2008 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

DRIVING MY HHR AND I HEAR A DINGING NOISE, POWER STEERING MESSAGE IS SHOWN. POWER STEERING IS OUT. IT HAS BEEN THREE DAYS AND NOW IT IS DOING IT EVERY TIME I START THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE NO MORE THAN A MILE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, AS THE HHR HAS THE SAME ESA AS THE COBALT THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR

THE POWER STEERING KEEPS TURNING ON SO IT MAKES IT HARD TO DRIVE OR STEER AND IT CUTS INTO MY MPG. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING WITH AN ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESUMED NORMALLY UPON RESTARTING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING. IF I TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT, THE POWER STEERING STARTS WORKING AGAIN FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN GOES OUT AGAIN. WITH ALL THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS I'VE BEEN READING, CHEVROLET SHOULD DO A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

I COULD BE SITTING IN LINE AT A DRIVE THRU, TURNING SLOWLY, OR DRIVING STRAIGHT AND I HEAR A CLICK, AND THE "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE DISPLAYS, AND THEN IT BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER. IF I SHUT THE CAR OFF IT GOES AWAY. ALSO A MAJOR POINT IS THAT IT SEEMS TO BE WEATHER SENSITIVE. LAST WINTER IT CAME ON ONLY TWO TIMES AND NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN UNTIL ABOUT A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN THE WEATHER GOT ABOVE 90 DEGREES HERE. ON THOSE DAYS IT IS VERY HARD TO GET RID OF IT. HOWEVER,, IRONICALLY, ON A DAY THAT WAS ONLY 74 DEGREES IT NEVER CAME ON! I AM AFRAID THAT THIS WILL COME ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND I AM PUT INTO A SITUATION OF HAVING TO MANEUVER QUICKLY.. AND I AM SURE THAT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS WILL AGREE THAT MOVING "QUICKLY" ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. DEALER TELLS ME THAT THE STEERING "MODULE" IS THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN.. SO REPAIR COST IS $900. I HAVE 162,000 HIGHWAY MILES ON MY CAR AND YES,, IT'S JUST AN 08. IF THIS PART STAYED IN A FAULTY MODE ALL THE TIME I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS A MAINTENANCE REPAIR THAT I AM LIABLE FOR,, BUT WITH IT GOING ON AND OFF AND PUTTING MY SAFETY AT RISK.. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A MANUFACTURER RECALL! THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DECIDED TO MAKE THIS INTO AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT.. AND A FAULTY ONE AT THAT! DO A SEARCH ON LINE ABOUT "POWER STEERING" SEE HOW MANY OTHER HHR OWNERS ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME SAFETY ISSUE WITH WAY LESS MILES ON THEIR CARS. I WAS SHOCKED AND DISGUSTED. I AM NOT FEELING THE CONFIDENCE TO MAKE CHEVY MY NEXT PURCHASE. WHY DO THE CHEVY COBALTS HAVE THIS RECALL.. BUT NOT HHR OWNERS? *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2008 CHEVY HHR FROM A DEALERSHIP IN KY IN FEBRUARY 2013, WITH AROUND 55K MILES ON IT. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MILES I ALSO PURCHASED AN EXTENDED GM POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. TOWARD THE END OF MAY, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HI-WAY COMING OFF AN EXIT, GOING BETWEEN 45-55 MILES AN HOUR VEERING TO THE RIGHT, WHEN THE POWER STEERING IN MY CAR WENT OUT. THE MILEAGE SCREEN FLASHED POWER STEERING AND I COULD HARDLY STEER MY CAR TO GET OFF THE EXIT ONTO ANOTHER HI-WAY. I DROVE MY CAR HOME AND PARKED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE NEXT MORNING I GOT UP AND STARTED MY CAR, DROVE IT AND IT WAS OK. HOWEVER, THE NEXT DAY THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN AND HAS EVERY DAY SINCE THEN. IN THE BEGINNING I WOULD TURN MY CAR OFF, WAIT 1 TO 2 MINUTES, START MY CAR AND IT WOULD BE FINE. STARTING LAST MONTH, THE POWER STEERING GOES OFF EVERY 2 TO 5 MINUTES REGARDLESS IF I RE-START MY CAR OR NOT.... IT DOES NOT MATTER IF I AM TRYING TO MAKE A TURN, OR DRIVING DOWN A STRAIGHT ROAD. I CAN HAVE THE AC ON, THE AC OFF AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WITHIN 2 MINUTES OF ME STARTING MY CAR. I WAS TOLD IN ORDER FOR MY GM POWER TRAIN WARRANTY TO BE COVERED, I HAD TO MY CAR TO A CHEVY SERVICE STATION, WHICH I DID ON 6/27/2013 AND WAS TOLD THAT THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE POWER STEERING ELECTRIC MOTOR. SINCE THE INCIDENT I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, AND HAVE READ THAT IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THE HHR'S, BUT GM HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE ALSO EMAILED AND SPOKEN WITH A CHEVY COMPLAINT PERSON AND WAS ALSO TOLD NOTHING WOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. SEEMS TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, OF THE SAME KIND THE CHEVY COBALTS WERE RECALLED FOR... WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE FOR THE CHEVY HHR'S WITH THE SAME ISSUE? *TR

POWER STEERING FAILS ALL THE TIME. VERY DANGEROUS. HARD TO STEER. COMMON PROBLEM FOR ALL HHR'S. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL. THANK YOU *TR

POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP SIGN. POWER STEERING WAS GONE AND I HAD TO STRUGGLE TO PULL MY VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD TO A PARKING LOT. I LET THE VEHICLE SIT FOR 10 MINUTES, THEN I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE ISSUE HAD DISAPPEARED. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I SEE THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS ONLINE COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE BY HHR OWNERS, AND THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILURE OFTEN RECURS INTERMITTENTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. GM HAS RECALLED SEVERAL VEHICLES FOR THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING MOTOR, BUT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO RECALL THE HHR. WHY NOT?! SINCE THE INCIDENT, I FEEL LIKE I AM DRIVING A VEHICLE OF DOOM AND THAT ANYTIME I GET BEHIND THE WHEEL, MY FAMILY AND I COULD POSSIBLY GET INTO AN ACCIDENT! GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAULTY PART AND DO A RECALL BEFORE THERE ARE MORE INJURIES! I HAVE DRIVEN A VEHICLE WITHOUT POWER STEERING BEFORE, BUT WHEN IT GOES OFF WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, THIS VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL! GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED! I WILL NOT BUY A GM VEHICLE AGAIN! *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS PICKING UP SPEED. IT JERKS CONSTANTLY AND WHEN IDLING IT SHUTTERS. I HAVE LOOKED AT MESSAGE BOARDS AND SEEN OTHERS WITH SAME COMPLAINTS. THESE PROBLEMS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WHEN I'M TRYING TO MERGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000. *TR