2007 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

THE CAR LOST THE POWER STEERING ABILITY AND WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. I PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER. STOPPED AND RESTARTED AND BEGAN TO DRIVE OK. THE CAR SEEMS TO BE RANDOMLY LOSING THE POWER STEERING ABILITY. *JS

PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE BROKE , MY CAR HAS POWER WINDOWS AND IF I WERE IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND CAR LOST POWER PASSENGER COULD BE TRAPPED IN CAR. I ALSO DRIVE A 2008 HHR AT WORK AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE ALSO BROKE. I HAVE RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE IGNITION ON MY 2007 HHR BUT I THINK THE DOOR HANDLES ARE A BIG ISSUE. *JS

IN AUG OF 2010 I REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH CYLINDER. THE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND I COULD NOT REMOVE IT WITHOUT REPLACING . IN JAN 2012 POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND KEY IN IGNITION AGAIN I TOOK TO GM DEALER ON A RECALL NOTICE, BUT APPARENTLY NOT MY VIN SO I HAD TO PAY $320.00 OUT OF POCKET TO FIX. 4-2014 MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN OUT MULTIPLE TIMES USUALLY CAN REPAIR BY REPLACING THE FUSE. BUT THIS TIME I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 4 MONTHS WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND REPLACING FUSE DOES NOT FIX. WAITING ON PARTS FOR RECALL BUT NONE AVAILABLE YET. ALSO MY INSIDE PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE BROKE 1 YR AGO AND CANNOT OPEN DOOR FROM THE INSIDE . I HAVE KNOW THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED IN AT LEAST 4 OTHER HHR OWNERS CARS ALSO . *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING AT 20 MPH, STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 05/28/14 MA UPDATED 06/02/2014 *JS

I WAS INFORMED BY MAIL THAT MY VEHICLE WAS RECALLED AND I WAS TO CONTACT GM TO FIX THE ISSUE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED MY BACK CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING WITHOUT WARNING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS; HOWEVER, THE DEALER ADVISED HIM TO REPLACE THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING BOX. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON A WET ROAD AT 30 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR. THE CAR SHUTS OFF WHEN I TOPPED A SMALL HILL AND I LOST ALL POWER. NO PLACE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND TURN THE KEY TO OFF AND RESTARTED. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE MESSAGE DISPLAYED WAS ENGINE POWER REDUCTION. I DROVE 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR TO MY DESTINATION THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO 30 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR SHIFTED ROUGHLY AND JUMPED. A NICE GUY THERE, TURNED THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION 3 TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID BRING IT IN, I ALREADY HAD THE RECALL LETTER AND ASK HIM IF IT COULD BE RELATED TO THE RECALL (AS I AM ON A FIXED INCOME) HE SAID NO AND IT WOULD COST 150.00 I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OTHER EPISODES AND I HOPE I DON'T IT WAS VERY SCARY. GLAD I WAS GOING SLOW AND NOT A BUSY ROAD. I HAD PREVIOUSLY REMOVED THE KEY FOB AND WAS ONLY USING MY IGNITION KEY AS PER THE RECALL LETTER INSTRUCTION. WAITING FOR THE NEXT LETTER FOR THE RECALL AND HOPE THE FIX PREVENTS IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. *TR

ON MARCH 27, 2014, WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF 45MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME OF THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND NOVEMBER 2013. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A CHEVROLET DEALER TO BE FIXED. NOW I HAVE NOTICED THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE DISPLAYING UNDER THE MILEAGE PANEL OF 95 TO 200 DEGREES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND SHOULDERS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.