EXHAUST PIPE. RETURN LINE STARTED LEAKING,PRESSURE LINE BROKE IN HALF DURING REMOVAL. CHEVY DISAVOWS ALL RESPONSIBILITY ALTHOUGH THE REST OF THE LINES ARE NOT RUSTED. HEAT SHROUD CONTAINED ROAD SALT, SAND AND GRAVEL WHEN REMOVED. CORROSION WAS EXFOLIATE IN NATURE. ON LINE RESEARCH SHOWS AT LEAST ONE INSTANCE OF A HHR CATCHING FIRE DUE TO THIS. PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED AFTER SMELLING FUEL AND DISCOVERING FUEL LEAKING UNDER VEHICLE. AUTHOR OF REPORT HAS BEEN WORKING ON CARS FOR 45 YEARS AND HAS HELD AN A&P CERTIFICATE FOR OVER 40 YRS. HAVE NEVER SEEN 8 YEAR OLD FUEL LINES IN THIS CONDITION. BLACK COATED BRAKE LINES RUNNING NEXT TO FUEL LINES WERE COMPLETELY UNAFFECTED. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED THERE ARE MANY TEXTS ONLINE CONCERNING THIS ISSUE, ALL RECEIVED THE SAME LACK OF CONCERN FROM GM, INCLUDING THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE.

THE MILEAGE IS 84475. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, OUR POWER STEERING HAS BEEN RANDOMLY SHUTTING OFF WHILE WE ARE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND ON COUNTRY LANES. IT STARTED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. IF YOU PULL OVER AND SHUT THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND BACK ON, THE POWER STEERING MAY COME BACK FOR FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP OR IT MAY JUST KEEP SHUTTING OFF. WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM, I QUICKLY FOUND MULTIPLE LINKS DOCUMENTING OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. I FOUND THE FOLLOWING VIDEO ON YOUTUBE OF ANOTHER HHR DRIVER SHOWING THE PROBLEM. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=CZF1BFRSHUA PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL ITEM. IT IS DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON COUNTRY ROADS.

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE DIC DISPLAYS A WARNING "POWER STEERING" AND THE CAR BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER.

DOOR LATCH FAILURE WHILE MERGING ONTO FREEWAY. DOOR FLEW OPEN

ROUGH RIDE, HITS BUMPS HARD, MAKES NOISE

TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT WITH LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE SAME TRANSMISSION THAT IS IN THE COLBALT, HHR, AND MALIBU. MY TRANSMISSION SHOP HAS A COLBALT AND MALIBU IN THE BAY WITH MY CAR, 10K LESS MILES THAN MINE, WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE TRANSMISSION STARTS BY OVER REVING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD. THERE IS NO CEL PRESENT. THEN THE CAR GETS A DRAG LIKE YOU ARE DRIVING A BRICK. TOOK CAR TO EAGLE TRANSMISSION (AFTER CHEVY HOUSE SAID FLUSH AND FILTER WOULD FIX THE ISSUE) AND NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. CHEVY REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, ANY REVIEW OF ANY BOARD WILL SHOW THIS IS A HUGE ONGOING PROBLEM. MY MILAGE IS 98778

I WAS DRIVING AND MY VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A YEAR THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE MOTOR THE FIRST TIME AND NOW THEY ARE REFUSING TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN THE RECALL LETTER CLEARLY STATES IF ALL COMPONENTS NEED TO BE REPLACED INCLUDING THE STEERING COLUMN THAN THEY SHALL.

I KEEP HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY POWER STEERING GOING OUT AND IT'S GETTING MORE FREQUENT AS OF LATE. I DID SEE THAT RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MODEL YEARS SURROUNDING MINE AND THE SAME YEAR IN OTHER VEHICLES MADE BY CHEVY. I ALSO SEE THAT I AM NOT ALONE AS OTHERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. I THINK CHEVY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS VEHICLE AGAIN AND CONSIDER DOING THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THE 2008 CHEVY HHR POWER STEERING MOTOR AS WELL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO ADDRESSED BECAUSE I HAVE HAD IT GO OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN AND NARROWLY MISSED A TREE TRYING TO TURN.

