2007 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN AND THE STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE STEERING WHEEL RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY. THIS IS THE SAME SYMPTOM AS THE RECALL ON THE 2009-2010 HHR BUT THE 2007 HHR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *TR

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A RECALL ITEM ON THE 2008 MODEL YEAR, NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON 07-08 YEARS ALSO. INSIDE DOOR HANDLES BRAKE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF THE CALL WITHOUT ROLLING DOWN THE WINDOWS. BOTH ARE BROKEN ON MY CAR. BEEN TO MANY CHEVY HHR FORUMS AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. IF YOU LOSE POWER YOU CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR. *TR

MY SON IS JUST LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE AND WE WERE IN A PARKING LOT PRACTICING. WE HEARD A DING AND THEN THERE WAS AN ERROR MESSAGE SAYING SERVICE POWER STEERING. WE HAD LOST POWER STEERING. WE SHUT THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WAS OK FOR JUST TWO MORE TURNS THEN GAVE US AN ERROR MESSAGE AGAIN. I KNOW GM ISSUED A RECALL N140115 FOR SOME YEARS AND MODELS AND THEN A SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 14119 WHICH STATES MY YEAR. WHEN I CALLED CHEVY TO GET CLARIFICATION THEY SAID MY VIN NUMBER DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS. IF ALL OF THESE OTHER YEARS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WHY DO THEY NOT QUALIFY??? THE SERVICE BULLETIN JUST STATES NON TURBO ENGINE WHICH I DO NOT HAVE. BELOW PARAGRAPH IS FORM GM'S WEB SITE. SO WHY DO SOME OF US HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM AND OTHERS DO NOT. IN ADDITION, 309,160 NON-TURBOCHARGED CHEVROLET HHRS FROM THE 2006-2008 MODEL YEARS (AND SEVERAL HUNDRED 2009 MODELS) AND 96,324 SATURN IONS FROM THE 2003 MODEL YEAR THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THESE RECALLS WILL BE GIVEN LIFETIME WARRANTIES FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MOTOR. GM BULLETIN 14119 COVERS THE FOLLOWING CARS WHERE GM DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. 2006-2008 AND EARLY PRODUCTION OF 2009 CHEVROLET HHR (NON-TURBO) 2003 SATURN ION. *TR

POWER STEERING WARNING CHIMED AND DISPLAYED ON DASH AND ALL POWER STEERING WENT AWAY MAKING VEHICLE HARD TO STEER. *TR

THE POWER STEERING FEELS STIFF NOT ABLE TO MAKE RIGHT TURNS WITHOUT THE STIFFNESS. POWER STEERING LIGHTS CONSTANTLY ON SINCE THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. MY POWER STEERING IS ELECTRICAL AND FOR SOME REASON I BELIEVED THAT THE IGNITION RECALL MY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS NOT SURE. *TR

ON 8/12/2014 , I HAD THE RECALLED IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED ON MY 2007 HHR. ON 8/13/2014, WHILE DRIVING INTO THE PARKING LOT OF AN OUT OF TOWN MALL, MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING MESSAGE CAME UP.I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. I THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE STEERING WAS FINE. I DROVE DIRECTLY TO MY DEALER AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECALLS ON THE STEERING ASSIST MOTORS BUT HE DID NOT THINK THEY WERE ON MY MODEL YEAR. HE LOOKED IT UP AND SAID MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED. HE SAID IF THEY HAD ONE IN STOCK HE COULD HAVE ONE INSTALLED THE NEXT DAY AT MY EXPENSE. I HAD THE NEW MOTOR INSTALLED ON 8/14/2014, BUT AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER 2007 HHR OWNERS, I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL REPLACEMENT. I WAS NOT WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK OF MY OR MY WIFE'S" SAFETY. *TR

2007 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE HEADLIGHT AND TAIL LIGHT ISSUES. CONSUMER ALSO HAS SEAT BELT PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TAIL LIGHT WENT OUT SO OFTEN, HE CARRIED SPARES WITH HIM. THE OVER HEAD LIGHT SHORTED OUT. ALSO, THE KEY WOULD HANG UP IN IGNITION, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DISENGAGE, THE SHIFTER WOULD ALSO BECOME STUCK IN PARK. THE GEARS DID NOT MATCH UP WITH THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER. *JB

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A VERY HOT SUMMER AFTERNOON, POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS I WAS CROSSING OVER A RIVER ON A BRIDGE. CHIMES SOUNDED AND POWER STEERING DISPLAYED ON DASH. CAR WAS VERY HARD TO STEER, ESPECIALLY MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS FROM A STOP. THIS WAS THE 1ST TIME IT HAPPENED. CONTACTED DEALER WHO STATED IT NEEDED TO BE IN THE MIDST OF THE PROBLEM TO BE DIAGNOSED. SINCE THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY USUALLY WHEN I AM GETTING OFF WORK, IT MAKES IT HARD TO TAKE IT IN. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE SPEED I AM TRAVELING HAS NO BEARING ON POWER STEERING GOING OUT. OVER THE LAST YEAR IT CONSISTENTLY GOES OUT WHEN THE WEATHER IS REALLY HOT, BUT I DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM OVER THE WINTER. LIKE MOST EVERYONE HAS STATED, IF I TURN OFF THE IGNITION THE POWER STEERING WILL COME BACK ON FOR A SHORT WHILE, BUT IT ALWAYS GOES OUT AGAIN. IT IS JUST RIDICULOUS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE AND YET THIS PROBLEM, ON THIS YEAR MODEL, DOES NOT SEEM TO BE COVERED UNDER ANY OF THEM. *TR

CHEAP PLASTIC USED TO MAKE THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE JUST BROKE AS A I WAS TRYING TO EXIT MY VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO IMPACT OR INCIDENT OF ANY SORT, JUST TRYING TO GET OUT OF MY CAR. I AM PREGNANT AND GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THERE IS AN INCIDENT WHERE I CANNOT ESCAPE MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE DOOR WON'T OPEN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED POST HASTE. *TR