2009 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TURNED THE KEY AND STARTED MY CAR AND THEN I COULDN'T TURN IT OFF. I COULD TAKE THE KEY OUT BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF AS THE IGNITION SWITCH APPEARS TO BE STUCK IN THE ON POSITION. TOOK IT TO GM DEALER IN SALINAS TO ASK ABOUT IT BUT SAID COULD NOT ASSIST ME TILL WEDNESDAY, GRANTED IT WAS SATURDAY SO OKAY, BUT COULD NOT HELP ME SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. SAID IT MOST LIKELY WOULD NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL THOUGH IT SEEMS RELATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL AND THAT HE WAS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY SINCE THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO DO THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, A LOUD CHIME SOUNDED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF THE POWER STEERING WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

AUGUST OF 2010 1ST INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG OCCURRED. CHEVROLET DEALER REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED IN EARLIER 2013 WHEN SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. THIS SERVICE AIRBAG WOULD STAY ON FOR A DAY OR TWO, THEN GO OUT. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER IT WOULD COME ON AGAIN, THEN GO OUT. IN MAY OF THIS YEAR THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME AND STAYED ON. ON JUNE 2ND OF THE YEAR, 2014, I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER. THEY ADVISED THE AIRBAG "SHORTED" AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED @ $1200.00+. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW, AND HAVE HAD AT LEAST 3 ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS UNDER WARRANTY. DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, IGNITION SWITCH, BATTERY FAILURE I FEEL THIS LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO FAILURES THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DELAY.

THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING AND STILL DOES NOT WORK. THE PASSENGER AIR BAG TURNS ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE SEAT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, THE WHEEL WOBBLED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE WIPERS FAILED TO FUNCTION AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE IGNITION LOCK AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

MY 2009 CHEVY HHR REPEATEDLY HAS WATER IN THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. I AM NOT SURE WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM, HOWEVER, AFTER I RESEARCHED ON LINE, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. BESIDES THE FLOOR BEING WET THIS CAUSES A HORRIBLE SMELL, MOST LIKELY MOLD IN THE VEHICLE. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AS FROM MY FINDINGS, IT IS A FLAW IN DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING. *TR