I STARTED SMELLING GAS INSIDE/OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE EXHAUST SOUNDS ROUGH. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND FOUND THAT THE GAS LINES NEAR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE ARE RUSTED AND HAVE ALSO DAMAGED MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH IS ALSO CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPUTTER WHEN ACCELERATING. BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS ARE DUE TO GM'S POOR JOB OF DESIGNING THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE THIS ISSUE SHOULD NOT BE THE VEHICLE OWNERS RESPONSIBILITY, IT SHOULD BE RECALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED PROPERLY AFTER 20 MINUTES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 30 TIMES SPORADICALLY IN ONE MONTH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,567.

THERE ARE SEVERAL BLIND SPOTS IN THIS CAR MAKEING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE CARS ON THE SIDE OF YOU I HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT 14 TIMES IN ONE DAY I ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN ON CROSS WALK TO THE RIGHT SIDE THIS CAR IS SO DANGEROUS TO ME AND OTHERS THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE PULLED OF THE THE ROAD CAR WAS IN MOTION EACH TIME AND ON HIGHWAY AS WELL AS TOWN ROADS.

OUR CAR HAD ENGINE TROUBLES WHERE IT KEPT SHIFTING BACK INTO NEUTRAL WHILE WE WERE TRYING TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEN ON SIDE STREETS ON THE WAY HOME. WHILE DRIVING IT TO GET REPAIRED, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THE ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FLAMES CONSUMED A LARGE PORTION OF THE CAR.

I AM ORIGINAL OWNER BOUGHT IN 2008. I HAVE 38080 MILES ON MY CAR AND HAVE TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK. AFTER FILLING MY TANK, I SMELLED GASOLINE FOR SEVERAL DAYS, WHEN MY GRANDSON WENT UNDERNEATH AND FELT THE TOP OF THE TANK AND FOUND IT LEAKING, FROM THE TOP CONNECTION. I AM HAVING IT REPLACED, @ SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS AND FEEL THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL FOR AN 8 YEAR OLD CAR.

I HAD BEEN CALLING GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE, MY DAUGHTER LOVED THIS CAR IT WAS GIVEN TO HER FOR HER BIRTHDAY, OUT OF THE BLUE HER CAR LOST STEERING ON HIGHWAY, IT WAS EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN ALL WERE GETTING OFF FROM WORK WHILE TRYING TO GET OVER WITHOUT STEERING SHE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE THE CAR WAS TOWED HOME AND HAS BEEN SITTING THERE WAITING ON GM TO GET THIS STEERING FIXED MY CHILD COULD HAVE LOST HER LIFE CALL ME [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURES CAUSED BY OVERHEATING OR WORN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR. POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL WHEN MID-TURN, AT NON-HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING STEERING TO REQUIRE MUCH MORE EFFORT TO WORK. VERY HIGH RISK FOR MID TURN COLLISIONS.

A WOMAN LOST CONTROL OF HER HHR, CRASHED AND DIED, VERY LIKELY PROVOKED BY THE ELECTRICAL ASSITED STEERING CONTROLLER FAILURE, FOLLOW LINK BELOW: HTTP://WWW.LATARDE.COM.MX/PIERDEELCONTROLYSEMATAMUJERENCARRETERA-227237.HTML

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT HAD TO EXERT GREATER FORCE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS LOSING POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WHEN I FIRST START MY CAR I CAN STEER AND THEN A POP NOISE HAPPENS AND POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND FUSE360 BLOWS AND I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. IT IS WHEN STOPPED AND STEERING DOESNT MATTER WHICH..

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STIFF AND TOOK EXCESSIVE FORCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE NO FAILURES WERE FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

WHENEVER I AM DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SUDDENLY LOCK UP FOR SEEMINGLY NO REASON. I CAN BE GO ANYWHERE FROM 35 MPH TO 70 MPH. IT'S CAUSED ME TO NEARLY GET INTO MULTIPLE WRECKS. I'M FORCED TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE CAR, AND TURN IT BACK ON AND THEN THE WHEEL IS PERFECTLY FINE AFTER. IT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. I'M SCARED TO KEEP DRIVING THIS CAR BUT IT'S MY ONLY WAY TO WORK EVERY DAY. I HAVE NO CHOICE. MY CAR DEALERSHIP HAS SAID MANY HHR'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED IN THE PAST DUE TO POWER STEERING ISSUES. PLEASE HELP ME KNOW IF MY CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND WHAT I NEED TO DO TO KEEP SAFE. THIS HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY DAY I DRIVE IT, I'VE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW.

