Chevrolet HHR Complaints

3,575 consumer complaints on file.

#10535479August 15, 2013
STEERING
MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND ITS VERY HARD TO DRIVE! I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON TO GET IT GOING! WHEN IT FIRST HAPPEN I WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE,AND IT TOTALLY SCARED ME! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535262August 14, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN I PLACE MY CAR INTO PARK "P" ALL THE DOORS UNLOCK. WHEN I PRESS MY REMOTE FOB (KEYLESS ENTRY/ALARM) ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR UNLOCKS. CBS REPORTED ON A NEW TREND CALLED GAS STATION SLIDERS, THEY ARE TARGETING LADY'S POCKETBOOKS. HTTP://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/8301-504083_162-57597704-504083/SLIDERS-SLIPPING-INTO-CARS-STEALING-PURSUES-WHILE-WOMEN-PUMP-GAS-SAYS-NY-REPORT/ >> I RECOMMEND GENERAL MOTORS "GM" COME OUT WITH A COMPUTER MEMORY FLASH THAT WOULD ALLOW THE SAME CONTROL OVER MY DOOR LOCKS, WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK "P", AS I GET WHEN I PRESS MY REMOTE ONCE. ONE DOOR OPEN, INSTEAD OF ALL FOUR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535289August 14, 2013
STEERING
I SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND GM IS AWARE OF IT BUT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO RECALL THE CHEVY HHR. THEY ARE RECALLING THE CHEVY COBALT WHICH HAS THE SAME PROBLEM, OVERHEATING OF THE POWER STEERING MOTOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535241August 13, 2013
STEERING
AS LEAVING WORK AND DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT MY CAR STIFFENED UP ON THE SLIGHT CURVE, BUT AS I DROVE AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE THE "POWER STEERING" ALERT TURNED ON. I WENT TO MAKE MY FIRST RIGHT TURN AND THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. I PULLED OVER, TO LOOK UP THE NEAREST AUTOZONE AND THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS ONE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE I WAS AT. I HEADED THERE AND THE LADY HOOKED IT UP TO THE MACHINE TO SEE IF THE CAR WAS SPITTING OUT A CODE - NOPE. WE LOOKED IN THE MANUAL AND SEEN THAT THE ALERT MEANT THE CAR NEEDED TO BE SERVICED IMMEDIATELY. WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS I'M WONDERING WHY THIS ISSUE HASN'T PROMPTED A RECALL. WHAT DOES IT TAKE - DEATH RELATED TO POWER STEERING? YOU HEAR ABOUT PRECAUTION RECALLS TO AVOID ISSUES, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ISSUE THERE IS NO JUSTICE. NO WONDER THESE VEHICLES WERE DISCONTINUED. SHAME ON CHEVY/GM - THIS IS NO ISOLATED INCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534993August 12, 2013
STEERING
I WAS ON VACATION DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED CHIMING AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WAS CLOSE THE MY MOTEL SO I DROVE THERE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF LET IT SIT A FEW MINUTES THEN STARTED IT AGAIN AND THE STEERING WAS BACK. I TOOK IT THE DEALER WHEN I GOT BACK HOME AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY DROVE IT AND IT NEVER WENT OUT. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL 2 WEEKS AGO. NOW IT HAPPENS EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES. I HAVE TO STOP TURN THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON. IT'S FINE FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN CAR CHIME AND POWER STEERING IS GONE. I HAVE DONE A SEARCH AND HAVE FOUND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SAME COMPONENTS WERE USED ON CHEVY COBALT AND THEY WERE RECALLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535011August 12, 2013
AIR BAGS
