2007 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING HOME WITH OUR 1 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR. THE CAR BECAME VERY DIFFICULT FOR MY HUSBAND TO TURN. WE SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE WARNING LIGHT ON THE PANEL CAME ON AGAIN. TODAY, 6/16/13, NO LIGHT CAME ON WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO OUR DESTINATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON THE WAY HOME, IT WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY STOPS WORKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. POWER STEERING FAILURE IS INDICATED ON DASH WHEN IT HAPPENS. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING, THE STEERING IS FINE. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY SPEED. *TR

I NOTICED MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND DIFFICULT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. I GOT NEW TIRES AND TOOK IT IN FOR AN ALIGNMENT AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE ALIGNMENT BECAUSE THE RACK AND PINION MIGHT BE BAD. THE PROBLEM WAS THEY COULD NOT GET THE TIRES TO STAY STRAIGHT. WHILE THE CAR WAS ON THE LIFT, THEY STARTED THE CAR AND THE STEERING WHEEL (AND WHEELS) SPUN REALLY FAST ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. THE SHOP WANTED $1000 TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION BUT I BELIEVE IT IS STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY. GOT A SECOND OPINION AND THEY AGREED WITH ME. I AM NOT EXPERIENCING AN NOISES OR SHAKING. WILL TRY CHANGING OUT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR THIS WEEKEND. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, A WARNING CHIME CAME ON AND MY DASH READ, POWER STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND TURNED OFF MY CAR. I RE-STARTED MY CAR AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. I WENT HOME AND CHECKED FOR A RECALL AND NOTICED HUNDRED OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE COBALT AND THE HHR WHICH WERE USING THE SAME POWER ASSIST MOTOR. I ALSO NOTICED THAT CANADA HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS PART AND IS OFFERING A 10 YEAR WARRANTY. SEE LINK HTTP://WWWAPPS.TC.GC.CA/SAF-SEC-SUR/7/VRDB-BDRV/SEARCH/RECALLDETAIL.ASPX?LANG=ENG&MK=0&MD=0&FY=0&TY=9999&FT=&LS=0&SY=0&RN=2010447&CF=SEARCHRESULT. EVERY PLEASE FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH GM ESPECIALLY IF THIS WAS ALREADY RECALLED IN CANADA. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE COMES ON THE DASH AND THE STEERING IS VERY HARD, I TURN OFF THE CAR AND BACK ON,THEN IT IS FINE, NOW IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, DEALER SENT ME TO CHEVY DEALER WHICH SAID NO RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER REPAIR, ASKED FOR CORP NUMBER AND GOT BOGUS NUMBER WHICH IS NOT CORP NUMBER, I CALLED BACK AND ASKED AGAIN AND THAT NUMBER THERE IS NEVER ANY ANSWER. HAVE ALREADY DONE THE EMAIL AND SPOKE TO REP WITH CHEVY BEFORE ON THIS AND SHE STATED THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE AND WOULD LET ME KNOW BUT TO BRING TO DEALER AND HAVE FIXED BUT TO KEEP RECEIPT FOR PAY BACK IF RECALL HAPPENS, IS RECALLED IN FRIENDS COBALT (SAME PART #) BUT NOT IN HHR, I HAVE NOW FILED COMPLAINT WITH BBB. I AM WOMAN AND CARRY MY SMALL GRANDKIDS IN THIS CAR EACH DAY BUT I AM GETTING STRONGER IN MY ARMS HAVING TO STEER THIS WAY. WHY IS THIS HHR NOT ON THE LEMON LIST YET? *TR

POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING WHILE DRIVING AND CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE IN A CURVE.I CAN TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART IT AND STEERING WILL WORK FOR A SHORT TIME. THESE CARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED IN CANADA, WHY NOT IN THE USA. MAYBE IT'S POLITICAL. I HAVE BEEN TO THREE CHEVY DEALERS AND GOTTEN A DIFFERENT STORY FROM EACH ONE. GM IS REPLACING THESE MOTORS IN COBALT MODELS, AND ALSO ON SOME SATURN MODELS. THIS IS AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR. THE FIRST DEALER I WENT TO SAID I PROBABLY NEEDED POWER STEERING FLUID. I TOLD HIM IT WAS AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR AND DID NOT USE POWER STEERING FLUID. HE WAS THE SERVICE MGR! I WAS TOLD HE WOULD CHECK WITH THE FACTORY AND CALL ME THE NEXT DAY. AFTER TWO WEEKS I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND SAW THE SAME SERVICE. MGR. HE ACTED LIKE HE DID NOT REMEMBER ME BUT SAID THEY HAD A LOT OF THESE HHR IN WITH POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. SO GO FIGURE. ANOTHER DEALER TOLD ME $1800.00 TO REPAIR. THE POWER STEERING MOTOR COST IS $107.00 AT MOST CHEVY DEALERS, PLUS INSTALLATION. YOU GET NOTHING BUT B/S FROM DEALERS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, A WOMEN OR OLD PERSON COULD NOT STEER THESE CARS WHEN POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING.!!!!!!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON, CAUSING ME TO MANUALLY PULL MY CAR OVER. TURN THE CAR OFF, AND THEN THE CAR IS FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3X TO THIS POINT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE HAD RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

I WAS DRIVING THE AUTOMOBILE AT ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR WHEN A DASHBOARD LIGHT CAME ON SAYING POWER STEERING. AT THIS TIME IT BECAME HARD TO STEER. I PULLED OVER IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE, SWITCHED THE IGNITION OFF AND SWITCHED IT BACK ON. THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT TIME, NOW IT'S A DAILY RANDOM PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS GOING INTO A LEFT HAND CURVE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE DASH STARTED DINGING THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT. *TR