2007 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

APPLIED BRAKES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND THE BRAKES PULSATED AND STEERING WOBBLES. REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND TURNED THE ROTORS AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER THAT SAME THING HAPPENS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2011 AND IS STILL THE SAME PROBLEM TODAY EVEN AFTER PUTTING ON NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS..I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 38,000 MILES ON THE CAR NOW. *TR

THE CAR SINCE SEPTEMBER 2014 HAS BEEN RATTLING AND SHAKING, AND CLUNKING CONTINUALLY. IT FEELS AS IF THE WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF. I'VE READ NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM THIS SAME VEHICLE AND THE COBALT WITH HAS THE SAME SUSPENSION. UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. ALSO TO NOTE, OTHER COMPLAINERS HAVE STATED THAT AFTER THEY HAVE PAID TO HAVE THE REPAIRS, THE SAME ISSUE ARISE AGAIN. *TR

THE POWER STEERING IN MY 2007 HHR HAS WENT OUT THKS IT'S THE SECOND TIME! THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN THE RECALL FUR HHR 2009 & 10 CAME OUT. I WAS TOLD THEN THEY COULD FIX THE WIRING AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY! NOW THE WHOLE THING HAS TO BE REPLACED AND I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY GM NOT MYSELF! I KNOW GM HAS LOTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE PART ISSUES AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CAUSE ANYMORE DRAMA, BUT I FEEL RIGHT IS RIGHT AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY 1179.25 FOR SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T CONTROL! I'M JUST ASKING FOR HELP TO TAKE CAR OFF MY CAR AND TO CHECK ON THE SAFETY FOR ALL OTHER HHR 2007 CUSTOMER! THANK U FOR READING THIS AND HAVE A BLESSED AND WONDERFUL DAY! *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. I WAS IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND THERE WAS NO SHOULDER. I HAD TO DRIVE A FEW MILES WITH NO POWER STEERING IN ORDER TO SAFELY PULL OVER. I SHUT THE CAR OF AND BACK ON AND IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW. I COULD HAVE CRASHED AND HURT SOMEONE. I SEE THERE WERE RECALLS ON THE SAME PART BUT FOR DIFFERENT YEARS. *TR

THE FRONT DOOR HANDLE BROKE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR IN 2013 WE HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS, SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF YOUR CAR IF SOMETHING DANGEROUS WAS TO HAPPEN. AT THAT TIME THE DEALERSHIP TOLD MY HUSBAND I THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. THEN AGAIN IN 2014 THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAD BROKEN ALSO. SO NOW I HAVE TWO BROKEN DOORS ON MY CAR THAT YOU CAN ONLY GET OUT OF, IF SOMEONE LETS ME OUT OF THE CAR OR I ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. IF I WERE TO GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WERE I WAS UNABLE TO ROLL MY WINDOW DOWN AND DID NOT HAVE SOMEONE RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT (SAY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE) THEN THIS COULD LEAD TO MAJOR PROBLEMS IF NOT DEATH. ALSO WHEN MY HUSBAND HAD AN ACCIDENT NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. AND BACKSEAT PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT WOULD NOT RELEASE AND WE HAD TO CUT MY GRANDDAUGHTER OUT OF SEATBELT. SO NOW I AM DRIVING A CAR THAT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN, BACK SEATBELT HAD TO BE CUT AND MY FRONT TWO DOORS YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF IF UNABLE TO ROLL WINDOW DOWN. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES. WE HAD AROUND 98,000. MILES WHEN ISSUES STARTED WITH THE DOORS. WHICH I BELIEVE THE MILES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WE TOOK OUR 2007 CHEVROLET HHR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AS THE RECALL NOTICED PRESCRIBED. MY WIFE WAITED 1 1/2 HOURS FOR THE REPAIR. THE DEALER SHIP PERSONNEL RETURNED ASKING MY WIFE FOR THE, QUOTE: "OLD KEYS BECAUSE THEY WILL NO LONGER WORK AFTER THE REPAIR" THEN HANDING HER A NEW SET OF KEYS AFTER SURRENDERING THE OLD KEYS. WHEN MY WIFE RETURNED HOME THE IGNITION SWITCH STILL DID NOT WORK AS THE SWITCH TUMBLER WOULD NOT RELEASE THE KEY IN THE PARK POSITION AS BEFORE THE "FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN REPLACED". I STILL HAD ONE OF THE ORIGINAL IGNITION KEYS , AS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP "IT WOULDN'T WORK"... I PLACED THE OLD KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND IT STARTED THE CAR. IT WOULD NOT RELEASE THE OLD KEY AS BEFORE THE "R&R". ALL WE RECEIVED IMO WAS A NEW SET OF KEYS & FALSE HOPE THAT THE GENERAL MOTORS DEFECTS HAD BEEN RESOLVED. THE HHR STILL HAS THE SAME DEFECTS AS IT DID BEFORE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. (SMOKE & MIRRORS NO RESOLVE). *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HWY, AT APPROX, 65 TO 70 MPH I FELT THE CAR PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT, AFTER GOING INTO A SPIN , IT BECAME HARD TO APPLY BRAKES AND TO TRY TO CORRECT OR CONTROL THE SPIN , THERE WERE VEHICLES INCLUDING A SEMI ALL AROUND MY CAR. AS I SLID OFF THE TRAVELED PORTION OF THE HWY. MY CAR IMPACTED THE WALL HEAD ON. I WAS SLAMMED INTO THE DASH . A MOMENT LATER I CALMED DOWN AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHY DIDN'T THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY? I HIT THE WALL AT LEAST AT 35 MPH, THEN I SAW THE CAR WAS NOT RUNNING, I SAW THE KEY HAD MOVED TO OFF, I STARTED THE CAR AND DROVE HOME. *TR

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY POWER STEERING GOES OUT, ALARM BUZZER AND LIGHTS ON DASH COME ON. AFTER BEING SHUTOFF IF WORKED UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER. SAME THING. SHUTTING OFF SEEMS TO ALLOW IT TO RESET ITSELF. INVESTIGATION SHOWS THE STEERING IS THE SAME PART NUMBER AS A COBALT BUT 2007 HHR ISN'T ON RECALL ONLY COBALT. THE HHR WAS ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED IN LATE 2006. PURCHASED NEW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE TRACTION SERVICE AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING UP TO STANDARDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND WENT TO TURN ONTO A STREET WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THERE WAS A DINGING SOUND AND IT SHOWED POWER STEERING ON THE DASH DISPLAY. I WAS INCHES AWAY FROM AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALER LAST WEEK FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. I HAD THE STEERING GO OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THE DEALERSHIP, DON HEWLETT CHEVROLET, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, SAID THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND IT WAS FIXED. I ALMOST HAD A VEHICLE ACCIDENT BOTH TIMES. *TR