2009 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

PUDDLE OF FUEL NEAR REAR LEFT WHEEL WELL NOTICED WHEN PARKED. SMELLS OF FUEL. RESIDUE CAN BE SEEN ON AND AROUND POLYMER BLOCK WHERE FUEL LINES MEET.

STARTED SMELLING SMOKE AND THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITH THE BEING STUCK ON IGNITION. COULDN'T OPEN THE DOORS AND SMOKE WAS BILLOWING OUT AND FIRE START COMING OUT OF LOWER MIDDLE CONSOLE. LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO OPEN DOOR AND EXIT VEHICLE. FIRE THEN ERUPTED AND QUICKLY TRAVELED STRAIGHT DOWN THE CENTER CONSOLE TO THE REAR OF THE CAR. WITHIN MINUTES THE CAR WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND WAS COMPLETELY BURNED TO NOTHING. SUFFERED SEVERAL BURNS AND SMOKE INHALATION AND THE CAR AND EVERY THING IN IT WAS DESTROYED

VEHICLE STATIONARY. NOTICED STRONG SMELL OF FUEL COMING FROM EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE AND A LEAK SPOT AROUND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. MOVED THE VEHICLE TO INSURE THE SPOT AND SMELL WAS INDEED COMING FROM THE HHR. SMELL DEFINITELY COMING FROM THE HHR, NOT SURE OF THE SPOT (WAS NOT SETTING IN NEW LOCATION VERY LONG). TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL CAR WASH TO CLEAN (IN CASE THE SMELL WAS DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY THE FUEL TANK WAS OVERFILLED DURING REFUELING). DROVE THE VEHICLE AS NORMAL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. NOTICED THE SMELL AND SPOT AGAIN AFTER PARKING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THE SPOT WAS MUCH LARGER AND SMELL WAS MUCH STRONGER. DECIDED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE FURTHER FROM THE HOUSE (FOR SAFETY REASONS) UNTIL I COULD INVESTIGATE FURTHER. MOVED THE VEHICLE TO A REMOTE DRIVEWAY. IT SAT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, WAS GOING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DRIVE IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE, SO I COULD CHECK WORK ON IT. THE SMELL WAS VERY STRONG AND THE SPOT WAS VERY LARGE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, IT WAS OUT OF FUEL. WHEN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY MOVED TO THE REMOTE DRIVEWAY, IT HAD AT LEAST 1/4 TANK OF OF FUEL. THIS MEANS THAT ALL OF THAT FUEL WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY. I WAS GLAD I HAD MOVED IT AND THAT MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS NEVER IN THE VEHICLE WHEN I HAD BEEN DRIVING IT WEEKS EARLIER. HAD SOME FRIENDS HELP ME GET IT MOVED BACK TO WHERE I COULD WORK ON IT. FOUND THAT THE LEAK WAS SOMEWHERE ABOVE THE PASSENGER REAR WHEEL UNDER A FOIL LIKE HEAT SHIELD. CHECKED ON-LINE, FOUND THERE WAS A NHTSA INVESTAGATION ON THIS ISSUE. REALLY - INVESTAGATION! THIS LEAK IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE REASON FOR THE HEAT SHIELD IN THE FIRST PLACE. REALLY GLAD MY GRANDDAUGHTER HAD NOT BEEN A PASSENGER FOR SOMETIME. FURTHER 'INVESTAGATION' ON-LINE, THIS IS VERY COMMON ISSUE ON SEVERAL MODELS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDWEST DUE TO SALT USE FOR SNOW REMOVAL.

MY CAR'S POWER STEERING HAS DANGEROUSLY DISAPPEARED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE POWER STEERING CAME ON ON THE DASHBOARD AND I HAD TO STIR THE CAR WITH SO MUCH FORCE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD MY 10-YEAR-OLD SON WITH ME ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL. NO ONE KNOWS WHY THIS HAPPENED AND I CAN'T DRIVE IT WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO I HAVE TO GET TO SCHOOL AND MYSELF AND MY WIFE TO WORK. MECHANIC AFTER MECHANIC NO ONE CAN TELL WHY THE POWER STEERING WONT WORK. PLEASE HELP!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEFORE THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED TO STALL. AFTER TURNING OFF AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER WADE CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 1670 HILTON DR, ST. GEORGE, UT 84770 WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000.

