2007 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

TAKATA RECALL - WHEN IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET OR A HIGHWAY, DRIVING STRAIGHT, GOING INTO A TURN OR JUST TURNING AT ANY TIME MY POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THIS MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE MY CHEVEY 2007 HHR SAFELY. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND FIND ON YOUTUBE THERE ARE A LOT OF HHR OWNERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

CAR WILL LOSE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WITH A MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE INFORMATION CENTER "POWER STEERING". DOES NOT MATTER SPEED OR LENGTH OF TIME CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN. AT THIS POINT, THE POWER STEERING RETURNS TO NORMAL WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART THE CAR. RECALL FROM GM HAS ONLY 2009-2011 HHR, BUT MANY OTHER OLDER HHR 2006-2008 HAVE EXACT SAME ISSUES ACCORDING TO HHR FORUMS. CHEVY EVEN SENT US A NOTICE IN JANUARY 2015 STATING THE POTENTIAL OF THE POWER STEERING FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO DATE FOR A RECALL TO FIX. THE HHR HAS 75,000 MILES AND DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WAS RUDE ABOUT EVEN LOOKING THE CAR UP FOR RECALL INFORMATION OR HELPING US. THIS CAR HAS ONLY SEEN A CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR ANY SERVICE RELATED ISSUES.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A WARNING CHIME AND THE DIC SHOWED POWER STEERING. I PULLED OVER, TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT WAS FINE. WAS LOOKING TO SE WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REPLACE AND SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVING SAME TROUBLE. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BY CHEVROLET IF IT'S THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM!!

CARS POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING AND COMES BACK WHEN I TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN.

MY HHR WAS BOUGHT USED AT A GM DEALER, IT HAS 63000 MILES ON IT AND THE FUEL LINES LEAK BADLY!! THERE SHOULD BE A RECAL ON THE PREMATURE RUSTING OF THE LINES.

INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKEN CANT OPEN DOOR, ELECTRIC MIRROR SWITCH FELL INTO DOOR, BACK INDOOR PANEL FALLING OFF, LEAK THROUGH PASSENGER DOOR BEHIND FRONT PASSENGER. THESE ARE ONGOING ISSUES WITH OTHER HHR OWNERS AND NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. THE DOOR LATCH IS MADE OF VERY CHEAP PLASTIC. YOU CAN VERIFY WITH ALL YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROTORS AND OUTER TIE RODS FAILED AND THE REAR BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE DUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

WAS BUCKLED IN THE CAR AND WHEN WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT WOULD NOT UNBUCKLE HAD TO CLIMB OUT OF SEAT BELT TO GET OUT OF CAR, THE SEATBELT JUST KEPT TIGHTENING AND IS STILL BUCKLED UP CAN NOT GET IT TO RELEASE.

POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. WHEN I RESTART THE CAR POWER STEERING WILL RESUME TO WORK. IT MAY HRS OR DAYS BEFORE IT STOPS AGAIN. THIS ONLY HAPPENED WILL DRIVING. STEREO SOME TIMES FLASHES AND UNABLE TO TURN STATIONS. SOME TIMES MY INTER-LIGHTS WILL FLASH AND NOT WORK AFTERWARDS. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES HAPPENS WHENEVER.