2009 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

FUEL LEAKS FROM RUSTING FUEL LINE AT PLASTIC RETAINER CLIP JUST FORWARD OF LEFT REAR WHEEL. LEAVES A PUDDLE AFTER BEING PARKED AND DRIPS CONTINUOUSLY WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING. ATTACHED PHOTOS TAKEN WITH VEHICLE IDLING ON RAMPS IN DRIVEWAY SHOW FUEL STREAMING FROM AREA OF FUEL LINES AND PUDDLE FORMED AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE OF IDLING.

FUEL LINE BEGAN TO LEAK IN THE FALL OF 2018. I HAD A LOCAL SHOP REPAIR THE ISSUE FOR $339.99 + 6% SALES TAX FOR A TOTAL OF $360.39 ON 10/24/2018

II PURCHASED A BEUTIFUL 2009 HHR FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP, IN MAY OF 2020, AN IN JULY F 2020, IT WOULD BARELY SPEED UP, THE GEARS, WOULDN'T SHIFT ON ME AND I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT I HAD NOT ONLY BEEN OPERATING A "DEFECTED" VEHICE BUT THE CAR DEALER FAIED TO MENTION HE WAS SELLING ME A "RECALLED" CAR, (A NEIGHBOR INFORMED ME) I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY SON'S HOUSE,BECAUSE I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR KEPT ROLLING BACKWARDSI AND IT ONLY GOES IN REVERSE NOW. LONGER GO

RUSTY FUEL LINES. CORROSION OCCURS IN EVERY CONNECTION TO UNDERBODY AND BACK PART WHERE FUEL LINES ARE COVERED WITH HEAT RESISTANT MATERIAL. RUST IS SO BIG THAT FUEL LINES START LEAKING FUEL EXCESSIVELY AND VERY CLOSE TO EXHAUST PIPE(EXTREMELY HOT) WHAT MAY CAUSE FIRE. FIRST YOU SMELL FUEL, THEN IT STARTS DRIPPING AND FINALLY YOU HAVE A MAJOR LEAK AND ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE. IT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT CAN STOP YOUR CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE OR CAN START A FIRE OF FUEL IN THE POINT THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO FUEL TANK WHAT MAY CAUSE MAJOR FIRE OR EXPLOSION.

SMELL OF GAS ,ENGINE RUNNING . CHECK CAR AND THERE IS A FUEL LEAK BY THE LEFT REAR WHEEL AT FUEL LINES RIGHT ABOVE EXHAUST PIPE. FUEL LEAKING ON THE EXHAUST. THIS RIGHT AT FUEL LINE RETAINER . THEIR IS A HEAT SHIELD ON THE LINES . THIS FULL OF GRAVEL ANS DEBRIS, LINES ARE RUSTED AND LEAKING , THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS,RESULT COULD BE A FIRE! FUEL PUDDLED ON GROUND

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, IN FRONT OF THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE. THE CONTACT CALLED MATTHEWS-HARGREAVES CHEVROLET (2000 TWELVE MILE RD, ROYAL OAK, MI 48067) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A REPAIR KIT ONLINE FOR SALE HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED USING THE REPAIR KIT, THE WARRANTY WOULD BE VOIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 210,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING UP THE DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS AN ABNORMALLY STRONG FUEL ODOR ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND BECAME AWARE OF A LEAK FROM A RUSTED FUEL LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,200.

FUEL WAS LEAKING AND PUDDLING ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF LEFT REAR TIRE. AFTER STARTING OR RUNNING THE ENGINE. WOULD LEAK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER TURNING OFF ENGINE. COULD SMELL FUEL WHILE DRIVING.

TRIED TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND WAS TOLD I HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL FUEL LEAK. I'M DUMPING FUEL FROM TWO POINTS, ONE OF WHICH IS OVER THE HEAT SHIELD FOR THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. IT'S A STEEL GAS LINE, IF THERE'S ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT STEEL, IT RUSTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN MIXED WITH SALT-I LIVE IN MICHIGAN. YOU'D THINK A FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM WOULD BE BETTER DESIGNED.

I SEE THERE HAS BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FUEL LINES ON THE HHR VEHICLES. WE JUST HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WE JUST SPENT $617.80 TO GET IT FIXED. I DON'T THINK THE SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. MY WIFE FIRST NOTICED IT WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING THE CAR. SHE TOLD ME SHE COULD SMELL GAS. A FEW DAYS LATER WE NOTICED A SPOT ON OUR ASPHALT DRIVEWAY WHERE IT LEAKING. IT STARTED TO EAT AWAY OUR ASPHALT. HOPEFULLY SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS AND WE CAN GET REIMBURSED FOR THE PROBLEM.