2009 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

THE POWERSTEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. SPEED DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER. ONCE THE CAR IS STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THE POWERSTEERING COMES BACK ON, HOWEVER IT MAY GO OUT AGAIN AT 500FT TO A FEW MILES. *JS

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN WIPER'S STOPPED WORKING AFTER PLAYING WITH SWITCH AND STOPPING PULLING OVER IN A SAFE PLACE WHEN TRAFFIC WOULD LET ME I TURNED CAR KEY SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON TWICE AND THEY STARTED WORKING AGAIN AFTER DEALING WITH THIS MORE THEN ONE TIME DROVE CAR TO A DEALER AFTER TWO DAYS THEY TELL ME THE MAIN FUSE BOX HAS A SHORT IN IT AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED I HAVE A BUMPER TO BUMPER EXTENDED COVERAGE AFTER TALKING WITH THE DEALER THEY ARE TELLING ME THIS IS NOT COVERED IN WARRANTY THEY ALSO CALLED THE DEALER WERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY LOOKED IT UP AND SAID THE SAME FUSE BOX NOT COVERED SO IT WILL COST ME OVER $600.00 TO FIX CAR I FILL THIS IS A SAFETY RELATIVE ITEM AND SHOULD BE COVERED ? IF A SHORT IN THIS FUSE BOX STOPPED WIPERS COULD IT START A FIRE AS WELL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING LIGHT WILL COME ON AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURS, ALSO SHAKING, HAVE REPLACED ROTORS AND BRAKES TWICE WITHIN ONE YEAR, WHY IS CHEVROLET NOT FIXING THE PROBLEMS ON THE HHR WHEN OTHER MODELS WITH SAME COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVROLET IF THEY FAIL TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ANY ELECTRICAL DEVICES SUCH AS A CELLULAR PHONE, CHARGER, I-PAD OR COMPUTER WERE PLACED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIR BAG OFF WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THERE COULD BE NO ELECTRICAL DEVICES PLACED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, AS IT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TWICE TODAY, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING PLACE, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING FOR THE FIRST TIME. UPON STOPPING, PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RE-STARTING THE VEHICLE IT WORKED AGAIN FOR A SHORT PERIOD. (LESS THEN 2 MILES) LUCKILY, WE WERE ONLY TRAVELING 40 MPH ON A STRAIGHT, LEVEL, SIDE ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME. I HAVE VISIONS OF VERY BAD THINGS IF/WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON A WINDING ROADWAY. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, BEFORE MAKING THIS REPORT, I READ OF MANY OTHERS WHO OWN THIS SAME VEHICLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM, AND THAT THERE IS POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER RECALL IN CANADA, BUT NOT IN THE US. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SAME PARTS ARE USED IN THE CHEVY COBALT, DOES HAVE A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPACE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY COULD NOT LOCATE A FAILURE CODE BECAUSE THE SYSTEM RESET WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58,280.

MY CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION AND WILL NOT TURN TO THE OFF POSITION. WAS TOLD, WITHOUT EVEN GETTING PAST THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION " IT'S AN HHR ISN'T IT" BY PERSON ON THE PHONE FROM CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. WE WERE TOLD BY THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO PULL FUSE IN ENGINE AND DRIVE IT OVER TOMORROW SINCE THE GARAGE IS CLOSED IT BEING SUNDAY. CALLED DEALERSHIP BACK TO NOTIFY WOULD BRING CAR OVER NOW DUE TO ISSUES WITH TRANSPORTATION FOR MONDAY.... ENDED UP HAVING TO HAVE IT TOWED BECAUSE IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE SINCE WHEN TURNED ON IT KEEPS SPUTTERING AS THOUGH MISS FIRING AND SOUNDS AS IF IT IS GOING TO STALL.... *JS

WHEN I PUT MY CHEVROLET HHR INTO PARK AND PROCEEDED TO TURN THE CAR OFF, THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS STUCK IN THE ON POSITION AND I WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE IGNITION TO THE OFF POSITION WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY CABLE AND REMOVE A FUSE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO TURN OFF COMPLETELY, AND AM HAVING TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW FOR A REPAIR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVY HHR WHEN IT STARTED OVERHEATING AND SMOKING AND DIDN'T SEEM SAFE TO DRIVE, SO I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED AT ABOUT 147,000 MILES DUE TO OVERHEATING. I WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE WHICH WOULD BE 4,000. WANTING A SECOND OPINION, WE HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO BASICALLY SAID THE EXACT SAME THING. THEN WECALLED GM BECAUSE THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A TECH BULLETIN OUT ON IT AND THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON THE HHR'S SO WE WERE HOPING THAT GM WOULD HELP US SINCE THE CAR WAS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. GM SAID THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY HELP US BUT FIRST WE HAD TO PAY ANOTHER 200 TO GET IT TOWED TO ANOTHER CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEN PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. I WAS HESITANT, BUT HE TOLD ME THAT IF WE DID THAT HE SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HELP US OUT WITH THE ENGINE. WE DID ALL THAT, AND THEY CALLED US BACK THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT THE ISSUE WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD TOLD THEM FROM THE BEGINNING BUT NOT ONLY WOULD THEY NOT HELP US OUT AT ALL, THIS DEALERSHIP WANTS 6,000 FOR THE NEW ENGINE INSTEAD OF THE $4,000 THAT THE FIRST DEALERSHIP QUOTED US. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE CAN'T TELL IF THE ENGINE CRACKED BECAUSE THE CAR OVERHEATED, OR IF THE CAR OVERHEATED BECAUSE THE ENGINE CRACKED, BUT EITHER WAY HE SAID HE CAN'T TELL IF IT'S A MANUFACTURERS DEFAULT OR NOT SO THEY'RE DECIDING TO GO WITH NOT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HELP US. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.