DRIVING AND AIRBAGS JUST BLEW UP AND CAUSED ME TO RUN INTO POLE. COULD NOT STOP, AND COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE OF AIRBAGS. CAR WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIRED. I WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. INJURY WAS CAUSED TO LEGS, CHEST, STOMACH, BACK. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10534747August 11, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2010 CHEVY HHR AND APPARENTLY AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. IT STARTED WITH MY INSIDE LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD RANDOMLY BLINKING. THEN ONE HEADLAMP WENT OUT, THE NEXT DAY AFTER REPLACING THE HEADLAMP, MY INSIDE MIDDLE DOME LIGHT WENT OUT. TODAY MY WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL BACK UP. THIS IS ALL WITHIN 3 WEEKS SPAN. GOTTA BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, RIGHT? WHAT IS MY NEXT STEP? NO RECALL? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534665August 10, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING THE 2009 CHEVY HHR BACK FROM WORK, WITHOUT WARNING, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING STOPPED AND A WARNING MESSAGE CAME UP ON THE DIC. ONCE IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF THE PROBLEM CLEARED TEMPORARILY. OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS THE POWER STEERING HAS CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT THE SAME ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534688August 10, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
WENT TO PULL INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE ON DRIVER SIDE AND IT CAME OFF IN MY HAND. USED SAME AMOUNT OF FORCE TO OPEN AS I HAVE EVERY OTHER PREVIOUS TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534205August 8, 2013
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH POWER STEERING CUT OUT ON VEHICLE.AFTER PULLING OVER & RESTARTING ENGINE P/STEERING RETURNS FOR SHORT PERIOD AND CUTS OUT AGAIN.WHERE IS GOVT. RECALL? SAME COMPONENTS USED ON CHEVY COBALT AND THEY WERE RECALLED. NO RECALL OM HHR. OH WAIT, NOBODY DIED YET!!!! EVENTUALLY SOMEBODY WILL. DON'T WAIT TILL IT'S TOO LATE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534305August 8, 2013
STEERING
WHILE TURNING ONTO A BUSY STREET NEAR MY HOME THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN. I NEARLY DROVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BUT WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY JUST IN TIME. THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON THE NEXT FEW TIMES I DROVE THE CAR, BUT THEN SUBSEQUENTLY CONTINUED TO FAIL INTERMITTENTLY AROUND 75% OF THE TIMES I WOULD DRIVE. I LEARNED FROM REVIEWING OTHER SAFETY COMPLAINTS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM KNOWN TO GM, AND THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WAS RECALLED IN THE CHEVY COBALT FOR THIS VERY FAILURE BUT NOT THE HHR, DESPITE BEING THE SAME FAULTY COMPONENT. I JUST PAID OVER $1000 FOR THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND STEERING COLUMN (ANOTHER KNOWN FAULTY PART TO GM). IT SEEMS RECKLESS TO ME THAT GM WOULD NOT RECALL A KNOWN BAD PART THAT CAN LEAD TO SAFETY HAZARDS. WHILE I WANT TO REMAIN A GM CUSTOMER, THIS EXPERIENCE IS MAKING ME RETHINK THAT DECISION WHEN IT COMES TIME TO REPLACE THIS CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534159August 7, 2013
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
POWER STEERING MOTOR SHORTED OUT, WHEN WE TOOK IT TO CHEVY DEALER WE WERE TOLD THAT GM WOULD NOT SELL THE MOTOR SEPARATELY AS THE STEERING COLUMN WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER THE POWER STEERING MOTOR, AND WERE ALSO TOLD THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON SOME HHR'S. THE PRICE TO REPAIR IS $1500. I AM 71 YEARS OLD, MY DISABLED HUSBAND IS 72 YEARS OLD AND WE ONLY HAVE SOCIAL SECURITY AS INCOME. TRIED TO GET SOME COMPENSATION FROM GM AND AFTER ALMOST 3 WEEKS THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME BECAUSE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM A DEALER OTHER THAN A CHEVY DEALER, THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND OVER MILEAGE. IF THE STEERING GOES OUT THERE MOST LIKELY BE AN ACCIDENT OF SOME KIND. WE HAVE NO OTHER TRANSPORTATION, I DO FEEL THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE TO HAVE GM HONOR THE RECALL WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533819August 6, 2013
STEERING