GAS SMELL AND LEAKS RESULTING FROM FUEL LINE CORROSION. I OWN TWO 2009 CHEVROLET HHRS. I REPLACED FUEL LINE ON MY FIRST VEHICLE A YEAR AGO. NOW THE SECOND VEHICLE NEEDS SAME REPAIR.

WENT TO MY DAD'S. PARKED IN GARAGE. MY NIECE LATER COMMENTED SHE SMELLED GAS. WE CHECKED FURNACE, THEN WENT OUT TO GARAGE TO CHECK THE CAR. WE FOUND A SIZEABLE PUDDLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IN FRONT OF THE LEFT SIDE REAR WHEEL. I BACKED THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE. LATER WE NOTICED A SOFTBALL SIZED PUDDLE UNDER MY CAR. LATER I CONTACTED A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHEVY COBALTS AND HHRS, THAT I SHOULD HAVE IT TOWED AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD I DRIVE IT AS HE COULDN'T GUARANTEE I WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN. WHEN WE NOTICED THE FUEL WAS LEAKING, THE CAR WAS PARKED.

REFERENCE ODI RESUME PE 20-011,CAR STORED IN A GARAGE AS A SPECIAL INTEREST VEHICLE, WHILE ACCOMPLISHING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CAR WAS IDLING AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE GARAGE. NEAR FIRE EXPERIENCE, FUEL LINE RUPTURED JUST ABOVE LEFT REAR WHEEL SPILLING ON TO HOT EXHAUST. CUT OFF ENGINE, BUT PRESSURE IN THE LINE KEPT SPRAYING ON TO HOT EXHAUST PIPE, STOOD BY WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER UNTIL LEAK SUBSIDED .PULLED BACK INSULATION AROUND LINES OVER EXHAUST AND FOUND THE STEEL FUEL LINE RUSTED THROUGH. THERE ARE SEVERAL REPAIR OPTIONS, A GM SHOP CHARGES OVER $1100.00, REPALCEMENT KITS RANGE FROM $95.00 UP TO NEARLY $600.00

I HAVE FUEL LEAKING FROM A FUEL LINE IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND SEE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHERS. WHAT IS RECOMMENDED AS A REPAIR???

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2020, I WAS AT MY DAD'S. MY CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. MY NIECE CAME UP SAYING SHE SMELLED GAS AND WAS CONCERNED. WHEN WE COULDN'T FIND AN ISSUE IN THE HOUSE, I SAID MAYBE IT WAS MY CAR. WE WENT OUT TO THE GARAGE AND NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE ON THE LEFT SIDE (DRIVER'S SIDE) IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. I MOVED THE CAR OUT TO THE DRIVEWAY AND WE COULD SEE WITHIN SECONDS IT HAD LEFT A PUDDLE THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. I LEFT AND DROVE HOME 30 MINUTES LATER. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO CASSIDY TIRE LATER THAT WEEK. THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE LEAK, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS PRETTY FREAKED OUT AND TOLD ME MY CAR WAS LEAKING GAS. WE CALLED A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH CHEVROLET COBALTS AND HHRS. I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT DRIVE THE CAR WHEREVER I TAKE IT AS I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR SAFELY SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN. I'VE BEEN OUT TO THE CAR A FEW TIMES AND THE SMELL OF FUEL IS NOTICEABLE. AFTER GOOGLING THE ISSUE AND FINDING AN ABC NEWS REPORT FROM JULY 2020 AND ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT A POTENTIAL RECALL AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ISSUE, I CALLED A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO MENTION THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR IT ON MY VIN AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE IT TOWED TO THEM FOR REPAIR AND WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR. WHAT CAUSED THE LEAK? I CAN ONLY GUESS THAT IT IS THE CORROSION OF THE METAL? I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS BEFORE THE 10TH. I DID TAKE IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE LATE MARCH, EARLY APRIL AND NO ONE MENTIONED AN ISSUE WITH FUEL LEAKING OR THE SMELL OF GAS. I HAVE HAD MANY CARS IN MY LIFETIME AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE LIKE THIS.