2009 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

DRIVING AND AIRBAGS JUST BLEW UP AND CAUSED ME TO RUN INTO POLE. COULD NOT STOP, AND COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE OF AIRBAGS. CAR WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIRED. I WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. INJURY WAS CAUSED TO LEGS, CHEST, STOMACH, BACK. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE 2009 CHEVY HHR BACK FROM WORK, WITHOUT WARNING, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING STOPPED AND A WARNING MESSAGE CAME UP ON THE DIC. ONCE IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF THE PROBLEM CLEARED TEMPORARILY. OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS THE POWER STEERING HAS CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT THE SAME ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH POWER STEERING CUT OUT ON VEHICLE.AFTER PULLING OVER & RESTARTING ENGINE P/STEERING RETURNS FOR SHORT PERIOD AND CUTS OUT AGAIN.WHERE IS GOVT. RECALL? SAME COMPONENTS USED ON CHEVY COBALT AND THEY WERE RECALLED. NO RECALL OM HHR. OH WAIT, NOBODY DIED YET!!!! EVENTUALLY SOMEBODY WILL. DON'T WAIT TILL IT'S TOO LATE. *TR

STARTED THE CAR UP AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. NO STEERING. DROVE HOME CAREFULLY AND SHUT MOTOR OFF. STARTED CAR UP AGAIN AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED. WENT TO DEALER AND SHUT CAR OFF. THEY SAID WARRANTY WAS OFF. STARTED CAR BACK UP AND POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND NO STEERING. I WENT BACK HOME. I CAN SHUT OFF THE CAR AND THE LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. NOW I WILL BE FORCED TO HAVE IT FIXED AT MY EXPENSE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE DISCOVERED THROUGH THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH HHR'S AND GENERAL MOTORS WILL NOT RECALL THE VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000 AND THE CURRENT 57,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE PARTIALLY BROKE. IN ORDER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE THE WINDOW GLASS WAS RELEASED DOWNWARDLY TO OPEN THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PART WOULD NEED TO BE ORDERED AND WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR ARRIVAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,700. UPDATED 9/23/13 *CN

MOST RECENTLY ALMOST EVERY TIME I TURN ON MY CAR, I WILL DRIVE FOR MAYBE 5 MINUTES AND MY STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOCKED. I WILL PULL OFF TO THE SIDE SHUT OFF & TURN BACK ON THE CAR LEAVE IT SIT ON FOR ANOTHER MINUTE OR SO PULL OFF AND THE POWER STEERING WILL BECOME ENGAGED AGAIN LOCKING THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DAYS HAVE BECOME HOTTER. I HAVE CALLED MY DEALERSHIP AND MADE APPOINTMENTS TO GET IT DIAGNOSED BY EVERY TIME I WILL GO IN FOR THE APPOINTMENT AT THAT MOMENT THEY WILL LOOK AT IT AND SAY OR NOTHING IS WRONG. THERE ARE NO DISPLAY WARNINGS ON YOUR DASH BOARD, YOU WILL HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO US WHEN IT IS ON. THIS ISSUE IS BECOMING VERY ALARMING TO ME SINCE IT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. I CAN'T KEEP TAKING OFF EVERY TIME I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF WHEN I GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND NO WORK GETS DONE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT MAKING THE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. I DID RESEARCH ONLY TO FIND THAT MANY OTHER HHR OWNERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AND SEVERAL OTHER CHEVY MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. RESTARTING THE CAR TEMPORARILY FIXES IT. HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN 0 AND 2 MILES OF STARTING THE CAR. (7 TIMES YESTERDAY) IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS WHILE TRYING TO MAKE TURNS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND AS I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY BUT LUCKILY I WAS AT A STOP SIGN. I THOUGHT THE CAR HAD STALLED SO I CUT IT OFF AND RESTARTED AND IT WAS FINE. I DROVE TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING AND STILL NO PROBLEM UNTIL I WAS MAKING THE RIGHT TURN AND THEN HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE CAR. ONCE I MANAGED TO GET IT IN MY DRIVE, SHUT IT OFF AND THEN RESTARTED- THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE WENT AWAY AND ONCE AGAIN THE CAR WAS FINE. SAME THING NEXT MORNING CAR FINE- I WORK ABOUT 5-7 MILES FROM HOME. AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME WITH NO WARNING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC- POWER STEERING GOES OUT AS I AM CHANGING LANES. I MANAGE ONCE AGAIN TO GET HOME. MY CAR HAS THE SAME PART THAT THE CHEVY COBALT HAS AND CHEVY HAD RECALLED THE COBALT TO MAKE REPAIRS BUT NOT THE HHR. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FILED ABOUT THIS AND FEAR THAT THEY DO NOT TAKE OUR SAFETY SERIOUSLY WHOM OWN THE HHR- I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVY AND ASK WHO TO LODGE COMPLAINT WITH SINCE THEY WERE NOT HELPFUL. THEY DID NOT GIVE ME THE INFORMATION. I HAD TO FIND ON GOOGLE. I DID TELL THEM THAT THE INTERNET IS FULL OF THIS SAME COMPLAINT REGARDING THE POWER STEERING ON THE HHR AND THE RESPONSE WAS I CANNOT LOOK AND UNAPPROVED GM SITES(WHATEVER THAT MEANS). THANK YOU FOR YOU CONCERN AND HOPE YOU CAN HELP SOMEONE FROM HAVING A SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO THIS MALFUNCTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,686. *TR