2009 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

I COULD SMELL GASOLINE FOR THE LONGEST TIME. AFTER AWHILE I FOUND DROPS ON THE GROUND AND FOUND A LEAK COMING FROM THE FUEL LINE IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL. I HAD TO TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC AND HAVE THE SECTION OF FUEL LINE REPLACED

THE FUEL LINES RUSTED AND LEAKED ONTO THE FLOOR. THIS WAS IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL. IT WAS LEAKING WHILE OPERATING ON CITY ROADS AND HIGHWAY. THEN DRIPPING AFTER PARKING. I HAD THE ENTIRE FUEL LINE ASSEMBLY REPLACED BY PENSKE CHEVROLET IN INDIANAPOLIS. THIS FILLED MY GARAGE WITH FUMES

IN REGARD TO THE FUEL LINE INVESTIGATION OF THE 2008-2009 CHEVY HHR, IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR A LOCAL FIREMAN AND POLICE WE COULD HAVE HAD A REAL PROBLEM. THE FIREMAN WAS BEHIND ME AND SMELLED GASOLINE SO HE SIGNALED ME TO PULL OVER WHICH I DID, BY THAT TIME HE HAD CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A PUMPER SHOWED UP, FUEL WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR, A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND IT WAS TAKEN TO WEBER CHEVROLET IN COLUMBIA ILLINOIS OUR KIDS HAD TO COME AND PICK US UP AND WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND PAID THE TOW TRUCK FEE BUT SINCE IT WAS THE WEEKEND WE LEFT THE CAR ON THE PARKING LOT ALONG WITH A PILE OF OIL SOAK. BETWEEN TOWING AND REPAIRS IT WAS ALMOST $1000.00! (WHICH WE HAD TO BORROW AND PAY BACK)

SMELLING FUEL/EXHAUST ODOR WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY WITH SUN ROOF/WINDOW OPEN. DID NOT SEE ANY LEAKING. REMOTE STARTING TOOK LONGER TO CRANK INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER A FEW MORE DAYS HAD SMALL WET SPOT ON GROUND AT LEFT REAR AND THOUGHT I HAD RUN THROUGH A PUDDLE. A FEW DAYS LATER AFTER ARRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I WENT BACK OUTSIDE AND HAD A VERY LARGE PUDDLE OF GAS AT LEFT REAR. WENT TO SERVICE CENTER THE NEXT DAY AND HAD BOTH FUEL LINES COMPLETELY REPLACED FOR A COST OF $550.00 PARTS AND LABOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO RETURN TO THE CENTER. THE CONTACT MANUALLY RETURNED THE WHEEL BACK TO CENTER. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AT SOUTH HAVEN CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (10159 M-140 SOUTH HAVEN MI 49090, (269)906-9558), AND REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WAS A ONE TIME FREE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE VEHICLE HAS STARTED LOSING POWER STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS INTERMITTENTLY. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, A RECALL ON THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FOR THIS 2009 HHR WAS FOUND. IN ADDITION, I FOUND THAT GM ISSUED A BULLETIN (14119) UNDER RECALL N140115, STATING THAT FOR MODEL YEAR 2006-2008 AND EARLY PRODUCTION 2009 HHRS, TO PROVIDE EPS MOTOR REPLACEMENT FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. SINCE I HAVE NOT HAD THIS VEHICLE SINCE 2009, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO LOOK UP THE RECALL HISTORY AND FOUND THE EPS MOTOR WAS REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. HOWEVER, THIS LATE 2008 PRODUCTION/MID-2009 DELIVERY HHR IS LOSING POWER STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS AGAIN. WHILE MYSELF AND TEENAGE DAUGHTER HAVE DRIVEN IT ON THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP COULD GET NO DIAGNOSTIC CODE OF THIS AND HAS TOLD ME THERE IS NO OPEN RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR THE MOTOR REPLACEMENT. I AM VERY DISTURBED THAT THIS PROBLEM 1. GENERATES NO CODE, 2. IS BEING UNACKNOWLEDGED BY GM, AND 3. SEEMS TO BE AN ON-GOING THREAT TO SAFETY FOR MANY HHR DRIVERS. GM HAS MADE A MISTAKE IN NOT INCLUDING MY MAKE/MODEL (OR SO IT SEEMS) IN THE BULLETIN PERTAINING TO REPLACING THE EPS MOTOR FOR LIFE AND IS FAILING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES ON THE ROAD NEEDING TO BE SERVICED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE DRIVER STATES THERE IS A PROBLEM POSING A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. NOTE, THE PRODUCTION OF MY HHR BEING IN 2008, DELIVERED IN 2009 AND FAILURE BY GM TO ACKNOWLEDGE UNDER BULLETIN 14119.

COOLANT RUNNING HOT I JUST GETTING THIS CAR A WEEK AGO AND IT STARTED RUNNING HOT

THE SERVICE ECS DOES NOT GO OFF. THEIRFOR THE CAR WILL NOT GO UNLESS THE ROADS ARE COMPLETELY FREE OF SNOW AND ICE. THE CAR JUST SITS AND SPINS. TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON CONSTANTLY .CAN NOT DRIVE CAR IN WINTER MONTHS

WHILE DRIVING THE ESC CAME ON THEN IT SAID SERVICE ESC THEN THE CAR CUT OFF AND WOULDN'T START EVERYTHING JUST LOCKED UP WHILE ON THE ROAD

I HAVE HAD MY HHR 2009 FOR A YEAR NOW AND I'VE CHANGED THE BRAKES TWICE WITHIN TWO WEEKS..THE FIRST SET WAS STILL NEW BUT IT KEPT MAKING GRINDING NOISES AND ROARING NOISES WHEN I PRESS DOWN ON BRAKES... MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES LIKE CRAZY I REALLY DO LOVE MY CAR AND I WANNA GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED ASAP.