2007 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

I WAS RECENTLY IN A FRONT END COLLISSION WITH A CHEVY HHR LT 2007 WHERE MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DUE TO THE AIRBAGS BEING DEPLOYED MY SEATBELTS LOCKED TO PREVENT ME FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL AND WINDOW. HOWEVER MY PASSANGER SEATBELT ( NO ONE WAS IN THE PASSANGER SEAT)LOCKED AND DUE TO THE PRESSURE OF THE LOCK/COMBUSTION CHAMBER THE PLASTIC COVER OF THE SEAT BELT BECAME PROJECTILE IN THE CAR AND HITTING MY RIGHT ARM CAUSING ABRASIONS AND BURN MARKS. I NOW HAVE A PERMINATE SCAR DUE TO THE FORCE OF IMPACT FROM THE SEATBELT COVER. *TR

THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THE POWER STEERING WARNING MESSAGE SHOWED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON IT RESETS. THE RESET MAY LAST FOR MINUTES OR DAYS. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND THERE ARE UNLIMITED STORIES WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE CHEVY COBALTS POWER STEERING MOTOR HAS BEEN RECALLED. THE HHR USES THE SAME PART AS THE COBALT. *TR

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE WARNING BELL SOUNDED AND THE DISPLAY READ POWER STEERING. WHILE IT COULD STILL BE DRIVEN, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER, ESPECIALLY FROM A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER THE FIRST LEG OF THE TRIP, THE POWER STEERING WORKED, UPON RESTARTING THE CAR, FOR ABOUT 10 MILES, WHEN THE BELL RANG AND THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING, AGAIN. IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN AFTER HAVING BEEN DRIVEN ON ROADS WITH A NUMBER OF TURNS, WHEREAS IT DOESN'T FAIL DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. FROM THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT ASSORTED MODELS OF THIS VERY SAME VEHICLE, IT LOOKS LIKE GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IS UNWILLING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS NOT TO HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WITH OTHER RECALLS. *TR

CAR WAS PARKED. I OPENED THE PASSENGER DOOR. AS SOON AS I CLOSED DOOR THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. TEMPERATURE WAS NOT TOO HOT OR COLD. *KB

AT A STOP LIGHT LEFT WIPER STOPPED WORKING. PASSENGER SIDE CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN A LIGHT SNOW. MILEAGE WAS ABOUT 77K. *KB

MY COMPLAINT IS MY CHEVY HHR. 2007.ON FRIDAY 1/27/2012 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY HHR FROM WORK AND SHE REALIZE THAT SHE COULDN'T TURN THE CAR DUE TO THE POWER STEERING HAD WENT OUT.MY WIFE HAD MADE IT HOME SAFELY THANK GOD.SHE STATED TO ME IT SCARED HER WHEN SHE COULDN'T TURN THE CAR.WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR I CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM AN FOUND OUT IT WAS THE POWER STERRING. TODAY WHILE ON LINE I FOUND THAT CHEVY HAD A RECALL ON COBALT AND NOT HHR'S.THAT IS SAD YOU HAVE A RECALL ON A CAR THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS.THIS PROBLEM NEED TO BE ADDRESS BEFORE SOMEONE GET SERIOUSLY HURT.IM CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED AND DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AT THIS TIME TO FIX MY CAR. SOME ONE NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS SOON. *TT

WHILE GOING UP A CURVED ENTRANCE RAMP AT 20 MPH THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR SHUT DOWN. IF I HAD BEEN GOING ANY FASTER I FEEL I WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING MOTOR HAS SHUT DOWN TWO MORE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE POWER STEERING RESUMES WORKING AFTER THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTING THE CAR. THE FAILURE HAS HAPPENED ALL THREE TIMES ON A LONG CURVE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING THIS MAKES THE TRUCK HARD TO STEER FOR A SMALL WOMEN THIS IS A PROBLEM AND DANGEROUS AND EVEN MORE SHE HAS OUR SMALL CHILD IN THE TRUCK WITH HER. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR MP. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,900 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACTED WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN A CHIME NOISE WAS EMITTED FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD AS THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG THE DIGITAL CONTROL PANEL PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,011 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,380.