2007 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

2007 CHEVROLET HHR HAD A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE PROBLEM. *DT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS NOT SUPPLYING COMBUSTION TO THE THIRD VALVE OF THE FOUR VALVE ENGINE. WHICH MEANT NO REMOTE CONTROL START, IT SOUNDED LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE AND THE GAS MILEAGE HAD DROPPED FROM 32 TO 24 MILES PER GALLON. *JB

HHR WAS BROUGHT IN ON FRIDAY 02/12 FOR RUBBING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN. CAR WAS KEPT FOR 1 DAY TO REPAIR. I WAS TOLD "RATTLING" NOISE REPAIRED. I STATED IT WAS A RUBBING NOISE. TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN WHEN IT WAS MAKING THE NOISE. CAR RETURNED TO POWER ON 02/18/10 WITH SAME RUBBING NOISE (SEE REPAIR ORDER 473237- NO SURVEY CARD GIVEN TO ME). SPENT 15 MINUTES WITH THE MECHANIC IN PARKING LOT WHILE CAR WAS MAKING THE RUBBING SOUND. IT WAS CLEARLY HEARD BY THE MECHANIC. CAR KEPT FOR ANOTHER DAY FOR REPAIR. WHEN I CALLED ON 02/19/10, I WAS TOLD BY MIKE THAT MARC WAS NOT IN AND THAT THE MECHANIC WORKED ON THE CAR ALL DAY, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE SOUND. I WAS TOLD HE EVEN DROVE THE CAR 25 MILES TO DUPLICATE AND YET MILEAGE IN/OUT ARE THE SAME ON INVOICE. PER THE MECHANIC, YOU CANNOT KEEP BRINGING THE CAR IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, THAT THEY (WHOEVER "THEY" ARE) WOULD START QUESTIONING THE WARRANTY. I FEEL THEY SHOULD QUESTION THE ABILITY OF THE MECHANIC TO DO THE JOB. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. WHENEVER THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED HE NOTICED A CLANKING SOUND ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE STABILIZER LINK WAS REPLACED. PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE THE CONTACT HAD THE SAME PART REPLACED ON 3 ADDITIONAL OCCASIONS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 67000.

WITH 61,000 MILES ON MY 2007 CHEVY HHR, I AM HAVING TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ONCE AGAIN. I HAVE HAD MANY CARS WITH DISC BRAKES AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS. THERE MUST BE A DESIGN FLAW IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

2007 HHR LS - WHEN TRYING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE. THUS MAKING THE ONLY WAY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IS TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND ACCESS THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE. IN THE EVENT OF A SERIOUS CRASH OR ACCIDENT THE DRIVER WOULD BE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE. GM'S FIX FOR THE BROKEN DOOR HANDLE IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE INTERIOR DOOR PANEL AT A COST OF $450. THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT STOCK THIS ITEM AND IT HAS TO BE ORDERED WHICH COULD TAKE UP TO 2 WEEKS. GM'S POOR DESIGN OF THE DOOR HANDLE MECHANISM COULD LEAD TO AN TRAGIC EVENT AND IS ALSO A RIP OFF TO THE CONSUMERS WHO PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. THIS DOOR HANDLE MECHANISM NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED AND RECALLED BY GM BEFORE SOMEONE DOES BECOME TRAPPED AND KILLED. *TR

I WAS IN A FRONT END COLLISION. MY CAR HAD OVER 9,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP I WENT TO WAS NOT ABLE TO REPAIR THE AIRBAGS BUT WERE ABLE TO TURN THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON SO THAT I WAS AWARE THAT THEY NO LONGER WORKED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET HHR. WHEN DRIVING THE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE WILL SHIMMY . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BUSHING LINK, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER DID NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE FAILURE WILL NOT REOCCUR, AND IT DID . THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,631.

I BOUGHT A 2007 CHEVY HHR IN JAN 07 IN EL DORADO AR, I DROVE TO EL PASO TX WITHIN A MONTH OF BUYING IT, THE DAY AFTER ARRIVING I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR STALLED (1000 MILES ON ODOMETER) AFTER 10 MINS I WAS ABLE TO RESTART. HAD NO OTHER ISSUES UNTIL MOVING TO GUYMON OK, IN NOV OF 08 ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND ENROUTE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE REPAIRED, IT STALLED AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, AND SAME AS 1ST TIME, AFTER 10 MINS OR SO IT RESTARTED, DEALER STATED IT WAS PROBABLY BAD GAS, DEALER ADDED A FUEL ADDITIVE AND RESET ABS (10801 MILES) ON FEB 24 2009 AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN DIED (17717 MILES), WAITED 10 MINS AND RESTARTED, DEALER STATED IT WAS CLOGGED INJECTORS AND CLEANED THEM. ON MAY 11TH, 2009 THE VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN STALLED WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN(18136 MILES), AFTER 10 MINS RESTARTED. THE DEALER THIS TIME STATED IT WAS LOOSE FUSES, AND A LOOSE BATTERY CABLE, ALL WERE RETIGHTENED THE DEALER KEPT THE CAR FOR OBSERVATION FOR 16 DAYS, ON JULY 6TH THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE STALLED (19375 MILES) AND RESTARTED AFTER 10 MINS, THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR, AND REPLACED IT. ON SEPT 17 2009, WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HWY SLOWING FOR A CURVE THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER COASTING SAFELY TO THE SIDE (20215 MILES), THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART FOR 20 MINS. ONCE AGAIN TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT COULD BE. THIS VEHICLE IS STARTING TO DO THIS MORE AND MORE OFTEN AND IN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, MY WIFE WHO WAS THE PRIMARY DRIVER FOR THE VEHICLE WILL NO LONGER DRIVE IT AS SHE IS FEARFUL FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND HERSELF, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHARE THE ROADWAYS WITH US. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

THE BRAKE ROTORS ON 2007 CHEVY HHR KEEP WARPING. THEY HAD TO BE TURNED AT 28,000 MILES AND AT 53,000 MILES. I CAN BARELY KEEP THE CAR STRAIGHT WHEN BRAKING FROM THE VIBRATIONS. *TR

DRIVING 2007 CHEVY HHR CAR COMPLETELY QUITS RUNNING - STALLS IN TRAFFIC. IT HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 5 TIMES ON SIDE STREETS AND IN 40 MPH TRAFFIC - VERY DANGEROUS. *TR