WHEN I BUHGT THIS VEHICLE IT WAS THE LEFT SIDE SHOCKED SOLVER WAS LOSS UNSCREWED LOCKY ME I FOUND THE BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED IN THE HWY THEN I FOUND UNTHER THE VEHICLE A BIG BUMP LIKE THIS CAR WAS IN A CRASH ACCIDENT I EXPLAINS THE DEALER SALES MAN AND HE TOLL ME TO HE DON'T KNOW A BOUGHT IT THEN ONE WHEEL WAS MORE BIG THAN THE OTHER WHEELS SO I BOUGHT ANOTHER TIRE I THEN START SEARCH THE INFORMATION ON THIS CAR WITH NO SUCCESS EVEN CAR MAX IS NO RECORD OF THE VEHICLE I THE CONTINUED DRIVING THE CAR AND I FIND OUT THIS CAR WAS A CAR CRASH VEHICLE BECAUSE I NOTICE DRIVER SIDE WAS PANEL FIX AND FOR MORE TO KNOW THIS CAR IS UNSAFELY TO DRIVE WHEN YOU GO MORE THAT 50" MILES IN A RAIN THE CAR EASY DERAIL AND LOCKY I BE HAVE NOT VEHICLE IN MY SIDE IT HAPPEN TO ME THREE TIME I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND ASK TO CHANGE ME THIS VEHICLE IS TO DANGER TO DRIVE AND THERE RESPOND WAS SALE THE CAR AND BUY ME ANOTHER ONE THAT TELL ME THE UNRESPONSIVE THEY ARE NO CARE IF ANOTHER FAMILY BUY THE CAR AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE A ACCIDENT AND EVEN KILL THEM SALFE I TOLL HIM I CAN NOT SALE A VEHICLE THAT IS UNSAFE TO ANY ONE SO THAT'S WAY I REPORTED TO YOU GUYS TO PUT A STOP TO THIS DEALER BECAUSE I NOTICE THEY HAVE A BIG JUNK YARD IN THE BACK OF THE DEALERSHIP AND THAT TELL ME THAT THEY FIX JUNK CARS AND RESALES WITH UNSAFETY ESUE AND THEY NEED TO BE INSPECTED TO SEE THEY NOT RISK FAMILY'S OUT THERE AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND MY EXPENCESS I PUT TO THIS JUNK.

WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, POWER STEERING FAILED, DASH INDICATOR CAME ON AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL WHILE IN THE INTERSECTION. LUCKILY SHE WAS ON A QUIET STREET WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY, SHUT IT OFF, THEN RESTART. POWER STEERING WAS RESUMED AFTER RESTARTING. THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYTIME AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. RECALLS SHOW ON COBALT WHICH HAS SAME POWER STEERING FOR THIS MODEL YEAR, BUT NOT ON HHR. 2009 AND 2010 HHR HAVE RECALLS AS WELL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL TO REPAIR? MANY, MANY REPORTS ON THE INTERNET OF SAME PROBLEM.

BLEW OUT A TIRE,SPUN 180 DEGEES FACING ON COMING TRAFFIC,HEAD ON COLLISON WITH FORD PICK UP. HIGHWAY SPEED.AIR BAG DEPLOYED.MOTOR FOR DRIVERS SEAT APPARENTLY BROKE OFF AND DRIVERS SEAT SLID FORWARD ,PINNING DRIVERS LEGS BETWEEN SEAT AND BOTTOM OF DASH BOARD,RESULTING IN BREAKING BOTH FEMURS,RIGHT KNEE AND KNEE CAP WITH COMPOUND FEACTURES.SEAT MOTOR WAS FOUND IN FRONT FLOORBOARD , NEAR BRAKE PEDAL ,WITH PLASTIC MOUNTING EARS BROKEN OFF AND SCREWS STILL IN PLACE. SEAT APPEARS TO BE FURTHER FORWARD THAN SEAT ADJUSTMENT WOULD ALLOW.

