2007 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

ON AUGUST 28, 2012, THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MOTOR WENT OUT ON MY 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. WE WENT ACROSS THE ONCOMING LANE AND IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD FOR MY HUSBAND TO GET IT BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE. ON 8/30/2012, WE TOOK IT TO A GM GARAGE AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH A REMAN. POWERING STEERING MOTOR, GIVING US A ONE YEAR/12,000 MILE WARRANTY.. ON JULY 9, 2013, I WAS DRIVING THE HHR OUT OF STATE AND WAS COMING OUT OF A SLIGHT LEFT HAND CURVE WHEN THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WENT OUT AGAIN, WHICH I WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER THE CAR AND IT ENDED UP IN THE RIGHT HAND BANK/DITCH. LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND LESS THAN 12,000 MILES LATER, THE GM GARAGE SAID THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PUMP IF WE BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THEM. THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO TOTAL THE CAR AND IT HAPPENED IN ANOTHER STATE. THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. PLUS, NOW I HAVE POINTS AGAINST MY INSURANCE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND A "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE CAME UP ON MY DASH DISPLAY AND MY POWER STEERING HAD QUIT WORKING. I PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IT AND THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN, JUST A MINUTE OR TWO LATER IT SHUT OFF AGAIN SHOWING THE SAME MESSAGE ON THE DISPLAY. I HAD TO REPEAT THE PULLING OVER PROCESS SEVERAL TIMES AS I WAS ON A 30 MILE DRIVE TO WORK. THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN IT IS GOING TO STOP AND IT IS QUITE DANGEROUS AND HAS SEEMED TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

MY POWER STEERING SUDDENLY SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD. I WAS FORCED TO JERK MY WHEEL VERY SUDDENLY AND STRAINED MY WRIST. MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF ON ME EVERY TIME I HAVE STARTED MY CAR SINCE. SOMETIMES IT WILL TAKE A MINUTE FOR IT TO FAIL, SOMETIMES 5. HAVING IT RANDOMLY GO OUT ON ME IS FAR TOO DANGEROUS. THIS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM IS SCARY, I WOULD RATHER THE POWER STEERING NOT WORK AT ALL, THEN HAVE IT RANDOMLY SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE IN TRAFFIC. PLEASE HELP!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION FAILED AND THE KEY COULD NOT BE RELEASED FROM THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO POWER OFF DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND LOST POWER STEERING IT COULD STILL BE DRIVEN BUT EVERY TIME I WAS DRIVING I HAVE TO PULL OVER STOP THE CAR RESTARTED AND THEN IT'LL DO IT AGAIN EVERY FIVE MINUTES IT'S BEEN DOING IT SINCE LAST YEAR, AROUND THIS TIME FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND NOW IT'S DOING IT EVERY DAY. *TR

POWER STEERING GOES OUT UNTIL KEY IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON. HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS UNDER ALL CONDITIONS. I HAVE READ OTHER GM CARS WITH SAME UNIT HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND WONDER WHY HHR HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A MAILBOX ON ONE OCCURRENCE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILS WHILE DRIVING. SAME UNIT WAS USED IN CHEVY COBALT AND SATURN ION WHICH WAS RECALLED BY NHTSA BUT YOU FAILED TO INCLUDE HHR OWERS WHO HAVE THE EXACT SAME UNIT IN THEIR VEHICLES WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET IT RIGHT. GOOGLE HHR STEERING FAILS ON INTERNET. WE WERE ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE HHR WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED. DO YOUR JOB. MAKE IT RIGHT. *TR

POWER STEERING ABRUPTLY FAILED AT LOW SPEEDS, AND DID NOT RESUME WORKING WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. *TR

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CUT OUT AND I INJURED MY SHOULDER TRYING TO KEEP CAR ON THE ROAD. GM HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM REPORTED WITH THIS MODEL BUT HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT DID NOT SEND A WARNING , RECALL, OR EXTEND THE WARRANTY LIKE THEY HAVE DONE ON OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. I CHANGED THE FUSE AND STILL HAVING THE ISSUE. HAD TO STOP EVERY 30 MILES SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTART TO GET HOME THAT DAY. IT WAS EXTREMELY STRESSFUL DRIVING AND NOT KNOWING IF IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN . OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE WARNED BY GM , I AM LUCKY IT WAS NOT MUCH WORSE , ONLY MY SHOULDER . MY FAMILY AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED . WAITING FOR FATAL INJURIES OR DEBILITATING INJURIES BEFORE FIXING A SERIOUS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE ACCEPTABLE, BUT THE COMPANY NEEDS TO BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE. *TR