2008 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

2008 HHR SS TURBO - DEALER REPLACED PREVIOUS 2008 HHR SS TURBO THAT HAD BRAKING ISSUES AT 200 MILE. THIS NEW CAR HAS SAME EXACT PROBLEM. AT STARTUP AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS THE BRAKES DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH VACUUM INORDER TO WORK PROPERLY. YOU HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 120 SECONDS BEFORE THERE ENOUGH VACUUM TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES. UNTIL ENOUGH VACUUM IS PRESENT THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE ON ANY KIND OF MINIMAL SLOPE. DEALER HAS UPGRADED THE SOFTWARE PER THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATION BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER RECOMMEND THAT THE USER SIT FOR 60 SECONDS BEFORE REMOVING THE VEHICLE FROM PARK. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE TRIED TWO SEPARATE VEHICLES THAT ARE IDENTICAL AND THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE IS A FIX FOR THE SATURN SKY AND PONTIAC SOLSTICE I AM TOLD BUT NONE FOR THE CHEVY. *TR

2008 HHR SS WITH 200 MILES, BRAKES FAIL TO WORK AT ALL WHEN CAR IS FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNINGS. DEALER FINDS NO PROBLEM. ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE BUT DO NOT WORK. DEALER HAS REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM STILL EXISTING. THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT. DEALER INSTRUCTED US TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO GET FIXED. WE HAD IT TOWED. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 CHEVY HHR SS WITH 13000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES FOR BRAKES NOT WORKING. THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT THE PADS COMING DELAMINATED AND THE TURBO PULLING THE VACUUM FROM THE BRAKES. AFTER CHECKING ON VARIOUS WEB SITES LIKE EDMONDS, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

BRAKES ARE HARD ON COLD START ON MY 2008 CHEVROLET HHR SS TURBO. ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS. IT'S IN FOR THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE THEIR PROGRAMMING DIDN'T WORK. I HEARD THAT THE PONTIAC SOLSTICE AND SATURN SKY HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU, PAT *TR

2008 CHEVY HHR WITH A BURNING HAIR ODOR INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE ALSO STOPPED RUNNING. SHE STATES THAT WHEN IT SHUT OFF HE HAD NO BRAKES OR STEERING. *KB THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEAKERS. *JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE SITS OVERNIGHT OR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THERE WILL BE NO BRAKES OR A VERY HARD PEDDLE WHEN STARTED FOR AT LEAST 30 SEC TO 1 MIN. I ALMOST RAN INTO GARAGE DOOR BUT MANAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 3 WEEKS AGO CURRENT MILEAGE IS 653. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE SERVICE DEPT. 2 TIMES FOR THE TSB BUT NOW THE DEALER AND GM SAYS THEY HAVE NO FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR SUPER SPORT. EACH MORNING WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKES DO NOT STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN THE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THIS FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED WITH TSB NUMBER 0805220001. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,685 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7. UPDATED 09/16/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENED WITH THE FIRST APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. WHEN GOING DOWNHILL, THE FAILED DID NOT WANT TO STOP WHEN COMING TO A STOP SIGN. UPDATED 09/18/08. *JB

CAR STALLS WHILE TURNING, IT HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES THEY CAN'T FIND DUPLICATE OR FIX THE PROBLEM AND HAVE NOT GIVEN ME A LOANER CAR. *TR

HHR SS HAS A HARD PEDAL AND DOES NOT STOP EASILY ON IN A NORMAL DISTANCE. THIS HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES AFTER SITTING IN COLD WEATHER FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. IT TAKES ABOUT A MINUTE OF WARM-UP TO HAVE THE HARD PEDAL-NON BRAKING TO CORRECT TO NORMAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET HHR. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT MOVING. THE BRAKE PEDAL STIFFENED. APPROXIMATELY TEN SECONDS LATER, THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED TWELVE TIMES. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE ECM; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE STILL OCCURS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 2,500.