STARTED SMELLING GAS SMELL WHEN WALKING UP TO VEHICLE AFTER SITTING...INCLUDING SMELL WITHIN THE CABIN. DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT RUSTED GAS LINES NEAR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND SURE ENOUGH WHEN LOOKING THERE I COULD NOW SEE ON THE GROUND WHERE GAS WAS DRIPPING. THE LINES ARE PARTIALLY COVERED WITH WHAT SEEMS LIKE A HEAT SHIELD...YUP...MY GUESS WOULD BE BECAUSE THE HOT EXHAUST PIPE RUNS NEAR IT. THE HEAT SHIELD I BELIEVE SEEMS TO HOLD MOISTURE AGAINST THE LINES AND CONDENSATION AND I'M GUESSING IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE WHEN THE LINE IS NOW RUSTED THROUGH AND IS DRIPPING GAS NEAR THE EXHAUST PIPE. VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS DESIGN.

I COULD EASILY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE COOLING SYSTEM AS THIS COST ME ABOUT $1400 THIS MONTH DUE TO FIRST THE WATER PUMP GOING AND THEN A CHROME PIPE/HOSE THAT GOES ACROSS THE ENGINE ALSO RUSTING THROUGH...BUT BECAUSE I GUESS THAT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED A "DANGEROUS" ISSUE OTHER THAN POSSIBLY BEING STRANDED, THIS ENGINE RELATED COMPLAINT IS IN REGARDS TO THE EXHAUST. THE CAR IS A 2008 AND TWICE THE EXHAUST "FLEX" HOSE WHICH IS JUST BEYOND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND IN FRONT OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS HAS RUSTED AND DEVELOPED LEAKS. BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY OF THE PART CLOSE TO THE ENGINE, NOT ONLY DO THE EXHAUST FUMES RISE UP INTO THE PASSENGER CABIN BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE LARGE DIESEL TRUCK. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE ONLY THE FLEX HOSE AND WILL ONLY REPLACE THE ENTIRE PIPE BACK FROM THE MANIFOLD WHICH INCLUDES 2 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS FOR AROUND $2000. NOT ONLY IS THIS DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVER/PASSENGER INHALING THE FUMES BUT IT'S ROBBERY TO THE CONSUMER AS THE CAR ISN'T EVEN WORTH THAT MUCH.

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THIS INCIDENT BEGAN WITH PASSENGER CHECKING BACK SEAT FOR AN ITEM. DOOR DIDN'T SOUND LIKE IT CLOSED ALL THE WHEN WHEN IT WAS SHUT. PASSENGER OPENED AND RECLOSED THE DOOR. AS I LEFT THAT LOCATION, I HEARD AIR BLOWING (OPEN WINDOW SOUND). CHECKING FOR AN OPEN WINDOW, I FOUND BACK SEAT PASSENGER DOOR OPEN. I PULLED OVER TO THE CURB AND TRIED TO SHUT THAT DOOR. IT WOULD NOT STAY SHUT. EVEN THE AAA AUTO CLUB ROADSIDE SERVICE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE DOOR TO STAY CLOSED. THAT LATCH WAS MOVABLE WITH FINGERS, NOT LIKE THE OTHERS, WHICH COULD NOT BE MOVED WITHOUT ACTUALLY USING SOMETHING TO ASSIST, I.E., SCREWDRIVER, DOOR HANDLE, ETC. TO GET HOME, AUTO CLUB USED A HEAVY RUBBER BUNGEE CORD FROM REAR SEAT PASSENGER HEADREST BEHIND THE DRIVER, THROUGH THE WINDOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR AND HOOKED ONTO THE LUGGAGE RACK ON THE TOP OF THE CAR.

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH THE OIL PUMP WENT WHICH THROUGH THE WHOLE ENGINE OFF BENT THE VALES WHICH CAUSED THE CHAIN TO SKIP OVER THE CAMS ALWAYS KEPT THE OIL CHANGED UP KEEP WAS ALWAYS GOOD ONLY 138.000 MILES NEVER BUY CHEVY AGAIN.

SINCE2006 FUEL LINES CONTINUE TO ROT OUT SPRAYING FUEL ON EXHAUST

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPOXITMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 108,000.

EVER SINGLE TIME I TURN MY CAR ON MY POWER STEERING CUST OFF.

I CAN NEVER GET MY GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PARK WHEN IT'S COLD. I HAD THE ISSUE FIXED BUT IT STILL DOES IT. BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM,SINCE 2010

WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR THE POWER STEELING LIGHT CAN ON AND THEN IT GOT HARDER TO TURN THE WHEEL.INKNOWN WHAT HAPPEN.THEN I WOULD PARK THE CAR AND CUT IT OFF AND THEN START DRIVING MORE AND THEN IT WOULD DO IT AGAIN.