I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG IN A PARKING LOT AN D POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN I HAD NO POWER STEERING, WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED BACK ON AGAIN IT WAS WORKING, ONCE I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AT ABOUT 45MPH IT DID THE SAME THING AND HAS BEEN DOING IT EVERYDAY NOW, IT FIRST HAPPENED 2 WEEKS AGO AND BECAME MORE FREQUENT LAST FRIDAY. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AS WITH NO POWER STEERING YOU CAN STILL STEER BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF STRENGTH, I CHECKED THE GUIDE AND IT SAID NO REGULAR MAINTENANCE REQUIRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533827August 6, 2013
STEERING
DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 55 MPH POWER STEERING INDICATOR CAME ON AND STEERING WAS VERY HARD TO TURN. CONTINUED HOME VERY SLOW AND STEERING THE CAR WAS DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. POWER STEERING WORKED UPON RESTART. NOW THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY. I WILL HAVE TO GET IT REPAIRED AND I AM NOT HAPPY AFTER READING ALL OF THE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS STEERING UNIT. WHY HAS THE 2008 HHR NOT BEEN INCLUDED THE PREVIOUS RECALLS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533858August 6, 2013
STEERING
WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE POWER STEERING MOTOR QUIT. THIS RESULTED IN EXTREMELY HEAVY STEERING FOR MY WIFE SO THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND COASTED TO A STRAIGHT STOP AT THE CURB. SHE WAS LUCKY TO BE ON A COUNTRY ROAD WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC. WITH OTHER TRAFFIC SHE WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM ON THE CHEVY COBALT MODEL IS UNDER A RECALL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS NOT ON THE HHR SINCE ONLY THE BODY OF THE TWO MODELS IS DIFFERENT, ALL THE CHASSIS, SUSPENSION, BRAKES, STEERING AND RUNNING GEAR ARE ALL IDENTICAL, INCLUDING THE POWER STEERING MOTOR (ELECTRIC POWER STEERING). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533907August 6, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
WAS DRIVING AT 45MPH WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN ALL GAUGES, POWER STEERING, AND ENGINE WENT ERRATIC. LOST POWER STEERING GOING DOWN HWY. CAR DARTED TO THE LEFT A LITTLE. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE DATA LINK CIRCUIT SHORTED CAUSING ELECTRIC SHORT TO POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE AND IT WOULD BE $1125.00 TO REPAIR. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GM BUT HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE DUE TO POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL OF CAR AND CAUSING A CRASH. ALSO A POSSIBLE FIRE DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL SHORT THEY DESCRIBED TO ME ON THE INVOICE. THE POWER STEERING AND GAUGES ARE ALL STILL GOING ERRATIC BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO SEE IF GM WILL FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL DO TO THE FACT THAT A YOUNG DRIVER OR EVEN FEMALE DRIVER OR ANYONE IN FACT COULD LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE DECIDES TO GO OUT AND COME BACK ON THEN GO OUT AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533590August 5, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE HHR INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF WHILE OPENING DOOR.HAD THIS HAPPENED UNDER OTHER CONDITIONS IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A TRAGEDY. LOOKING THIS UP ON THE INTERNET BREAKING INSIDE DOOR HANDLES APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE HHR .HANDLES ARE MADE OF LIGHT PLASTIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533598August 5, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533633August 5, 2013
SUSPENSION, WHEELS
OUR 2008 CHEVY HHR JUST STARTS TO SHAKE ON THE HIGHWAY ONCE IT HITS 60 MPH TO ABOUT 64 MPH, THEN IT GOES AWAY. THE SHAKING IS REALLY BAD IT MAKES THE WHOLE CAR SHAKE AND MY HANDS BEGAN TO SHAKE PRETTY HARD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. WE'VE REPLACED ALL THE TIRES WITH BRAND NEW GOODYEAR EAGLE GT AND THEM BALANCED AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS DONE. BUT THE CAR STILL SHAKES AT THAT SPEED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533642August 5, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IGNITION STUCK, CAR WONT SHUT OFF , CAN'T REMOVE KEY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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