2008 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR GOT HARD TO STEER AND A CHIME DINGED AND MY SCREEN ON THE DASH READ (POWER STEERING) WAS COMING UP ON A TURN AND IT TOOK ME AND THE PASSENGER TO MANUALLY TURN THE WHEEL WITH GREAT EFFORT ON BOTH OUR PARTS, THIS WAS SCARY! IF I HAD BEEN ALONE I'M NOT SURE IF I COULD HAVE NEGOTIATED THE TURN THUS ENDING IN A ONE VEHICLE COLLISION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR AN OIL CHANGE WHEN THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WERE TWO FRACTURED COIL SPRINGS IN THE REAR SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,600. UPDATED 02/11/2014 *BF

AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN WITH NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT THE ONLY WARNING I HAD WAS THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE THAT CAME UP AFTER IT QUIT WORKING IN A TURN THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON THERE OTHER CARS LIKE THE COBALT AND IONS THIS SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL VERY DANGEROUS ONCE YOU SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT THE POWER STEERING WILL WORK AGAIN BUT WILL GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING AGAIN. *TR

2008 CHEVROLET HHR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIR BAG RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE LETTER HE RECEIVED WAS A SCAM.

I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN WHEN THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WITH OUT NOTICE THANKFULLY I WAS NOT MOVING AND DID NOT HAVE FAR TO GO (40FT) TO PULL INTO THE BUISNESS PARKING LOT IT WAS STRUGGLE FOR ME TO GET THE CAR IN THERE. THIS IS A SAFTEY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE OR A FAMILY IS KILLED . ANYONE WITH WEAK MUSCLES OR ARTIFICAL LIMBS WHO IS TRAVELING ON A ROAD OR THE HIGHWAY MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY AS I WAS AND COULD SUFFER VERY SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH . I CONTACTED MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER KEVIN (SERVICE WRITER) AND ALSO SPOKE WITH HAROLD (10YRS WITH CHEVROLET IN DETROIT) WHO SAID MY VIN# DOES NOT FALL UNDER ANY TYPE OF RECALL OR ASSITANCE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE CHEVROLET DECIDES TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE ???? *TR

POWER STEERING GOES OUT, IT WILL BE FINE THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING TIGHTENS UP AND I CANNOT TURN LIKE I AM SUPPOSE TO, THIS HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I HAD MY CHILDREN WITH ME AND I HIT A CURB WHICH TORE MY TIRE UP. IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES WHICH HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK INTO OTHER CARS AND A SEMI. I WOULD NOT COMPLAIN BUT IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND I HAVE CHILDREN. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST ABOUT $300, I GOT ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS, BUT FOUND NO RECALL ON THE HHR AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE COBALT WHICH APPARENTLY HAS THE SAME BRAND OR TYPE OF POWER STEERING, THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT CHEVY HASN'T HAD A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, THEY SHOULD BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED AND FOUND I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM IT APPEARS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME DEFECT. THE POWER STEERING ISSUE IS MY MAIN ISSUE I AM SCARED I AM GOING TO END UP HAVING A WRECK LIKE HAVE ALMOST HAD NUMEROUS TIMES, THIS IS THE ONLY CAR I OWN SO I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY!!!!! *TR

WHILE OPERATING, MY VEHICLES POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF AND MY "POWER STEERING" ALERT APPEARS ON THE DASH. IF THE CAR IS SHUT OFF, AND TURNED BACK ON IT WORKS PROPERLY; AND THEN SHUTS OFF AGAIN RANDOMLY. THIS HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT, SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS NOTHING CONSISTENT WITH DRIVING CONDITIONS, SPEED, DURATION OF DRIVING WHEN IT OCCURS. *TR

POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. IT BEGAN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, SCARED ME A LOT. AT FIRST IT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER I DROVE IT A BIT BUT NOW IT HAPPENS AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS. I WORRY ABOUT NEEDING TO STEER TO AVOID SOMEONE AT SLOW SPEEDS. I LIVE IN A CROWDED COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE, DOGS, BIKES, SKATEBOARDERS AND CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS JUST WALKING OUT ONTO THE ROAD. ALSO, I DRIVE INTO FARMER'S MARKETS AND SWAP MEETS WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALL MILLING ABOUT AND LOTS OF MANEUVERING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS. NO POWER STEERING MAKES THIS VERY HARD TO DO. I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX AS I M BARELY MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO CONTINUE WITH MY SMALL BUSINESS. CALLED CHEVROLET AND THEY TELL ME THIS IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE. THEY WILL CHARGE ME $125 JUST TO LOOK AT IT. AND I HAVE TO GIVE UP USING THE CAR. THIS IS CRAZY THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN DONE CONSIDERING ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND FACTS OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

MY BATTERY WENT OUT ON ME. THEN I HAD IT REPLACED AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I NOTICED THAT THEY WAS A RECALL ON IT. ALSO THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO SO MANY OTHER FOLKS. *TR