PROBLEMS WITH LIGHTING INCLUDE NO BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS. ALTERNATING PROBLEMS OCCUR WITH THE RUNNING LIGHTS AND DIM LIGHTS. ALTERNATING MEANING THAT BOTH DO WORK AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN ALMOST A BACK AND FORTH PATTERN. THEY HAVE NOT BOTH FAILED TO WORK AT THE SAME TIME AS OF YET. I HAVE MANAGED TO SIMPLY SWITCH AROUND FUSES/RELAYS OF THE SAME MODEL NUMBER TO GET BOTH RUNNING AND DIM LIGHTS TO WORK. THE BRIGHT LIGHTS HAVE NOT WORKED IN ALMOST A YEAR. PROBLEMS OCCUR WHEN CAR IS STARTED FROM A STATIONARY POSITION. I HAVE HAD THE FUSES/RELAYS TESTED AT AN INDEPENDENT AUTO PARTS STORE AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE FINE AFTER BUYING REPLACEMENTS ON TWO OCCASIONS. THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE THE TOPIC OF A RECALL AS IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD TO NOT HAVE BRIGHT LIGHTS, RUNNING LIGHTS AND ESPECIALLY HEADLIGHTS. I READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2008 CHEVY HHR.

NO ONE CAN PINPOINT WHAT THE CAUSE IS, BUT MY POWER STEERING CUTS OFF SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPEN NUMEROUS TIMES. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND NOTED SEVERAL ARTICLES AND POSTINGS THAT DETAIL THE SAME PROBLEM WITH SIMILAR CARS IN THE HHR 2008. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. TREAD QUARTERS THINKS REPLACING ONE OF THE TIRES WOULD HELP, BUT IT HAS NOT. CHEVY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE SINCE IT SEEMS MORE ELECTRICAL THAN ANYTHING. THERE IS SOMETHING DEFECTIVE OR FAULTY WITH THE CAR. THE POWER STEERING ALWAYS CUTS OFF WHEN I AM EITHER TURNING, DRIVING, ON THE HIGHWAY, ETC. PARKING IS HORRIBLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT TAKES SO MUCH EFFORT TRYING TO TURN. IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED SINCE OTHER OWNERS COMPLAIN OF THE SAME THING. I EVEN TRIED BALANCING AND ROTATING THE TIRES BEFORE BUT IT KEEPS HAPPENING. HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/14953/CHEVROLET/HHR/CHEVROLET-HHR-POWER-STEERING HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/HHR/2008/STEERING/POWER_STEERING_SHUTS_DOWN.SHTML HTTP://MEDIA.GM.COM/MEDIA/US/EN/GM/VEHICLES.DETAIL.HTML/CONTENT/PAGES/NEWS/US/EN/2014/MAR/0331-POWER-STEERING.HTML HTTP://CHEVROLETFORUM.COM/FORUM/HHR-51/POWER-STEERING-CUTS-OUT-46325/

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 116,000.

JUST WONDERING WHY ARE THERE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT? I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW (MY ARMS ARE PERFECTLY TONED) BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS THE 2009-2010 HHR OWNER BUT NOTHING IS HAPPENING. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE AN ISSUES, ACCIDENT, OR DIE FOR SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 AND ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH LANES, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN AFTER THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTART AND IT RESUMED TO NORMAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

I WAS DRIVING TO MY MOM'S HOME WHICH IS ABOUT A C4 MILES AWAY AND WHEN I TRIED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN THE STEERING GOT LOCK AND I COULD BARELY FINISH MAKE THE TURN AND I PARKED AND PUT MY EMERGENCY BLINKERS ON AND I TURND OFF THE CAR AND STARTED IT UP AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN GOING TO WORK MAKING A TURN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE IN PARK, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL FUMES EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND WENT TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY GOT HALFWAY ACROSS AND RELIED THE CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN LOOKED AT DASHBOARD AND EVERYTHING LOK NORMAL MADE IT ACROSS HIGHWAY SAFELY AND PULLED OVER ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING PUT CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED THE CAR PROCEEDED HOME TO FIND THE DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK WITH INTERIOR BUTTONS OR REMOTE THE REMOTE WILL TURN ON THE ALARM YOU CAN MANUALLY LOCK THE DOORS BUT YOU CAN'T LOCK THE HATCH UPDATE 9/15/15*CW

2008 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. *SMD